United States · 1893
Baby names of 1893
Mary and John topped 1893.
Top girls' names of 1893
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 12,784 |
| 2 | Anna | 5,695 |
| 3 | Ruth | 3,658 |
| 4 | Margaret | 3,565 |
| 5 | Elizabeth | 3,360 |
| 6 | Helen | 3,249 |
| 7 | Florence | 3,231 |
| 8 | Ethel | 3,119 |
| 9 | Emma | 2,968 |
| 10 | Bertha | 2,623 |
| 11 | Clara | 2,532 |
| 12 | Minnie | 2,510 |
| 13 | Alice | 2,434 |
| 14 | Edna | 2,378 |
| 15 | Bessie | 2,352 |
| 16 | Grace | 2,308 |
| 17 | Annie | 2,251 |
| 18 | Ida | 2,247 |
| 19 | Marie | 2,212 |
| 20 | Lillian | 2,193 |
| 21 | Mabel | 2,191 |
| 22 | Hazel | 2,052 |
| 23 | Rose | 2,012 |
| 24 | Gertrude | 1,811 |
| 25 | Martha | 1,805 |
| 26 | Pearl | 1,796 |
| 27 | Nellie | 1,770 |
| 28 | Ella | 1,760 |
| 29 | Myrtle | 1,759 |
| 30 | Edith | 1,733 |
| 31 | Laura | 1,683 |
| 32 | Eva | 1,668 |
| 33 | Sarah | 1,632 |
| 34 | Frances | 1,622 |
| 35 | Elsie | 1,586 |
| 36 | Carrie | 1,451 |
| 37 | Louise | 1,447 |
| 38 | Agnes | 1,393 |
| 39 | Esther | 1,382 |
| 40 | Julia | 1,367 |
| 41 | Lillie | 1,351 |
| 42 | Catherine | 1,336 |
| 43 | Hattie | 1,315 |
| 44 | Cora | 1,308 |
| 45 | Jennie | 1,273 |
| 46 | Lena | 1,261 |
| 47 | Mattie | 1,257 |
| 48 | Jessie | 1,216 |
| 49 | Maude | 1,202 |
| 50 | Josephine | 1,178 |
Top boys' names of 1893
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,049 |
| 2 | William | 7,223 |
| 3 | James | 5,030 |
| 4 | George | 4,320 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,723 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,997 |
| 7 | Frank | 2,917 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,563 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,309 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,245 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,162 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,157 |
| 13 | Walter | 2,004 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,635 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,493 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,353 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,169 |
| 18 | Roy | 919 |
| 19 | Willie | 882 |
| 20 | Samuel | 851 |
| 21 | Earl | 819 |
| 22 | Louis | 816 |
| 23 | Ernest | 796 |
| 24 | Carl | 786 |
| 25 | Paul | 743 |
| 26 | Richard | 732 |
| 27 | David | 724 |
| 28 | Joe | 721 |
| 29 | Raymond | 703 |
| 30 | Charlie | 691 |
| 31 | Ralph | 636 |
| 32 | Elmer | 574 |
| 32 | Oscar | 574 |
| 34 | Harold | 566 |
| 35 | Howard | 556 |
| 36 | Jesse | 541 |
| 37 | Will | 538 |
| 38 | Alfred | 530 |
| 39 | Daniel | 522 |
| 40 | Andrew | 520 |
| 41 | Herbert | 519 |
| 42 | Benjamin | 482 |
| 43 | Sam | 481 |
| 44 | Herman | 455 |
| 45 | Leo | 448 |
| 46 | Lee | 445 |
| 47 | Frederick | 432 |
| 48 | Francis | 418 |
| 49 | Michael | 407 |
| 50 | Jack | 405 |
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026