Most Popular Baby Names of 1889

In 1889, Mary (11,648 births) was the most common U.S. girl name and John (8,548 births) the most common boy name.

Top 100 boy names, 1889
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	8,548
2	William	7,772
3	James	5,020
4	George	4,430
5	Charles	4,199
6	Frank	2,975
7	Joseph	2,729
8	Harry	2,559
9	Robert	2,513
10	Edward	2,299
11	Henry	2,286
12	Thomas	2,233
13	Walter	1,916
14	Arthur	1,668
15	Fred	1,554
16	Albert	1,353
17	Clarence	984
18	Roy	888
19	Louis	837
20	Samuel	810
21	Benjamin	760
22	David	757
23	Ernest	736
24	Richard	711
25	Joe	709
26	Willie	708
27	Carl	704
28	Earl	688
29	Charlie	685
30	Will	631
31	Jesse	576
32	Oscar	572
33	Andrew	561
34	Elmer	557
35	Paul	555
36	Daniel	515
37	Raymond	511
38	Howard	503
39	Ralph	495
40	Sam	486
41	Alfred	472
41	Herbert	472
43	Ben	453
44	Frederick	451
45	Peter	425
46	Lee	415
47	Lewis	414
48	Herman	405
49	Claude	386
50	Tom	379
51	Michael	377
52	Eugene	369
53	Martin	367
54	Ray	355
55	Francis	346
56	Lawrence	342
57	Harold	340
58	Jim	328
59	Leo	325
60	Edgar	322
60	Jack	322
62	Clyde	318
63	Floyd	313
64	Harvey	311
65	Otto	309
66	Edwin	306
67	Jacob	295
68	Harrison	288
69	Chester	274
70	Guy	271
71	Ed	270
71	Luther	270
73	Homer	255
74	Patrick	236
75	Bert	231
75	Theodore	231
77	Leonard	229
78	Hugh	225
79	Allen	222
80	Anthony	219
81	Bernard	215
82	Lester	213
83	Grover	210
83	Oliver	210
85	Ira	207
85	Jessie	207
87	Clifford	202
88	Charley	199
89	Russell	198
90	Archie	195
91	Isaac	188
92	Leroy	186
93	Alexander	185
94	Leon	184
95	Philip	183
96	August	171
96	Milton	171
98	Lloyd	167
98	Warren	167
100	Horace	166

Full Boy list for 1889

Top 100 girl names, 1889
Rank	Name	Births
1	Mary	11,648
2	Anna	5,062
3	Elizabeth	3,058
4	Margaret	2,917
5	Emma	2,884
6	Minnie	2,624
7	Florence	2,465
8	Ethel	2,463
9	Bessie	2,343
10	Clara	2,319
11	Bertha	2,293
12	Alice	2,145
13	Annie	2,123
14	Ida	2,122
15	Grace	2,049
16	Mabel	1,947
17	Helen	1,909
18	Edna	1,815
19	Nellie	1,752
20	Sarah	1,730
21	Martha	1,711
22	Ella	1,647
23	Lillian	1,640
24	Pearl	1,588
25	Laura	1,567
26	Rose	1,550
27	Carrie	1,547
28	Gertrude	1,543
29	Edith	1,523
30	Marie	1,436
31	Eva	1,372
32	Cora	1,365
33	Myrtle	1,361
34	Frances	1,351
35	Hattie	1,328
36	Maude	1,293
37	Lillie	1,289
38	Louise	1,283
39	Jennie	1,252
40	Julia	1,201
41	Elsie	1,199
42	Catherine	1,198
43	Jessie	1,196
44	Mattie	1,173
45	Lena	1,096
46	Ruth	1,073
47	Lula	1,067
48	Hazel	1,056
49	Josephine	1,047
50	Agnes	1,033
51	Ada	1,005
52	Blanche	972
53	Fannie	909
54	Lucy	893
55	Stella	891
56	Katherine	889
57	Mae	883
57	Mamie	883
59	Dora	882
60	Nora	831
61	Maggie	825
62	Alma	819
63	Irene	737
64	May	723
65	Effie	711
66	Rosa	707
67	Sadie	664
68	Ellen	653
69	Mildred	625
70	Nettie	622
71	Susie	607
72	Della	606
73	Daisy	583
74	Lizzie	570
75	Esther	553
76	Viola	536
77	Sallie	525
78	Ruby	522
79	Flora	516
80	Katie	502
81	Beulah	498
81	Lottie	498
83	Lydia	496
84	Caroline	491
85	Willie	488
86	Nancy	470
87	Etta	465
88	Olive	464
89	Charlotte	455
90	Addie	448
91	Georgia	445
92	Maud	432
93	Emily	429
94	Kathryn	415
94	Pauline	415
96	Gladys	414
97	Amanda	413
98	Mollie	402
99	Harriet	397
100	Nannie	396

