Names by year · United States

The names of 1892

In 1892, the SSA recorded 334,374 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.

Girls

RankNamebornin 2025
1Mary1 in 1613,172#125
2Anna1 in 385,542#107
3Elizabeth1 in 613,461#17
4Margaret1 in 623,435#112
5Ruth1 in 653,290#173
6Florence1 in 673,154#391
7Emma1 in 683,128#3
8Ethel1 in 703,035#4,211
9Helen1 in 722,936#462
10Clara1 in 802,661#63
11Bertha1 in 812,617#4,569
12Minnie1 in 812,609#3,060
13Bessie1 in 842,541#6,889
14Alice1 in 892,373#65
15Annie1 in 902,348#182
16Grace1 in 922,299#38
17Ida1 in 942,259#1,120
18Edna1 in 962,218#2,463
19Mabel1 in 982,170#201
20Lillian1 in 992,154#57
21Marie1 in 1032,066#618
22Rose1 in 1052,023#114
23Gertrude1 in 1101,924#6,632
24Martha1 in 1111,915#713
25Hazel1 in 1121,897#21

Boys

RankNamebornin 2025
1John1 in 149,039#23
2William1 in 167,782#9
3James1 in 235,398#6
4George1 in 264,760#126
5Charles1 in 284,319#48
6Frank1 in 393,150#514
7Joseph1 in 403,064#29
8Robert1 in 452,710#92
9Harry1 in 502,460#775
10Henry1 in 502,452#5
11Edward1 in 512,416#224
12Thomas1 in 512,413#34
13Walter1 in 552,229#252
14Arthur1 in 691,768#87
15Fred1 in 751,628#1,936
16Albert1 in 811,500#614
17Clarence1 in 961,276#1,500
18Roy1 in 1161,048#525
19Willie1 in 129948#1,322
20Samuel1 in 135902#18
21Earl1 in 137888#2,236
22Louis1 in 141865#249
23Joe1 in 149819#994
24David1 in 150813#35
25Carl1 in 151808#1,134

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