Names by year · United States
The names of 1890
In 1890, the SSA recorded 301,401 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 16 | 12,078 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 36 | 5,233 | #107 |
| 3 | Elizabeth1 in 61 | 3,112 | #17 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 61 | 3,100 | #112 |
| 5 | Emma1 in 64 | 2,980 | #3 |
| 6 | Florence1 in 69 | 2,744 | #391 |
| 7 | Ethel1 in 70 | 2,718 | #4,211 |
| 8 | Minnie1 in 72 | 2,650 | #3,060 |
| 9 | Clara1 in 76 | 2,496 | #63 |
| 10 | Bertha1 in 80 | 2,388 | #4,569 |
| 11 | Bessie1 in 80 | 2,370 | #6,889 |
| 12 | Helen1 in 82 | 2,312 | #462 |
| 13 | Grace1 in 84 | 2,278 | #38 |
| 14 | Alice1 in 84 | 2,271 | #65 |
| 15 | Annie1 in 86 | 2,220 | #182 |
| 16 | Ida1 in 87 | 2,178 | #1,120 |
| 17 | Mabel1 in 93 | 2,058 | #201 |
| 18 | Edna1 in 96 | 1,973 | #2,463 |
| 19 | Lillian1 in 102 | 1,862 | #57 |
| 20 | Nellie1 in 105 | 1,821 | #533 |
| 21 | Sarah1 in 107 | 1,786 | #90 |
| 22 | Martha1 in 107 | 1,784 | #713 |
| 23 | Ella1 in 108 | 1,758 | #29 |
| 24 | Pearl1 in 109 | 1,741 | #777 |
| 25 | Rose1 in 110 | 1,725 | #114 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 13 | 8,502 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 15 | 7,494 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 5,097 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 25 | 4,458 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 27 | 4,061 | #48 |
| 6 | Frank1 in 36 | 3,078 | #514 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 42 | 2,670 | #29 |
| 8 | Robert1 in 44 | 2,541 | #92 |
| 9 | Henry1 in 47 | 2,349 | #5 |
| 10 | Harry1 in 47 | 2,345 | #775 |
| 11 | Edward1 in 49 | 2,282 | #224 |
| 12 | Thomas1 in 50 | 2,200 | #34 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 58 | 1,905 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 69 | 1,610 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 74 | 1,506 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 78 | 1,417 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 109 | 1,018 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Roy1 in 118 | 941 | #525 |
| 19 | Louis1 in 129 | 860 | #249 |
| 20 | Samuel1 in 136 | 815 | #18 |
| 21 | Charlie1 in 139 | 797 | #145 |
| 22 | Ernest1 in 143 | 774 | #1,040 |
| 23 | Willie1 in 146 | 758 | #1,322 |
| 24 | Earl1 in 149 | 744 | #2,236 |
| 25 | Richard1 in 149 | 743 | #234 |
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