Full Girl list for 1889

Biggest movers since 1888

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1888 to 1889
Name	Births 1888	Births 1889	Change	Rank 1888 → 1889
Elmer	527	557	+6%	39 → 34
Paul	529	555	+5%	38 → 35
Carl	675	704	+4%	29 → 27
Roy	856	888	+4%	20 → 18
Earl	675	688	+2%	29 → 28

Falling boy names, 1888 to 1889
Name	Births 1888	Births 1889	Change	Rank 1888 → 1889
Frank	3,459	2,975	-14%	6 → 6
Charlie	796	685	-14%	22 → 29
Albert	1,569	1,353	-14%	16 → 16
Samuel	931	810	-13%	18 → 20
Henry	2,596	2,286	-12%	10 → 11
Oscar	647	572	-12%	31 → 32
Will	707	631	-11%	28 → 30
William	8,705	7,772	-11%	2 → 2
Robert	2,814	2,513	-11%	8 → 9
Joe	789	709	-10%	23 → 25

Rising girl names, 1888 to 1889
Name	Births 1888	Births 1889	Change	Rank 1888 → 1889
Ruth	850	1,073	+26%	59 → 46
Hazel	898	1,056	+18%	54 → 48
Stella	775	891	+15%	64 → 55
Marie	1,258	1,436	+14%	40 → 30
Elsie	1,112	1,199	+8%	47 → 41
Edna	1,687	1,815	+8%	22 → 18
Mabel	1,830	1,947	+6%	17 → 16
Mae	836	883	+6%	60 → 57
Gertrude	1,468	1,543	+5%	28 → 28
Edith	1,453	1,523	+5%	29 → 29

Falling girl names, 1888 to 1889
Name	Births 1888	Births 1889	Change	Rank 1888 → 1889
Sallie	633	525	-17%	70 → 77
Rosa	832	707	-15%	61 → 66
Nettie	692	622	-10%	67 → 70
Viola	596	536	-10%	74 → 76
Ada	1,116	1,005	-10%	46 → 51
Lula	1,173	1,067	-9%	44 → 47
Fannie	991	909	-8%	50 → 53
May	782	723	-8%	63 → 64
Mattie	1,268	1,173	-7%	39 → 44
Maude	1,396	1,293	-7%	32 → 36

