United States · 288,946 recorded births
Top baby names of 1889
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Genevieve (up 25), Bernice (up 23), Sylvester (up 53), Ross (up 46).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1888 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 11,648 | · |
| 2 | Anna | 5,062 | · |
| 3 | Elizabeth | 3,058 | · |
| 4 | Margaret | 2,917 | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | Emma | 2,884 | ▼ 1 |
| 6 | Minnie | 2,624 | · |
| 7 | Florence | 2,465 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Ethel | 2,463 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Bessie | 2,343 | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Clara | 2,319 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Bertha | 2,293 | ▼ 4 |
| 12 | Alice | 2,145 | ▲ 1 |
| 13 | Annie | 2,123 | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Ida | 2,122 | ▼ 2 |
| 15 | Grace | 2,049 | · |
| 16 | Mabel | 1,947 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Helen | 1,909 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Edna | 1,815 | ▲ 4 |
| 19 | Nellie | 1,752 | ▲ 2 |
| 20 | Sarah | 1,730 | · |
| 21 | Martha | 1,711 | ▼ 2 |
| 22 | Ella | 1,647 | ▼ 4 |
| 23 | Lillian | 1,640 | · |
| 24 | Pearl | 1,588 | ▲ 2 |
| 25 | Laura | 1,567 | · |
| 26 | Rose | 1,550 | ▲ 1 |
| 27 | Carrie | 1,547 | ▼ 3 |
| 28 | Gertrude | 1,543 | · |
| 29 | Edith | 1,523 | · |
| 30 | Marie | 1,436 | ▲ 10 |
| 31 | Eva | 1,372 | ▲ 3 |
| 32 | Cora | 1,365 | ▼ 1 |
| 33 | Myrtle | 1,361 | ▲ 2 |
| 34 | Frances | 1,351 | ▼ 4 |
| 35 | Hattie | 1,328 | ▲ 1 |
| 36 | Maude | 1,293 | ▼ 4 |
| 37 | Lillie | 1,289 | ▲ 4 |
| 38 | Louise | 1,283 | ▼ 5 |
| 39 | Jennie | 1,252 | ▼ 2 |
| 40 | Julia | 1,201 | ▼ 2 |
| 41 | Elsie | 1,199 | ▲ 6 |
| 42 | Catherine | 1,198 | · |
| 43 | Jessie | 1,196 | · |
| 44 | Mattie | 1,173 | ▼ 5 |
| 45 | Lena | 1,096 | · |
| 46 | Ruth | 1,073 | ▲ 13 |
| 47 | Lula | 1,067 | ▼ 3 |
| 48 | Hazel | 1,056 | ▲ 7 |
| 49 | Josephine | 1,047 | · |
| 50 | Agnes | 1,033 | ▼ 2 |
| 51 | Ada | 1,005 | ▼ 5 |
| 52 | Blanche | 972 | · |
| 53 | Fannie | 909 | ▼ 3 |
| 54 | Lucy | 893 | ▼ 3 |
| 55 | Stella | 891 | ▲ 9 |
| 56 | Katherine | 889 | · |
| 57 | Mae | 883 | ▲ 3 |
| 58 | Mamie | 883 | ▼ 5 |
| 59 | Dora | 882 | ▼ 5 |
| 60 | Nora | 831 | ▲ 1 |
| 61 | Maggie | 825 | ▼ 4 |
| 62 | Alma | 819 | ▼ 4 |
| 63 | Irene | 737 | ▲ 3 |
| 64 | May | 723 | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Effie | 711 | · |
| 66 | Rosa | 707 | ▼ 4 |
| 67 | Sadie | 664 | ▲ 2 |
| 68 | Ellen | 653 | · |
| 69 | Mildred | 625 | ▲ 14 |
| 70 | Nettie | 622 | ▼ 3 |
| 71 | Susie | 607 | ▲ 1 |
| 72 | Della | 606 | ▼ 1 |
| 73 | Daisy | 583 | · |
| 74 | Lizzie | 570 | ▲ 1 |
| 75 | Esther | 553 | ▲ 2 |
| 76 | Viola | 536 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Sallie | 525 | ▼ 7 |
| 78 | Ruby | 522 | ▲ 16 |
| 79 | Flora | 516 | ▼ 1 |
| 80 | Katie | 502 | · |
| 81 | Beulah | 498 | ▲ 14 |
| 82 | Lottie | 498 | ▼ 1 |
| 83 | Lydia | 496 | ▲ 2 |
| 84 | Caroline | 491 | ▲ 5 |
| 85 | Willie | 488 | ▼ 6 |
| 86 | Nancy | 470 | ▼ 10 |
| 87 | Etta | 465 | ▼ 5 |
