The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1890

1,534 different girls’ names were recorded in 1890, covering 190,377 births. These are the top 200.

#	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
51	Ada	1,074
52	Fannie	1,005
53	Lucy	973
54	Mamie	967
55	Blanche	953
56	Stella	924
57	Alma	922
58	Mae	920
59	Katherine	900
60	Irene	893
61	Maggie	891
62	Dora	883
63	Nora	835
64	Rosa	770
65	May	751
66	Effie	717
67	Nettie	707
68	Viola	697
69	Sadie	680
70	Ellen	659
71	Mildred	635
72	Della	631
73	Susie	630
74	Lizzie	620
75	Esther	619
76	Daisy	588
77	Willie	578
78	Lydia	576
79	Beulah	573
80	Sallie	571
81	Ruby	540
82	Gladys	525
83	Georgia	513
84	Nancy	512
85	Flora	510
86	Katie	509
86	Emily	509
88	Lottie	502
89	Olive	491
90	Pauline	475
91	Kathryn	474
92	Addie	468
93	Dorothy	458
94	Caroline	455
95	Etta	452
96	Marguerite	442
97	Maud	439
98	Charlotte	417
98	Beatrice	417
100	Virginia	405
101	Theresa	401
102	Harriet	399
103	Vera	393
104	Amanda	392
104	Ollie	392
106	Marion	386
107	Rebecca	374
108	Jane	372
109	Amelia	368
110	Henrietta	366
111	Lulu	364
112	Nannie	355
113	Susan	354
113	Ora	354
113	Iva	354
116	Kate	352
117	Eleanor	351
118	Mollie	349
119	Lola	346
120	Leona	332
121	Ann	328
122	Estella	320
123	Anne	319
124	Rachel	318
125	Evelyn	316
126	Nina	314
127	Belle	304
127	Lela	304
127	Hilda	304
130	Augusta	299
130	Inez	299
132	Eliza	297
133	Matilda	293
134	Estelle	277
135	Amy	275
136	Hannah	267
137	Sara	262
138	Essie	256
139	Goldie	254
140	Eula	248
141	Maria	247
141	Mable	247
143	Mayme	246
144	Sophia	245
145	Verna	244
146	Josie	242
147	Barbara	241
147	Lucille	241
149	Ola	239
150	Rosie	238
151	Alta	234
152	Flossie	231
153	Callie	230
154	Allie	229
154	Bernice	229
156	Loretta	228
157	Olga	225
158	Victoria	223
158	Sylvia	223
160	Nell	221
161	Janie	220
161	Christine	220
163	Genevieve	217
164	Betty	216
165	Ina	215
166	Eunice	214
167	Tillie	207
168	Sophie	206
169	Millie	204
169	Winifred	204
169	Celia	204
172	Delia	197
173	Frieda	195
174	Rena	192
175	Luella	184
176	Violet	183
177	Marjorie	181
178	Lois	175
179	Louisa	168
179	Birdie	168
181	Winnie	166
182	Alberta	165
182	Selma	165
184	Leah	162
185	Isabel	160
185	Jean	160
185	Elva	160
188	Bertie	158
189	Isabelle	156
190	Leila	154
190	Sally	154
190	Bess	154
190	Virgie	154
190	Irma	154
195	Adeline	150
196	Lucile	149
197	Hulda	147
198	Nelle	143
199	Abbie	140
200	Christina	139

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1890 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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