Most Popular Baby Names of 1892

In 1892, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 13,172 babies, and John topped the boys' list with 9,039. Mary held on to number one for a 13th year in a row, and John held on to number one for a 13th year in a row.

Social Security counted 212,339 girls and 122,035 boys born in 1892 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 1,661 different girls' names and 1,260 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1892

Top girls' names, 1892
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1891
1	Mary	13,172	same
2	Anna	5,542	same
3	Elizabeth	3,461	up 1
4	Margaret	3,435	down 1
5	Ruth	3,290	up 14
6	Florence	3,154	same
7	Emma	3,128	down 2
8	Ethel	3,035	down 1
9	Helen	2,936	same
10	Clara	2,661	up 1
11	Bertha	2,617	down 1
12	Minnie	2,609	down 4
13	Bessie	2,541	down 1
14	Alice	2,373	up 2
15	Annie	2,348	down 2
16	Grace	2,299	down 2
17	Ida	2,259	same
18	Edna	2,218	same
19	Mabel	2,170	down 4
20	Lillian	2,154	same
21	Marie	2,066	up 7
22	Rose	2,023	same
23	Gertrude	1,924	up 3
24	Martha	1,915	down 3
25	Hazel	1,897	up 7
26	Pearl	1,831	up 1
27	Ella	1,808	down 4
28	Sarah	1,798	down 4
29	Laura	1,744	up 1
30	Nellie	1,738	down 5
31	Frances	1,670	up 3
32	Myrtle	1,666	down 1
33	Edith	1,625	down 4
34	Eva	1,611	down 1
35	Carrie	1,588	up 1
36	Lillie	1,503	up 3
37	Elsie	1,489	up 1
38	Louise	1,446	down 1
39	Cora	1,419	down 4
40	Hattie	1,363	up 2
41	Julia	1,360	up 2
42	Catherine	1,333	down 1
43	Agnes	1,328	up 4
44	Mattie	1,303	up 2
45	Maude	1,270	down 1
46	Jessie	1,246	up 2
47	Lena	1,234	down 2
48	Jennie	1,212	down 8
49	Josephine	1,210	same
50	Ada	1,134	up 1
51	Irene	1,107	up 1
52	Mae	1,101	up 2
53	Lula	1,098	down 3
54	Blanche	1,094	up 2
55	Lucy	1,057	down 2
56	Alma	1,056	down 1
57	Fannie	1,031	same
58	Mamie	978	up 3
59	Stella	972	same
60	Katherine	961	up 2
61	Dora	960	down 3
62	Mildred	959	up 2
63	Nora	899	same
64	Maggie	883	down 4
65	Gladys	867	up 5
66	Viola	833	up 7
67	Esther	824	down 1
68	Rosa	796	down 3
69	Ellen	760	same
70	May	753	down 2
71	Sadie	724	up 1
72	Effie	721	down 5
73	Nettie	705	down 2
74	Ruby	695	up 6
75	Susie	669	up 2
76	Della	666	down 2
77	Beulah	638	up 4
78	Willie	631	same
79	Dorothy	626	down 3
80	Lizzie	597	up 2
81	Nancy	591	up 2
82	Flora	585	up 7
83	Olive	583	up 2
84	Sallie	582	down 9
85	Daisy	564	down 6
86	Katie	563	up 4
87	Georgia	552	up 9
88	Kathryn	549	down 1
89	Lottie	547	down 1
90	Beatrice	541	up 1
91	Marguerite	535	down 7
92	Pauline	526	up 1
93	Lydia	522	down 7
94	Emily	518	up 1
95	Marion	497	up 4
96	Addie	493	down 4
97	Etta	492	down 3
98	Charlotte	486	up 3
99	Vera	486	down 1
100	Caroline	476	same

