Most Popular Baby Names of 1893

In 1893, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 12,784 babies, and John topped the boys' list with 8,049. Mary held on to number one for a 14th year in a row, and John held on to number one for a 14th year in a row.

Social Security counted 212,905 girls and 112,318 boys born in 1893 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 1,652 different girls' names and 1,179 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1893

Top girls' names, 1893
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1892
1	Mary	12,784	same
2	Anna	5,695	same
3	Ruth	3,658	up 2
4	Margaret	3,565	same
5	Elizabeth	3,360	down 2
6	Helen	3,249	up 3
7	Florence	3,231	down 1
8	Ethel	3,119	same
9	Emma	2,968	down 2
10	Bertha	2,623	up 1
11	Clara	2,532	down 1
12	Minnie	2,510	same
13	Alice	2,434	up 1
14	Edna	2,378	up 4
15	Bessie	2,352	down 2
16	Grace	2,308	same
17	Annie	2,251	down 2
18	Ida	2,247	down 1
19	Marie	2,212	up 2
20	Lillian	2,193	same
21	Mabel	2,191	down 2
22	Hazel	2,052	up 3
23	Rose	2,012	down 1
24	Gertrude	1,811	down 1
25	Martha	1,805	down 1
26	Pearl	1,796	same
27	Nellie	1,770	up 3
28	Ella	1,760	down 1
29	Myrtle	1,759	up 3
30	Edith	1,733	up 3
31	Laura	1,683	down 2
32	Eva	1,668	up 2
33	Sarah	1,632	down 5
34	Frances	1,622	down 3
35	Elsie	1,586	up 2
36	Carrie	1,451	down 1
37	Louise	1,447	up 1
38	Agnes	1,393	up 5
39	Esther	1,382	up 28
40	Julia	1,367	up 1
41	Lillie	1,351	down 5
42	Catherine	1,336	same
43	Hattie	1,315	down 3
44	Cora	1,308	down 5
45	Jennie	1,273	up 3
46	Lena	1,261	up 1
47	Mattie	1,257	down 3
48	Jessie	1,216	down 2
49	Maude	1,202	down 4
50	Josephine	1,178	down 1
51	Irene	1,111	same
52	Blanche	1,075	up 2
53	Mae	1,071	down 1
54	Alma	1,055	up 2
55	Ada	1,051	down 5
56	Lucy	1,036	down 1
57	Lula	1,034	down 4
58	Gladys	1,017	up 7
59	Mamie	1,011	down 1
60	Mildred	1,008	up 2
61	Fannie	1,003	down 4
62	Katherine	963	down 2
63	Stella	926	down 4
64	Maggie	886	same
65	Dora	877	down 4
66	Viola	839	same
67	Nora	825	down 4
68	Dorothy	821	up 11
69	Ellen	798	same
70	Rosa	790	down 2
71	Ruby	769	up 3
72	Sadie	706	down 1
73	May	693	down 3
74	Effie	674	down 2
75	Nettie	668	down 2
76	Della	660	same
77	Willie	648	up 1
78	Susie	644	down 3
79	Marguerite	638	up 12
80	Beulah	622	down 3
81	Lydia	598	up 12
82	Olive	589	up 1
83	Lizzie	584	down 3
84	Daisy	573	up 1
85	Beatrice	564	up 5
86	Pauline	545	up 6
87	Georgia	541	same
88	Nancy	538	down 7
89	Flora	537	down 7
90	Kathryn	534	down 2
91	Vera	534	up 8
92	Lottie	532	down 3
93	Marion	532	up 2
94	Sallie	516	down 10
95	Emily	506	down 1
96	Katie	504	down 10
97	Virginia	498	up 4
98	Etta	486	down 1
99	Caroline	483	up 1
100	Charlotte	476	down 2

