1890s Baby Names
2,430 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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#1,600Stephanie Stephanie is a girl's name from the Greek for crown or garland, the feminine of Stephen.100 in the 1890s 9 of 10 years
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#1,605Courtney Courtney is a name from a Norman family whose surname is usually read as short nose, though a place-name derivation competes.99 in the 1890s 9 of 10 years
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#1,618Violette Violette is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "violet," and in France it belongs to an agent executed at Ravensbrück at twenty-three.97 in the 1890s 9 of 10 years
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#1,619Beverly Beverly is a name from an English town meaning beaver stream, and it began as a boys' name before crossing decisively to girls.97 in the 1890s 8 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.