1890s Baby Names
4,411 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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#1,347Rene Rene is a name from the Latin for reborn, given at baptism to mark spiritual rebirth.137 in the 1890s
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#1,357Jessica Jessica is a girl's name invented by Shakespeare for The Merchant of Venice in 1596.135 in the 1890s
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#1,359Roman Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome," from Romanus.135 in the 1890s 9 of 10 years
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#1,364Carter Carter is a name of English origin meaning "one who transports goods by cart."134 in the 1890s
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#1,368Madison Madison is a name of English origin meaning "son of Maud," a medieval surname formed from the woman's name Maud plus -son.133 in the 1890s 9 of 10 years
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#1,389Alicia Alicia is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," a Latinate form of Alice.130 in the 1890s
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.