| 88 | Olive | 464 | ▼ 1 |
| 89 | Charlotte | 455 | ▼ 1 |
| 90 | Addie | 448 | ▲ 1 |
| 91 | Georgia | 445 | ▼ 7 |
| 92 | Maud | 432 | ▼ 6 |
| 93 | Emily | 429 | ▼ 3 |
| 94 | Kathryn | 415 | ▼ 1 |
| 95 | Pauline | 415 | ▲ 3 |
| 96 | Gladys | 414 | ▲ 21 |
| 97 | Amanda | 413 | · |
| 98 | Mollie | 402 | ▲ 4 |
| 99 | Harriet | 397 | · |
| 100 | Nannie | 396 | ▲ 4 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1888 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,513 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Edward | 2,299 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,286 | ▼ 1 |
| 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 | ▲ 2 |
| 19 | Louis | 837 | · |
| 20 | Samuel | 810 | ▼ 2 |
| 21 | Benjamin | 760 | ▲ 4 |
| 22 | David | 757 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Ernest | 736 | ▲ 4 |
| 24 | Richard | 711 | ▲ 2 |
| 25 | Joe | 709 | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | Willie | 708 | ▼ 2 |
| 27 | Carl | 704 | ▲ 2 |
| 28 | Earl | 688 | ▲ 2 |
| 29 | Charlie | 685 | ▼ 7 |
| 30 | Will | 631 | ▼ 2 |
| 31 | Jesse | 576 | ▲ 1 |
| 32 | Oscar | 572 | ▼ 1 |
| 33 | Andrew | 561 | · |
| 34 | Elmer | 557 | ▲ 5 |
| 35 | Paul | 555 | ▲ 3 |
| 36 | Daniel | 515 | ▼ 1 |
| 37 | Raymond | 511 | ▲ 8 |
| 38 | Howard | 503 | ▲ 2 |
| 39 | Ralph | 495 | ▼ 3 |
| 40 | Sam | 486 | ▼ 6 |
| 41 | Alfred | 472 | ▼ 4 |
| 42 | Herbert | 472 | ▲ 1 |
| 43 | Ben | 453 | ▲ 4 |
| 44 | Frederick | 451 | ▼ 2 |
| 45 | Peter | 425 | ▼ 4 |
| 46 | Lee | 415 | ▲ 2 |
| 47 | Lewis | 414 | ▲ 3 |
| 48 | Herman | 405 | ▲ 3 |
| 49 | Claude | 386 | ▲ 6 |
| 50 | Tom | 379 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Michael | 377 | ▼ 5 |
| 52 | Eugene | 369 | ▲ 1 |
| 53 | Martin | 367 | ▲ 1 |
| 54 | Ray | 355 | ▲ 9 |
| 55 | Francis | 346 | ▲ 2 |
| 56 | Lawrence | 342 | ▲ 5 |
| 57 | Harold | 340 | ▲ 13 |
| 58 | Jim | 328 | ▼ 2 |
| 59 | Leo | 325 | · |
| 60 | Edgar | 322 | ▲ 5 |
| 61 | Jack | 322 | ▲ 3 |
| 62 | Clyde | 318 | ▼ 2 |
| 63 | Floyd | 313 | ▲ 4 |
| 64 | Harvey | 311 | ▼ 2 |
| 65 | Otto | 309 | ▲ 1 |
| 66 | Edwin | 306 | ▲ 3 |
| 67 | Jacob | 295 | ▼ 9 |
| 68 | Harrison | 288 | ▼ 16 |
| 69 | Chester | 274 | ▲ 3 |
| 70 | Guy | 271 | ▲ 1 |
| 71 | Ed | 270 | ▼ 3 |
| 72 | Luther | 270 | ▲ 2 |
| 73 | Homer | 255 | ▲ 3 |
| 74 | Patrick | 236 | ▲ 7 |
| 75 | Bert | 231 | ▼ 2 |
| 76 | Theodore | 231 | ▲ 4 |
| 77 | Leonard | 229 | ▲ 6 |
| 78 | Hugh | 225 | ▲ 1 |
| 79 | Allen | 222 | ▼ 4 |
| 80 | Anthony | 219 | ▲ 13 |
| 81 | Bernard | 215 | ▲ 6 |
| 82 | Lester | 213 | ▲ 15 |
| 83 | Grover | 210 | ▼ 39 |
| 84 | Oliver | 210 | ▲ 4 |
| 85 | Ira | 207 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | Jessie | 207 | ▼ 8 |
| 87 | Clifford | 202 | ▲ 5 |
| 88 | Charley | 199 | ▼ 11 |
| 89 | Russell | 198 | ▲ 26 |
| 90 | Archie | 195 | ▲ 6 |
| 91 | Isaac | 188 | ▼ 6 |
| 92 | Leroy | 186 | ▲ 3 |
| 93 | Alexander | 185 | ▼ 11 |
| 94 | Leon | 184 | ▼ 4 |
| 95 | Philip | 183 | ▼ 4 |
| 96 | August | 171 | ▼ 10 |
| 97 | Milton | 171 | ▲ 7 |
| 98 | Lloyd | 167 | ▲ 2 |
| 99 | Warren | 167 | ▲ 13 |
| 100 | Horace | 166 | ▲ 3 |