Popular baby names of 1891

In 1891, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (11,704 babies) and John for boys (7,680). Social Security records show 286,673 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 1,533 girls' names and 1,127 boys' names.

1891 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 20.7% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 37.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Vera, Marion.
New in the boys' top 100: Everett, Horace, Norman.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1891

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1890
1	Mary	11,704	–
2	Anna	5,099	–
3	Margaret	3,065	↑1
4	Elizabeth	3,059	↓1
5	Emma	2,884	–
6	Florence	2,716	–
7	Ethel	2,689	–
8	Minnie	2,428	–
9	Helen	2,417	↑3
10	Bertha	2,372	–
11	Clara	2,360	↓2
12	Bessie	2,323	↓1
13	Annie	2,096	↑2
14	Grace	2,088	↓1
15	Mabel	2,029	↑2
16	Alice	2,015	↓2
17	Ida	2,002	↓1
18	Edna	1,963	–
19	Ruth	1,857	↑27
20	Lillian	1,812	↓1
21	Martha	1,744	↑1
22	Rose	1,696	↑3
23	Ella	1,685	–
24	Sarah	1,669	↓3
25	Nellie	1,647	↓5
26	Gertrude	1,645	–
27	Pearl	1,605	↓3
28	Marie	1,596	–
29	Edith	1,509	↑1
30	Laura	1,509	↓3
31	Myrtle	1,458	↑3
32	Hazel	1,447	↑5
33	Eva	1,412	↓1
34	Frances	1,397	↓1
35	Cora	1,343	↑1
36	Carrie	1,342	↓7
37	Louise	1,333	↓6
38	Elsie	1,303	↑7
39	Lillie	1,247	↓4
40	Jennie	1,238	↑1
41	Catherine	1,219	↑3
42	Hattie	1,219	↓4
43	Julia	1,200	↓3
44	Maude	1,188	↓5
45	Lena	1,174	↑2
46	Mattie	1,165	↓4
47	Agnes	1,125	↑3
48	Jessie	1,119	↓5
49	Josephine	1,031	–
50	Lula	1,010	↓2
51	Ada	975	–
52	Irene	950	↑8
53	Lucy	944	–
54	Mae	933	↑4
55	Alma	929	↑2
56	Blanche	917	↓1
57	Fannie	916	↓5
58	Dora	870	↑4
59	Stella	867	↓3
60	Maggie	841	↑1
61	Mamie	830	↓7
62	Katherine	803	↓3
63	Nora	801	–
64	Mildred	761	↑7
65	Rosa	729	↓1
66	Esther	710	↑9
67	Effie	704	↓1
68	May	696	↓3
69	Ellen	675	↑1
70	Gladys	633	↑12
71	Nettie	620	↓4
72	Sadie	617	↓3
73	Viola	609	↓5
74	Della	607	↓2
75	Sallie	569	↑5
76	Dorothy	566	↑17
77	Susie	566	↓4
78	Willie	562	↓1
79	Daisy	557	↓3
80	Ruby	554	↑1
81	Beulah	526	↓2
82	Lizzie	525	↓8
83	Nancy	523	↑1
84	Marguerite	511	↑12
85	Olive	509	↑4
86	Lydia	507	↓8
87	Kathryn	504	↑4
88	Lottie	501	–
89	Flora	497	↓4
90	Katie	494	↓3
91	Beatrice	485	↑7
92	Addie	467	–
93	Pauline	455	↓3
94	Etta	452	↑1
95	Emily	444	↓9
96	Georgia	444	↓13
97	Virginia	439	↑3
98	Vera	426	new
99	Marion	413	new
100	Caroline	402	↓6

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1890
1	John	7,680	–
2	William	6,763	–
3	James	4,516	–
4	George	3,931	–
5	Charles	3,640	–
6	Frank	2,652	–
7	Joseph	2,572	–
8	Robert	2,240	–
9	Harry	2,132	↑1
10	Henry	2,049	↓1
11	Edward	1,989	–
12	Thomas	1,982	–
13	Walter	1,668	–
14	Arthur	1,514	–
15	Fred	1,362	–
16	Albert	1,207	–
17	Clarence	1,007	–
18	Roy	838	–
19	Louis	786	–
20	Samuel	753	–
21	Willie	739	↑2
22	Ernest	715	–
23	Charlie	707	↓2
24	Carl	675	↑3
25	Earl	674	↓1
26	David	673	–
27	Richard	609	↓2
28	Ralph	587	↑4
29	Joe	584	↓1
30	Raymond	575	↑6
31	Paul	564	–
32	Oscar	551	↓3
33	Andrew	521	↑1
34	Will	520	↓4
35	Jesse	519	↓2
36	Elmer	508	↑2
37	Daniel	505	↑2
38	Herbert	501	↑4
39	Alfred	499	↓4
40	Howard	485	–
41	Benjamin	461	↓4
42	Harold	419	↑5
43	Sam	418	↓2
44	Frederick	412	↓1
45	Peter	396	–
46	Lawrence	389	↑6
47	Herman	383	↑3
48	Eugene	362	↓2
49	Ray	360	↑7
50	Lewis	357	↑1
51	Leo	353	↓2
52	Lee	342	↓8
53	Floyd	336	↑7
54	Francis	333	↑1
55	Michael	333	↓7
56	Martin	331	↑2
57	Claude	327	–
58	Clyde	327	↑6
59	Edwin	327	↑4
60	Tom	318	↓1
61	Ben	302	↓7
62	Jack	290	↓9
63	Jim	288	↓1
64	Edgar	277	↓3
65	Harvey	274	–
66	Otto	274	↑2
67	Guy	262	↑5
68	Chester	252	↑1
69	Jacob	238	↓3
70	Ed	237	–
71	Luther	236	–
72	Leonard	235	↓5
73	Hugh	233	↑7
74	Homer	230	↑3
75	Jessie	227	↓2
76	Theodore	224	↑13
77	Oliver	212	↑4
78	Patrick	212	↓3
79	Archie	201	–
80	Philip	198	↑8
81	Clifford	196	↑2
82	Charley	193	↑11
83	Lester	191	↓7
84	Leroy	190	↓10
85	Bernard	187	↑13
86	August	186	↓2
87	Russell	186	↑8
88	Lloyd	185	↑6
89	Bert	181	↑8
90	Eddie	179	↓4
91	Ira	179	↓9
92	Stanley	178	↓14
93	Everett	174	new
94	Allen	173	↓4
95	Alexander	172	↓10
96	Anthony	170	↓5
97	Horace	165	new
98	Leslie	164	↓2
99	Grover	163	–
100	Norman	163	new

Every name given in 1891

All 2,660 names Social Security recorded for 1891, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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