The most popular baby names of 1891

SSA recorded 286,673 births in 1891 across all reported names — 185,482 girls and 101,191 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1891

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1890.
#	Name	Births	vs 1890
1	Mary	11,704	—
2	Anna	5,099	—
3	Margaret	3,065	+1
4	Elizabeth	3,059	-1
5	Emma	2,884	—
6	Florence	2,716	—
7	Ethel	2,689	—
8	Minnie	2,428	—
9	Helen	2,417	+3
10	Bertha	2,372	—
11	Clara	2,360	-2
12	Bessie	2,323	-1
13	Annie	2,096	+2
14	Grace	2,088	-1
15	Mabel	2,029	+2
16	Alice	2,015	-2
17	Ida	2,002	-1
18	Edna	1,963	—
19	Ruth	1,857	+27
20	Lillian	1,812	-1
21	Martha	1,744	+1
22	Rose	1,696	+3
23	Ella	1,685	—
24	Sarah	1,669	-3
25	Nellie	1,647	-5
26	Gertrude	1,645	—
27	Pearl	1,605	-3
28	Marie	1,596	—
29	Edith	1,509	+1
29	Laura	1,509	-2
31	Myrtle	1,458	+3
32	Hazel	1,447	+5
33	Eva	1,412	-1
34	Frances	1,397	-1
35	Cora	1,343	+1
36	Carrie	1,342	-7
37	Louise	1,333	-6
38	Elsie	1,303	+7
39	Lillie	1,247	-4
40	Jennie	1,238	+1
41	Catherine	1,219	+3
41	Hattie	1,219	-3
43	Julia	1,200	-3
44	Maude	1,188	-5
45	Lena	1,174	+2
46	Mattie	1,165	-4
47	Agnes	1,125	+3
48	Jessie	1,119	-5
49	Josephine	1,031	—
50	Lula	1,010	-2
51	Ada	975	—
52	Irene	950	+8
53	Lucy	944	—
54	Mae	933	+4
55	Alma	929	+2
56	Blanche	917	-1
57	Fannie	916	-5
58	Dora	870	+4
59	Stella	867	-3
60	Maggie	841	+1
61	Mamie	830	-7
62	Katherine	803	-3
63	Nora	801	—
64	Mildred	761	+7
65	Rosa	729	-1
66	Esther	710	+9
67	Effie	704	-1
68	May	696	-3
69	Ellen	675	+1
70	Gladys	633	+12
71	Nettie	620	-4
72	Sadie	617	-3
73	Viola	609	-5
74	Della	607	-2
75	Sallie	569	+5
76	Dorothy	566	+17
76	Susie	566	-3
78	Willie	562	-1
79	Daisy	557	-3
80	Ruby	554	+1
81	Beulah	526	-2
82	Lizzie	525	-8
83	Nancy	523	+1
84	Marguerite	511	+12
85	Olive	509	+4
86	Lydia	507	-8
87	Kathryn	504	+4
88	Lottie	501	—
89	Flora	497	-4
90	Katie	494	-4
91	Beatrice	485	+7
92	Addie	467	—
93	Pauline	455	-3
94	Etta	452	+1
95	Emily	444	-9
95	Georgia	444	-12
97	Virginia	439	+3
98	Vera	426	+5
99	Marion	413	+7
100	Caroline	402	-6

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1890.
#	Name	Births	vs 1890
1	John	7,680	—
2	William	6,763	—
3	James	4,516	—
4	George	3,931	—
5	Charles	3,640	—
6	Frank	2,652	—
7	Joseph	2,572	—
8	Robert	2,240	—
9	Harry	2,132	+1
10	Henry	2,049	-1
11	Edward	1,989	—
12	Thomas	1,982	—
13	Walter	1,668	—
14	Arthur	1,514	—
15	Fred	1,362	—
16	Albert	1,207	—
17	Clarence	1,007	—
18	Roy	838	—
19	Louis	786	—
20	Samuel	753	—
21	Willie	739	+2
22	Ernest	715	—
23	Charlie	707	-2
24	Carl	675	+3
25	Earl	674	-1
26	David	673	—
27	Richard	609	-2
28	Ralph	587	+4
29	Joe	584	-1
30	Raymond	575	+6
31	Paul	564	—
32	Oscar	551	-3
33	Andrew	521	+1
34	Will	520	-4
35	Jesse	519	-2
36	Elmer	508	+2
37	Daniel	505	+2
38	Herbert	501	+4
39	Alfred	499	-4
40	Howard	485	—
41	Benjamin	461	-4
42	Harold	419	+4
43	Sam	418	-2
44	Frederick	412	-1
45	Peter	396	-2
46	Lawrence	389	+6
47	Herman	383	+3
48	Eugene	362	-2
49	Ray	360	+7
50	Lewis	357	+1
51	Leo	353	-2
52	Lee	342	-9
53	Floyd	336	+7
54	Francis	333	—
54	Michael	333	-6
56	Martin	331	+1
57	Claude	327	—
57	Clyde	327	+7
57	Edwin	327	+6
60	Tom	318	-3
61	Ben	302	-7
62	Jack	290	-9
63	Jim	288	-1
64	Edgar	277	-3
65	Harvey	274	—
65	Otto	274	+3
67	Guy	262	+5
68	Chester	252	+1
69	Jacob	238	-3
70	Ed	237	—
71	Luther	236	—
72	Leonard	235	-5
73	Hugh	233	+7
74	Homer	230	+3
75	Jessie	227	-2
76	Theodore	224	+13
77	Oliver	212	+4
77	Patrick	212	-2
79	Archie	201	—
80	Philip	198	+8
81	Clifford	196	+2
82	Charley	193	+11
83	Lester	191	-7
84	Leroy	190	-10
85	Bernard	187	+13
86	August	186	-2
86	Russell	186	+8
88	Lloyd	185	+6
89	Bert	181	+8
90	Eddie	179	-4
90	Ira	179	-8
92	Stanley	178	-15
93	Everett	174	+9
94	Allen	173	-4
95	Alexander	172	-10
96	Anthony	170	-6
97	Horace	165	+6
98	Leslie	164	-2
99	Grover	163	—
99	Norman	163	+8

Ranked by places gained against 1890, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1891	Rank 1890	Change
Ruth girls	19	46	+27
Flossie girls	129	152	+23
Winifred girls	150	169	+19
Betty girls	146	164	+18
Eunice girls	148	166	+18
Dorothy girls	76	93	+17
Evelyn girls	109	125	+16
Eleanor girls	103	117	+14
Rosie girls	136	150	+14
Matilda girls	120	133	+13
Goldie girls	126	139	+13
Gladys girls	70	82	+12
Marguerite girls	84	96	+12
Bernice girls	142	154	+12
Lela girls	117	127	+10

Name	Rank 1891	Rank 1890	Change
Verna girls	166	145	-21
Essie girls	157	138	-19
Belle girls	145	127	-18
Rebecca girls	123	107	-16
Lulu girls	124	111	-13
Georgia girls	95	83	-12
Nannie girls	124	112	-12
Maud girls	108	97	-11
Kate girls	127	116	-11
Estella girls	133	122	-11
Emily girls	95	86	-9
Harriet girls	111	102	-9
Rachel girls	133	124	-9
Augusta girls	139	130	-9
Sophia girls	153	144	-9

1891 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.