1890s Baby Names
1,490 names were given to children in the United States between 1890 and 1899, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#2,090Kyle Kyle is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "narrow strait," taken from a district of Ayrshire.55 in the 1890s 8 of 10 years
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#2,117Mac Mac is a boy's name from the Gaelic word for son, which appears in every Mc- and Mac- surname there is.53 in the 1890s 8 of 10 years
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#2,137Myles Myles is a boy's name and a variant spelling of Miles, whose origin is disputed.52 in the 1890s 6 of 10 years
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#2,177Antoine Antoine is a boy's name from the Roman family name Antonius, the French form of Anthony.49 in the 1890s 7 of 10 years
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#2,180Orion Orion is a boy's name of Greek origin, borne by the mythological hunter and the constellation named for him.49 in the 1890s 5 of 10 years
What Made a 1890s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 1890 and 1899. A name's position here is how many of them were.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.