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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#2,724Ashton Ashton is a name of Old English origin meaning "ash tree settlement."25 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,732Emilio Emilio is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "rival" or "eager."25 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,741Titus Titus is a boy's name of Latin origin whose meaning is unknown.25 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,751Gideon Gideon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "hewer" or "one who cuts down".24 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,777Marcel Marcel is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "little warrior," a diminutive of Marcus and so ultimately from Mars.24 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,784Tobias Tobias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is good."23 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,802Pascal Pascal is a boy's name meaning of Easter, given to children born at Passover or Easter — and the word behind it is Hebrew, not Latin.23 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,804Xavier Xavier is a boy's name from a Basque place name meaning "the new house," from etxe berri.23 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,809Andre Andre is a boy's name, the French form of Andrew, from the Greek for manly.23 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,814Saint Saint is a boy's name taken directly from the English word, which comes through French from the Latin sanctus, meaning holy or consecrated.22 in the 1890s 3 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.