Popular baby names of 1889

In 1889, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (11,648 babies) and John for boys (8,548). Social Security records show 288,946 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 1,479 girls' names and 1,111 boys' names.

1889 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 21.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 38.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Gladys, Mollie, Nannie.
New in the boys' top 100: Russell, Milton, Warren, Horace.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1889

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1888
1	Mary	11,648	–
2	Anna	5,062	–
3	Elizabeth	3,058	–
4	Margaret	2,917	↑1
5	Emma	2,884	↓1
6	Minnie	2,624	–
7	Florence	2,465	↑1
8	Ethel	2,463	↑1
9	Bessie	2,343	↑1
10	Clara	2,319	↑1
11	Bertha	2,293	↓4
12	Alice	2,145	↑1
13	Annie	2,123	↑1
14	Ida	2,122	↓2
15	Grace	2,049	–
16	Mabel	1,947	↑1
17	Helen	1,909	↓1
18	Edna	1,815	↑4
19	Nellie	1,752	↑2
20	Sarah	1,730	–
21	Martha	1,711	↓2
22	Ella	1,647	↓4
23	Lillian	1,640	–
24	Pearl	1,588	↑2
25	Laura	1,567	–
26	Rose	1,550	↑1
27	Carrie	1,547	↓3
28	Gertrude	1,543	–
29	Edith	1,523	–
30	Marie	1,436	↑10
31	Eva	1,372	↑3
32	Cora	1,365	↓1
33	Myrtle	1,361	↑2
34	Frances	1,351	↓4
35	Hattie	1,328	↑1
36	Maude	1,293	↓4
37	Lillie	1,289	↑4
38	Louise	1,283	↓5
39	Jennie	1,252	↓2
40	Julia	1,201	↓2
41	Elsie	1,199	↑6
42	Catherine	1,198	–
43	Jessie	1,196	–
44	Mattie	1,173	↓5
45	Lena	1,096	–
46	Ruth	1,073	↑13
47	Lula	1,067	↓3
48	Hazel	1,056	↑7
49	Josephine	1,047	–
50	Agnes	1,033	↓2
51	Ada	1,005	↓5
52	Blanche	972	–
53	Fannie	909	↓3
54	Lucy	893	↓3
55	Stella	891	↑9
56	Katherine	889	–
57	Mae	883	↑3
58	Mamie	883	↓5
59	Dora	882	↓5
60	Nora	831	↑1
61	Maggie	825	↓4
62	Alma	819	↓4
63	Irene	737	↑3
64	May	723	↓1
65	Effie	711	–
66	Rosa	707	↓4
67	Sadie	664	↑2
68	Ellen	653	–
69	Mildred	625	↑14
70	Nettie	622	↓3
71	Susie	607	↑1
72	Della	606	↓1
73	Daisy	583	–
74	Lizzie	570	↑1
75	Esther	553	↑2
76	Viola	536	↓2
77	Sallie	525	↓7
78	Ruby	522	↑16
79	Flora	516	↓1
80	Katie	502	–
81	Beulah	498	↑14
82	Lottie	498	↓1
83	Lydia	496	↑2
84	Caroline	491	↑5
85	Willie	488	↓6
86	Nancy	470	↓10
87	Etta	465	↓5
88	Olive	464	↓1
89	Charlotte	455	↓1
90	Addie	448	↑1
91	Georgia	445	↓7
92	Maud	432	↓6
93	Emily	429	↓3
94	Kathryn	415	↓1
95	Pauline	415	↑3
96	Gladys	414	new
97	Amanda	413	–
98	Mollie	402	new
99	Harriet	397	–
100	Nannie	396	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1888
1	John	8,548	–
2	William	7,772	–
3	James	5,020	–
4	George	4,430	–
5	Charles	4,199	–
6	Frank	2,975	–
7	Joseph	2,729	–
8	Harry	2,559	↑1
9	Robert	2,513	↓1
10	Edward	2,299	↑1
11	Henry	2,286	↓1
12	Thomas	2,233	–
13	Walter	1,916	–
14	Arthur	1,668	–
15	Fred	1,554	–
16	Albert	1,353	–
17	Clarence	984	–
18	Roy	888	↑2
19	Louis	837	–
20	Samuel	810	↓2
21	Benjamin	760	↑4
22	David	757	↓1
23	Ernest	736	↑4
24	Richard	711	↑2
25	Joe	709	↓2
26	Willie	708	↓2
27	Carl	704	↑2
28	Earl	688	↑2
29	Charlie	685	↓7
30	Will	631	↓2
31	Jesse	576	↑1
32	Oscar	572	↓1
33	Andrew	561	–
34	Elmer	557	↑5
35	Paul	555	↑3
36	Daniel	515	↓1
37	Raymond	511	↑8
38	Howard	503	↑2
39	Ralph	495	↓3
40	Sam	486	↓6
41	Alfred	472	↓4
42	Herbert	472	↑1
43	Ben	453	↑4
44	Frederick	451	↓2
45	Peter	425	↓4
46	Lee	415	↑2
47	Lewis	414	↑3
48	Herman	405	↑3
49	Claude	386	↑6
50	Tom	379	↓1
51	Michael	377	↓5
52	Eugene	369	↑1
53	Martin	367	↑1
54	Ray	355	↑9
55	Francis	346	↑2
56	Lawrence	342	↑5
57	Harold	340	↑13
58	Jim	328	↓2
59	Leo	325	–
60	Edgar	322	↑5
61	Jack	322	↑3
62	Clyde	318	↓2
63	Floyd	313	↑4
64	Harvey	311	↓2
65	Otto	309	↑1
66	Edwin	306	↑3
67	Jacob	295	↓9
68	Harrison	288	↓16
69	Chester	274	↑3
70	Guy	271	↑1
71	Ed	270	↓3
72	Luther	270	↑2
73	Homer	255	↑3
74	Patrick	236	↑7
75	Bert	231	↓2
76	Theodore	231	↑4
77	Leonard	229	↑6
78	Hugh	225	↑1
79	Allen	222	↓4
80	Anthony	219	↑13
81	Bernard	215	↑6
82	Lester	213	↑15
83	Grover	210	↓39
84	Oliver	210	↑4
85	Ira	207	↓1
86	Jessie	207	↓8
87	Clifford	202	↑5
88	Charley	199	↓11
89	Russell	198	new
90	Archie	195	↑6
91	Isaac	188	↓6
92	Leroy	186	↑3
93	Alexander	185	↓11
94	Leon	184	↓4
95	Philip	183	↓4
96	August	171	↓10
97	Milton	171	new
98	Lloyd	167	↑2
99	Warren	167	new
100	Horace	166	new

Every name given in 1889

All 2,590 names Social Security recorded for 1889, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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