The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1889

1,479 different girls’ names were recorded in 1889, covering 178,366 births. These are the top 200.

#	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	Mamie	883
57	Mae	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	Lottie	498
81	Beulah	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
101	Virginia	395
102	Dorothy	377
103	Jane	374
104	Ollie	366
105	Kate	362
106	Theresa	359
107	Susan	356
108	Beatrice	352
109	Leona	348
110	Amelia	346
110	Ora	346
112	Lulu	341
112	Ann	341
114	Rebecca	337
115	Marion	331
116	Henrietta	323
117	Iva	321
118	Matilda	320
118	Evelyn	320
120	Nina	315
120	Marguerite	315
122	Vera	313
123	Lola	312
123	Eleanor	312
125	Anne	311
126	Eliza	307
127	Hannah	301
128	Estella	288
129	Sara	286
129	Estelle	286
131	Inez	277
132	Augusta	273
133	Lela	268
134	Rachel	266
135	Belle	265
135	Essie	265
137	Amy	252
138	Sophia	251
138	Hilda	251
140	Barbara	246
140	Goldie	246
142	Rosie	239
143	Maria	238
144	Mayme	237
145	Allie	236
146	Mable	231
147	Janie	226
147	Alta	226
149	Flossie	221
150	Ina	209
150	Ola	209
152	Lucille	208
153	Josie	207
154	Bernice	206
155	Genevieve	201
156	Nell	194
156	Olga	194
158	Eula	193
159	Betty	189
159	Christine	189
161	Tillie	188
162	Winifred	186
163	Eunice	185
164	Delia	182
164	Bess	182
166	Callie	181
167	Victoria	175
168	Millie	174
168	Verna	174
170	Luella	172
170	Sophie	172
170	Loretta	172
173	Jean	171
174	Louisa	170
175	Mathilda	168
176	Celia	167
177	Birdie	166
177	Sylvia	166
179	Winnie	162
179	Frieda	162
181	Rena	161
182	Marjorie	157
183	Violet	155
184	Adeline	154
184	Lois	154
186	Isabel	153
187	Rhoda	148
188	Bettie	144
189	Bertie	143
190	Christina	142
191	Isabelle	141
192	Hulda	139
193	Lora	138
193	Cecelia	138
195	Elva	135
195	Lucile	135
197	Leah	134
197	Irma	134
199	Carolyn	133
199	Gussie	133

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1889 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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