Names by year · United States
The names of 1893
In 1893, the SSA recorded 325,223 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 17 | 12,784 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 37 | 5,695 | #107 |
| 3 | Ruth1 in 58 | 3,658 | #173 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 60 | 3,565 | #112 |
| 5 | Elizabeth1 in 63 | 3,360 | #17 |
| 6 | Helen1 in 66 | 3,249 | #462 |
| 7 | Florence1 in 66 | 3,231 | #391 |
| 8 | Ethel1 in 68 | 3,119 | #4,211 |
| 9 | Emma1 in 72 | 2,968 | #3 |
| 10 | Bertha1 in 81 | 2,623 | #4,569 |
| 11 | Clara1 in 84 | 2,532 | #63 |
| 12 | Minnie1 in 85 | 2,510 | #3,060 |
| 13 | Alice1 in 87 | 2,434 | #65 |
| 14 | Edna1 in 90 | 2,378 | #2,463 |
| 15 | Bessie1 in 91 | 2,352 | #6,889 |
| 16 | Grace1 in 92 | 2,308 | #38 |
| 17 | Annie1 in 95 | 2,251 | #182 |
| 18 | Ida1 in 95 | 2,247 | #1,120 |
| 19 | Marie1 in 96 | 2,212 | #618 |
| 20 | Lillian1 in 97 | 2,193 | #57 |
| 21 | Mabel1 in 97 | 2,191 | #201 |
| 22 | Hazel1 in 104 | 2,052 | #21 |
| 23 | Rose1 in 106 | 2,012 | #114 |
| 24 | Gertrude1 in 118 | 1,811 | #6,632 |
| 25 | Martha1 in 118 | 1,805 | #713 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 14 | 8,049 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 16 | 7,223 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 5,030 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 26 | 4,320 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 30 | 3,723 | #48 |
| 6 | Joseph1 in 37 | 2,997 | #29 |
| 7 | Frank1 in 39 | 2,917 | #514 |
| 8 | Robert1 in 44 | 2,563 | #92 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 49 | 2,309 | #224 |
| 10 | Harry1 in 50 | 2,245 | #775 |
| 11 | Henry1 in 52 | 2,162 | #5 |
| 12 | Thomas1 in 52 | 2,157 | #34 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 56 | 2,004 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 69 | 1,635 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 75 | 1,493 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 83 | 1,353 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 96 | 1,169 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Roy1 in 122 | 919 | #525 |
| 19 | Willie1 in 127 | 882 | #1,322 |
| 20 | Samuel1 in 132 | 851 | #18 |
| 21 | Earl1 in 137 | 819 | #2,236 |
| 22 | Louis1 in 138 | 816 | #249 |
| 23 | Ernest1 in 141 | 796 | #1,040 |
| 24 | Carl1 in 143 | 786 | #1,134 |
| 25 | Paul1 in 151 | 743 | #262 |
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