The most popular baby names of 1889

SSA recorded 288,946 births in 1889 across all reported names — 178,366 girls and 110,580 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1889

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1888.
#	Name	Births	vs 1888
1	Mary	11,648	—
2	Anna	5,062	—
3	Elizabeth	3,058	—
4	Margaret	2,917	+1
5	Emma	2,884	-1
6	Minnie	2,624	—
7	Florence	2,465	+1
8	Ethel	2,463	+1
9	Bessie	2,343	+1
10	Clara	2,319	+1
11	Bertha	2,293	-4
12	Alice	2,145	+1
13	Annie	2,123	+1
14	Ida	2,122	-2
15	Grace	2,049	—
16	Mabel	1,947	+1
17	Helen	1,909	-1
18	Edna	1,815	+4
19	Nellie	1,752	+2
20	Sarah	1,730	—
21	Martha	1,711	-2
22	Ella	1,647	-4
23	Lillian	1,640	—
24	Pearl	1,588	+2
25	Laura	1,567	—
26	Rose	1,550	+1
27	Carrie	1,547	-3
28	Gertrude	1,543	—
29	Edith	1,523	—
30	Marie	1,436	+10
31	Eva	1,372	+3
32	Cora	1,365	-1
33	Myrtle	1,361	+2
34	Frances	1,351	-4
35	Hattie	1,328	+1
36	Maude	1,293	-4
37	Lillie	1,289	+4
38	Louise	1,283	-5
39	Jennie	1,252	-3
40	Julia	1,201	-2
41	Elsie	1,199	+6
42	Catherine	1,198	—
43	Jessie	1,196	—
44	Mattie	1,173	-5
45	Lena	1,096	—
46	Ruth	1,073	+13
47	Lula	1,067	-3
48	Hazel	1,056	+6
49	Josephine	1,047	—
50	Agnes	1,033	-2
51	Ada	1,005	-5
52	Blanche	972	—
53	Fannie	909	-3
54	Lucy	893	-3
55	Stella	891	+9
56	Katherine	889	—
57	Mae	883	+3
57	Mamie	883	-4
59	Dora	882	-5
60	Nora	831	+1
61	Maggie	825	-4
62	Alma	819	-4
63	Irene	737	+3
64	May	723	-1
65	Effie	711	—
66	Rosa	707	-5
67	Sadie	664	+1
68	Ellen	653	—
69	Mildred	625	+14
70	Nettie	622	-3
71	Susie	607	—
72	Della	606	-1
73	Daisy	583	—
74	Lizzie	570	+1
75	Esther	553	+2
76	Viola	536	-2
77	Sallie	525	-7
78	Ruby	522	+16
79	Flora	516	-1
80	Katie	502	—
81	Beulah	498	+14
81	Lottie	498	—
83	Lydia	496	+2
84	Caroline	491	+5
85	Willie	488	-6
86	Nancy	470	-10
87	Etta	465	-5
88	Olive	464	-1
89	Charlotte	455	-1
90	Addie	448	+1
91	Georgia	445	-7
92	Maud	432	-6
93	Emily	429	-3
94	Kathryn	415	-2
94	Pauline	415	+4
96	Gladys	414	+21
97	Amanda	413	—
98	Mollie	402	+4
99	Harriet	397	—
100	Nannie	396	+3

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1888.
#	Name	Births	vs 1888
1	John	8,548	—
2	William	7,772	—
3	James	5,020	—
4	George	4,430	—
5	Charles	4,199	—
6	Frank	2,975	—
7	Joseph	2,729	—
8	Harry	2,559	+1
9	Robert	2,513	-1
10	Edward	2,299	+1
11	Henry	2,286	-1
12	Thomas	2,233	—
13	Walter	1,916	—
14	Arthur	1,668	—
15	Fred	1,554	—
16	Albert	1,353	—
17	Clarence	984	—
18	Roy	888	+2
19	Louis	837	—
20	Samuel	810	-2
21	Benjamin	760	+4
22	David	757	-1
23	Ernest	736	+4
24	Richard	711	+2
25	Joe	709	-2
26	Willie	708	-2
27	Carl	704	+2
28	Earl	688	+1
29	Charlie	685	-7
30	Will	631	-2
31	Jesse	576	+1
32	Oscar	572	-1
33	Andrew	561	—
34	Elmer	557	+5
35	Paul	555	+3
36	Daniel	515	-1
37	Raymond	511	+8
38	Howard	503	+2
39	Ralph	495	-3
40	Sam	486	-6
41	Alfred	472	-4
41	Herbert	472	+2
43	Ben	453	+4
44	Frederick	451	-2
45	Peter	425	-4
46	Lee	415	+2
47	Lewis	414	+3
48	Herman	405	+3
49	Claude	386	+6
50	Tom	379	-1
51	Michael	377	-5
52	Eugene	369	+1
53	Martin	367	+1
54	Ray	355	+9
55	Francis	346	+2
56	Lawrence	342	+5
57	Harold	340	+12
58	Jim	328	-2
59	Leo	325	-2
60	Edgar	322	+5
60	Jack	322	+4
62	Clyde	318	-2
63	Floyd	313	+4
64	Harvey	311	-2
65	Otto	309	+1
66	Edwin	306	+3
67	Jacob	295	-10
68	Harrison	288	-16
69	Chester	274	+3
70	Guy	271	+1
71	Ed	270	-3
71	Luther	270	+3
73	Homer	255	+3
74	Patrick	236	+7
75	Bert	231	-2
75	Theodore	231	+5
77	Leonard	229	+6
78	Hugh	225	+1
79	Allen	222	-4
80	Anthony	219	+13
81	Bernard	215	+6
82	Lester	213	+15
83	Grover	210	-39
83	Oliver	210	+5
85	Ira	207	-1
85	Jessie	207	-8
87	Clifford	202	+5
88	Charley	199	-11
89	Russell	198	+25
90	Archie	195	+6
91	Isaac	188	-6
92	Leroy	186	+3
93	Alexander	185	-11
94	Leon	184	-4
95	Philip	183	-5
96	August	171	-10
96	Milton	171	+7
98	Lloyd	167	+1
98	Warren	167	+14
100	Horace	166	+3

Ranked by places gained against 1888, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1889	Rank 1888	Change
Gladys girls	96	117	+21
Evelyn girls	118	139	+21
Marguerite girls	120	141	+21
Ruby girls	78	94	+16
Mildred girls	69	83	+14
Beulah girls	81	95	+14
Ruth girls	46	59	+13
Harold boys	57	69	+12
Ann girls	112	123	+11
Inez girls	131	142	+11
Marie girls	30	40	+10
Vera girls	122	132	+10
Stella girls	55	64	+9
Leona girls	109	118	+9
Ray boys	54	63	+9

Name	Rank 1889	Rank 1888	Change
Grover boys	83	44	-39
Belle girls	135	115	-20
Josie girls	153	134	-19
Eliza girls	126	110	-16
Harrison boys	68	52	-16
Jane girls	103	92	-11
Nancy girls	86	76	-10
Jacob boys	67	57	-10
Ollie girls	104	96	-8
Jessie boys	85	77	-8
Sallie girls	77	70	-7
Georgia girls	91	84	-7
Lulu girls	112	105	-7
Henrietta girls	116	109	-7
Estella girls	128	121	-7

1889 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.