The most popular baby names of 1892

SSA recorded 334,374 births in 1892 across all reported names — 212,339 girls and 122,035 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1892

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1891.
#	Name	Births	vs 1891
1	Mary	13,172	—
2	Anna	5,542	—
3	Elizabeth	3,461	+1
4	Margaret	3,435	-1
5	Ruth	3,290	+14
6	Florence	3,154	—
7	Emma	3,128	-2
8	Ethel	3,035	-1
9	Helen	2,936	—
10	Clara	2,661	+1
11	Bertha	2,617	-1
12	Minnie	2,609	-4
13	Bessie	2,541	-1
14	Alice	2,373	+2
15	Annie	2,348	-2
16	Grace	2,299	-2
17	Ida	2,259	—
18	Edna	2,218	—
19	Mabel	2,170	-4
20	Lillian	2,154	—
21	Marie	2,066	+7
22	Rose	2,023	—
23	Gertrude	1,924	+3
24	Martha	1,915	-3
25	Hazel	1,897	+7
26	Pearl	1,831	+1
27	Ella	1,808	-4
28	Sarah	1,798	-4
29	Laura	1,744	—
30	Nellie	1,738	-5
31	Frances	1,670	+3
32	Myrtle	1,666	-1
33	Edith	1,625	-4
34	Eva	1,611	-1
35	Carrie	1,588	+1
36	Lillie	1,503	+3
37	Elsie	1,489	+1
38	Louise	1,446	-1
39	Cora	1,419	-4
40	Hattie	1,363	+1
41	Julia	1,360	+2
42	Catherine	1,333	-1
43	Agnes	1,328	+4
44	Mattie	1,303	+2
45	Maude	1,270	-1
46	Jessie	1,246	+2
47	Lena	1,234	-2
48	Jennie	1,212	-8
49	Josephine	1,210	—
50	Ada	1,134	+1
51	Irene	1,107	+1
52	Mae	1,101	+2
53	Lula	1,098	-3
54	Blanche	1,094	+2
55	Lucy	1,057	-2
56	Alma	1,056	-1
57	Fannie	1,031	—
58	Mamie	978	+3
59	Stella	972	—
60	Katherine	961	+2
61	Dora	960	-3
62	Mildred	959	+2
63	Nora	899	—
64	Maggie	883	-4
65	Gladys	867	+5
66	Viola	833	+7
67	Esther	824	-1
68	Rosa	796	-3
69	Ellen	760	—
70	May	753	-2
71	Sadie	724	+1
72	Effie	721	-5
73	Nettie	705	-2
74	Ruby	695	+6
75	Susie	669	+1
76	Della	666	-2
77	Beulah	638	+4
78	Willie	631	—
79	Dorothy	626	-3
80	Lizzie	597	+2
81	Nancy	591	+2
82	Flora	585	+7
83	Olive	583	+2
84	Sallie	582	-9
85	Daisy	564	-6
86	Katie	563	+4
87	Georgia	552	+8
88	Kathryn	549	-1
89	Lottie	547	-1
90	Beatrice	541	+1
91	Marguerite	535	-7
92	Pauline	526	+1
93	Lydia	522	-7
94	Emily	518	+1
95	Marion	497	+4
96	Addie	493	-4
97	Etta	492	-3
98	Charlotte	486	+3
98	Vera	486	—
100	Caroline	476	—

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1891.
#	Name	Births	vs 1891
1	John	9,039	—
2	William	7,782	—
3	James	5,398	—
4	George	4,760	—
5	Charles	4,319	—
6	Frank	3,150	—
7	Joseph	3,064	—
8	Robert	2,710	—
9	Harry	2,460	—
10	Henry	2,452	—
11	Edward	2,416	—
12	Thomas	2,413	—
13	Walter	2,229	—
14	Arthur	1,768	—
15	Fred	1,628	—
16	Albert	1,500	—
17	Clarence	1,276	—
18	Roy	1,048	—
19	Willie	948	+2
20	Samuel	902	—
21	Earl	888	+4
22	Louis	865	-3
23	Joe	819	+6
24	David	813	+2
25	Carl	808	-1
26	Ernest	805	-4
27	Richard	802	—
28	Charlie	761	-5
29	Paul	747	+2
30	Ralph	725	-2
31	Raymond	681	-1
32	Andrew	637	+1
33	Oscar	634	-1
34	Will	607	—
35	Jesse	602	—
36	Elmer	592	—
37	Harold	583	+5
38	Sam	551	+5
39	Howard	548	+1
40	Alfred	542	-1
41	Daniel	533	-4
42	Benjamin	525	-1
43	Herbert	513	-5
44	Lawrence	468	+2
45	Peter	465	—
46	Lee	460	+6
47	Grover	454	+52
48	Frederick	453	-4
49	Leo	444	+2
50	Francis	429	+4
51	Herman	421	-4
52	Floyd	420	+1
53	Eugene	414	-5
54	Jack	401	+8
55	Lewis	399	-5
56	Clyde	390	+1
57	Ray	385	-8
58	Tom	381	+2
59	Michael	380	-5
60	Ben	361	+1
61	Martin	359	-5
62	Claude	353	-5
63	Edwin	338	-6
64	Jim	334	-1
65	Guy	315	+2
66	Ed	306	+4
67	Edgar	303	-3
68	Homer	301	+6
69	Harvey	298	-4
70	Luther	295	+1
71	Leonard	294	+1
72	Chester	285	-4
73	Jacob	283	-4
74	Otto	275	-9
75	Russell	269	+11
76	Lloyd	268	+12
77	Hugh	265	-4
78	Anthony	255	+18
79	Jessie	251	-4
80	Clifford	240	+1
80	Lester	240	+3
82	Philip	239	-2
82	Theodore	239	-6
84	Oliver	238	-7
85	Bernard	237	—
86	Patrick	234	-9
87	Leroy	233	-3
88	Ira	231	+2
89	Allen	224	+5
90	Eddie	218	—
91	Archie	214	-12
92	Charley	210	-10
93	Leslie	207	+5
94	Isaac	203	+7
95	Alexander	202	—
96	Bert	200	-7
96	Victor	200	+7
98	Norman	191	+1
99	Julius	190	+3
100	Horace	187	-3
100	Leon	187	+4

Ranked by places gained against 1891, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1892	Rank 1891	Change
Lucille girls	120	141	+21
Essie girls	141	157	+16
Ruth girls	5	19	+14
Olga girls	134	148	+14
Ora girls	110	121	+11
Rachel girls	122	133	+11
Frieda girls	150	160	+10
Leona girls	104	113	+9
Henrietta girls	105	114	+9
Inez girls	128	137	+9
Verna girls	157	166	+9
Georgia girls	87	95	+8
Maria girls	134	142	+8
Jack boys	54	62	+8
Marie girls	21	28	+7

Name	Rank 1892	Rank 1891	Change
Winifred girls	173	150	-23
Rosie girls	156	136	-20
Susan girls	123	106	-17
Mayme girls	167	151	-16
Eliza girls	144	130	-14
Mable girls	146	132	-14
Eleanor girls	116	103	-13
Goldie girls	139	126	-13
Ina girls	171	158	-13
Selma girls	175	162	-13
Archie boys	91	79	-12
Jane girls	113	102	-11
Sophie girls	177	166	-11
Sara girls	148	138	-10
Sallie girls	84	75	-9

1892 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.