Popular Names of 1891

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1891, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Mabel peaked among human females this year, at 15th.

Table 1. Female names, 1891
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	11,704	125
2	Anna	5,099	107
3	Margaret	3,065	112
4	Elizabeth	3,059	17
5	Emma	2,884	3
6	Florence	2,716	391
7	Ethel	2,689	4,211
8	Minnie	2,428	3,060
9	Helen	2,417	462
10	Bertha	2,372	4,569
11	Clara	2,360	63
12	Bessie	2,323	6,889
13	Annie	2,096	182
14	Grace	2,088	38
15	Mabel	2,029	201
16	Alice	2,015	65
17	Ida	2,002	1,120
18	Edna	1,963	2,463
19	Ruth	1,857	173
20	Lillian	1,812	57

Table 2. Male names, 1891
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	7,680	23
2	William	6,763	9
3	James	4,516	6
4	George	3,931	126
5	Charles	3,640	48
6	Frank	2,652	514
7	Joseph	2,572	29
8	Robert	2,240	92
9	Harry	2,132	775
10	Henry	2,049	5
11	Edward	1,989	224
12	Thomas	1,982	34
13	Walter	1,668	252
14	Arthur	1,514	87
15	Fred	1,362	1,936
16	Albert	1,207	614
17	Clarence	1,007	1,500
18	Roy	838	525
19	Louis	786	249
20	Samuel	753	18

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.