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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#1,349Rene Rene is a name from the Latin for reborn, given at baptism to mark spiritual rebirth.137 in the 1890s
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#1,355Jessica Jessica is a girl's name invented by Shakespeare for The Merchant of Venice in 1596.135 in the 1890s
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#1,356Roman 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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#1,360Carter Carter is a name of English origin meaning "one who transports goods by cart."134 in the 1890s
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#1,366Madison 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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#1,392Alicia 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
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.