Decade dossier
1890s baby names
The names that defined the 1890s: John and Mary led the decade, but the full roster tells a richer story.
A 1890s classroom probably included Mary, Anna, John, William. Some became durable classics; others now read like timestamps.
Girls
- #1Mary131,138
- #2Anna55,261
- #3Margaret37,937
- #4Helen37,802
- #5Elizabeth33,879
- #6Ruth32,867
- #7Florence32,345
- #8Ethel31,453
- #9Emma28,652
- #10Marie25,853
- #11Clara25,473
- #12Bertha25,125
- #13Minnie24,615
- #14Bessie24,417
- #15Alice24,415
- #16Lillian24,106
- #17Edna24,068
- #18Grace23,804
- #19Annie23,122
- #20Mabel21,991
- #21Ida21,212
- #22Rose21,134
- #23Hazel20,154
- #24Gertrude19,898
- #25Martha19,415
Boys
- #1John80,664
- #2William72,244
- #3James50,723
- #4George43,358
- #5Charles36,848
- #6Joseph29,000
- #7Frank28,718
- #8Robert26,147
- #9Edward22,033
- #10Henry21,664
- #11Harry21,330
- #12Thomas21,115
- #13Walter19,495
- #14Arthur16,349
- #15Fred14,270
- #16Albert13,753
- #17Clarence11,901
- #18Willie9,849
- #19Roy9,779
- #20Louis8,442
- #21Earl8,297
- #22Paul8,181
- #23Carl8,047
- #24Ernest7,877
- #25Samuel7,857