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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#2,280Sebastian Sebastian is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "from Sebaste," a city whose name derives from sebastos, meaning venerable or august.43 in the 1890s 6 of 10 years
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#2,289Royce Royce is a boy's name from an English surname meaning "son of Roy" or "son of Rose."43 in the 1890s 6 of 10 years
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#2,300Landon Landon is a boy's name of English origin meaning "long hill," from the Old English lang, long, and dun, a hill or down.42 in the 1890s 6 of 10 years
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#2,337Rudy Rudy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous wolf."40 in the 1890s 6 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.