100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1891

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 7,680
2 William 0 6,763
3 James 0 4,516
4 George 0 3,931
5 Charles 0 3,640
6 Frank 0 2,652
7 Joseph 0 2,572
8 Robert 0 2,240
9 Harry +1 2,132
10 Henry -1 2,049
11 Edward 0 1,989
12 Thomas 0 1,982
13 Walter 0 1,668
14 Arthur 0 1,514
15 Fred 0 1,362
16 Albert 0 1,207
17 Clarence 0 1,007
18 Roy 0 838
19 Louis 0 786
20 Samuel 0 753
21 Willie +2 739
22 Ernest 0 715
23 Charlie -2 707
24 Carl +3 675
25 Earl -1 674
26 David 0 673
27 Richard -2 609
28 Ralph +4 587
29 Joe -1 584
30 Raymond +6 575
31 Paul 0 564
32 Oscar -3 551
33 Andrew +1 521
34 Will -4 520
35 Jesse -2 519
36 Elmer +2 508
37 Daniel +2 505
38 Herbert +4 501
39 Alfred -4 499
40 Howard 0 485
41 Benjamin -4 461
42 Harold +5 419
43 Sam -2 418
44 Frederick -1 412
45 Peter 0 396
46 Lawrence +6 389
47 Herman +3 383
48 Eugene -2 362
49 Ray +7 360
50 Lewis +1 357
51 Leo -2 353
52 Lee -8 342
53 Floyd +7 336
54 Francis +1 333
55 Michael -7 333
56 Martin +2 331
57 Claude 0 327
58 Clyde +6 327
59 Edwin +4 327
60 Tom -1 318
61 Ben -7 302
62 Jack -9 290
63 Jim -1 288
64 Edgar -3 277
65 Harvey 0 274
66 Otto +2 274
67 Guy +5 262
68 Chester +1 252
69 Jacob -3 238
70 Ed 0 237
71 Luther 0 236
72 Leonard -5 235
73 Hugh +7 233
74 Homer +3 230
75 Jessie -2 227
76 Theodore +13 224
77 Oliver +4 212
78 Patrick -3 212
79 Archie 0 201
80 Philip +8 198
81 Clifford +2 196
82 Charley +11 193
83 Lester -7 191
84 Leroy -10 190
85 Bernard +13 187
86 August -2 186
87 Russell +8 186
88 Lloyd +6 185
89 Bert +8 181
90 Eddie -4 179
91 Ira -9 179
92 Stanley -14 178
93 Everett +9 174
94 Allen -4 173
95 Alexander -10 172
96 Anthony -5 170
97 Horace +6 165
98 Leslie -2 164
99 Grover 0 163
100 Norman +8 163
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 11,703
2 Anna 0 5,099
3 Margaret +1 3,065
4 Elizabeth -1 3,059
5 Emma 0 2,884
6 Florence 0 2,715
7 Ethel 0 2,689
8 Minnie 0 2,428
9 Helen +3 2,417
10 Bertha 0 2,372
11 Clara -2 2,360
12 Bessie -1 2,323
13 Annie +2 2,096
14 Grace -1 2,088
15 Mabel +2 2,029
16 Alice -2 2,015
17 Ida -1 2,002
18 Edna 0 1,963
19 Ruth +27 1,857
20 Lillian -1 1,812
21 Martha +1 1,744
22 Rose +3 1,696
23 Ella 0 1,685
24 Sarah -3 1,669
25 Nellie -5 1,647
26 Gertrude 0 1,645
27 Pearl -3 1,605
28 Marie 0 1,596
29 Edith +1 1,509
30 Laura -3 1,509
31 Myrtle +3 1,458
32 Hazel +5 1,447
33 Eva -1 1,412
34 Frances -1 1,397
35 Cora +1 1,343
36 Carrie -7 1,342
37 Louise -6 1,333
38 Elsie +7 1,303
39 Lillie -4 1,247
40 Jennie +1 1,238
41 Catherine +3 1,219
42 Hattie -4 1,219
43 Julia -3 1,200
44 Maude -5 1,188
45 Lena +2 1,174
46 Mattie -4 1,165
47 Agnes +3 1,125
48 Jessie -5 1,119
49 Josephine 0 1,031
50 Lula -2 1,010
51 Ada 0 975
52 Irene +8 950
53 Lucy 0 944
54 Mae +4 933
55 Alma +2 929
56 Blanche -1 917
57 Fannie -5 916
58 Dora +4 870
59 Stella -3 867
60 Maggie +1 841
61 Mamie -7 830
62 Katherine -3 803
63 Nora 0 801
64 Mildred +7 761
65 Rosa -1 729
66 Esther +9 710
67 Effie -1 704
68 May -3 696
69 Ellen +1 675
70 Gladys +12 633
71 Nettie -4 620
72 Sadie -3 617
73 Viola -5 609
74 Della -2 607
75 Sallie +5 569
76 Dorothy +17 566
77 Susie -4 566
78 Willie -1 562
79 Daisy -3 557
80 Ruby +1 554
81 Beulah -2 526
82 Lizzie -8 525
83 Nancy +1 523
84 Marguerite +12 511
85 Olive +4 509
86 Lydia -8 507
87 Kathryn +4 504
88 Lottie 0 501
89 Flora -4 497
90 Katie -3 494
91 Beatrice +7 485
92 Addie 0 467
93 Pauline -3 455
94 Etta +1 452
95 Emily -9 444
96 Georgia -13 444
97 Virginia +3 439
98 Vera +5 426
99 Marion +7 413
100 Caroline -6 402