The most popular baby names of 1894

SSA recorded 338,690 births in 1894 across all reported names — 222,922 girls and 115,768 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1894

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1893.
#	Name	Births	vs 1893
1	Mary	13,151	—
2	Anna	5,565	—
3	Margaret	3,700	+1
4	Helen	3,676	+2
5	Elizabeth	3,425	—
6	Ruth	3,372	-3
7	Ethel	3,287	+1
8	Florence	3,233	-1
9	Emma	2,937	—
10	Marie	2,649	+9
11	Clara	2,603	—
12	Minnie	2,592	—
13	Bessie	2,520	+2
14	Bertha	2,496	-4
15	Edna	2,458	-1
16	Lillian	2,441	+4
17	Alice	2,414	-4
18	Annie	2,393	-1
19	Grace	2,361	-3
20	Mabel	2,221	+1
21	Ida	2,195	-3
22	Rose	2,126	+1
23	Hazel	2,103	-1
24	Martha	1,968	+1
25	Gertrude	1,908	-1
26	Edith	1,820	+4
27	Myrtle	1,818	+2
28	Pearl	1,789	-2
29	Frances	1,776	+5
30	Nellie	1,767	-3
31	Ella	1,761	-3
32	Laura	1,730	-1
33	Elsie	1,716	+2
34	Sarah	1,701	-1
35	Eva	1,673	-3
36	Esther	1,654	+3
37	Louise	1,571	—
38	Agnes	1,470	—
39	Carrie	1,452	-3
40	Lillie	1,432	+1
41	Catherine	1,430	+1
42	Lena	1,360	+4
43	Irene	1,347	+8
44	Hattie	1,325	-1
45	Julia	1,320	-5
46	Cora	1,319	-2
47	Gladys	1,258	+11
48	Josephine	1,256	+2
49	Mattie	1,238	-2
50	Mildred	1,220	+10
51	Jennie	1,210	-6
52	Alma	1,177	+2
53	Maude	1,144	-4
54	Mae	1,134	-1
55	Jessie	1,120	-7
56	Blanche	1,091	-4
57	Lucy	1,077	-1
58	Dorothy	1,052	+10
59	Mamie	1,043	—
60	Lula	1,042	-3
61	Stella	1,035	+2
62	Ada	1,018	-7
63	Fannie	1,003	-2
64	Katherine	948	-2
65	Viola	906	+1
66	Maggie	895	-2
67	Ruby	874	+4
68	Nora	854	-1
69	Dora	827	-4
70	Rosa	780	—
71	May	763	+2
72	Ellen	759	-3
73	Sadie	745	-1
74	Effie	712	—
75	Willie	709	+2
76	Beatrice	684	+9
77	Della	681	-1
78	Susie	679	—
79	Beulah	675	+1
80	Pauline	656	+6
81	Daisy	645	+3
82	Nettie	630	-7
83	Marguerite	624	-4
84	Flora	619	+5
85	Lydia	618	-4
85	Vera	618	+5
87	Lottie	597	+5
88	Olive	589	-6
89	Marion	587	+3
90	Sallie	584	+4
91	Virginia	583	+6
92	Lizzie	562	-9
93	Emily	551	+2
94	Georgia	535	-7
95	Katie	525	+1
96	Kathryn	520	-6
97	Etta	519	+1
98	Nancy	515	-10
99	Evelyn	491	+5
100	Charlotte	484	—
100	Theresa	484	+1

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1893.
#	Name	Births	vs 1893
1	John	8,237	—
2	William	7,274	—
3	James	5,110	—
4	George	4,365	—
5	Charles	3,788	—
6	Joseph	2,977	—
7	Frank	2,863	—
8	Robert	2,497	—
9	Henry	2,278	+2
10	Harry	2,189	—
11	Edward	2,179	-2
12	Thomas	2,170	—
13	Walter	2,010	—
14	Arthur	1,712	—
15	Fred	1,475	—
16	Albert	1,447	—
17	Clarence	1,185	—
18	Roy	1,018	—
19	Willie	986	—
20	Earl	896	+1
21	Louis	869	+1
22	Carl	861	+2
23	Paul	824	+2
24	Ernest	821	-1
25	Richard	808	+1
26	Samuel	776	-6
27	Raymond	767	+2
28	Joe	741	—
29	David	729	-2
30	Charlie	704	—
31	Ralph	692	—
32	Harold	690	+2
33	Howard	612	+2
34	Oscar	601	-2
35	Andrew	594	+5
36	Herbert	585	+5
37	Elmer	575	-5
38	Jesse	567	-2
39	Will	559	-2
40	Alfred	521	-2
41	Daniel	515	-2
41	Leo	515	+4
43	Sam	507	—
44	Benjamin	469	-2
45	Lee	455	+1
46	Floyd	445	+13
47	Jack	441	+3
48	Herman	433	-4
49	Lawrence	430	+2
50	Francis	423	-2
50	Michael	423	-1
52	Eugene	421	+1
53	Claude	419	-1
54	Frederick	413	-7
55	Peter	391	-2
56	Clyde	386	-1
57	Ray	379	-1
58	Edwin	366	—
59	Lewis	359	-2
60	Leonard	343	+9
60	Tom	343	—
62	Ben	326	—
63	Chester	325	+3
64	Edgar	313	-1
65	Clifford	307	+6
66	Martin	299	-5
67	Harvey	293	+1
68	Jacob	292	-3
69	Lester	291	+8
70	Jim	287	+4
71	Luther	285	-1
72	Russell	278	+3
73	Homer	273	-9
74	Otto	270	-1
75	Hugh	269	+3
76	Guy	261	-4
77	Anthony	257	+4
78	Bernard	256	+6
79	Jessie	255	+6
80	Lloyd	253	+8
81	Ed	241	-1
81	Theodore	241	+9
83	Leroy	239	-7
84	Leon	236	+4
85	Patrick	229	-6
86	Everett	226	+23
87	Leslie	223	+8
88	Oliver	222	-3
89	Allen	219	+10
90	Stanley	218	-3
91	Philip	214	—
92	Archie	207	+1
93	Ira	206	+5
94	Eddie	203	-13
95	Alexander	199	-12
95	Norman	199	+10
97	Horace	196	+7
98	Bert	187	-2
99	Charley	186	-5
100	Victor	180	+3

Ranked by places gained against 1893, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1894	Rank 1893	Change
Essie girls	137	153	+16
Maria girls	139	155	+16
Amy girls	132	146	+14
Floyd boys	46	59	+13
Goldie girls	126	138	+12
Gladys girls	47	58	+11
Mable girls	130	141	+11
Lois girls	140	151	+11
Frieda girls	143	154	+11
Mildred girls	50	60	+10
Dorothy girls	58	68	+10
Rosie girls	152	162	+10
Janie girls	165	175	+10
Marie girls	10	19	+9
Beatrice girls	76	85	+9

Name	Rank 1894	Rank 1893	Change
Lulu girls	155	136	-19
Belle girls	164	145	-19
Matilda girls	148	130	-18
Hannah girls	150	136	-14
Winifred girls	180	166	-14
Eunice girls	148	135	-13
Winnie girls	186	173	-13
Eddie boys	94	81	-13
Ola girls	161	149	-12
Nannie girls	123	112	-11
Nancy girls	98	88	-10
Maud girls	129	119	-10
Sophie girls	173	163	-10
Lizzie girls	92	83	-9
Harriet girls	114	105	-9

1894 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.