Most Popular Baby Names of the 1890s
Based on Social Security Administration birth data from 1880 to 2023.
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Top 20 Names of the 1890s
| # | Name | Gender | Total Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | M | 80,664 |
| 2 | William | M | 72,244 |
| 3 | James | M | 50,723 |
| 4 | George | M | 43,358 |
| 5 | Charles | M | 36,848 |
| 6 | Joseph | M | 29,000 |
| 7 | Frank | M | 28,718 |
| 8 | Robert | M | 26,147 |
| 9 | Edward | M | 22,033 |
| 10 | Henry | M | 21,664 |
| 11 | Harry | M | 21,330 |
| 12 | Thomas | M | 21,115 |
| 13 | Walter | M | 19,495 |
| 14 | Arthur | M | 16,349 |
| 15 | Fred | M | 14,270 |
| 16 | Albert | M | 13,753 |
| 17 | Clarence | M | 11,901 |
| 18 | Willie | M | 9,849 |
| 19 | Roy | M | 9,779 |
| 20 | Louis | M | 8,442 |
| 21 | Earl | M | 8,297 |
| 22 | Paul | M | 8,181 |
| 23 | Carl | M | 8,047 |
| 24 | Ernest | M | 7,877 |
| 25 | Samuel | M | 7,857 |
| 26 | Raymond | M | 7,572 |
| 27 | Richard | M | 7,572 |
| 28 | Joe | M | 7,482 |
| 29 | David | M | 7,333 |
| 30 | Charlie | M | 7,261 |
| 31 | Harold | M | 7,018 |
| 32 | Ralph | M | 6,951 |
| 33 | Howard | M | 5,949 |
| 34 | Andrew | M | 5,719 |
| 35 | Herbert | M | 5,660 |
| 36 | Elmer | M | 5,647 |
| 37 | Oscar | M | 5,612 |
| 38 | Jesse | M | 5,396 |
| 39 | Alfred | M | 5,373 |
| 40 | Will | M | 5,210 |
| 41 | Daniel | M | 5,185 |
| 42 | Sam | M | 4,941 |
| 43 | Leo | M | 4,691 |
| 44 | Jack | M | 4,635 |
| 45 | Lawrence | M | 4,597 |
| 46 | Francis | M | 4,535 |
| 47 | Benjamin | M | 4,460 |
| 48 | Lee | M | 4,384 |
| 49 | Eugene | M | 4,303 |
| 50 | Herman | M | 4,232 |
| 51 | Peter | M | 4,028 |
| 52 | Frederick | M | 3,994 |
| 53 | Floyd | M | 3,957 |
| 54 | Michael | M | 3,926 |
| 55 | Ray | M | 3,763 |
| 56 | Lewis | M | 3,699 |
| 57 | Claude | M | 3,636 |
| 58 | Clyde | M | 3,625 |
| 59 | Edwin | M | 3,505 |
| 60 | Tom | M | 3,335 |
| 61 | Martin | M | 3,254 |
| 62 | Leonard | M | 3,166 |
| 63 | Ben | M | 3,156 |
| 64 | Chester | M | 3,021 |
| 65 | Edgar | M | 2,982 |
| 66 | Jim | M | 2,841 |
| 67 | Harvey | M | 2,822 |
| 68 | Russell | M | 2,780 |
| 69 | Lester | M | 2,702 |
| 70 | Clifford | M | 2,701 |
| 71 | Luther | M | 2,668 |
| 72 | Homer | M | 2,637 |
| 73 | Jacob | M | 2,551 |
| 74 | Leroy | M | 2,544 |
| 75 | Otto | M | 2,543 |
| 76 | Guy | M | 2,487 |
| 77 | Lloyd | M | 2,480 |
| 78 | Anthony | M | 2,453 |
| 79 | Jessie | M | 2,424 |
| 80 | Hugh | M | 2,405 |
| 81 | Ed | M | 2,346 |
| 82 | Bernard | M | 2,315 |
| 83 | Theodore | M | 2,300 |
| 84 | Stanley | M | 2,297 |
| 85 | Eddie | M | 2,284 |
| 86 | Patrick | M | 2,233 |
| 87 | Philip | M | 2,147 |
| 88 | Leon | M | 2,103 |
| 89 | Archie | M | 2,068 |
| 90 | Leslie | M | 2,063 |
| 91 | Oliver | M | 2,035 |
| 92 | Allen | M | 2,002 |
| 93 | Alexander | M | 1,954 |
| 94 | Dewey | M | 1,921 |
| 95 | Ira | M | 1,916 |
| 96 | Everett | M | 1,902 |
| 97 | Norman | M | 1,891 |
| 98 | Horace | M | 1,814 |
| 99 | Victor | M | 1,811 |
| 100 | Cecil | M | 1,808 |