Names by year · United States
The names of 1889
In 1889, the SSA recorded 288,946 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 15 | 11,648 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 35 | 5,062 | #107 |
| 3 | Elizabeth1 in 58 | 3,058 | #17 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 61 | 2,917 | #112 |
| 5 | Emma1 in 62 | 2,884 | #3 |
| 6 | Minnie1 in 68 | 2,624 | #3,060 |
| 7 | Florence1 in 72 | 2,465 | #391 |
| 8 | Ethel1 in 72 | 2,463 | #4,211 |
| 9 | Bessie1 in 76 | 2,343 | #6,889 |
| 10 | Clara1 in 77 | 2,319 | #63 |
| 11 | Bertha1 in 78 | 2,293 | #4,569 |
| 12 | Alice1 in 83 | 2,145 | #65 |
| 13 | Annie1 in 84 | 2,123 | #182 |
| 14 | Ida1 in 84 | 2,122 | #1,120 |
| 15 | Grace1 in 87 | 2,049 | #38 |
| 16 | Mabel1 in 92 | 1,947 | #201 |
| 17 | Helen1 in 93 | 1,909 | #462 |
| 18 | Edna1 in 98 | 1,815 | #2,463 |
| 19 | Nellie1 in 102 | 1,752 | #533 |
| 20 | Sarah1 in 103 | 1,730 | #90 |
| 21 | Martha1 in 104 | 1,711 | #713 |
| 22 | Ella1 in 108 | 1,647 | #29 |
| 23 | Lillian1 in 109 | 1,640 | #57 |
| 24 | Pearl1 in 112 | 1,588 | #777 |
| 25 | Laura1 in 114 | 1,567 | #379 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 13 | 8,548 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 14 | 7,772 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 5,020 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 25 | 4,430 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 26 | 4,199 | #48 |
| 6 | Frank1 in 37 | 2,975 | #514 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 41 | 2,729 | #29 |
| 8 | Harry1 in 43 | 2,559 | #775 |
| 9 | Robert1 in 44 | 2,513 | #92 |
| 10 | Edward1 in 48 | 2,299 | #224 |
| 11 | Henry1 in 48 | 2,286 | #5 |
| 12 | Thomas1 in 50 | 2,233 | #34 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 58 | 1,916 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 66 | 1,668 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 71 | 1,554 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 82 | 1,353 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 112 | 984 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Roy1 in 125 | 888 | #525 |
| 19 | Louis1 in 132 | 837 | #249 |
| 20 | Samuel1 in 137 | 810 | #18 |
| 21 | Benjamin1 in 146 | 760 | #11 |
| 22 | David1 in 146 | 757 | #35 |
| 23 | Ernest1 in 150 | 736 | #1,040 |
| 24 | Richard1 in 156 | 711 | #234 |
| 25 | Joe1 in 156 | 709 | #994 |
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