Birth year roster

Top names in 1893

The 100 most common names on 1893 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1893 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 Endangered12,784
#2Anna Declining5,695
#3Ruth Endangered3,658
#4Margaret Endangered3,565
#5Elizabeth Stable3,360
#6Helen Endangered3,249
#7Florence Endangered3,231
#8Ethel Endangered3,119
#9Emma Declining2,968
#10Bertha Endangered2,623
#11Clara Stable2,532
#12Minnie Endangered2,510
#13Alice Stable2,434
#14Edna Endangered2,378
#15Bessie Endangered2,352
#16Grace Declining2,308
#17Annie Rising2,251
#18Ida Endangered2,247
#19Marie Endangered2,212
#20Lillian Declining2,193
#21Mabel Rising2,191
#22Hazel Rising2,052
#23Rose Stable2,012
#24Gertrude Endangered1,811
#25Martha Endangered1,805
#26Pearl Endangered1,796
#27Nellie Rising1,770
#28Ella Declining1,760
#29Myrtle Endangered1,759
#30Edith Endangered1,733
#31Laura Endangered1,683
#32Eva Declining1,668
#33Sarah Endangered1,632
#34Frances Endangered1,622
#35Elsie Rising1,586
#36Carrie Endangered1,451
#37Louise Endangered1,447
#38Agnes Endangered1,393
#39Esther Stable1,382
#40Julia Stable1,367
#41Lillie Stable1,351
#42Catherine Endangered1,336
#43Hattie Rising1,315
#44Cora Stable1,308
#45Jennie Endangered1,273
#46Lena Stable1,261
#47Mattie Endangered1,257
#48Jessie Endangered1,216
#49Maude Endangered1,202
#50Josephine Rising1,178
#51Irene Endangered1,111
#52Blanche Endangered1,075
#53Mae Stable1,071
#54Alma Rising1,055
#55Ada Rising1,051
#56Lucy Stable1,036
#57Lula Endangered1,034
#58Gladys Endangered1,017
#59Mamie Endangered1,011
#60Mildred Endangered1,008
#61Fannie Endangered1,003
#62Katherine Declining963
#63Stella Stable926
#64Maggie Stable886
#65Dora Endangered877
#66Viola Endangered839
#67Nora Stable825
#68Dorothy Endangered821
#69Ellen Endangered798
#70Rosa Stable790
#71Ruby Stable769
#72Sadie Stable706
#73May Rising693
#74Effie Endangered674
#75Nettie Endangered668
#76Della Rising660
#77Willie Endangered648
#78Susie Endangered644
#79Marguerite Endangered638
#80Beulah Endangered622
#81Lydia Stable598
#82Olive Rising589
#83Lizzie Rising584
#84Daisy Rising573
#85Beatrice Endangered564
#86Pauline Endangered545
#87Georgia Rising541
#88Nancy Endangered538
#89Flora Rising537
#90Kathryn Endangered534
#91Vera Stable534
#92Lottie Rising532
#93Marion Endangered532
#94Sallie Endangered516
#95Emily Declining506
#96Katie Endangered504
#97Virginia Endangered498
#98Etta Stable486
#99Caroline Declining483
#100Charlotte Stable476

Boys

#1John Past peak8,049
#2William Declining7,223
#3James Stable5,030
#4George Stable4,320
#5Charles Stable3,723
#6Joseph Declining2,997
#7Frank Endangered2,917
#8Robert Endangered2,563
#9Edward Endangered2,309
#10Harry Endangered2,245
#11Henry Stable2,162
#12Thomas Stable2,157
#13Walter Stable2,004
#14Arthur Rising1,635
#15Fred Endangered1,493
#16Albert Endangered1,353
#17Clarence Endangered1,169
#18Roy Endangered919
#19Willie Endangered882
#20Samuel Stable851
#21Earl Endangered819
#22Louis Stable816
#23Ernest Endangered796
#24Carl Endangered786
#25Paul Endangered743
#26Richard Endangered732
#27David Past peak724
#28Joe Endangered721
#29Raymond Endangered703
#30Charlie Rising691
#31Ralph Endangered636
#32Elmer Endangered574
#33Oscar Stable574
#34Harold Endangered566
#35Howard Endangered556
#36Jesse Stable541
#37Will Declining538
#38Alfred Endangered530
#39Daniel Declining522
#40Andrew Declining520
#41Herbert Endangered519
#42Benjamin Declining482
#43Sam Stable481
#44Herman Endangered455
#45Leo Rising448
#46Lee Endangered445
#47Frederick Stable432
#48Francis Stable418
#49Michael Past peak407
#50Jack Stable405
#51Lawrence Endangered395
#52Claude Endangered394
#53Eugene Endangered392
#54Peter Stable392
#55Clyde Stable391
#56Ray Endangered378
#57Lewis Rising364
#58Edwin Stable354
#59Floyd Endangered351
#60Tom Endangered349
#61Martin Stable347
#62Ben Stable321
#63Edgar Declining310
#64Homer Endangered293
#65Jacob Declining292
#66Chester Endangered291
#67Grover Endangered289
#68Harvey Rising284
#69Leonard Endangered275
#70Luther Endangered271
#71Clifford Endangered269
#72Guy Endangered267
#73Otto Rising257
#74Jim Endangered255
#75Russell Stable246
#76Leroy Endangered244
#77Lester Endangered243
#78Hugh Stable241
#79Patrick Declining234
#80Ed Declining225
#81Anthony Declining220
#82Eddie Endangered220
#83Alexander Declining218
#84Bernard Endangered217
#85Jessie Endangered214
#86Oliver Stable214
#87Stanley Endangered212
#88Leon Rising211
#89Lloyd Endangered211
#90Theodore Rising209
#91Philip Endangered208
#92Julius Stable195
#93Archie Rising194
#94Charley Stable191
#95Leslie Endangered185
#96Bert Endangered184
#97Isaac Declining182
#98Ira Stable181
#99Allen Endangered180
#100Percy Rising177