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Top baby names of 1894

In 1894, Mary and John were the most popular names in the United States. 338,654 births in the Social Security records that year.

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Most popular girl names in 1894
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Mary	13,151	1 in 30	= same rank
2	Anna	5,565	1 in 60	= same rank
3	Margaret	3,700	1 in 90	1 places up
4	Helen	3,676	1 in 90	2 places up
5	Elizabeth	3,425	1 in 100	= same rank
6	Ruth	3,372	1 in 100	3 places down
7	Ethel	3,287	1 in 103	1 places up
8	Florence	3,233	1 in 105	1 places down
9	Emma	2,937	1 in 115	= same rank
10	Marie	2,649	1 in 128	9 places up
11	Clara	2,603	1 in 130	= same rank
12	Minnie	2,592	1 in 131	= same rank
13	Bessie	2,520	1 in 134	2 places up
14	Bertha	2,496	1 in 136	4 places down
15	Edna	2,458	1 in 138	1 places down
16	Lillian	2,441	1 in 139	4 places up
17	Alice	2,414	1 in 140	4 places down
18	Annie	2,393	1 in 142	1 places down
19	Grace	2,361	1 in 143	3 places down
20	Mabel	2,221	1 in 152	1 places up
21	Ida	2,195	1 in 154	3 places down
22	Rose	2,126	1 in 159	1 places up
23	Hazel	2,103	1 in 161	1 places down
24	Martha	1,968	1 in 172	1 places up
25	Gertrude	1,908	1 in 177	1 places down
26	Edith	1,820	1 in 186	4 places up
27	Myrtle	1,818	1 in 186	2 places up
28	Pearl	1,789	1 in 189	2 places down
29	Frances	1,776	1 in 191	5 places up
30	Nellie	1,767	1 in 192	3 places down
31	Ella	1,761	1 in 192	3 places down
32	Laura	1,730	1 in 196	1 places down
33	Elsie	1,716	1 in 197	2 places up
34	Sarah	1,701	1 in 199	1 places down
35	Eva	1,673	1 in 202	3 places down
36	Esther	1,654	1 in 205	3 places up
37	Louise	1,571	1 in 216	= same rank
38	Agnes	1,470	1 in 230	= same rank
39	Carrie	1,452	1 in 233	3 places down
40	Lillie	1,432	1 in 236	1 places up
41	Catherine	1,430	1 in 237	1 places up
42	Lena	1,360	1 in 249	4 places up
43	Irene	1,347	1 in 251	8 places up
44	Hattie	1,325	1 in 256	1 places down
45	Julia	1,320	1 in 257	5 places down
46	Cora	1,319	1 in 257	2 places down
47	Gladys	1,258	1 in 269	11 places up
48	Josephine	1,256	1 in 270	2 places up
49	Mattie	1,238	1 in 274	2 places down
50	Mildred	1,220	1 in 278	10 places up

Most popular boy names in 1894
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	John	8,237	1 in 40	= same rank
2	William	7,274	1 in 50	= same rank
3	James	5,110	1 in 70	= same rank
4	George	4,365	1 in 80	= same rank
5	Charles	3,788	1 in 90	= same rank
6	Joseph	2,977	1 in 114	= same rank
7	Frank	2,863	1 in 118	= same rank
8	Robert	2,497	1 in 136	= same rank
9	Henry	2,278	1 in 149	2 places up
10	Harry	2,189	1 in 155	= same rank
11	Edward	2,179	1 in 155	2 places down
12	Thomas	2,170	1 in 156	= same rank
13	Walter	2,010	1 in 168	= same rank
14	Arthur	1,712	1 in 198	= same rank
15	Fred	1,475	1 in 230	= same rank
16	Albert	1,447	1 in 234	= same rank
17	Clarence	1,185	1 in 286	= same rank
18	Roy	1,018	1 in 333	= same rank
19	Willie	986	1 in 343	= same rank
20	Earl	896	1 in 378	1 places up
21	Louis	869	1 in 390	1 places up
22	Carl	861	1 in 393	2 places up
23	Paul	824	1 in 411	2 places up
24	Ernest	821	1 in 412	1 places down
25	Richard	808	1 in 419	1 places up
26	Samuel	776	1 in 436	6 places down
27	Raymond	767	1 in 442	2 places up
28	Joe	741	1 in 457	= same rank
29	David	729	1 in 465	2 places down
30	Charlie	704	1 in 481	= same rank
31	Ralph	692	1 in 489	= same rank
32	Harold	690	1 in 491	2 places up
33	Howard	612	1 in 553	2 places up
34	Oscar	601	1 in 563	2 places down
35	Andrew	594	1 in 570	5 places up
36	Herbert	585	1 in 579	5 places up
37	Elmer	575	1 in 589	5 places down
38	Jesse	567	1 in 597	2 places down
39	Will	559	1 in 606	2 places down
40	Alfred	521	1 in 650	2 places down
41	Daniel	515	1 in 658	2 places down
41	Leo	515	1 in 658	4 places up
43	Sam	507	1 in 668	= same rank
44	Benjamin	469	1 in 722	2 places down
45	Lee	455	1 in 744	1 places up
46	Floyd	445	1 in 761	13 places up
47	Jack	441	1 in 768	3 places up
48	Herman	433	1 in 782	4 places down
49	Lawrence	430	1 in 788	2 places up
50	Francis	423	1 in 801	2 places down

Share: number of babies born in 1894, girls and boys together, for one baby with this name. Change: places gained or lost since 1893. Tied names share the same rank.