The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1892

1,661 different girls’ names were recorded in 1892, covering 212,339 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	13,172
2	Anna	5,542
3	Elizabeth	3,461
4	Margaret	3,435
5	Ruth	3,290
6	Florence	3,154
7	Emma	3,128
8	Ethel	3,035
9	Helen	2,936
10	Clara	2,661
11	Bertha	2,617
12	Minnie	2,609
13	Bessie	2,541
14	Alice	2,373
15	Annie	2,348
16	Grace	2,299
17	Ida	2,259
18	Edna	2,218
19	Mabel	2,170
20	Lillian	2,154
21	Marie	2,066
22	Rose	2,023
23	Gertrude	1,924
24	Martha	1,915
25	Hazel	1,897
26	Pearl	1,831
27	Ella	1,808
28	Sarah	1,798
29	Laura	1,744
30	Nellie	1,738
31	Frances	1,670
32	Myrtle	1,666
33	Edith	1,625
34	Eva	1,611
35	Carrie	1,588
36	Lillie	1,503
37	Elsie	1,489
38	Louise	1,446
39	Cora	1,419
40	Hattie	1,363
41	Julia	1,360
42	Catherine	1,333
43	Agnes	1,328
44	Mattie	1,303
45	Maude	1,270
46	Jessie	1,246
47	Lena	1,234
48	Jennie	1,212
49	Josephine	1,210
50	Ada	1,134
51	Irene	1,107
52	Mae	1,101
53	Lula	1,098
54	Blanche	1,094
55	Lucy	1,057
56	Alma	1,056
57	Fannie	1,031
58	Mamie	978
59	Stella	972
60	Katherine	961
61	Dora	960
62	Mildred	959
63	Nora	899
64	Maggie	883
65	Gladys	867
66	Viola	833
67	Esther	824
68	Rosa	796
69	Ellen	760
70	May	753
71	Sadie	724
72	Effie	721
73	Nettie	705
74	Ruby	695
75	Susie	669
76	Della	666
77	Beulah	638
78	Willie	631
79	Dorothy	626
80	Lizzie	597
81	Nancy	591
82	Flora	585
83	Olive	583
84	Sallie	582
85	Daisy	564
86	Katie	563
87	Georgia	552
88	Kathryn	549
89	Lottie	547
90	Beatrice	541
91	Marguerite	535
92	Pauline	526
93	Lydia	522
94	Emily	518
95	Marion	497
96	Addie	493
97	Etta	492
98	Charlotte	486
98	Vera	486
100	Caroline	476
101	Virginia	475
102	Amanda	455
103	Ollie	441
104	Leona	440
105	Henrietta	424
106	Evelyn	418
107	Theresa	417
108	Mollie	411
109	Anne	407
110	Ora	405
111	Maud	402
111	Harriet	402
113	Jane	396
114	Iva	394
115	Ann	393
116	Eleanor	389
117	Lola	388
118	Nannie	385
118	Amelia	385
120	Lucille	380
121	Hilda	370
122	Rachel	369
123	Susan	366
124	Rebecca	353
124	Lela	353
126	Kate	345
127	Nina	340
128	Inez	336
129	Matilda	332
129	Estella	332
131	Amy	331
132	Hannah	326
133	Lulu	325
134	Maria	301
134	Olga	301
134	Flossie	301
137	Bernice	299
138	Eula	297
139	Goldie	296
140	Estelle	295
141	Essie	294
141	Eunice	294
143	Augusta	290
144	Eliza	285
145	Alta	282
146	Mable	279
147	Barbara	278
148	Sara	276
149	Sylvia	275
150	Belle	265
150	Frieda	265
152	Josie	263
152	Loretta	263
154	Ola	259
155	Betty	255
156	Rosie	249
157	Verna	246
158	Allie	244
159	Janie	242
159	Lois	242
159	Marjorie	242
162	Sophia	241
163	Violet	238
164	Genevieve	236
165	Victoria	229
165	Freda	229
167	Mayme	222
167	Celia	222
167	Christine	222
170	Winnie	218
171	Ina	216
171	Nell	216
173	Winifred	213
173	Isabelle	213
175	Selma	209
176	Luella	207
177	Delia	203
177	Sophie	203
179	Lucile	201
180	Tillie	195
181	Jean	194
181	Irma	194
183	Millie	193
184	Norma	190
185	Callie	189
185	Alberta	189
187	Rena	181
187	Elva	181
189	Leila	178
190	Bess	177
191	Cecelia	175
192	Fern	172
193	Lelia	171
194	Bertie	169
195	Marian	164
196	Sue	163
196	Leah	163
198	Sally	160
198	Erma	160
200	Isabel	158

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1892 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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