Most Popular Baby Names in 1894

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 8,237
2 William 7,274
3 James 5,110
4 George 4,365
5 Charles 3,788
6 Joseph 2,977
7 Frank 2,863
8 Robert 2,497
9 Henry 2,278
10 Harry 2,189
11 Edward 2,179
12 Thomas 2,170
13 Walter 2,010
14 Arthur 1,712
15 Fred 1,475
16 Albert 1,447
17 Clarence 1,185
18 Roy 1,018
19 Willie 986
20 Earl 896
21 Louis 869
22 Carl 861
23 Paul 824
24 Ernest 821
25 Richard 808
26 Samuel 776
27 Raymond 767
28 Joe 741
29 David 729
30 Charlie 704
31 Ralph 692
32 Harold 690
33 Howard 612
34 Oscar 601
35 Andrew 594
36 Herbert 585
37 Elmer 575
38 Jesse 567
39 Will 559
40 Alfred 521
41 Daniel 515
42 Leo 515
43 Sam 507
44 Benjamin 469
45 Lee 455
46 Floyd 445
47 Jack 441
48 Herman 433
49 Lawrence 430
50 Francis 423

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 13,151
2 Anna 5,565
3 Margaret 3,700
4 Helen 3,676
5 Elizabeth 3,425
6 Ruth 3,372
7 Ethel 3,287
8 Florence 3,233
9 Emma 2,937
10 Marie 2,649
11 Clara 2,603
12 Minnie 2,592
13 Bessie 2,520
14 Bertha 2,496
15 Edna 2,458
16 Lillian 2,441
17 Alice 2,414
18 Annie 2,393
19 Grace 2,361
20 Mabel 2,221
21 Ida 2,195
22 Rose 2,126
23 Hazel 2,103
24 Martha 1,968
25 Gertrude 1,908
26 Edith 1,820
27 Myrtle 1,818
28 Pearl 1,789
29 Frances 1,776
30 Nellie 1,767
31 Ella 1,761
32 Laura 1,730
33 Elsie 1,716
34 Sarah 1,701
35 Eva 1,673
36 Esther 1,654
37 Louise 1,571
38 Agnes 1,470
39 Carrie 1,452
40 Lillie 1,432
41 Catherine 1,430
42 Lena 1,360
43 Irene 1,347
44 Hattie 1,325
45 Julia 1,320
46 Cora 1,319
47 Gladys 1,258
48 Josephine 1,256
49 Mattie 1,238
50 Mildred 1,220