How Many of Me

Most Popular First Names of the 1890s

The top first names registered in the United States between 1890 and 1899, ranked by total births recorded with the Social Security Administration. The sparkline for each name shows how it trended across the 10 years of the decade.

During this decade, the SSA recorded 739,659 male and 1,168,312 female births across the top 50 names shown below. Click any name for a full statistical profile.

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How to read this table

Each name is ranked by total birth registrations across all 10 years of the 1890s. The Trend column shows a sparkline of annual births within the decade. Hover over any sparkline to see the exact count for each year.

The Change column compares the first year (1890) to the last year (1899). A positive percentage means the name was gaining popularity by the end of the decade. A negative one means it was on the decline.

Top Male Names

739,659 births across top 50

# Name Births Trend Change
1 John 80,664 -17.8%
2 William 72,244 -18.8%
3 James 50,723 -9.8%
4 George 43,358 -9.9%
5 Charles 36,848 -22.5%
6 Joseph 29,000 +0.3%
7 Frank 28,718 -17.2%
8 Robert 26,147 +2.7%
9 Edward 22,033 -16.7%
10 Henry 21,664 -22.1%
11 Harry 21,330 -26.1%
12 Thomas 21,115 -17.7%
13 Walter 19,495 -8.1%
14 Arthur 16,349 -15.7%
15 Fred 14,270 -21.5%
16 Albert 13,753 -14.6%
17 Clarence 11,901 +11.9%
18 Willie 9,849 +43.5%
19 Roy 9,779 -3.1%
20 Louis 8,442 -10.5%
21 Earl 8,297 +10.3%
22 Paul 8,181 +45.8%
23 Carl 8,047 +11.7%
24 Ernest 7,877 -3.9%
25 Samuel 7,857 -13.6%
26 Richard 7,572 +0.1%
27 Raymond 7,572 +59.2%
28 Joe 7,482 +14.4%
29 David 7,333 -11.6%
30 Charlie 7,261 -14.9%
31 Harold 7,018 +124%
32 Ralph 6,951 +26.4%
33 Howard 5,949 +17.6%
34 Andrew 5,719 +0.5%
35 Herbert 5,660 +26.3%
36 Elmer 5,647 -2.7%
37 Oscar 5,612 -28.8%
38 Jesse 5,396 -26.6%
39 Alfred 5,373 -9.7%
40 Will 5,210 -32.5%
41 Daniel 5,185 -4%
42 Sam 4,941 -4.1%
43 Leo 4,691 +22.6%
44 Jack 4,635 +58.2%
45 Lawrence 4,597 +33.6%
46 Francis 4,535 +38%
47 Benjamin 4,460 -37.6%
48 Lee 4,384 -5.4%
49 Eugene 4,303 +10%
50 Herman 4,232 +8.1%

Top Female Names

1,168,312 births across top 50

# Name Births Trend Change
1 Mary 131,138 +9.1%
2 Anna 55,261 -2.3%
3 Margaret 37,937 +37.1%
4 Helen 37,802 +118.3%
5 Elizabeth 33,879 +5.6%
6 Ruth 32,867 +227.4%
7 Florence 32,345 +20.8%
8 Ethel 31,453 +10.3%
9 Emma 28,652 -18%
10 Marie 25,853 +101.9%
11 Clara 25,473 -2.2%
12 Bertha 25,125 -3.9%
13 Minnie 24,615 -23.2%
14 Bessie 24,417 -3.8%
15 Alice 24,415 +11.1%
16 Lillian 24,106 +45.2%
17 Edna 24,068 +28.4%
18 Grace 23,804 +3.3%
19 Annie 23,122 +3.1%
20 Mabel 21,991 +3.4%
21 Ida 21,212 -17.2%
22 Rose 21,134 +27.4%
23 Hazel 20,154 +48.8%
24 Gertrude 19,898 +23.2%
25 Martha 19,415 +6.9%
26 Pearl 19,054 +14.8%
27 Frances 18,090 +45.3%
28 Myrtle 17,717 +29.5%
29 Edith 17,650 +20.2%
30 Nellie 17,285 -17.1%
31 Sarah 17,154 -11.1%
32 Ella 17,072 -14.6%
33 Eva 16,460 +10.2%
34 Laura 16,433 -9.9%
35 Elsie 16,375 +39.8%
36 Louise 15,174 +4.3%
37 Esther 14,737 +194.5%
38 Catherine 14,502 +32.1%
39 Agnes 14,429 +47.1%
40 Carrie 14,276 -10.9%
41 Lillie 14,093 -2.9%
42 Mildred 13,792 +260.8%
43 Gladys 13,622 +324.4%
44 Irene 13,621 +90.7%
45 Julia 13,448 +1.7%
46 Hattie 12,909 -20.2%
47 Cora 12,880 -23.8%
48 Lena 12,491 +1.9%
49 Josephine 12,463 +24.2%
50 Mattie 12,449 -6.8%
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