Birth year roster

Top names in 1890

The 100 most common names on 1890 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1890 baby-name charts, the top names among late-19th-century births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 102 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1890s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered12,078
#2Anna Declining5,233
#3Elizabeth Stable3,112
#4Margaret Endangered3,100
#5Emma Declining2,980
#6Florence Endangered2,744
#7Ethel Endangered2,718
#8Minnie Endangered2,650
#9Clara Stable2,496
#10Bertha Endangered2,388
#11Bessie Endangered2,370
#12Helen Endangered2,312
#13Grace Declining2,278
#14Alice Stable2,271
#15Annie Rising2,220
#16Ida Endangered2,178
#17Mabel Rising2,058
#18Edna Endangered1,973
#19Lillian Declining1,862
#20Nellie Rising1,821
#21Sarah Endangered1,786
#22Martha Endangered1,784
#23Ella Declining1,758
#24Pearl Endangered1,741
#25Rose Stable1,725
#26Gertrude Endangered1,713
#27Laura Endangered1,634
#28Marie Endangered1,563
#29Carrie Endangered1,510
#30Edith Endangered1,493
#31Louise Endangered1,472
#32Eva Declining1,436
#33Frances Endangered1,416
#34Myrtle Endangered1,406
#35Lillie Stable1,390
#36Cora Stable1,386
#37Hazel Rising1,366
#38Hattie Rising1,363
#39Maude Endangered1,359
#40Julia Stable1,275
#41Jennie Endangered1,259
#42Mattie Endangered1,256
#43Jessie Endangered1,250
#44Catherine Endangered1,232
#45Elsie Rising1,220
#46Ruth Endangered1,195
#47Lena Stable1,137
#48Lula Endangered1,121
#49Josephine Rising1,118
#50Agnes Endangered1,095
#51Ada Rising1,074
#52Fannie Endangered1,005
#53Lucy Stable973
#54Mamie Endangered967
#55Blanche Endangered953
#56Stella Stable924
#57Alma Rising922
#58Mae Stable920
#59Katherine Declining900
#60Irene Endangered893
#61Maggie Stable891
#62Dora Endangered883
#63Nora Stable835
#64Rosa Stable770
#65May Rising751
#66Effie Endangered717
#67Nettie Endangered707
#68Viola Endangered697
#69Sadie Stable680
#70Ellen Endangered659
#71Mildred Endangered635
#72Della Rising631
#73Susie Endangered630
#74Lizzie Rising620
#75Esther Stable619
#76Daisy Rising588
#77Willie Endangered578
#78Lydia Stable576
#79Beulah Endangered573
#80Sallie Endangered571
#81Ruby Stable540
#82Gladys Endangered525
#83Georgia Rising513
#84Nancy Endangered512
#85Flora Rising510
#86Emily Declining509
#87Katie Endangered509
#88Lottie Rising502
#89Olive Rising491
#90Pauline Endangered475
#91Kathryn Endangered474
#92Addie Stable468
#93Dorothy Endangered458
#94Caroline Declining455
#95Etta Stable452
#96Marguerite Endangered442
#97Maud Declining439
#98Beatrice Endangered417
#99Charlotte Stable417
#100Virginia Endangered405

Boys

#1John Past peak8,502
#2William Declining7,494
#3James Stable5,097
#4George Stable4,458
#5Charles Stable4,061
#6Frank Endangered3,078
#7Joseph Declining2,670
#8Robert Endangered2,541
#9Henry Stable2,349
#10Harry Endangered2,345
#11Edward Endangered2,282
#12Thomas Stable2,200
#13Walter Stable1,905
#14Arthur Rising1,610
#15Fred Endangered1,506
#16Albert Endangered1,417
#17Clarence Endangered1,018
#18Roy Endangered941
#19Louis Stable860
#20Samuel Stable815
#21Charlie Rising797
#22Ernest Endangered774
#23Willie Endangered758
#24Earl Endangered744
#25Richard Endangered743
#26David Past peak731
#27Carl Endangered693
#28Joe Endangered682
#29Oscar Stable628
#30Will Declining613
#31Paul Endangered607
#32Ralph Endangered587
#33Jesse Stable576
#34Andrew Declining575
#35Alfred Endangered549
#36Raymond Endangered546
#37Benjamin Declining537
#38Elmer Endangered528
#39Daniel Declining505
#40Howard Endangered501
#41Sam Stable489
#42Herbert Endangered467
#43Frederick Stable410
#44Lee Endangered410
#45Peter Stable410
#46Eugene Endangered408
#47Harold Endangered408
#48Michael Past peak394
#49Leo Rising393
#50Herman Endangered382
#51Lewis Rising375
#52Lawrence Endangered372
#53Jack Stable368
#54Ben Stable363
#55Francis Stable363
#56Ray Endangered349
#57Claude Endangered347
#58Martin Stable347
#59Tom Endangered347
#60Floyd Endangered341
#61Edgar Declining338
#62Jim Endangered336
#63Edwin Stable323
#64Clyde Stable317
#65Harvey Rising296
#66Jacob Declining290
#67Leonard Endangered275
#68Otto Rising267
#69Chester Endangered263
#70Ed Declining262
#71Luther Endangered253
#72Guy Endangered249
#73Jessie Endangered241
#74Leroy Endangered236
#75Patrick Declining227
#76Lester Endangered226
#77Homer Endangered223
#78Stanley Endangered223
#79Archie Rising221
#80Hugh Stable219
#81Oliver Stable218
#82Ira Stable209
#83Clifford Endangered207
#84August Rising206
#85Alexander Declining202
#86Eddie Endangered197
#87Leon Rising197
#88Philip Endangered192
#89Theodore Rising190
#90Allen Endangered189
#91Anthony Declining189
#92Isaac Declining187
#93Charley Stable183
#94Lloyd Endangered182
#95Russell Stable182
#96Leslie Endangered181
#97Bert Endangered180
#98Bernard Endangered178
#99Grover Endangered177
#100Sidney Endangered176