Most Popular Baby Names in 1890

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	John	8,502
2	William	7,494
3	James	5,097
4	George	4,458
5	Charles	4,061
6	Frank	3,078
7	Joseph	2,670
8	Robert	2,541
9	Henry	2,349
10	Harry	2,345
11	Edward	2,282
12	Thomas	2,200
13	Walter	1,905
14	Arthur	1,610
15	Fred	1,506
16	Albert	1,417
17	Clarence	1,018
18	Roy	941
19	Louis	860
20	Samuel	815
21	Charlie	797
22	Ernest	774
23	Willie	758
24	Earl	744
25	Richard	743
26	David	731
27	Carl	693
28	Joe	682
29	Oscar	628
30	Will	613
31	Paul	607
32	Ralph	587
33	Jesse	576
34	Andrew	575
35	Alfred	549
36	Raymond	546
37	Benjamin	537
38	Elmer	528
39	Daniel	505
40	Howard	501
41	Sam	489
42	Herbert	467
43	Frederick	410
44	Lee	410
45	Peter	410
46	Eugene	408
47	Harold	408
48	Michael	394
49	Leo	393
50	Herman	382

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	12,078
2	Anna	5,233
3	Elizabeth	3,112
4	Margaret	3,100
5	Emma	2,980
6	Florence	2,744
7	Ethel	2,718
8	Minnie	2,650
9	Clara	2,496
10	Bertha	2,388
11	Bessie	2,370
12	Helen	2,312
13	Grace	2,278
14	Alice	2,271
15	Annie	2,220
16	Ida	2,178
17	Mabel	2,058
18	Edna	1,973
19	Lillian	1,862
20	Nellie	1,821
21	Sarah	1,786
22	Martha	1,784
23	Ella	1,758
24	Pearl	1,741
25	Rose	1,725
26	Gertrude	1,713
27	Laura	1,634
28	Marie	1,563
29	Carrie	1,510
30	Edith	1,493
31	Louise	1,472
32	Eva	1,436
33	Frances	1,416
34	Myrtle	1,406
35	Lillie	1,390
36	Cora	1,386
37	Hazel	1,366
38	Hattie	1,363
39	Maude	1,359
40	Julia	1,275
41	Jennie	1,259
42	Mattie	1,256
43	Jessie	1,250
44	Catherine	1,232
45	Elsie	1,220
46	Ruth	1,195
47	Lena	1,137
48	Lula	1,121
49	Josephine	1,118
50	Agnes	1,095