Birth year roster

Top names in 1894

The 100 most common names on 1894 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1894 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, 103 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1890s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered13,151
#2Anna Declining5,565
#3Margaret Endangered3,700
#4Helen Endangered3,676
#5Elizabeth Stable3,425
#6Ruth Endangered3,372
#7Ethel Endangered3,287
#8Florence Endangered3,233
#9Emma Declining2,937
#10Marie Endangered2,649
#11Clara Stable2,603
#12Minnie Endangered2,592
#13Bessie Endangered2,520
#14Bertha Endangered2,496
#15Edna Endangered2,458
#16Lillian Declining2,441
#17Alice Stable2,414
#18Annie Rising2,393
#19Grace Declining2,361
#20Mabel Rising2,221
#21Ida Endangered2,195
#22Rose Stable2,126
#23Hazel Rising2,103
#24Martha Endangered1,968
#25Gertrude Endangered1,908
#26Edith Endangered1,820
#27Myrtle Endangered1,818
#28Pearl Endangered1,789
#29Frances Endangered1,776
#30Nellie Rising1,767
#31Ella Declining1,761
#32Laura Endangered1,730
#33Elsie Rising1,716
#34Sarah Endangered1,701
#35Eva Declining1,673
#36Esther Stable1,654
#37Louise Endangered1,571
#38Agnes Endangered1,470
#39Carrie Endangered1,452
#40Lillie Stable1,432
#41Catherine Endangered1,430
#42Lena Stable1,360
#43Irene Endangered1,347
#44Hattie Rising1,325
#45Julia Stable1,320
#46Cora Stable1,319
#47Gladys Endangered1,258
#48Josephine Rising1,256
#49Mattie Endangered1,238
#50Mildred Endangered1,220
#51Jennie Endangered1,210
#52Alma Rising1,177
#53Maude Endangered1,144
#54Mae Stable1,134
#55Jessie Endangered1,120
#56Blanche Endangered1,091
#57Lucy Stable1,077
#58Dorothy Endangered1,052
#59Mamie Endangered1,043
#60Lula Endangered1,042
#61Stella Stable1,035
#62Ada Rising1,018
#63Fannie Endangered1,003
#64Katherine Declining948
#65Viola Endangered906
#66Maggie Stable895
#67Ruby Stable874
#68Nora Stable854
#69Dora Endangered827
#70Rosa Stable780
#71May Rising763
#72Ellen Endangered759
#73Sadie Stable745
#74Effie Endangered712
#75Willie Endangered709
#76Beatrice Endangered684
#77Della Rising681
#78Susie Endangered679
#79Beulah Endangered675
#80Pauline Endangered656
#81Daisy Rising645
#82Nettie Endangered630
#83Marguerite Endangered624
#84Flora Rising619
#85Lydia Stable618
#86Vera Stable618
#87Lottie Rising597
#88Olive Rising589
#89Marion Endangered587
#90Sallie Endangered584
#91Virginia Endangered583
#92Lizzie Rising562
#93Emily Declining551
#94Georgia Rising535
#95Katie Endangered525
#96Kathryn Endangered520
#97Etta Stable519
#98Nancy Endangered515
#99Evelyn Stable491
#100Charlotte Stable484

Boys

#1John Past peak8,237
#2William Declining7,274
#3James Stable5,110
#4George Stable4,365
#5Charles Stable3,788
#6Joseph Declining2,977
#7Frank Endangered2,863
#8Robert Endangered2,497
#9Henry Stable2,278
#10Harry Endangered2,189
#11Edward Endangered2,179
#12Thomas Stable2,170
#13Walter Stable2,010
#14Arthur Rising1,712
#15Fred Endangered1,475
#16Albert Endangered1,447
#17Clarence Endangered1,185
#18Roy Endangered1,018
#19Willie Endangered986
#20Earl Endangered896
#21Louis Stable869
#22Carl Endangered861
#23Paul Endangered824
#24Ernest Endangered821
#25Richard Endangered808
#26Samuel Stable776
#27Raymond Endangered767
#28Joe Endangered741
#29David Past peak729
#30Charlie Rising704
#31Ralph Endangered692
#32Harold Endangered690
#33Howard Endangered612
#34Oscar Stable601
#35Andrew Declining594
#36Herbert Endangered585
#37Elmer Endangered575
#38Jesse Stable567
#39Will Declining559
#40Alfred Endangered521
#41Daniel Declining515
#42Leo Rising515
#43Sam Stable507
#44Benjamin Declining469
#45Lee Endangered455
#46Floyd Endangered445
#47Jack Stable441
#48Herman Endangered433
#49Lawrence Endangered430
#50Francis Stable423
#51Michael Past peak423
#52Eugene Endangered421
#53Claude Endangered419
#54Frederick Stable413
#55Peter Stable391
#56Clyde Stable386
#57Ray Endangered379
#58Edwin Stable366
#59Lewis Rising359
#60Leonard Endangered343
#61Tom Endangered343
#62Ben Stable326
#63Chester Endangered325
#64Edgar Declining313
#65Clifford Endangered307
#66Martin Stable299
#67Harvey Rising293
#68Jacob Declining292
#69Lester Endangered291
#70Jim Endangered287
#71Luther Endangered285
#72Russell Stable278
#73Homer Endangered273
#74Otto Rising270
#75Hugh Stable269
#76Guy Endangered261
#77Anthony Declining257
#78Bernard Endangered256
#79Jessie Endangered255
#80Lloyd Endangered253
#81Ed Declining241
#82Theodore Rising241
#83Leroy Endangered239
#84Leon Rising236
#85Patrick Declining229
#86Everett Stable226
#87Leslie Endangered223
#88Oliver Stable222
#89Allen Endangered219
#90Stanley Endangered218
#91Philip Endangered214
#92Archie Rising207
#93Ira Stable206
#94Eddie Endangered203
#95Alexander Declining199
#96Norman Endangered199
#97Horace Endangered196
#98Bert Endangered187
#99Charley Stable186
#100Victor Declining180