United States · 338,690 recorded births
Top baby names of 1894
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Isabel (up 18), Alberta (up 18), Bennie (up 51), Ross (up 51).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1893 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 13,151 | · |
| 2 | Anna | 5,565 | · |
| 3 | Margaret | 3,700 | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | Helen | 3,676 | ▲ 2 |
| 5 | Elizabeth | 3,425 | · |
| 6 | Ruth | 3,372 | ▼ 3 |
| 7 | Ethel | 3,287 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Florence | 3,233 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Emma | 2,937 | · |
| 10 | Marie | 2,649 | ▲ 9 |
| 11 | Clara | 2,603 | · |
| 12 | Minnie | 2,592 | · |
| 13 | Bessie | 2,520 | ▲ 2 |
| 14 | Bertha | 2,496 | ▼ 4 |
| 15 | Edna | 2,458 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Lillian | 2,441 | ▲ 4 |
| 17 | Alice | 2,414 | ▼ 4 |
| 18 | Annie | 2,393 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Grace | 2,361 | ▼ 3 |
| 20 | Mabel | 2,221 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Ida | 2,195 | ▼ 3 |
| 22 | Rose | 2,126 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Hazel | 2,103 | ▼ 1 |
| 24 | Martha | 1,968 | ▲ 1 |
| 25 | Gertrude | 1,908 | ▼ 1 |
| 26 | Edith | 1,820 | ▲ 4 |
| 27 | Myrtle | 1,818 | ▲ 2 |
| 28 | Pearl | 1,789 | ▼ 2 |
| 29 | Frances | 1,776 | ▲ 5 |
| 30 | Nellie | 1,767 | ▼ 3 |
| 31 | Ella | 1,761 | ▼ 3 |
| 32 | Laura | 1,730 | ▼ 1 |
| 33 | Elsie | 1,716 | ▲ 2 |
| 34 | Sarah | 1,701 | ▼ 1 |
| 35 | Eva | 1,673 | ▼ 3 |
| 36 | Esther | 1,654 | ▲ 3 |
| 37 | Louise | 1,571 | · |
| 38 | Agnes | 1,470 | · |
| 39 | Carrie | 1,452 | ▼ 3 |
| 40 | Lillie | 1,432 | ▲ 1 |
| 41 | Catherine | 1,430 | ▲ 1 |
| 42 | Lena | 1,360 | ▲ 4 |
| 43 | Irene | 1,347 | ▲ 8 |
| 44 | Hattie | 1,325 | ▼ 1 |
| 45 | Julia | 1,320 | ▼ 5 |
| 46 | Cora | 1,319 | ▼ 2 |
| 47 | Gladys | 1,258 | ▲ 11 |
| 48 | Josephine | 1,256 | ▲ 2 |
| 49 | Mattie | 1,238 | ▼ 2 |
| 50 | Mildred | 1,220 | ▲ 10 |
| 51 | Jennie | 1,210 | ▼ 6 |
| 52 | Alma | 1,177 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | Maude | 1,144 | ▼ 4 |
| 54 | Mae | 1,134 | ▼ 1 |
| 55 | Jessie | 1,120 | ▼ 7 |
| 56 | Blanche | 1,091 | ▼ 4 |
| 57 | Lucy | 1,077 | ▼ 1 |
| 58 | Dorothy | 1,052 | ▲ 10 |
| 59 | Mamie | 1,043 | · |
| 60 | Lula | 1,042 | ▼ 3 |
| 61 | Stella | 1,035 | ▲ 2 |
| 62 | Ada | 1,018 | ▼ 7 |
| 63 | Fannie | 1,003 | ▼ 2 |
| 64 | Katherine | 948 | ▼ 2 |
| 65 | Viola | 906 | ▲ 1 |
| 66 | Maggie | 895 | ▼ 2 |
| 67 | Ruby | 874 | ▲ 4 |
| 68 | Nora | 854 | ▼ 1 |
| 69 | Dora | 827 | ▼ 4 |
| 70 | Rosa | 780 | · |
| 71 | May | 763 | ▲ 2 |
| 72 | Ellen | 759 | ▼ 3 |
| 73 | Sadie | 745 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Effie | 712 | · |
| 75 | Willie | 709 | ▲ 2 |
| 76 | Beatrice | 684 | ▲ 9 |
| 77 | Della | 681 | ▼ 1 |
| 78 | Susie | 679 | · |
| 79 | Beulah | 675 | ▲ 1 |
| 80 | Pauline | 656 | ▲ 6 |
| 81 | Daisy | 645 | ▲ 3 |
| 82 | Nettie | 630 | ▼ 7 |
| 83 | Marguerite | 624 | ▼ 4 |
| 84 | Flora | 619 | ▲ 5 |
| 85 | Lydia | 618 | ▼ 4 |
| 86 | Vera | 618 | ▲ 5 |
| 87 | Lottie | 597 | ▲ 5 |
| 88 | Olive | 589 | ▼ 6 |
