Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1894

John and Mary topped the list in 1894. The 10 most popular names went to 36% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,238 boy names and 1,701 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1894

  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
  51. Michael 423
  52. Eugene 421
  53. Claude 419
  54. Frederick 413
  55. Peter 391
  56. Clyde 386
  57. Ray 379
  58. Edwin 366
  59. Lewis 359
  60. Leonard 343
  61. Tom 343
  62. Ben 326
  63. Chester 325
  64. Edgar 313
  65. Clifford 307
  66. Martin 299
  67. Harvey 293
  68. Jacob 292
  69. Lester 291
  70. Jim 287
  71. Luther 285
  72. Russell 278
  73. Homer 273
  74. Otto 270
  75. Hugh 269
  76. Guy 261
  77. Anthony 257
  78. Bernard 256
  79. Jessie 255
  80. Lloyd 253
  81. Ed 241
  82. Theodore 241
  83. Leroy 239
  84. Leon 236
  85. Patrick 229
  86. Everett 226
  87. Leslie 223
  88. Oliver 222
  89. Allen 219
  90. Stanley 218
  91. Philip 214
  92. Archie 207
  93. Ira 206
  94. Eddie 203
  95. Alexander 199
  96. Norman 199
  97. Horace 196
  98. Bert 187
  99. Charley 186
  100. Victor 180

Top girl names of 1894

  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
  51. Jennie 1,210
  52. Alma 1,177
  53. Maude 1,144
  54. Mae 1,134
  55. Jessie 1,120
  56. Blanche 1,091
  57. Lucy 1,077
  58. Dorothy 1,052
  59. Mamie 1,043
  60. Lula 1,042
  61. Stella 1,035
  62. Ada 1,018
  63. Fannie 1,003
  64. Katherine 948
  65. Viola 906
  66. Maggie 895
  67. Ruby 874
  68. Nora 854
  69. Dora 827
  70. Rosa 780
  71. May 763
  72. Ellen 759
  73. Sadie 745
  74. Effie 712
  75. Willie 709
  76. Beatrice 684
  77. Della 681
  78. Susie 679
  79. Beulah 675
  80. Pauline 656
  81. Daisy 645
  82. Nettie 630
  83. Marguerite 624
  84. Flora 619
  85. Lydia 618
  86. Vera 618
  87. Lottie 597
  88. Olive 589
  89. Marion 587
  90. Sallie 584
  91. Virginia 583
  92. Lizzie 562
  93. Emily 551
  94. Georgia 535
  95. Katie 525
  96. Kathryn 520
  97. Etta 519
  98. Nancy 515
  99. Evelyn 491
  100. Charlotte 484

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1894?
John was the #1 boy name in 1894 (8,237 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (13,151 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1894?
Social Security records list 338,690 babies born in 1894 with names given to at least 5 babies: 115,768 boys and 222,922 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.