Top baby names of 1891

The 100 most popular boy and girl names in the US in 1891, from Social Security Administration birth records.

Top boy names

  1. 1John7,680
  2. 2William6,763
  3. 3James4,516
  4. 4George3,931
  5. 5Charles3,640
  6. 6Frank2,652
  7. 7Joseph2,572
  8. 8Robert2,240
  9. 9Harry2,132
  10. 10Henry2,049
  11. 11Edward1,989
  12. 12Thomas1,982
  13. 13Walter1,668
  14. 14Arthur1,514
  15. 15Fred1,362
  16. 16Albert1,207
  17. 17Clarence1,007
  18. 18Roy838
  19. 19Louis786
  20. 20Samuel753
  21. 21Willie739
  22. 22Ernest715
  23. 23Charlie707
  24. 24Carl675
  25. 25Earl674
  26. 26David673
  27. 27Richard609
  28. 28Ralph587
  29. 29Joe584
  30. 30Raymond575
  31. 31Paul564
  32. 32Oscar551
  33. 33Andrew521
  34. 34Will520
  35. 35Jesse519
  36. 36Elmer508
  37. 37Daniel505
  38. 38Herbert501
  39. 39Alfred499
  40. 40Howard485
  41. 41Benjamin461
  42. 42Harold419
  43. 43Sam418
  44. 44Frederick412
  45. 45Peter396
  46. 46Lawrence389
  47. 47Herman383
  48. 48Eugene362
  49. 49Ray360
  50. 50Lewis357
  51. 51Leo353
  52. 52Lee342
  53. 53Floyd336
  54. 54Francis333
  55. 55Michael333
  56. 56Martin331
  57. 57Claude327
  58. 58Clyde327
  59. 59Edwin327
  60. 60Tom318
  61. 61Ben302
  62. 62Jack290
  63. 63Jim288
  64. 64Edgar277
  65. 65Harvey274
  66. 66Otto274
  67. 67Guy262
  68. 68Chester252
  69. 69Jacob238
  70. 70Ed237
  71. 71Luther236
  72. 72Leonard235
  73. 73Hugh233
  74. 74Homer230
  75. 75Jessie227
  76. 76Theodore224
  77. 77Oliver212
  78. 78Patrick212
  79. 79Archie201
  80. 80Philip198
  81. 81Clifford196
  82. 82Charley193
  83. 83Lester191
  84. 84Leroy190
  85. 85Bernard187
  86. 86August186
  87. 87Russell186
  88. 88Lloyd185
  89. 89Bert181
  90. 90Eddie179
  91. 91Ira179
  92. 92Stanley178
  93. 93Everett174
  94. 94Allen173
  95. 95Alexander172
  96. 96Anthony170
  97. 97Horace165
  98. 98Leslie164
  99. 99Grover163
  100. 100Norman163

Top girl names

  1. 1Mary11,704
  2. 2Anna5,099
  3. 3Margaret3,065
  4. 4Elizabeth3,059
  5. 5Emma2,884
  6. 6Florence2,716
  7. 7Ethel2,689
  8. 8Minnie2,428
  9. 9Helen2,417
  10. 10Bertha2,372
  11. 11Clara2,360
  12. 12Bessie2,323
  13. 13Annie2,096
  14. 14Grace2,088
  15. 15Mabel2,029
  16. 16Alice2,015
  17. 17Ida2,002
  18. 18Edna1,963
  19. 19Ruth1,857
  20. 20Lillian1,812
  21. 21Martha1,744
  22. 22Rose1,696
  23. 23Ella1,685
  24. 24Sarah1,669
  25. 25Nellie1,647
  26. 26Gertrude1,645
  27. 27Pearl1,605
  28. 28Marie1,596
  29. 29Edith1,509
  30. 30Laura1,509
  31. 31Myrtle1,458
  32. 32Hazel1,447
  33. 33Eva1,412
  34. 34Frances1,397
  35. 35Cora1,343
  36. 36Carrie1,342
  37. 37Louise1,333
  38. 38Elsie1,303
  39. 39Lillie1,247
  40. 40Jennie1,238
  41. 41Catherine1,219
  42. 42Hattie1,219
  43. 43Julia1,200
  44. 44Maude1,188
  45. 45Lena1,174
  46. 46Mattie1,165
  47. 47Agnes1,125
  48. 48Jessie1,119
  49. 49Josephine1,031
  50. 50Lula1,010
  51. 51Ada975
  52. 52Irene950
  53. 53Lucy944
  54. 54Mae933
  55. 55Alma929
  56. 56Blanche917
  57. 57Fannie916
  58. 58Dora870
  59. 59Stella867
  60. 60Maggie841
  61. 61Mamie830
  62. 62Katherine803
  63. 63Nora801
  64. 64Mildred761
  65. 65Rosa729
  66. 66Esther710
  67. 67Effie704
  68. 68May696
  69. 69Ellen675
  70. 70Gladys633
  71. 71Nettie620
  72. 72Sadie617
  73. 73Viola609
  74. 74Della607
  75. 75Sallie569
  76. 76Dorothy566
  77. 77Susie566
  78. 78Willie562
  79. 79Daisy557
  80. 80Ruby554
  81. 81Beulah526
  82. 82Lizzie525
  83. 83Nancy523
  84. 84Marguerite511
  85. 85Olive509
  86. 86Lydia507
  87. 87Kathryn504
  88. 88Lottie501
  89. 89Flora497
  90. 90Katie494
  91. 91Beatrice485
  92. 92Addie467
  93. 93Pauline455
  94. 94Etta452
  95. 95Emily444
  96. 96Georgia444
  97. 97Virginia439
  98. 98Vera426
  99. 99Marion413
  100. 100Caroline402