The most popular baby names of 1890

SSA recorded 301,401 births in 1890 across all reported names — 190,377 girls and 111,024 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1890

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1889.
#	Name	Births	vs 1889
1	Mary	12,078	—
2	Anna	5,233	—
3	Elizabeth	3,112	—
4	Margaret	3,100	—
5	Emma	2,980	—
6	Florence	2,744	+1
7	Ethel	2,718	+1
8	Minnie	2,650	-2
9	Clara	2,496	+1
10	Bertha	2,388	+1
11	Bessie	2,370	-2
12	Helen	2,312	+5
13	Grace	2,278	+2
14	Alice	2,271	-2
15	Annie	2,220	-2
16	Ida	2,178	-2
17	Mabel	2,058	-1
18	Edna	1,973	—
19	Lillian	1,862	+4
20	Nellie	1,821	-1
21	Sarah	1,786	-1
22	Martha	1,784	-1
23	Ella	1,758	-1
24	Pearl	1,741	—
25	Rose	1,725	+1
26	Gertrude	1,713	+2
27	Laura	1,634	-2
28	Marie	1,563	+2
29	Carrie	1,510	-2
30	Edith	1,493	-1
31	Louise	1,472	+7
32	Eva	1,436	-1
33	Frances	1,416	+1
34	Myrtle	1,406	-1
35	Lillie	1,390	+2
36	Cora	1,386	-4
37	Hazel	1,366	+11
38	Hattie	1,363	-3
39	Maude	1,359	-3
40	Julia	1,275	—
41	Jennie	1,259	-2
42	Mattie	1,256	+2
43	Jessie	1,250	—
44	Catherine	1,232	-2
45	Elsie	1,220	-4
46	Ruth	1,195	—
47	Lena	1,137	-2
48	Lula	1,121	-1
49	Josephine	1,118	—
50	Agnes	1,095	—
51	Ada	1,074	—
52	Fannie	1,005	+1
53	Lucy	973	+1
54	Mamie	967	+3
55	Blanche	953	-3
56	Stella	924	-1
57	Alma	922	+5
58	Mae	920	-1
59	Katherine	900	-3
60	Irene	893	+3
61	Maggie	891	—
62	Dora	883	-3
63	Nora	835	-3
64	Rosa	770	+2
65	May	751	-1
66	Effie	717	-1
67	Nettie	707	+3
68	Viola	697	+8
69	Sadie	680	-2
70	Ellen	659	-2
71	Mildred	635	-2
72	Della	631	—
73	Susie	630	-2
74	Lizzie	620	—
75	Esther	619	—
76	Daisy	588	-3
77	Willie	578	+8
78	Lydia	576	+5
79	Beulah	573	+2
80	Sallie	571	-3
81	Ruby	540	-3
82	Gladys	525	+14
83	Georgia	513	+8
84	Nancy	512	+2
85	Flora	510	-6
86	Emily	509	+7
86	Katie	509	-6
88	Lottie	502	-7
89	Olive	491	-1
90	Pauline	475	+4
91	Kathryn	474	+3
92	Addie	468	-2
93	Dorothy	458	+9
94	Caroline	455	-10
95	Etta	452	-8
96	Marguerite	442	+24
97	Maud	439	-5
98	Beatrice	417	+10
98	Charlotte	417	-9
100	Virginia	405	+1

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1889.
#	Name	Births	vs 1889
1	John	8,502	—
2	William	7,494	—
3	James	5,097	—
4	George	4,458	—
5	Charles	4,061	—
6	Frank	3,078	—
7	Joseph	2,670	—
8	Robert	2,541	+1
9	Henry	2,349	+2
10	Harry	2,345	-2
11	Edward	2,282	-1
12	Thomas	2,200	—
13	Walter	1,905	—
14	Arthur	1,610	—
15	Fred	1,506	—
16	Albert	1,417	—
17	Clarence	1,018	—
18	Roy	941	—
19	Louis	860	—
20	Samuel	815	—
21	Charlie	797	+8
22	Ernest	774	+1
23	Willie	758	+3
24	Earl	744	+4
25	Richard	743	-1
26	David	731	-4
27	Carl	693	—
28	Joe	682	-3
29	Oscar	628	+3
30	Will	613	—
31	Paul	607	+4
32	Ralph	587	+7
33	Jesse	576	-2
34	Andrew	575	-1
35	Alfred	549	+6
36	Raymond	546	+1
37	Benjamin	537	-16
38	Elmer	528	-4
39	Daniel	505	-3
40	Howard	501	-2
41	Sam	489	-1
42	Herbert	467	-1
43	Frederick	410	+1
43	Lee	410	+3
43	Peter	410	+2
46	Eugene	408	+6
46	Harold	408	+11
48	Michael	394	+3
49	Leo	393	+10
50	Herman	382	-2
51	Lewis	375	-4
52	Lawrence	372	+4
53	Jack	368	+7
54	Ben	363	-11
54	Francis	363	+1
56	Ray	349	-2
57	Claude	347	-8
57	Martin	347	-4
57	Tom	347	-7
60	Floyd	341	+3
61	Edgar	338	-1
62	Jim	336	-4
63	Edwin	323	+3
64	Clyde	317	-2
65	Harvey	296	-1
66	Jacob	290	+1
67	Leonard	275	+10
68	Otto	267	-3
69	Chester	263	—
70	Ed	262	+1
71	Luther	253	—
72	Guy	249	-2
73	Jessie	241	+12
74	Leroy	236	+18
75	Patrick	227	-1
76	Lester	226	+6
77	Homer	223	-4
77	Stanley	223	+31
79	Archie	221	+11
80	Hugh	219	-2
81	Oliver	218	+2
82	Ira	209	+3
83	Clifford	207	+4
84	August	206	+12
85	Alexander	202	+8
86	Eddie	197	+19
86	Leon	197	+8
88	Philip	192	+7
89	Theodore	190	-14
90	Allen	189	-11
90	Anthony	189	-10
92	Isaac	187	-1
93	Charley	183	-5
94	Lloyd	182	+4
94	Russell	182	-5
96	Leslie	181	+9
97	Bert	180	-22
98	Bernard	178	-17
99	Grover	177	-16
100	Sidney	176	+10

Ranked by places gained against 1889, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1890	Rank 1889	Change
Marguerite girls	96	120	+24
Vera girls	103	122	+19
Gladys girls	82	96	+14
Jessie boys	73	85	+12
Hazel girls	37	48	+11
Hilda girls	127	138	+11
Harold boys	46	57	+11
Beatrice girls	98	108	+10
Rachel girls	124	134	+10
Leo boys	49	59	+10
Leonard boys	67	77	+10
Dorothy girls	93	102	+9
Marion girls	106	115	+9
Viola girls	68	76	+8
Willie girls	77	85	+8

Name	Rank 1890	Rank 1889	Change
Mollie girls	118	98	-20
Benjamin boys	37	21	-16
Matilda girls	133	118	-15
Ina girls	165	150	-15
Janie girls	161	147	-14
Nannie girls	112	100	-12
Kate girls	116	105	-11
Leona girls	120	109	-11
Ben boys	54	43	-11
Caroline girls	94	84	-10
Charlotte girls	98	89	-9
Ann girls	121	112	-9
Hannah girls	136	127	-9
Allie girls	154	145	-9
Etta girls	95	87	-8

1890 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.