The most popular baby names of 1893

SSA recorded 325,223 births in 1893 across all reported names — 212,905 girls and 112,318 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1893

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1892.
#	Name	Births	vs 1892
1	Mary	12,784	—
2	Anna	5,695	—
3	Ruth	3,658	+2
4	Margaret	3,565	—
5	Elizabeth	3,360	-2
6	Helen	3,249	+3
7	Florence	3,231	-1
8	Ethel	3,119	—
9	Emma	2,968	-2
10	Bertha	2,623	+1
11	Clara	2,532	-1
12	Minnie	2,510	—
13	Alice	2,434	+1
14	Edna	2,378	+4
15	Bessie	2,352	-2
16	Grace	2,308	—
17	Annie	2,251	-2
18	Ida	2,247	-1
19	Marie	2,212	+2
20	Lillian	2,193	—
21	Mabel	2,191	-2
22	Hazel	2,052	+3
23	Rose	2,012	-1
24	Gertrude	1,811	-1
25	Martha	1,805	-1
26	Pearl	1,796	—
27	Nellie	1,770	+3
28	Ella	1,760	-1
29	Myrtle	1,759	+3
30	Edith	1,733	+3
31	Laura	1,683	-2
32	Eva	1,668	+2
33	Sarah	1,632	-5
34	Frances	1,622	-3
35	Elsie	1,586	+2
36	Carrie	1,451	-1
37	Louise	1,447	+1
38	Agnes	1,393	+5
39	Esther	1,382	+28
40	Julia	1,367	+1
41	Lillie	1,351	-5
42	Catherine	1,336	—
43	Hattie	1,315	-3
44	Cora	1,308	-5
45	Jennie	1,273	+3
46	Lena	1,261	+1
47	Mattie	1,257	-3
48	Jessie	1,216	-2
49	Maude	1,202	-4
50	Josephine	1,178	-1
51	Irene	1,111	—
52	Blanche	1,075	+2
53	Mae	1,071	-1
54	Alma	1,055	+2
55	Ada	1,051	-5
56	Lucy	1,036	-1
57	Lula	1,034	-4
58	Gladys	1,017	+7
59	Mamie	1,011	-1
60	Mildred	1,008	+2
61	Fannie	1,003	-4
62	Katherine	963	-2
63	Stella	926	-4
64	Maggie	886	—
65	Dora	877	-4
66	Viola	839	—
67	Nora	825	-4
68	Dorothy	821	+11
69	Ellen	798	—
70	Rosa	790	-2
71	Ruby	769	+3
72	Sadie	706	-1
73	May	693	-3
74	Effie	674	-2
75	Nettie	668	-2
76	Della	660	—
77	Willie	648	+1
78	Susie	644	-3
79	Marguerite	638	+12
80	Beulah	622	-3
81	Lydia	598	+12
82	Olive	589	+1
83	Lizzie	584	-3
84	Daisy	573	+1
85	Beatrice	564	+5
86	Pauline	545	+6
87	Georgia	541	—
88	Nancy	538	-7
89	Flora	537	-7
90	Kathryn	534	-2
90	Vera	534	+8
92	Lottie	532	-3
92	Marion	532	+3
94	Sallie	516	-10
95	Emily	506	-1
96	Katie	504	-10
97	Virginia	498	+4
98	Etta	486	-1
99	Caroline	483	+1
100	Charlotte	476	-2

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1892.
#	Name	Births	vs 1892
1	John	8,049	—
2	William	7,223	—
3	James	5,030	—
4	George	4,320	—
5	Charles	3,723	—
6	Joseph	2,997	+1
7	Frank	2,917	-1
8	Robert	2,563	—
9	Edward	2,309	+2
10	Harry	2,245	-1
11	Henry	2,162	-1
12	Thomas	2,157	—
13	Walter	2,004	—
14	Arthur	1,635	—
15	Fred	1,493	—
16	Albert	1,353	—
17	Clarence	1,169	—
18	Roy	919	—
19	Willie	882	—
20	Samuel	851	—
21	Earl	819	—
22	Louis	816	—
23	Ernest	796	+3
24	Carl	786	+1
25	Paul	743	+4
26	Richard	732	+1
27	David	724	-3
28	Joe	721	-5
29	Raymond	703	+2
30	Charlie	691	-2
31	Ralph	636	-1
32	Elmer	574	+4
32	Oscar	574	+1
34	Harold	566	+3
35	Howard	556	+4
36	Jesse	541	-1
37	Will	538	-3
38	Alfred	530	+2
39	Daniel	522	+2
40	Andrew	520	-8
41	Herbert	519	+2
42	Benjamin	482	—
43	Sam	481	-5
44	Herman	455	+7
45	Leo	448	+4
46	Lee	445	—
47	Frederick	432	+1
48	Francis	418	+2
49	Michael	407	+10
50	Jack	405	+4
51	Lawrence	395	-7
52	Claude	394	+10
53	Eugene	392	—
53	Peter	392	-8
55	Clyde	391	+1
56	Ray	378	+1
57	Lewis	364	-2
58	Edwin	354	+5
59	Floyd	351	-7
60	Tom	349	-2
61	Martin	347	—
62	Ben	321	-2
63	Edgar	310	+4
64	Homer	293	+4
65	Jacob	292	+8
66	Chester	291	+6
67	Grover	289	-20
68	Harvey	284	+1
69	Leonard	275	+2
70	Luther	271	—
71	Clifford	269	+9
72	Guy	267	-7
73	Otto	257	+1
74	Jim	255	-10
75	Russell	246	—
76	Leroy	244	+11
77	Lester	243	+3
78	Hugh	241	-1
79	Patrick	234	+7
80	Ed	225	-14
81	Anthony	220	-3
81	Eddie	220	+9
83	Alexander	218	+12
84	Bernard	217	+1
85	Jessie	214	-6
85	Oliver	214	-1
87	Stanley	212	+15
88	Leon	211	+12
88	Lloyd	211	-12
90	Theodore	209	-8
91	Philip	208	-9
92	Julius	195	+7
93	Archie	194	-2
94	Charley	191	-2
95	Leslie	185	-2
96	Bert	184	—
97	Isaac	182	-3
98	Ira	181	-10
99	Allen	180	-10
100	Percy	177	+16

Ranked by places gained against 1892, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1893	Rank 1892	Change
Esther girls	39	67	+28
Loretta girls	132	152	+20
Betty girls	139	155	+16
Verna girls	142	157	+15
Hilda girls	107	121	+14
Estelle girls	126	140	+14
Sophie girls	163	177	+14
Ina girls	158	171	+13
Marguerite girls	79	91	+12
Lydia girls	81	93	+12
Bernice girls	125	137	+12
Alexander boys	83	95	+12
Dorothy girls	68	79	+11
Eula girls	127	138	+11
Leroy boys	76	87	+11

Name	Rank 1893	Rank 1892	Change
Maria girls	155	134	-21
Grover boys	67	47	-20
Olga girls	150	134	-16
Janie girls	175	159	-16
Amy girls	146	131	-15
Allie girls	173	158	-15
Ora girls	124	110	-14
Ed boys	80	66	-14
Rachel girls	134	122	-12
Essie girls	153	141	-12
Josie girls	164	152	-12
Lloyd boys	88	76	-12
Amanda girls	113	102	-11
Sallie girls	94	84	-10
Katie girls	96	86	-10

1893 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.