The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1893

1,652 different girls’ names were recorded in 1893, covering 212,905 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	12,784
2	Anna	5,695
3	Ruth	3,658
4	Margaret	3,565
5	Elizabeth	3,360
6	Helen	3,249
7	Florence	3,231
8	Ethel	3,119
9	Emma	2,968
10	Bertha	2,623
11	Clara	2,532
12	Minnie	2,510
13	Alice	2,434
14	Edna	2,378
15	Bessie	2,352
16	Grace	2,308
17	Annie	2,251
18	Ida	2,247
19	Marie	2,212
20	Lillian	2,193
21	Mabel	2,191
22	Hazel	2,052
23	Rose	2,012
24	Gertrude	1,811
25	Martha	1,805
26	Pearl	1,796
27	Nellie	1,770
28	Ella	1,760
29	Myrtle	1,759
30	Edith	1,733
31	Laura	1,683
32	Eva	1,668
33	Sarah	1,632
34	Frances	1,622
35	Elsie	1,586
36	Carrie	1,451
37	Louise	1,447
38	Agnes	1,393
39	Esther	1,382
40	Julia	1,367
41	Lillie	1,351
42	Catherine	1,336
43	Hattie	1,315
44	Cora	1,308
45	Jennie	1,273
46	Lena	1,261
47	Mattie	1,257
48	Jessie	1,216
49	Maude	1,202
50	Josephine	1,178
51	Irene	1,111
52	Blanche	1,075
53	Mae	1,071
54	Alma	1,055
55	Ada	1,051
56	Lucy	1,036
57	Lula	1,034
58	Gladys	1,017
59	Mamie	1,011
60	Mildred	1,008
61	Fannie	1,003
62	Katherine	963
63	Stella	926
64	Maggie	886
65	Dora	877
66	Viola	839
67	Nora	825
68	Dorothy	821
69	Ellen	798
70	Rosa	790
71	Ruby	769
72	Sadie	706
73	May	693
74	Effie	674
75	Nettie	668
76	Della	660
77	Willie	648
78	Susie	644
79	Marguerite	638
80	Beulah	622
81	Lydia	598
82	Olive	589
83	Lizzie	584
84	Daisy	573
85	Beatrice	564
86	Pauline	545
87	Georgia	541
88	Nancy	538
89	Flora	537
90	Kathryn	534
90	Vera	534
92	Lottie	532
92	Marion	532
94	Sallie	516
95	Emily	506
96	Katie	504
97	Virginia	498
98	Etta	486
99	Caroline	483
100	Charlotte	476
101	Theresa	469
102	Leona	463
103	Ollie	459
104	Evelyn	457
105	Harriet	428
106	Addie	416
107	Hilda	410
108	Henrietta	409
109	Anne	400
110	Ann	397
110	Eleanor	397
112	Nannie	392
113	Amanda	387
114	Amelia	385
114	Lola	385
116	Iva	384
117	Lucille	368
118	Mollie	367
119	Maud	366
120	Rebecca	358
120	Lela	358
122	Susan	356
123	Jane	354
124	Ora	350
125	Bernice	340
126	Estelle	335
127	Eula	332
128	Nina	330
129	Estella	329
130	Matilda	328
131	Inez	325
132	Kate	323
132	Loretta	323
134	Rachel	321
135	Eunice	310
136	Lulu	304
136	Hannah	304
138	Goldie	301
139	Betty	298
140	Flossie	296
141	Mable	294
142	Verna	292
143	Sara	290
144	Sylvia	286
145	Belle	284
146	Amy	281
147	Alta	274
148	Eliza	272
149	Ola	264
150	Olga	262
151	Augusta	260
151	Lois	260
153	Essie	258
154	Frieda	256
155	Barbara	255
155	Maria	255
157	Violet	254
158	Ina	248
159	Sophia	247
160	Christine	244
161	Genevieve	243
162	Rosie	242
163	Sophie	235
164	Josie	233
164	Marjorie	233
166	Winifred	232
167	Freda	231
168	Victoria	223
169	Celia	219
170	Mayme	215
170	Jean	215
170	Irma	215
173	Allie	214
173	Winnie	214
175	Janie	211
175	Selma	211
177	Isabelle	205
178	Tillie	202
179	Luella	199
180	Millie	198
181	Callie	194
181	Delia	194
181	Lucile	194
184	Madeline	190
185	Isabel	189
185	Norma	189
185	Fern	189
188	Nell	187
189	Rena	186
189	Naomi	186
191	Vivian	185
192	Cecelia	182
193	Virgie	180
194	Alberta	179
195	Leila	173
196	Kathleen	170
197	Bess	169
198	Bertie	167
198	Leah	167
198	Lila	167

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1893 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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