Birth year roster

Top names in 1892

The 100 most common names on 1892 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1892 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 Endangered13,172
#2Anna Declining5,542
#3Elizabeth Stable3,461
#4Margaret Endangered3,435
#5Ruth Endangered3,290
#6Florence Endangered3,154
#7Emma Declining3,128
#8Ethel Endangered3,035
#9Helen Endangered2,936
#10Clara Stable2,661
#11Bertha Endangered2,617
#12Minnie Endangered2,609
#13Bessie Endangered2,541
#14Alice Stable2,373
#15Annie Rising2,348
#16Grace Declining2,299
#17Ida Endangered2,259
#18Edna Endangered2,218
#19Mabel Rising2,170
#20Lillian Declining2,154
#21Marie Endangered2,066
#22Rose Stable2,023
#23Gertrude Endangered1,924
#24Martha Endangered1,915
#25Hazel Rising1,897
#26Pearl Endangered1,831
#27Ella Declining1,808
#28Sarah Endangered1,798
#29Laura Endangered1,744
#30Nellie Rising1,738
#31Frances Endangered1,670
#32Myrtle Endangered1,666
#33Edith Endangered1,625
#34Eva Declining1,611
#35Carrie Endangered1,588
#36Lillie Stable1,503
#37Elsie Rising1,489
#38Louise Endangered1,446
#39Cora Stable1,419
#40Hattie Rising1,363
#41Julia Stable1,360
#42Catherine Endangered1,333
#43Agnes Endangered1,328
#44Mattie Endangered1,303
#45Maude Endangered1,270
#46Jessie Endangered1,246
#47Lena Stable1,234
#48Jennie Endangered1,212
#49Josephine Rising1,210
#50Ada Rising1,134
#51Irene Endangered1,107
#52Mae Stable1,101
#53Lula Endangered1,098
#54Blanche Endangered1,094
#55Lucy Stable1,057
#56Alma Rising1,056
#57Fannie Endangered1,031
#58Mamie Endangered978
#59Stella Stable972
#60Katherine Declining961
#61Dora Endangered960
#62Mildred Endangered959
#63Nora Stable899
#64Maggie Stable883
#65Gladys Endangered867
#66Viola Endangered833
#67Esther Stable824
#68Rosa Stable796
#69Ellen Endangered760
#70May Rising753
#71Sadie Stable724
#72Effie Endangered721
#73Nettie Endangered705
#74Ruby Stable695
#75Susie Endangered669
#76Della Rising666
#77Beulah Endangered638
#78Willie Endangered631
#79Dorothy Endangered626
#80Lizzie Rising597
#81Nancy Endangered591
#82Flora Rising585
#83Olive Rising583
#84Sallie Endangered582
#85Daisy Rising564
#86Katie Endangered563
#87Georgia Rising552
#88Kathryn Endangered549
#89Lottie Rising547
#90Beatrice Endangered541
#91Marguerite Endangered535
#92Pauline Endangered526
#93Lydia Stable522
#94Emily Declining518
#95Marion Endangered497
#96Addie Stable493
#97Etta Stable492
#98Charlotte Stable486
#99Vera Stable486
#100Caroline Declining476

Boys

#1John Past peak9,039
#2William Declining7,782
#3James Stable5,398
#4George Stable4,760
#5Charles Stable4,319
#6Frank Endangered3,150
#7Joseph Declining3,064
#8Robert Endangered2,710
#9Harry Endangered2,460
#10Henry Stable2,452
#11Edward Endangered2,416
#12Thomas Stable2,413
#13Walter Stable2,229
#14Arthur Rising1,768
#15Fred Endangered1,628
#16Albert Endangered1,500
#17Clarence Endangered1,276
#18Roy Endangered1,048
#19Willie Endangered948
#20Samuel Stable902
#21Earl Endangered888
#22Louis Stable865
#23Joe Endangered819
#24David Past peak813
#25Carl Endangered808
#26Ernest Endangered805
#27Richard Endangered802
#28Charlie Rising761
#29Paul Endangered747
#30Ralph Endangered725
#31Raymond Endangered681
#32Andrew Declining637
#33Oscar Stable634
#34Will Declining607
#35Jesse Stable602
#36Elmer Endangered592
#37Harold Endangered583
#38Sam Stable551
#39Howard Endangered548
#40Alfred Endangered542
#41Daniel Declining533
#42Benjamin Declining525
#43Herbert Endangered513
#44Lawrence Endangered468
#45Peter Stable465
#46Lee Endangered460
#47Grover Endangered454
#48Frederick Stable453
#49Leo Rising444
#50Francis Stable429
#51Herman Endangered421
#52Floyd Endangered420
#53Eugene Endangered414
#54Jack Stable401
#55Lewis Rising399
#56Clyde Stable390
#57Ray Endangered385
#58Tom Endangered381
#59Michael Past peak380
#60Ben Stable361
#61Martin Stable359
#62Claude Endangered353
#63Edwin Stable338
#64Jim Endangered334
#65Guy Endangered315
#66Ed Declining306
#67Edgar Declining303
#68Homer Endangered301
#69Harvey Rising298
#70Luther Endangered295
#71Leonard Endangered294
#72Chester Endangered285
#73Jacob Declining283
#74Otto Rising275
#75Russell Stable269
#76Lloyd Endangered268
#77Hugh Stable265
#78Anthony Declining255
#79Jessie Endangered251
#80Clifford Endangered240
#81Lester Endangered240
#82Philip Endangered239
#83Theodore Rising239
#84Oliver Stable238
#85Bernard Endangered237
#86Patrick Declining234
#87Leroy Endangered233
#88Ira Stable231
#89Allen Endangered224
#90Eddie Endangered218
#91Archie Rising214
#92Charley Stable210
#93Leslie Endangered207
#94Isaac Declining203
#95Alexander Declining202
#96Bert Endangered200
#97Victor Declining200
#98Norman Endangered191
#99Julius Stable190
#100Horace Endangered187