Names by year · United States
The names of 1894
In 1894, the SSA recorded 338,690 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 | 13,151 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 40 | 5,565 | #107 |
| 3 | Margaret1 in 60 | 3,700 | #112 |
| 4 | Helen1 in 61 | 3,676 | #462 |
| 5 | Elizabeth1 in 65 | 3,425 | #17 |
| 6 | Ruth1 in 66 | 3,372 | #173 |
| 7 | Ethel1 in 68 | 3,287 | #4,211 |
| 8 | Florence1 in 69 | 3,233 | #391 |
| 9 | Emma1 in 76 | 2,937 | #3 |
| 10 | Marie1 in 84 | 2,649 | #618 |
| 11 | Clara1 in 86 | 2,603 | #63 |
| 12 | Minnie1 in 86 | 2,592 | #3,060 |
| 13 | Bessie1 in 88 | 2,520 | #6,889 |
| 14 | Bertha1 in 89 | 2,496 | #4,569 |
| 15 | Edna1 in 91 | 2,458 | #2,463 |
| 16 | Lillian1 in 91 | 2,441 | #57 |
| 17 | Alice1 in 92 | 2,414 | #65 |
| 18 | Annie1 in 93 | 2,393 | #182 |
| 19 | Grace1 in 94 | 2,361 | #38 |
| 20 | Mabel1 in 100 | 2,221 | #201 |
| 21 | Ida1 in 102 | 2,195 | #1,120 |
| 22 | Rose1 in 105 | 2,126 | #114 |
| 23 | Hazel1 in 106 | 2,103 | #21 |
| 24 | Martha1 in 113 | 1,968 | #713 |
| 25 | Gertrude1 in 117 | 1,908 | #6,632 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 14 | 8,237 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 16 | 7,274 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 23 | 5,110 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 27 | 4,365 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 31 | 3,788 | #48 |
| 6 | Joseph1 in 39 | 2,977 | #29 |
| 7 | Frank1 in 40 | 2,863 | #514 |
| 8 | Robert1 in 46 | 2,497 | #92 |
| 9 | Henry1 in 51 | 2,278 | #5 |
| 10 | Harry1 in 53 | 2,189 | #775 |
| 11 | Edward1 in 53 | 2,179 | #224 |
| 12 | Thomas1 in 53 | 2,170 | #34 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 58 | 2,010 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 68 | 1,712 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 78 | 1,475 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 80 | 1,447 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 98 | 1,185 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Roy1 in 114 | 1,018 | #525 |
| 19 | Willie1 in 117 | 986 | #1,322 |
| 20 | Earl1 in 129 | 896 | #2,236 |
| 21 | Louis1 in 133 | 869 | #249 |
| 22 | Carl1 in 134 | 861 | #1,134 |
| 23 | Paul1 in 140 | 824 | #262 |
| 24 | Ernest1 in 141 | 821 | #1,040 |
| 25 | Richard1 in 143 | 808 | #234 |
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