1890s Baby Names
444 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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#127Francis Francis is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "Frenchman" or "free man."5,625 in the 1890s
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#345Lou Lou is a girl's name in France, a short form of Louise and Louis meaning "famous warrior."1,386 in the 1890s
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#541Frankie Frankie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "free man" or "Frenchman."689 in the 1890s
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#710Lynn Lynn is a name from a Welsh and Gaelic word for a lake or a pool below a waterfall.394 in the 1890s
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.