Top names of 1891

Girls

1Mary11,704– 2Anna5,099– 3Margaret3,065▲ 1 4Elizabeth3,059▼ 1 5Emma2,884– 6Florence2,716– 7Ethel2,689– 8Minnie2,428– 9Helen2,417▲ 3 10Bertha2,372– 11Clara2,360▼ 2 12Bessie2,323▼ 1 13Annie2,096▲ 2 14Grace2,088▼ 1 15Mabel2,029▲ 2 16Alice2,015▼ 2 17Ida2,002▼ 1 18Edna1,963– 19Ruth1,857▲ 27 20Lillian1,812▼ 1 21Martha1,744▲ 1 22Rose1,696▲ 3 23Ella1,685– 24Sarah1,669▼ 3 25Nellie1,647▼ 5 26Gertrude1,645– 27Pearl1,605▼ 3 28Marie1,596– 29Edith1,509▲ 1 30Laura1,509▼ 3 31Myrtle1,458▲ 3 32Hazel1,447▲ 5 33Eva1,412▼ 1 34Frances1,397▼ 1 35Cora1,343▲ 1 36Carrie1,342▼ 7 37Louise1,333▼ 6 38Elsie1,303▲ 7 39Lillie1,247▼ 4 40Jennie1,238▲ 1 41Catherine1,219▲ 3 42Hattie1,219▼ 4 43Julia1,200▼ 3 44Maude1,188▼ 5 45Lena1,174▲ 2 46Mattie1,165▼ 4 47Agnes1,125▲ 3 48Jessie1,119▼ 5 49Josephine1,031– 50Lula1,010▼ 2 51Ada975– 52Irene950▲ 8 53Lucy944– 54Mae933▲ 4 55Alma929▲ 2 56Blanche917▼ 1 57Fannie916▼ 5 58Dora870▲ 4 59Stella867▼ 3 60Maggie841▲ 1 61Mamie830▼ 7 62Katherine803▼ 3 63Nora801– 64Mildred761▲ 7 65Rosa729▼ 1 66Esther710▲ 9 67Effie704▼ 1 68May696▼ 3 69Ellen675▲ 1 70Gladys633▲ 12 71Nettie620▼ 4 72Sadie617▼ 3 73Viola609▼ 5 74Della607▼ 2 75Sallie569▲ 5 76Dorothy566▲ 17 77Susie566▼ 4 78Willie562▼ 1 79Daisy557▼ 3 80Ruby554▲ 1 81Beulah526▼ 2 82Lizzie525▼ 8 83Nancy523▲ 1 84Marguerite511▲ 12 85Olive509▲ 4 86Lydia507▼ 8 87Kathryn504▲ 4 88Lottie501– 89Flora497▼ 4 90Katie494▼ 4 91Beatrice485▲ 7 92Addie467– 93Pauline455▼ 3 94Etta452▲ 1 95Emily444▼ 9 96Georgia444▼ 13 97Virginia439▲ 3 98Vera426▲ 5 99Marion413▲ 7 100Caroline402▼ 6

Boys

1John7,680– 2William6,763– 3James4,516– 4George3,931– 5Charles3,640– 6Frank2,652– 7Joseph2,572– 8Robert2,240– 9Harry2,132▲ 1 10Henry2,049▼ 1 11Edward1,989– 12Thomas1,982– 13Walter1,668– 14Arthur1,514– 15Fred1,362– 16Albert1,207– 17Clarence1,007– 18Roy838– 19Louis786– 20Samuel753– 21Willie739▲ 2 22Ernest715– 23Charlie707▼ 2 24Carl675▲ 3 25Earl674▼ 1 26David673– 27Richard609▼ 2 28Ralph587▲ 4 29Joe584▼ 1 30Raymond575▲ 6 31Paul564– 32Oscar551▼ 3 33Andrew521▲ 1 34Will520▼ 4 35Jesse519▼ 2 36Elmer508▲ 2 37Daniel505▲ 2 38Herbert501▲ 4 39Alfred499▼ 4 40Howard485– 41Benjamin461▼ 4 42Harold419▲ 4 43Sam418▼ 2 44Frederick412▼ 1 45Peter396▼ 2 46Lawrence389▲ 6 47Herman383▲ 3 48Eugene362▼ 2 49Ray360▲ 7 50Lewis357▲ 1 51Leo353▼ 2 52Lee342▼ 9 53Floyd336▲ 7 54Francis333– 55Michael333▼ 7 56Martin331▲ 1 57Claude327– 58Clyde327▲ 6 59Edwin327▲ 4 60Tom318▼ 3 61Ben302▼ 7 62Jack290▼ 9 63Jim288▼ 1 64Edgar277▼ 3 65Harvey274– 66Otto274▲ 2 67Guy262▲ 5 68Chester252▲ 1 69Jacob238▼ 3 70Ed237– 71Luther236– 72Leonard235▼ 5 73Hugh233▲ 7 74Homer230▲ 3 75Jessie227▼ 2 76Theodore224▲ 13 77Oliver212▲ 4 78Patrick212▼ 3 79Archie201– 80Philip198▲ 8 81Clifford196▲ 2 82Charley193▲ 11 83Lester191▼ 7 84Leroy190▼ 10 85Bernard187▲ 13 86August186▼ 2 87Russell186▲ 7 88Lloyd185▲ 6 89Bert181▲ 8 90Eddie179▼ 4 91Ira179▼ 9 92Stanley178▼ 15 93Everett174▲ 9 94Allen173▼ 4 95Alexander172▼ 10 96Anthony170▼ 6 97Horace165▲ 6 98Leslie164▼ 2 99Grover163– 100Norman163▲ 7