1890s Baby Names
1,514 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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#2,784Pascal 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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#2,799Xavier 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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#2,801Tobias 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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#2,806Andre 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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#2,836Saint 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
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#2,839Benson Benson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Ben", where Ben is a medieval short form of Benedict rather than of Benjamin.22 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,855Cooper Cooper is a boy's name of English origin meaning "barrel maker."21 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
What made a 1890s name
Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 1890 and 1899, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "1890s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.