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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#1,881Gloria Gloria is a girl's name that is simply the Latin word for glory, taken unchanged.71 in the 1890s 8 of 10 years
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#1,883Dina Dina is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "judged" or "vindicated," borne by Jacob's daughter in one of the harshest stories in Genesis.71 in the 1890s 9 of 10 years
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#1,904Denis Denis is a boy's name from the Greek god of wine, and Ireland places it 240th — its strongest market by a wide margin.68 in the 1890s 8 of 10 years
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#1,908Andres Andres is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave."68 in the 1890s 9 of 10 years
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#1,915Hayes Hayes is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "hedged enclosure."68 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.