Most Popular Baby Names in 1889

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	John	8,548
2	William	7,772
3	James	5,020
4	George	4,430
5	Charles	4,199
6	Frank	2,975
7	Joseph	2,729
8	Harry	2,559
9	Robert	2,513
10	Edward	2,299
11	Henry	2,286
12	Thomas	2,233
13	Walter	1,916
14	Arthur	1,668
15	Fred	1,554
16	Albert	1,353
17	Clarence	984
18	Roy	888
19	Louis	837
20	Samuel	810
21	Benjamin	760
22	David	757
23	Ernest	736
24	Richard	711
25	Joe	709
26	Willie	708
27	Carl	704
28	Earl	688
29	Charlie	685
30	Will	631
31	Jesse	576
32	Oscar	572
33	Andrew	561
34	Elmer	557
35	Paul	555
36	Daniel	515
37	Raymond	511
38	Howard	503
39	Ralph	495
40	Sam	486
41	Alfred	472
42	Herbert	472
43	Ben	453
44	Frederick	451
45	Peter	425
46	Lee	415
47	Lewis	414
48	Herman	405
49	Claude	386
50	Tom	379

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	11,648
2	Anna	5,062
3	Elizabeth	3,058
4	Margaret	2,917
5	Emma	2,884
6	Minnie	2,624
7	Florence	2,465
8	Ethel	2,463
9	Bessie	2,343
10	Clara	2,319
11	Bertha	2,293
12	Alice	2,145
13	Annie	2,123
14	Ida	2,122
15	Grace	2,049
16	Mabel	1,947
17	Helen	1,909
18	Edna	1,815
19	Nellie	1,752
20	Sarah	1,730
21	Martha	1,711
22	Ella	1,647
23	Lillian	1,640
24	Pearl	1,588
25	Laura	1,567
26	Rose	1,550
27	Carrie	1,547
28	Gertrude	1,543
29	Edith	1,523
30	Marie	1,436
31	Eva	1,372
32	Cora	1,365
33	Myrtle	1,361
34	Frances	1,351
35	Hattie	1,328
36	Maude	1,293
37	Lillie	1,289
38	Louise	1,283
39	Jennie	1,252
40	Julia	1,201
41	Elsie	1,199
42	Catherine	1,198
43	Jessie	1,196
44	Mattie	1,173
45	Lena	1,096
46	Ruth	1,073
47	Lula	1,067
48	Hazel	1,056
49	Josephine	1,047
50	Agnes	1,033