The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1891
1,533 different girls’ names were recorded in 1891, covering 185,482 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 11,704 |
| 2 | Anna | 5,099 |
| 3 | Margaret | 3,065 |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 3,059 |
| 5 | Emma | 2,884 |
| 6 | Florence | 2,716 |
| 7 | Ethel | 2,689 |
| 8 | Minnie | 2,428 |
| 9 | Helen | 2,417 |
| 10 | Bertha | 2,372 |
| 11 | Clara | 2,360 |
| 12 | Bessie | 2,323 |
| 13 | Annie | 2,096 |
| 14 | Grace | 2,088 |
| 15 | Mabel | 2,029 |
| 16 | Alice | 2,015 |
| 17 | Ida | 2,002 |
| 18 | Edna | 1,963 |
| 19 | Ruth | 1,857 |
| 20 | Lillian | 1,812 |
| 21 | Martha | 1,744 |
| 22 | Rose | 1,696 |
| 23 | Ella | 1,685 |
| 24 | Sarah | 1,669 |
| 25 | Nellie | 1,647 |
| 26 | Gertrude | 1,645 |
| 27 | Pearl | 1,605 |
| 28 | Marie | 1,596 |
| 29 | Laura | 1,509 |
| 29 | Edith | 1,509 |
| 31 | Myrtle | 1,458 |
| 32 | Hazel | 1,447 |
| 33 | Eva | 1,412 |
| 34 | Frances | 1,397 |
| 35 | Cora | 1,343 |
| 36 | Carrie | 1,342 |
| 37 | Louise | 1,333 |
| 38 | Elsie | 1,303 |
| 39 | Lillie | 1,247 |
| 40 | Jennie | 1,238 |
| 41 | Hattie | 1,219 |
| 41 | Catherine | 1,219 |
| 43 | Julia | 1,200 |
| 44 | Maude | 1,188 |
| 45 | Lena | 1,174 |
| 46 | Mattie | 1,165 |
| 47 | Agnes | 1,125 |
| 48 | Jessie | 1,119 |
| 49 | Josephine | 1,031 |
| 50 | Lula | 1,010 |
| 51 | Ada | 975 |
| 52 | Irene | 950 |
| 53 | Lucy | 944 |
| 54 | Mae | 933 |
| 55 | Alma | 929 |
| 56 | Blanche | 917 |
| 57 | Fannie | 916 |
| 58 | Dora | 870 |
| 59 | Stella | 867 |
| 60 | Maggie | 841 |
| 61 | Mamie | 830 |
| 62 | Katherine | 803 |
| 63 | Nora | 801 |
| 64 | Mildred | 761 |
| 65 | Rosa | 729 |
| 66 | Esther | 710 |
| 67 | Effie | 704 |
| 68 | May | 696 |
| 69 | Ellen | 675 |
| 70 | Gladys | 633 |
| 71 | Nettie | 620 |
| 72 | Sadie | 617 |
| 73 | Viola | 609 |
| 74 | Della | 607 |
| 75 | Sallie | 569 |
| 76 | Susie | 566 |
| 76 | Dorothy | 566 |
| 78 | Willie | 562 |
| 79 | Daisy | 557 |
| 80 | Ruby | 554 |
| 81 | Beulah | 526 |
| 82 | Lizzie | 525 |
| 83 | Nancy | 523 |
| 84 | Marguerite | 511 |
| 85 | Olive | 509 |
| 86 | Lydia | 507 |
| 87 | Kathryn | 504 |
| 88 | Lottie | 501 |
| 89 | Flora | 497 |
| 90 | Katie | 494 |
| 91 | Beatrice | 485 |
| 92 | Addie | 467 |
| 93 | Pauline | 455 |
| 94 | Etta | 452 |
| 95 | Georgia | 444 |
| 95 | Emily | 444 |
| 97 | Virginia | 439 |
| 98 | Vera | 426 |
| 99 | Marion | 413 |
| 100 | Caroline | 402 |
| 101 | Charlotte | 387 |
| 102 | Jane | 379 |
| 103 | Ollie | 376 |
| 103 | Eleanor | 376 |
| 105 | Amanda | 371 |
| 106 | Susan | 370 |
| 106 | Theresa | 370 |
| 108 | Maud | 366 |
| 109 | Evelyn | 362 |
| 110 | Mollie | 356 |
| 111 | Harriet | 354 |
| 112 | Amelia | 353 |
| 113 | Leona | 352 |
| 114 | Henrietta | 348 |
| 115 | Anne | 342 |
| 116 | Iva | 341 |
| 117 | Lola | 337 |
| 117 | Ann | 337 |
| 117 | Lela | 337 |
| 120 | Matilda | 336 |
| 121 | Ora | 327 |
| 122 | Hilda | 324 |
| 123 | Rebecca | 320 |
| 124 | Lulu | 315 |
| 124 | Nannie | 315 |
| 126 | Goldie | 306 |
| 127 | Kate | 305 |
| 128 | Hannah | 293 |
| 129 | Flossie | 292 |
| 130 | Eliza | 280 |
| 131 | Nina | 273 |
| 132 | Mable | 268 |
| 133 | Rachel | 267 |
| 133 | Estella | 267 |
| 135 | Amy | 266 |
| 136 | Rosie | 264 |
| 137 | Inez | 263 |
| 138 | Sara | 260 |
| 139 | Augusta | 256 |
| 140 | Estelle | 254 |
| 141 | Lucille | 252 |
| 142 | Maria | 248 |
| 142 | Bernice | 248 |
| 144 | Eula | 246 |
| 145 | Belle | 240 |
| 146 | Betty | 239 |
| 146 | Alta | 239 |
| 148 | Eunice | 237 |
| 148 | Olga | 237 |
| 150 | Winifred | 235 |
| 151 | Mayme | 234 |
| 152 | Barbara | 221 |
| 153 | Sophia | 220 |
| 154 | Ola | 219 |
| 155 | Josie | 218 |
| 155 | Sylvia | 218 |
| 157 | Essie | 217 |
| 158 | Ina | 216 |
| 159 | Loretta | 212 |
| 160 | Tillie | 207 |
| 160 | Frieda | 207 |
| 162 | Lois | 206 |
| 162 | Selma | 206 |
| 164 | Janie | 204 |
| 164 | Victoria | 204 |
| 166 | Sophie | 203 |
| 166 | Verna | 203 |
| 168 | Winnie | 202 |
| 169 | Genevieve | 201 |
| 170 | Marjorie | 195 |
| 171 | Callie | 194 |
| 172 | Irma | 193 |
| 173 | Allie | 192 |
| 173 | Millie | 192 |
| 175 | Nell | 190 |
| 176 | Violet | 188 |
| 177 | Celia | 187 |
| 178 | Jean | 181 |
| 179 | Leila | 178 |
| 180 | Delia | 177 |
| 180 | Lucile | 177 |
| 182 | Rena | 173 |
| 183 | Alberta | 167 |
| 184 | Luella | 163 |
| 185 | Christine | 161 |
| 185 | Freda | 161 |
| 187 | Elva | 158 |
| 188 | Bertie | 156 |
| 189 | Isabel | 150 |
| 190 | Leah | 144 |
| 191 | Lelia | 141 |
| 192 | Virgie | 139 |
| 192 | Erma | 139 |
| 194 | Bettie | 138 |
| 194 | Birdie | 138 |
| 194 | Rhoda | 138 |
| 194 | Mathilda | 138 |
| 194 | Hulda | 138 |
| 199 | Gussie | 137 |
| 199 | Bess | 137 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1891 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.