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Most Popular Baby Names Of 1894

The 100 most-used girls’ and boys’ names among U.S. births in 1894 — 338,670 recorded births in total that year.

18931895 The 1890s as a wholeNames that peaked in 1894

Girls’ names

  1. 1Mary13,1515.9%
  2. 2Anna5,5652.5%
  3. 3Margaret3,7001.7%
  4. 4Helen3,6761.6%
  5. 5Elizabeth3,4251.5%
  6. 6Ruth3,3721.5%
  7. 7Ethel3,2871.5%
  8. 8Florence3,2331.5%
  9. 9Emma2,9371.3%
  10. 10Marie2,6491.2%
  11. 11Clara2,6031.2%
  12. 12Minnie2,5921.2%
  13. 13Bessie2,5201.1%
  14. 14Bertha2,4961.1%
  15. 15Edna2,4581.1%
  16. 16Lillian2,4411.1%
  17. 17Alice2,4141.1%
  18. 18Annie2,3931.1%
  19. 19Grace2,3611.1%
  20. 20Mabel2,2211.0%
  21. 21Ida2,1951.0%
  22. 22Rose2,1261.0%
  23. 23Hazel2,1030.9%
  24. 24Martha1,9680.9%
  25. 25Gertrude1,9080.9%
  26. 26Edith1,8200.8%
  27. 27Myrtle1,8180.8%
  28. 28Pearl1,7890.8%
  29. 29Frances1,7760.8%
  30. 30Nellie1,7670.8%
  31. 31Ella1,7610.8%
  32. 32Laura1,7300.8%
  33. 33Elsie1,7160.8%
  34. 34Sarah1,7010.8%
  35. 35Eva1,6730.8%
  36. 36Esther1,6540.7%
  37. 37Louise1,5710.7%
  38. 38Agnes1,4700.7%
  39. 39Carrie1,4520.7%
  40. 40Lillie1,4320.6%
  41. 41Catherine1,4300.6%
  42. 42Lena1,3600.6%
  43. 43Irene1,3470.6%
  44. 44Hattie1,3250.6%
  45. 45Julia1,3200.6%
  46. 46Cora1,3190.6%
  47. 47Gladys1,2580.6%
  48. 48Josephine1,2560.6%
  49. 49Mattie1,2380.6%
  50. 50Mildred1,2200.5%
  51. 51Jennie1,2100.5%
  52. 52Alma1,1770.5%
  53. 53Maude1,1440.5%
  54. 54Mae1,1340.5%
  55. 55Jessie1,1200.5%
  56. 56Blanche1,0910.5%
  57. 57Lucy1,0770.5%
  58. 58Dorothy1,0520.5%
  59. 59Mamie1,0430.5%
  60. 60Lula1,0420.5%
  61. 61Stella1,0350.5%
  62. 62Ada1,0180.5%
  63. 63Fannie1,0030.4%
  64. 64Katherine9480.4%
  65. 65Viola9060.4%
  66. 66Maggie8950.4%
  67. 67Ruby8740.4%
  68. 68Nora8540.4%
  69. 69Dora8270.4%
  70. 70Rosa7800.3%
  71. 71May7630.3%
  72. 72Ellen7590.3%
  73. 73Sadie7450.3%
  74. 74Effie7120.3%
  75. 75Willie7090.3%
  76. 76Beatrice6840.3%
  77. 77Della6810.3%
  78. 78Susie6790.3%
  79. 79Beulah6750.3%
  80. 80Pauline6560.3%
  81. 81Daisy6450.3%
  82. 82Nettie6300.3%
  83. 83Marguerite6240.3%
  84. 84Flora6190.3%
  85. 85Lydia6180.3%
  86. 86Vera6180.3%
  87. 87Lottie5970.3%
  88. 88Olive5890.3%
  89. 89Marion5870.3%
  90. 90Sallie5840.3%
  91. 91Virginia5830.3%
  92. 92Lizzie5620.3%
  93. 93Emily5510.2%
  94. 94Georgia5350.2%
  95. 95Katie5250.2%
  96. 96Kathryn5200.2%
  97. 97Etta5190.2%
  98. 98Nancy5150.2%
  99. 99Evelyn4910.2%
  100. 100Charlotte4840.2%

