Birth year roster

Top names in 1889

The 100 most common names on 1889 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1889 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, 99 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1880s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered11,648
#2Anna Declining5,062
#3Elizabeth Stable3,058
#4Margaret Endangered2,917
#5Emma Declining2,884
#6Minnie Endangered2,624
#7Florence Endangered2,465
#8Ethel Endangered2,463
#9Bessie Endangered2,343
#10Clara Stable2,319
#11Bertha Endangered2,293
#12Alice Stable2,145
#13Annie Rising2,123
#14Ida Endangered2,122
#15Grace Declining2,049
#16Mabel Rising1,947
#17Helen Endangered1,909
#18Edna Endangered1,815
#19Nellie Rising1,752
#20Sarah Endangered1,730
#21Martha Endangered1,711
#22Ella Declining1,647
#23Lillian Declining1,640
#24Pearl Endangered1,588
#25Laura Endangered1,567
#26Rose Stable1,550
#27Carrie Endangered1,547
#28Gertrude Endangered1,543
#29Edith Endangered1,523
#30Marie Endangered1,436
#31Eva Declining1,372
#32Cora Stable1,365
#33Myrtle Endangered1,361
#34Frances Endangered1,351
#35Hattie Rising1,328
#36Maude Endangered1,293
#37Lillie Stable1,289
#38Louise Endangered1,283
#39Jennie Endangered1,252
#40Julia Stable1,201
#41Elsie Rising1,199
#42Catherine Endangered1,198
#43Jessie Endangered1,196
#44Mattie Endangered1,173
#45Lena Stable1,096
#46Ruth Endangered1,073
#47Lula Endangered1,067
#48Hazel Rising1,056
#49Josephine Rising1,047
#50Agnes Endangered1,033
#51Ada Rising1,005
#52Blanche Endangered972
#53Fannie Endangered909
#54Lucy Stable893
#55Stella Stable891
#56Katherine Declining889
#57Mae Stable883
#58Mamie Endangered883
#59Dora Endangered882
#60Nora Stable831
#61Maggie Stable825
#62Alma Rising819
#63Irene Endangered737
#64May Rising723
#65Effie Endangered711
#66Rosa Stable707
#67Sadie Stable664
#68Ellen Endangered653
#69Mildred Endangered625
#70Nettie Endangered622
#71Susie Endangered607
#72Della Rising606
#73Daisy Rising583
#74Lizzie Rising570
#75Esther Stable553
#76Viola Endangered536
#77Sallie Endangered525
#78Ruby Stable522
#79Flora Rising516
#80Katie Endangered502
#81Beulah Endangered498
#82Lottie Rising498
#83Lydia Stable496
#84Caroline Declining491
#85Willie Endangered488
#86Nancy Endangered470
#87Etta Stable465
#88Olive Rising464
#89Charlotte Stable455
#90Addie Stable448
#91Georgia Rising445
#92Maud Declining432
#93Emily Declining429
#94Kathryn Endangered415
#95Pauline Endangered415
#96Gladys Endangered414
#97Amanda Endangered413
#98Mollie Stable402
#99Harriet Endangered397
#100Nannie Extinct396

Boys

#1John Past peak8,548
#2William Declining7,772
#3James Stable5,020
#4George Stable4,430
#5Charles Stable4,199
#6Frank Endangered2,975
#7Joseph Declining2,729
#8Harry Endangered2,559
#9Robert Endangered2,513
#10Edward Endangered2,299
#11Henry Stable2,286
#12Thomas Stable2,233
#13Walter Stable1,916
#14Arthur Rising1,668
#15Fred Endangered1,554
#16Albert Endangered1,353
#17Clarence Endangered984
#18Roy Endangered888
#19Louis Stable837
#20Samuel Stable810
#21Benjamin Declining760
#22David Past peak757
#23Ernest Endangered736
#24Richard Endangered711
#25Joe Endangered709
#26Willie Endangered708
#27Carl Endangered704
#28Earl Endangered688
#29Charlie Rising685
#30Will Declining631
#31Jesse Stable576
#32Oscar Stable572
#33Andrew Declining561
#34Elmer Endangered557
#35Paul Endangered555
#36Daniel Declining515
#37Raymond Endangered511
#38Howard Endangered503
#39Ralph Endangered495
#40Sam Stable486
#41Alfred Endangered472
#42Herbert Endangered472
#43Ben Stable453
#44Frederick Stable451
#45Peter Stable425
#46Lee Endangered415
#47Lewis Rising414
#48Herman Endangered405
#49Claude Endangered386
#50Tom Endangered379
#51Michael Past peak377
#52Eugene Endangered369
#53Martin Stable367
#54Ray Endangered355
#55Francis Stable346
#56Lawrence Endangered342
#57Harold Endangered340
#58Jim Endangered328
#59Leo Rising325
#60Edgar Declining322
#61Jack Stable322
#62Clyde Stable318
#63Floyd Endangered313
#64Harvey Rising311
#65Otto Rising309
#66Edwin Stable306
#67Jacob Declining295
#68Harrison Stable288
#69Chester Endangered274
#70Guy Endangered271
#71Ed Declining270
#72Luther Endangered270
#73Homer Endangered255
#74Patrick Declining236
#75Bert Endangered231
#76Theodore Rising231
#77Leonard Endangered229
#78Hugh Stable225
#79Allen Endangered222
#80Anthony Declining219
#81Bernard Endangered215
#82Lester Endangered213
#83Grover Endangered210
#84Oliver Stable210
#85Ira Stable207
#86Jessie Endangered207
#87Clifford Endangered202
#88Charley Stable199
#89Russell Stable198
#90Archie Rising195
#91Isaac Declining188
#92Leroy Endangered186
#93Alexander Declining185
#94Leon Rising184
#95Philip Endangered183
#96August Rising171
#97Milton Endangered171
#98Lloyd Endangered167
#99Warren Rising167
#100Horace Endangered166