The 1893 file: SSA national baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
The top names of 1893
| Name | Births | Per 1,000 | Rank 1892 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Mary | 12,784 | 60.0 | #1 |
| 2 Anna | 5,695 | 26.8 | #2 |
| 3 Ruth | 3,658 | 17.2 | #5 |
| 4 Margaret | 3,565 | 16.7 | #4 |
| 5 Elizabeth | 3,360 | 15.8 | #3 |
| 6 Helen | 3,249 | 15.3 | #9 |
| 7 Florence | 3,231 | 15.2 | #6 |
| 8 Ethel | 3,119 | 14.7 | #8 |
| 9 Emma | 2,968 | 13.9 | #7 |
| 10 Bertha | 2,623 | 12.3 | #11 |
| 11 Clara | 2,532 | 11.9 | #10 |
| 12 Minnie | 2,510 | 11.8 | #12 |
| 13 Alice | 2,434 | 11.4 | #14 |
| 14 Edna | 2,378 | 11.2 | #18 |
| 15 Bessie | 2,352 | 11.1 | #13 |
| 16 Grace | 2,308 | 10.8 | #16 |
| 17 Annie | 2,251 | 10.6 | #15 |
| 18 Ida | 2,247 | 10.6 | #17 |
| 19 Marie | 2,212 | 10.4 | #21 |
| 20 Lillian | 2,193 | 10.3 | #20 |
| 21 Mabel | 2,191 | 10.3 | #19 |
| 22 Hazel | 2,052 | 9.6 | #25 |
| 23 Rose | 2,012 | 9.4 | #22 |
| 24 Gertrude | 1,811 | 8.5 | #23 |
| 25 Martha | 1,805 | 8.5 | #24 |
Girls #26 to #100
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 91 | Vera | 534 |
| 92 | Lottie | 532 |
| 93 | Marion | 532 |
| 94 | Sallie | 516 |
| 95 | Emily | 506 |
| 96 | Katie | 504 |
| 97 | Virginia | 498 |
| 98 | Etta | 486 |
| 99 | Caroline | 483 |
| 100 | Charlotte | 476 |
Girls #101 to #1,000
| Name | Births | Per 1,000 | Rank 1892 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 John | 8,049 | 71.7 | #1 |
| 2 William | 7,223 | 64.3 | #2 |
| 3 James | 5,030 | 44.8 | #3 |
| 4 George | 4,320 | 38.5 | #4 |
| 5 Charles | 3,723 | 33.1 | #5 |
| 6 Joseph | 2,997 | 26.7 | #7 |
| 7 Frank | 2,917 | 26.0 | #6 |
| 8 Robert | 2,563 | 22.8 | #8 |
| 9 Edward | 2,309 | 20.6 | #11 |
| 10 Harry | 2,245 | 20.0 | #9 |
| 11 Henry | 2,162 | 19.3 | #10 |
| 12 Thomas | 2,157 | 19.2 | #12 |
| 13 Walter | 2,004 | 17.8 | #13 |
| 14 Arthur | 1,635 | 14.6 | #14 |
| 15 Fred | 1,493 | 13.3 | #15 |
| 16 Albert | 1,353 | 12.1 | #16 |
| 17 Clarence | 1,169 | 10.4 | #17 |
| 18 Roy | 919 | 8.2 | #18 |
| 19 Willie | 882 | 7.8 | #19 |
| 20 Samuel | 851 | 7.6 | #20 |
| 21 Earl | 819 | 7.3 | #21 |
| 22 Louis | 816 | 7.3 | #22 |
| 23 Ernest | 796 | 7.1 | #26 |
| 24 Carl | 786 | 7.0 | #25 |
| 25 Paul | 743 | 6.6 | #29 |
Boys #26 to #100
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Richard | 732 |
| 27 | David | 724 |
| 28 | Joe | 721 |
| 29 | Raymond | 703 |
| 30 | Charlie | 691 |
| 31 | Ralph | 636 |
| 32 | Elmer | 574 |
| 33 | Oscar | 574 |
| 34 | Harold | 566 |
| 35 | Howard | 556 |
| 36 | Jesse | 541 |
| 37 | Will | 538 |
| 38 | Alfred | 530 |
| 39 | Daniel | 522 |
| 40 | Andrew | 520 |
| 41 | Herbert | 519 |
| 42 | Benjamin | 482 |
| 43 | Sam | 481 |
| 44 | Herman | 455 |
| 45 | Leo | 448 |
| 46 | Lee | 445 |
| 47 | Frederick | 432 |
| 48 | Francis | 418 |
| 49 | Michael | 407 |
| 50 | Jack | 405 |
| 51 | Lawrence | 395 |
| 52 | Claude | 394 |
| 53 | Eugene | 392 |
| 54 | Peter | 392 |
| 55 | Clyde | 391 |
| 56 | Ray | 378 |
| 57 | Lewis | 364 |
| 58 | Edwin | 354 |
| 59 | Floyd | 351 |
| 60 | Tom | 349 |
| 61 | Martin | 347 |
| 62 | Ben | 321 |
| 63 | Edgar | 310 |
| 64 | Homer | 293 |
| 65 | Jacob | 292 |
| 66 | Chester | 291 |
| 67 | Grover | 289 |
| 68 | Harvey | 284 |
| 69 | Leonard | 275 |
| 70 | Luther | 271 |
| 71 | Clifford | 269 |
| 72 | Guy | 267 |
| 73 | Otto | 257 |
| 74 | Jim | 255 |
| 75 | Russell | 246 |
| 76 | Leroy | 244 |
| 77 | Lester | 243 |
| 78 | Hugh | 241 |
| 79 | Patrick | 234 |
| 80 | Ed | 225 |
| 81 | Anthony | 220 |
| 82 | Eddie | 220 |
| 83 | Alexander | 218 |
| 84 | Bernard | 217 |
| 85 | Jessie | 214 |
| 86 | Oliver | 214 |
| 87 | Stanley | 212 |
| 88 | Leon | 211 |
| 89 | Lloyd | 211 |
| 90 | Theodore | 209 |
| 91 | Philip | 208 |
| 92 | Julius | 195 |
| 93 | Archie | 194 |
| 94 | Charley | 191 |
| 95 | Leslie | 185 |
| 96 | Bert | 184 |
| 97 | Isaac | 182 |
| 98 | Ira | 181 |
| 99 | Allen | 180 |
| 100 | Percy | 177 |
Boys #101 to #1,000
Per 1,000: births under the name per 1,000 of that sex SSA recorded in 1893.
How spread out were the names of 1893?
In 1893 the ten most given boys’ names went to 36.8% of the boys in SSA’s file and the top ten girls’ names to 20.8% of the girls; in 2025 the shares were 8.0% and 7.0%.
Top 10 per sex and year, SSA national file.
Top-10 share: the ten most given names’ births over all births of that sex, each year.
Which names entered and left the top 100 in 1893?
Boys entered
Boys left
Entries and exits: the top 100 of 1893 against the top 100 of 1892.
The biggest climbs of 1893
Names in the top 1,000 both years with at least 100 births in 1893.
Climbs: rank change within the top 1,000.
More about the names of 1893
- The most given names of the 1890s1893 and the other years of its decade together.
- Six real names drawn from 1893Weighted by how often each was given that year.
- How old are people with your name?The living by age, from SSA births and life tables.
- Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.