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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#2,403Barry Barry is a boy's name from an Irish surname generally traced to a word for a spear, though a Welsh island gives a competing route.38 in the 1890s 5 of 10 years
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#2,464Cassius Cassius is a boy's name from a Roman family, possibly derived from Latin cassus, "empty" or "vain."35 in the 1890s 5 of 10 years
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#2,467Ace Ace is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "one" or "unity."35 in the 1890s 5 of 10 years
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#2,515Octave Octave is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "eighth," the French form of the family name Octavius that Augustus was born with.33 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,525Sonny Sonny is a boy's name of English origin meaning exactly what it looks like — son.32 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.