Popular Names of 1892

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1892, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Walter peaked among human males this year, at 13th.

Table 1. Female names, 1892
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	13,172	125
2	Anna	5,542	107
3	Elizabeth	3,461	17
4	Margaret	3,435	112
5	Ruth	3,290	173
6	Florence	3,154	391
7	Emma	3,128	3
8	Ethel	3,035	4,211
9	Helen	2,936	462
10	Clara	2,661	63
11	Bertha	2,617	4,569
12	Minnie	2,609	3,060
13	Bessie	2,541	6,889
14	Alice	2,373	65
15	Annie	2,348	182
16	Grace	2,299	38
17	Ida	2,259	1,120
18	Edna	2,218	2,463
19	Mabel	2,170	201
20	Lillian	2,154	57

Table 2. Male names, 1892
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	9,039	23
2	William	7,782	9
3	James	5,398	6
4	George	4,760	126
5	Charles	4,319	48
6	Frank	3,150	514
7	Joseph	3,064	29
8	Robert	2,710	92
9	Harry	2,460	775
10	Henry	2,452	5
11	Edward	2,416	224
12	Thomas	2,413	34
13	Walter	2,229	252
14	Arthur	1,768	87
15	Fred	1,628	1,936
16	Albert	1,500	614
17	Clarence	1,276	1,500
18	Roy	1,048	525
19	Willie	948	1,322
20	Samuel	902	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.