The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1894

1,702 different girls’ names were recorded in 1894, covering 222,922 births. These are the top 200.

#	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
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
85	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
100	Theresa	484
102	Addie	481
103	Caroline	473
104	Leona	471
105	Ann	470
105	Hilda	470
107	Ollie	452
108	Eleanor	450
109	Lucille	440
110	Anne	427
111	Iva	424
112	Amanda	418
113	Lela	413
114	Harriet	411
115	Lola	407
116	Ora	404
117	Henrietta	400
118	Rebecca	399
119	Amelia	390
119	Jane	390
121	Bernice	389
122	Mollie	379
123	Nannie	374
124	Susan	357
124	Inez	357
126	Goldie	349
127	Nina	347
128	Estella	335
129	Maud	333
130	Mable	332
131	Loretta	330
132	Amy	329
133	Kate	328
134	Eula	327
135	Estelle	326
136	Rachel	317
137	Essie	311
138	Verna	310
139	Maria	309
140	Lois	308
141	Sara	304
142	Olga	303
143	Frieda	299
144	Betty	298
144	Alta	298
146	Eliza	297
146	Flossie	297
148	Matilda	295
148	Eunice	295
150	Hannah	293
151	Barbara	290
152	Rosie	288
152	Sylvia	288
154	Violet	286
155	Lulu	278
156	Sophia	276
157	Augusta	272
158	Genevieve	271
159	Marjorie	269
160	Christine	267
161	Ola	264
162	Celia	254
163	Victoria	251
164	Belle	249
165	Janie	246
166	Ina	242
166	Jean	242
168	Josie	241
168	Isabel	241
170	Irma	240
171	Lucile	239
172	Mayme	235
173	Sophie	234
174	Allie	232
175	Luella	228
176	Callie	227
176	Alberta	227
176	Freda	227
179	Rena	217
180	Winifred	216
181	Nell	215
182	Madeline	214
183	Selma	212
183	Vivian	212
185	Erma	211
186	Winnie	202
187	Tillie	198
188	Fern	197
189	Naomi	196
189	Velma	196
191	Doris	187
192	Millie	185
193	Isabelle	184
194	Leah	182
195	Geneva	180
196	Bertie	178
197	Lora	177
197	Bess	177
197	Virgie	177
200	Elva	176

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1894 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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