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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#2,599Malachi Malachi is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my messenger."30 in the 1890s 5 of 10 years
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#2,614Colin Colin has two entirely separate origins — a French pet form of Nicolas, and the Scottish Gaelic Cailean.30 in the 1890s 5 of 10 years
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#2,617Vivienne Vivienne is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "alive" or "full of life."30 in the 1890s 4 of 10 years
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#2,621Renee Renee is a girl's name from the Latin for reborn, given at baptism to mark spiritual rebirth.29 in the 1890s 5 of 10 years
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#2,623Penny Penny is a girl's name of Greek origin, a diminutive of Penelope, whose own name is bound up with a duck.29 in the 1890s 5 of 10 years
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#2,628Gabrielle Gabrielle is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is my strength," the French feminine of Gabriel.29 in the 1890s 5 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.