1890s Baby Names
2,477 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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#2,055Mavis Mavis is a girl's name from the old word for the song thrush, from French mauvis.58 in the 1890s 6 of 10 years
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#2,070Blair Blair is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "plain" or "field."56 in the 1890s 7 of 10 years
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#2,075Harper Harper is a name of English origin meaning "harp player."56 in the 1890s 8 of 10 years
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#2,079Mariam Mariam is a girl's name of Hebrew origin and a spelling of Maryam, the Arabic and Aramaic form of Miriam.56 in the 1890s 8 of 10 years
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#2,085Maisie Maisie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "pearl."55 in the 1890s 8 of 10 years
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#2,089Jacqueline Jacqueline is a girl's name, the French feminine of Jacques, and it inherits the meaning supplanter from Jacob.55 in the 1890s 7 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.