Most popular baby names of 1892

In 1892, the most popular names for US babies were John for boys (9,039 babies, 7.4% of boys) and Mary for girls (13,172 babies, 6.2% of girls). The rest of the top five were William, James, George and Charles for boys and Anna, Elizabeth, Margaret and Ruth for girls. SSA recorded 1,260 different boy names and 1,661 different girl names that year.

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

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

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1892. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.