Top boys' names, 1892
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1891
1	John	9,039	same
2	William	7,782	same
3	James	5,398	same
4	George	4,760	same
5	Charles	4,319	same
6	Frank	3,150	same
7	Joseph	3,064	same
8	Robert	2,710	same
9	Harry	2,460	same
10	Henry	2,452	same
11	Edward	2,416	same
12	Thomas	2,413	same
13	Walter	2,229	same
14	Arthur	1,768	same
15	Fred	1,628	same
16	Albert	1,500	same
17	Clarence	1,276	same
18	Roy	1,048	same
19	Willie	948	up 2
20	Samuel	902	same
21	Earl	888	up 4
22	Louis	865	down 3
23	Joe	819	up 6
24	David	813	up 2
25	Carl	808	down 1
26	Ernest	805	down 4
27	Richard	802	same
28	Charlie	761	down 5
29	Paul	747	up 2
30	Ralph	725	down 2
31	Raymond	681	down 1
32	Andrew	637	up 1
33	Oscar	634	down 1
34	Will	607	same
35	Jesse	602	same
36	Elmer	592	same
37	Harold	583	up 5
38	Sam	551	up 5
39	Howard	548	up 1
40	Alfred	542	down 1
41	Daniel	533	down 4
42	Benjamin	525	down 1
43	Herbert	513	down 5
44	Lawrence	468	up 2
45	Peter	465	same
46	Lee	460	up 6
47	Grover	454	up 52
48	Frederick	453	down 4
49	Leo	444	up 2
50	Francis	429	up 4
51	Herman	421	down 4
52	Floyd	420	up 1
53	Eugene	414	down 5
54	Jack	401	up 8
55	Lewis	399	down 5
56	Clyde	390	up 2
57	Ray	385	down 8
58	Tom	381	up 2
59	Michael	380	down 4
60	Ben	361	up 1
61	Martin	359	down 5
62	Claude	353	down 5
63	Edwin	338	down 4
64	Jim	334	down 1
65	Guy	315	up 2
66	Ed	306	up 4
67	Edgar	303	down 3
68	Homer	301	up 6
69	Harvey	298	down 4
70	Luther	295	up 1
71	Leonard	294	up 1
72	Chester	285	down 4
73	Jacob	283	down 4
74	Otto	275	down 8
75	Russell	269	up 12
76	Lloyd	268	up 12
77	Hugh	265	down 4
78	Anthony	255	up 18
79	Jessie	251	down 4
80	Clifford	240	up 1
81	Lester	240	up 2
82	Philip	239	down 2
83	Theodore	239	down 7
84	Oliver	238	down 7
85	Bernard	237	same
86	Patrick	234	down 8
87	Leroy	233	down 3
88	Ira	231	up 3
89	Allen	224	up 5
90	Eddie	218	same
91	Archie	214	down 12
92	Charley	210	down 10
93	Leslie	207	up 5
94	Isaac	203	up 7
95	Alexander	202	same
96	Bert	200	down 7
97	Victor	200	up 6
98	Norman	191	up 2
99	Julius	190	up 3
100	Horace	187	down 3

Biggest climbers in 1892

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1891.

Girls

Ima: up 342 places, from 913th to 571st
Signe: up 332 places, from 834th to 502nd
Melinda: up 331 places, from 984th to 653rd
Melva: up 330 places, from 985th to 655th
Reta: up 304 places, from 880th to 576th
Eileen: up 299 places, from 760th to 461st
Sigrid: up 297 places, from 885th to 588th
Edyth: up 288 places, from 957th to 669th
Elta: up 288 places, from 958th to 670th
India: up 286 places, from 769th to 483rd

Boys

Shelby: up 490 places, from 947th to 457th
Rupert: up 425 places, from 943rd to 518th
Butler: up 417 places, from 992nd to 575th
Murphy: up 413 places, from 923rd to 510th
Tomas: up 411 places, from 952nd to 541st
Benjaman: up 383 places, from 986th to 603rd
Bart: up 380 places, from 982nd to 602nd
Adlai: up 361 places, from 841st to 480th
Gary: up 356 places, from 886th to 530th
Wm: up 343 places, from 839th to 496th

New to the top 1,000 in 1892

Girls

Lollie, 546th (back after dropping out)
Louvenia, 609th (back after dropping out)
Freddie, 649th (back after dropping out)
Myrl, 657th (back after dropping out)
Yvonne, 684th (its first time ever)
Christie, 689th (back after dropping out)
Gwendolyn, 697th (back after dropping out)
Antonette, 706th (back after dropping out)
Berniece, 707th (back after dropping out)
Monnie, 718th (back after dropping out)

Boys

Corbett, 395th (its first time ever)
Pierce, 412th (back after dropping out)
Milford, 473rd (back after dropping out)
Omar, 514th (back after dropping out)
Rose, 517th (back after dropping out)
Vernie, 544th (back after dropping out)
Simeon, 593rd (back after dropping out)
Dillard, 610th (back after dropping out)
Lonie, 623rd (back after dropping out)
Ocie, 628th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1892?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 20.6% of the girls counted in 1892, and the top ten boys' names to 37% of the boys. In 2025, those shares were 7% for girls and 8% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.