Most Popular Baby Names in 1891

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	John	7,680
2	William	6,763
3	James	4,516
4	George	3,931
5	Charles	3,640
6	Frank	2,652
7	Joseph	2,572
8	Robert	2,240
9	Harry	2,132
10	Henry	2,049
11	Edward	1,989
12	Thomas	1,982
13	Walter	1,668
14	Arthur	1,514
15	Fred	1,362
16	Albert	1,207
17	Clarence	1,007
18	Roy	838
19	Louis	786
20	Samuel	753
21	Willie	739
22	Ernest	715
23	Charlie	707
24	Carl	675
25	Earl	674
26	David	673
27	Richard	609
28	Ralph	587
29	Joe	584
30	Raymond	575
31	Paul	564
32	Oscar	551
33	Andrew	521
34	Will	520
35	Jesse	519
36	Elmer	508
37	Daniel	505
38	Herbert	501
39	Alfred	499
40	Howard	485
41	Benjamin	461
42	Harold	419
43	Sam	418
44	Frederick	412
45	Peter	396
46	Lawrence	389
47	Herman	383
48	Eugene	362
49	Ray	360
50	Lewis	357

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	11,704
2	Anna	5,099
3	Margaret	3,065
4	Elizabeth	3,059
5	Emma	2,884
6	Florence	2,716
7	Ethel	2,689
8	Minnie	2,428
9	Helen	2,417
10	Bertha	2,372
11	Clara	2,360
12	Bessie	2,323
13	Annie	2,096
14	Grace	2,088
15	Mabel	2,029
16	Alice	2,015
17	Ida	2,002
18	Edna	1,963
19	Ruth	1,857
20	Lillian	1,812
21	Martha	1,744
22	Rose	1,696
23	Ella	1,685
24	Sarah	1,669
25	Nellie	1,647
26	Gertrude	1,645
27	Pearl	1,605
28	Marie	1,596
29	Edith	1,509
30	Laura	1,509
31	Myrtle	1,458
32	Hazel	1,447
33	Eva	1,412
34	Frances	1,397
35	Cora	1,343
36	Carrie	1,342
37	Louise	1,333
38	Elsie	1,303
39	Lillie	1,247
40	Jennie	1,238
41	Catherine	1,219
42	Hattie	1,219
43	Julia	1,200
44	Maude	1,188
45	Lena	1,174
46	Mattie	1,165
47	Agnes	1,125
48	Jessie	1,119
49	Josephine	1,031
50	Lula	1,010