Birth year roster

Top names in 1891

The 100 most common names on 1891 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1891 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, 104 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1890s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered11,704
#2Anna Declining5,099
#3Margaret Endangered3,065
#4Elizabeth Stable3,059
#5Emma Declining2,884
#6Florence Endangered2,716
#7Ethel Endangered2,689
#8Minnie Endangered2,428
#9Helen Endangered2,417
#10Bertha Endangered2,372
#11Clara Stable2,360
#12Bessie Endangered2,323
#13Annie Rising2,096
#14Grace Declining2,088
#15Mabel Rising2,029
#16Alice Stable2,015
#17Ida Endangered2,002
#18Edna Endangered1,963
#19Ruth Endangered1,857
#20Lillian Declining1,812
#21Martha Endangered1,744
#22Rose Stable1,696
#23Ella Declining1,685
#24Sarah Endangered1,669
#25Nellie Rising1,647
#26Gertrude Endangered1,645
#27Pearl Endangered1,605
#28Marie Endangered1,596
#29Edith Endangered1,509
#30Laura Endangered1,509
#31Myrtle Endangered1,458
#32Hazel Rising1,447
#33Eva Declining1,412
#34Frances Endangered1,397
#35Cora Stable1,343
#36Carrie Endangered1,342
#37Louise Endangered1,333
#38Elsie Rising1,303
#39Lillie Stable1,247
#40Jennie Endangered1,238
#41Catherine Endangered1,219
#42Hattie Rising1,219
#43Julia Stable1,200
#44Maude Endangered1,188
#45Lena Stable1,174
#46Mattie Endangered1,165
#47Agnes Endangered1,125
#48Jessie Endangered1,119
#49Josephine Rising1,031
#50Lula Endangered1,010
#51Ada Rising975
#52Irene Endangered950
#53Lucy Stable944
#54Mae Stable933
#55Alma Rising929
#56Blanche Endangered917
#57Fannie Endangered916
#58Dora Endangered870
#59Stella Stable867
#60Maggie Stable841
#61Mamie Endangered830
#62Katherine Declining803
#63Nora Stable801
#64Mildred Endangered761
#65Rosa Stable729
#66Esther Stable710
#67Effie Endangered704
#68May Rising696
#69Ellen Endangered675
#70Gladys Endangered633
#71Nettie Endangered620
#72Sadie Stable617
#73Viola Endangered609
#74Della Rising607
#75Sallie Endangered569
#76Dorothy Endangered566
#77Susie Endangered566
#78Willie Endangered562
#79Daisy Rising557
#80Ruby Stable554
#81Beulah Endangered526
#82Lizzie Rising525
#83Nancy Endangered523
#84Marguerite Endangered511
#85Olive Rising509
#86Lydia Stable507
#87Kathryn Endangered504
#88Lottie Rising501
#89Flora Rising497
#90Katie Endangered494
#91Beatrice Endangered485
#92Addie Stable467
#93Pauline Endangered455
#94Etta Stable452
#95Emily Declining444
#96Georgia Rising444
#97Virginia Endangered439
#98Vera Stable426
#99Marion Endangered413
#100Caroline Declining402

Boys

#1John Past peak7,680
#2William Declining6,763
#3James Stable4,516
#4George Stable3,931
#5Charles Stable3,640
#6Frank Endangered2,652
#7Joseph Declining2,572
#8Robert Endangered2,240
#9Harry Endangered2,132
#10Henry Stable2,049
#11Edward Endangered1,989
#12Thomas Stable1,982
#13Walter Stable1,668
#14Arthur Rising1,514
#15Fred Endangered1,362
#16Albert Endangered1,207
#17Clarence Endangered1,007
#18Roy Endangered838
#19Louis Stable786
#20Samuel Stable753
#21Willie Endangered739
#22Ernest Endangered715
#23Charlie Rising707
#24Carl Endangered675
#25Earl Endangered674
#26David Past peak673
#27Richard Endangered609
#28Ralph Endangered587
#29Joe Endangered584
#30Raymond Endangered575
#31Paul Endangered564
#32Oscar Stable551
#33Andrew Declining521
#34Will Declining520
#35Jesse Stable519
#36Elmer Endangered508
#37Daniel Declining505
#38Herbert Endangered501
#39Alfred Endangered499
#40Howard Endangered485
#41Benjamin Declining461
#42Harold Endangered419
#43Sam Stable418
#44Frederick Stable412
#45Peter Stable396
#46Lawrence Endangered389
#47Herman Endangered383
#48Eugene Endangered362
#49Ray Endangered360
#50Lewis Rising357
#51Leo Rising353
#52Lee Endangered342
#53Floyd Endangered336
#54Francis Stable333
#55Michael Past peak333
#56Martin Stable331
#57Claude Endangered327
#58Clyde Stable327
#59Edwin Stable327
#60Tom Endangered318
#61Ben Stable302
#62Jack Stable290
#63Jim Endangered288
#64Edgar Declining277
#65Harvey Rising274
#66Otto Rising274
#67Guy Endangered262
#68Chester Endangered252
#69Jacob Declining238
#70Ed Declining237
#71Luther Endangered236
#72Leonard Endangered235
#73Hugh Stable233
#74Homer Endangered230
#75Jessie Endangered227
#76Theodore Rising224
#77Oliver Stable212
#78Patrick Declining212
#79Archie Rising201
#80Philip Endangered198
#81Clifford Endangered196
#82Charley Stable193
#83Lester Endangered191
#84Leroy Endangered190
#85Bernard Endangered187
#86August Rising186
#87Russell Stable186
#88Lloyd Endangered185
#89Bert Endangered181
#90Eddie Endangered179
#91Ira Stable179
#92Stanley Endangered178
#93Everett Stable174
#94Allen Endangered173
#95Alexander Declining172
#96Anthony Declining170
#97Horace Endangered165
#98Leslie Endangered164
#99Grover Endangered163
#100Norman Endangered163