Top boys' names, 1893
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1892
1	John	8,049	same
2	William	7,223	same
3	James	5,030	same
4	George	4,320	same
5	Charles	3,723	same
6	Joseph	2,997	up 1
7	Frank	2,917	down 1
8	Robert	2,563	same
9	Edward	2,309	up 2
10	Harry	2,245	down 1
11	Henry	2,162	down 1
12	Thomas	2,157	same
13	Walter	2,004	same
14	Arthur	1,635	same
15	Fred	1,493	same
16	Albert	1,353	same
17	Clarence	1,169	same
18	Roy	919	same
19	Willie	882	same
20	Samuel	851	same
21	Earl	819	same
22	Louis	816	same
23	Ernest	796	up 3
24	Carl	786	up 1
25	Paul	743	up 4
26	Richard	732	up 1
27	David	724	down 3
28	Joe	721	down 5
29	Raymond	703	up 2
30	Charlie	691	down 2
31	Ralph	636	down 1
32	Elmer	574	up 4
33	Oscar	574	same
34	Harold	566	up 3
35	Howard	556	up 4
36	Jesse	541	down 1
37	Will	538	down 3
38	Alfred	530	up 2
39	Daniel	522	up 2
40	Andrew	520	down 8
41	Herbert	519	up 2
42	Benjamin	482	same
43	Sam	481	down 5
44	Herman	455	up 7
45	Leo	448	up 4
46	Lee	445	same
47	Frederick	432	up 1
48	Francis	418	up 2
49	Michael	407	up 10
50	Jack	405	up 4
51	Lawrence	395	down 7
52	Claude	394	up 10
53	Eugene	392	same
54	Peter	392	down 9
55	Clyde	391	up 1
56	Ray	378	up 1
57	Lewis	364	down 2
58	Edwin	354	up 5
59	Floyd	351	down 7
60	Tom	349	down 2
61	Martin	347	same
62	Ben	321	down 2
63	Edgar	310	up 4
64	Homer	293	up 4
65	Jacob	292	up 8
66	Chester	291	up 6
67	Grover	289	down 20
68	Harvey	284	up 1
69	Leonard	275	up 2
70	Luther	271	same
71	Clifford	269	up 9
72	Guy	267	down 7
73	Otto	257	up 1
74	Jim	255	down 10
75	Russell	246	same
76	Leroy	244	up 11
77	Lester	243	up 4
78	Hugh	241	down 1
79	Patrick	234	up 7
80	Ed	225	down 14
81	Anthony	220	down 3
82	Eddie	220	up 8
83	Alexander	218	up 12
84	Bernard	217	up 1
85	Jessie	214	down 6
86	Oliver	214	down 2
87	Stanley	212	up 16
88	Leon	211	up 13
89	Lloyd	211	down 13
90	Theodore	209	down 7
91	Philip	208	down 9
92	Julius	195	up 7
93	Archie	194	down 2
94	Charley	191	down 2
95	Leslie	185	down 2
96	Bert	184	same
97	Isaac	182	down 3
98	Ira	181	down 10
99	Allen	180	down 10
100	Percy	177	up 17

Biggest climbers in 1893

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1892.

Girls

Joe: up 347 places, from 935th to 588th
Lonnie: up 341 places, from 882nd to 541st
Icy: up 322 places, from 875th to 553rd
Elinor: up 314 places, from 771st to 457th
Florine: up 308 places, from 872nd to 564th
Eulalia: up 307 places, from 671st to 364th
Zettie: up 294 places, from 955th to 661st
Lular: up 291 places, from 993rd to 702nd
Joseph: up 290 places, from 847th to 557th
Elfrieda: up 281 places, from 975th to 694th

Boys

Giles: up 438 places, from 893rd to 455th
Dexter: up 403 places, from 984th to 581st
Minnie: up 396 places, from 838th to 442nd
Justin: up 386 places, from 909th to 523rd
Art: up 385 places, from 865th to 480th
Freddie: up 383 places, from 821st to 438th
Olen: up 366 places, from 929th to 563rd
Keith: up 352 places, from 910th to 558th
Lionel: up 351 places, from 776th to 425th
Hudson: up 348 places, from 903rd to 555th

New to the top 1,000 in 1893

Girls

Claribel, 645th (back after dropping out)
Rubie, 655th (back after dropping out)
Buena, 664th (back after dropping out)
Classie, 666th (back after dropping out)
Myrle, 682nd (back after dropping out)
Luetta, 701st (back after dropping out)
Margaretta, 703rd (back after dropping out)
Verlie, 712th (back after dropping out)
Annabell, 715th (back after dropping out)
Claudine, 721st (back after dropping out)

Boys

Lindsay, 397th (back after dropping out)
Salvatore, 531st (back after dropping out)
Ansel, 540th (back after dropping out)
Carrie, 544th (back after dropping out)
Jule, 557th (back after dropping out)
Sanders, 567th (back after dropping out)
Wellington, 571st (back after dropping out)
Cletus, 577th (back after dropping out)
Elie, 583rd (back after dropping out)
Loy, 594th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1893?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 20.8% of the girls counted in 1893, and the top ten boys' names to 36.8% 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.