Top 100 boy names, 1889

Rank

Name

Births

John

8,548

William

7,772

James

5,020

4,430

4,199

2,975

2,729

Harry

2,559

Robert

2,513

Edward

2,299

Henry

2,286

Thomas

2,233

Walter

1,916

Arthur

1,668

Fred

1,554

Albert

1,353

Clarence

984

Roy

888

Louis

837

Samuel

810

Benjamin

760

David

757

Ernest

736

Richard

711

Joe

709

Willie

708

Carl

704

Earl

688

Charlie

685

Will

631

Jesse

576

Oscar

572

Andrew

561

Elmer

557

Paul

555

Daniel

515

Raymond

511

Howard

503

Ralph

495

Sam

486

Alfred

472

Herbert

472

Ben

453

Frederick

451

Peter

425

Lee

415

Lewis

414

Herman

405

Claude

386

Tom

379

Michael

377

Eugene

369

Martin

367

Ray

355

Francis

346

Lawrence

342

Harold

340

Jim

328

Leo

325

Edgar

322

Jack

322

Clyde

318

Floyd

313

Harvey

311

Otto

309

Edwin

306

Jacob

295

Harrison

288

Chester

274

Guy

271

270

Luther

270

Homer

255

Patrick

236

Bert

231

Theodore

231

Leonard

229

Hugh

225

Allen

222

Anthony

219

Bernard

215

Lester

213

Grover

210

Oliver

210

Ira

207

Jessie

207

Clifford

202

Charley

199

Russell

198

Archie

195

Isaac

188

Leroy

186

185

184

183

171

171

167

167

100

Horace

166

Top 100 girl names, 1889

Rank

Name

Births

Mary

11,648

5,062

3,058

2,917

2,884

Minnie

2,624

Florence

2,465

Ethel

2,463

Bessie

2,343

Clara

2,319

Bertha

2,293

Alice

2,145

Annie

2,123

Ida

2,122

Grace

2,049

Mabel

1,947

Helen

1,909

Edna

1,815

Nellie

1,752

Sarah

1,730

Martha

1,711

Ella

1,647

Lillian

1,640

Pearl

1,588

Laura

1,567

Rose

1,550

Carrie

1,547

Gertrude

1,543

Edith

1,523

Marie

1,436

Eva

1,372

Cora

1,365

Myrtle

1,361

Frances

1,351

Hattie

1,328

Maude

1,293

Lillie

1,289

Louise

1,283

Jennie

1,252

Julia

1,201

Elsie

1,199

Catherine

1,198

Jessie

1,196

Mattie

1,173

Lena

1,096

Ruth

1,073

Lula

1,067

Hazel

1,056

Josephine

1,047

Agnes

1,033

Ada

1,005

Blanche

972

Fannie

909

Lucy

893

Stella

891

Katherine

889

Mae

883

Mamie

883

Dora

882

Nora

831

Maggie

825

Alma

819

Irene

737

May

723

Effie

711

Rosa

707

Sadie

664

Ellen

653

Mildred

625

Nettie

622

Susie

607

Della

606

Daisy

583

Lizzie

570

Esther

553

Viola

536

Sallie

525

Ruby

522

Flora

516

Katie

502

Beulah

498

Lottie

498

Lydia

496

Caroline

491

Willie

488

Nancy

470

Etta

465

Olive

464

Charlotte

455

Addie

448

Georgia

445

Maud

432

Emily

429

Kathryn

415

Pauline

415

Gladys

414

Amanda

413

Mollie

402

Harriet

397

100

Nannie

396

Biggest movers since 1888

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1888 to 1889
Name	Births 1888	Births 1889	Change	Rank 1888 → 1889
Elmer	527	557	+6%	39 → 34
Paul	529	555	+5%	38 → 35
Carl	675	704	+4%	29 → 27
Roy	856	888	+4%	20 → 18
Earl	675	688	+2%	29 → 28

Falling boy names, 1888 to 1889
Name	Births 1888	Births 1889	Change	Rank 1888 → 1889
Frank	3,459	2,975	-14%	6 → 6
Charlie	796	685	-14%	22 → 29
Albert	1,569	1,353	-14%	16 → 16
Samuel	931	810	-13%	18 → 20
Henry	2,596	2,286	-12%	10 → 11
Oscar	647	572	-12%	31 → 32
Will	707	631	-11%	28 → 30
William	8,705	7,772	-11%	2 → 2
Robert	2,814	2,513	-11%	8 → 9
Joe	789	709	-10%	23 → 25

Rising girl names, 1888 to 1889
Name	Births 1888	Births 1889	Change	Rank 1888 → 1889
Ruth	850	1,073	+26%	59 → 46
Hazel	898	1,056	+18%	54 → 48
Stella	775	891	+15%	64 → 55
Marie	1,258	1,436	+14%	40 → 30
Elsie	1,112	1,199	+8%	47 → 41
Edna	1,687	1,815	+8%	22 → 18
Mabel	1,830	1,947	+6%	17 → 16
Mae	836	883	+6%	60 → 57
Gertrude	1,468	1,543	+5%	28 → 28
Edith	1,453	1,523	+5%	29 → 29

Falling girl names, 1888 to 1889
Name	Births 1888	Births 1889	Change	Rank 1888 → 1889
Sallie	633	525	-17%	70 → 77
Rosa	832	707	-15%	61 → 66
Nettie	692	622	-10%	67 → 70
Viola	596	536	-10%	74 → 76
Ada	1,116	1,005	-10%	46 → 51
Lula	1,173	1,067	-9%	44 → 47
Fannie	991	909	-8%	50 → 53
May	782	723	-8%	63 → 64
Mattie	1,268	1,173	-7%	39 → 44
Maude	1,396	1,293	-7%	32 → 36

Top 100 boy names of 1889

Top 100 girl names of 1889

Biggest movers since 1888

Top 100 boy names of 1889

Top 100 girl names of 1889

Biggest movers since 1888