Boys’ names

  1. 1John8,2377.1%
  2. 2William7,2746.3%
  3. 3James5,1104.4%
  4. 4George4,3653.8%
  5. 5Charles3,7883.3%
  6. 6Joseph2,9772.6%
  7. 7Frank2,8632.5%
  8. 8Robert2,4972.2%
  9. 9Henry2,2782.0%
  10. 10Harry2,1891.9%
  11. 11Edward2,1791.9%
  12. 12Thomas2,1701.9%
  13. 13Walter2,0101.7%
  14. 14Arthur1,7121.5%
  15. 15Fred1,4751.3%
  16. 16Albert1,4471.3%
  17. 17Clarence1,1851.0%
  18. 18Roy1,0180.9%
  19. 19Willie9860.9%
  20. 20Earl8960.8%
  21. 21Louis8690.8%
  22. 22Carl8610.7%
  23. 23Paul8240.7%
  24. 24Ernest8210.7%
  25. 25Richard8080.7%
  26. 26Samuel7760.7%
  27. 27Raymond7670.7%
  28. 28Joe7410.6%
  29. 29David7290.6%
  30. 30Charlie7040.6%
  31. 31Ralph6920.6%
  32. 32Harold6900.6%
  33. 33Howard6120.5%
  34. 34Oscar6010.5%
  35. 35Andrew5940.5%
  36. 36Herbert5850.5%
  37. 37Elmer5750.5%
  38. 38Jesse5670.5%
  39. 39Will5590.5%
  40. 40Alfred5210.5%
  41. 41Daniel5150.4%
  42. 42Leo5150.4%
  43. 43Sam5070.4%
  44. 44Benjamin4690.4%
  45. 45Lee4550.4%
  46. 46Floyd4450.4%
  47. 47Jack4410.4%
  48. 48Herman4330.4%
  49. 49Lawrence4300.4%
  50. 50Francis4230.4%
  51. 51Michael4230.4%
  52. 52Eugene4210.4%
  53. 53Claude4190.4%
  54. 54Frederick4130.4%
  55. 55Peter3910.3%
  56. 56Clyde3860.3%
  57. 57Ray3790.3%
  58. 58Edwin3660.3%
  59. 59Lewis3590.3%
  60. 60Leonard3430.3%
  61. 61Tom3430.3%
  62. 62Ben3260.3%
  63. 63Chester3250.3%
  64. 64Edgar3130.3%
  65. 65Clifford3070.3%
  66. 66Martin2990.3%
  67. 67Harvey2930.3%
  68. 68Jacob2920.3%
  69. 69Lester2910.3%
  70. 70Jim2870.2%
  71. 71Luther2850.2%
  72. 72Russell2780.2%
  73. 73Homer2730.2%
  74. 74Otto2700.2%
  75. 75Hugh2690.2%
  76. 76Guy2610.2%
  77. 77Anthony2570.2%
  78. 78Bernard2560.2%
  79. 79Jessie2550.2%
  80. 80Lloyd2530.2%
  81. 81Ed2410.2%
  82. 82Theodore2410.2%
  83. 83Leroy2390.2%
  84. 84Leon2360.2%
  85. 85Patrick2290.2%
  86. 86Everett2260.2%
  87. 87Leslie2230.2%
  88. 88Oliver2220.2%
  89. 89Allen2190.2%
  90. 90Stanley2180.2%
  91. 91Philip2140.2%
  92. 92Archie2070.2%
  93. 93Ira2060.2%
  94. 94Eddie2030.2%
  95. 95Alexander1990.2%
  96. 96Norman1990.2%
  97. 97Horace1960.2%
  98. 98Bert1870.2%
  99. 99Charley1860.2%
  100. 100Victor1800.2%

Percentages are each name’s share of all 1894 applications for that sex — a useful reminder of how much more concentrated naming used to be. In 1880 the top girls’ name alone accounted for several percent of all girls; today the #1 name is well under one percent.

Counts are based on U.S. births and are tracked separately for girls and boys. Names used fewer than 5 times in a year aren’t published for that year, so totals here are a floor — the shortfall is largest in the sparse early years.