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1890 U.S. baby name rankings

Compare the names recorded most often for boys and girls born in this year.

Leading boy name John

8,502 recorded births

Leading girl name Mary

12,078 recorded births

Annual rankings show what parents chose in 1890. Compare this view with generation rankings to separate a single-year spike from a lasting era.

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Boy names

Name Rank Recorded births
John 1 8,502
William 2 7,494
James 3 5,097
George 4 4,458
Charles 5 4,061
Frank 6 3,078
Joseph 7 2,670
Robert 8 2,541
Henry 9 2,349
Harry 10 2,345
Edward 11 2,282
Thomas 12 2,200
Walter 13 1,905
Arthur 14 1,610
Fred 15 1,506
Albert 16 1,417
Clarence 17 1,018
Roy 18 941
Louis 19 860
Samuel 20 815
Charlie 21 797
Ernest 22 774
Willie 23 758
Earl 24 744
Richard 25 743
David 26 731
Carl 27 693
Joe 28 682
Oscar 29 628
Will 30 613
Paul 31 607
Ralph 32 587
Jesse 33 576
Andrew 34 575
Alfred 35 549
Raymond 36 546
Benjamin 37 537
Elmer 38 528
Daniel 39 505
Howard 40 501
Sam 41 489
Herbert 42 467
Peter 43 410
Frederick 43 410
Lee 43 410
Eugene 46 408
Harold 46 408
Michael 48 394
Leo 49 393
Herman 50 382

Girl names

Name Rank Recorded births
Mary 1 12,078
Anna 2 5,233
Elizabeth 3 3,112
Margaret 4 3,100
Emma 5 2,980
Florence 6 2,744
Ethel 7 2,718
Minnie 8 2,650
Clara 9 2,496
Bertha 10 2,388
Bessie 11 2,370
Helen 12 2,312
Grace 13 2,278
Alice 14 2,271
Annie 15 2,220
Ida 16 2,178
Mabel 17 2,058
Edna 18 1,973
Lillian 19 1,862
Nellie 20 1,821
Sarah 21 1,786
Martha 22 1,784
Ella 23 1,758
Pearl 24 1,741
Rose 25 1,725
Gertrude 26 1,713
Laura 27 1,634
Marie 28 1,563
Carrie 29 1,510
Edith 30 1,493
Louise 31 1,472
Eva 32 1,436
Frances 33 1,416
Myrtle 34 1,406
Lillie 35 1,390
Cora 36 1,386
Hazel 37 1,366
Hattie 38 1,363
Maude 39 1,359
Julia 40 1,275
Jennie 41 1,259
Mattie 42 1,256
Jessie 43 1,250
Catherine 44 1,232
Elsie 45 1,220
Ruth 46 1,195
Lena 47 1,137
Lula 48 1,121
Josephine 49 1,118
Agnes 50 1,095