| 89 | Marion | 587 | ▲ 4 |
| 90 | Sallie | 584 | ▲ 4 |
| 91 | Virginia | 583 | ▲ 6 |
| 92 | Lizzie | 562 | ▼ 9 |
| 93 | Emily | 551 | ▲ 2 |
| 94 | Georgia | 535 | ▼ 7 |
| 95 | Katie | 525 | ▲ 1 |
| 96 | Kathryn | 520 | ▼ 6 |
| 97 | Etta | 519 | ▲ 1 |
| 98 | Nancy | 515 | ▼ 10 |
| 99 | Evelyn | 491 | ▲ 5 |
| 100 | Charlotte | 484 | · |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1893 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,237 | · |
| 2 | William | 7,274 | · |
| 3 | James | 5,110 | · |
| 4 | George | 4,365 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 3,788 | · |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,977 | · |
| 7 | Frank | 2,863 | · |
| 8 | Robert | 2,497 | · |
| 9 | Henry | 2,278 | ▲ 2 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,189 | · |
| 11 | Edward | 2,179 | ▼ 2 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,170 | · |
| 13 | Walter | 2,010 | · |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,712 | · |
| 15 | Fred | 1,475 | · |
| 16 | Albert | 1,447 | · |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,185 | · |
| 18 | Roy | 1,018 | · |
| 19 | Willie | 986 | · |
| 20 | Earl | 896 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Louis | 869 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Carl | 861 | ▲ 2 |
| 23 | Paul | 824 | ▲ 2 |
| 24 | Ernest | 821 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Richard | 808 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Samuel | 776 | ▼ 6 |
| 27 | Raymond | 767 | ▲ 2 |
| 28 | Joe | 741 | · |
| 29 | David | 729 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Charlie | 704 | · |
| 31 | Ralph | 692 | · |
| 32 | Harold | 690 | ▲ 2 |
| 33 | Howard | 612 | ▲ 2 |
| 34 | Oscar | 601 | ▼ 1 |
| 35 | Andrew | 594 | ▲ 5 |
| 36 | Herbert | 585 | ▲ 5 |
| 37 | Elmer | 575 | ▼ 5 |
| 38 | Jesse | 567 | ▼ 2 |
| 39 | Will | 559 | ▼ 2 |
| 40 | Alfred | 521 | ▼ 2 |
| 41 | Daniel | 515 | ▼ 2 |
| 42 | Leo | 515 | ▲ 3 |
| 43 | Sam | 507 | · |
| 44 | Benjamin | 469 | ▼ 2 |
| 45 | Lee | 455 | ▲ 1 |
| 46 | Floyd | 445 | ▲ 13 |
| 47 | Jack | 441 | ▲ 3 |
| 48 | Herman | 433 | ▼ 4 |
| 49 | Lawrence | 430 | ▲ 2 |
| 50 | Francis | 423 | ▼ 2 |
| 51 | Michael | 423 | ▼ 2 |
| 52 | Eugene | 421 | ▲ 1 |
| 53 | Claude | 419 | ▼ 1 |
| 54 | Frederick | 413 | ▼ 7 |
| 55 | Peter | 391 | ▼ 1 |
| 56 | Clyde | 386 | ▼ 1 |
| 57 | Ray | 379 | ▼ 1 |
| 58 | Edwin | 366 | · |
| 59 | Lewis | 359 | ▼ 2 |
| 60 | Leonard | 343 | ▲ 9 |
| 61 | Tom | 343 | ▼ 1 |
| 62 | Ben | 326 | · |
| 63 | Chester | 325 | ▲ 3 |
| 64 | Edgar | 313 | ▼ 1 |
| 65 | Clifford | 307 | ▲ 6 |
| 66 | Martin | 299 | ▼ 5 |
| 67 | Harvey | 293 | ▲ 1 |
| 68 | Jacob | 292 | ▼ 3 |
| 69 | Lester | 291 | ▲ 8 |
| 70 | Jim | 287 | ▲ 4 |
| 71 | Luther | 285 | ▼ 1 |
| 72 | Russell | 278 | ▲ 3 |
| 73 | Homer | 273 | ▼ 9 |
| 74 | Otto | 270 | ▼ 1 |
| 75 | Hugh | 269 | ▲ 3 |
| 76 | Guy | 261 | ▼ 4 |
| 77 | Anthony | 257 | ▲ 4 |
| 78 | Bernard | 256 | ▲ 6 |
| 79 | Jessie | 255 | ▲ 6 |
| 80 | Lloyd | 253 | ▲ 9 |
| 81 | Ed | 241 | ▼ 1 |
| 82 | Theodore | 241 | ▲ 8 |
| 83 | Leroy | 239 | ▼ 7 |
| 84 | Leon | 236 | ▲ 4 |
| 85 | Patrick | 229 | ▼ 6 |
| 86 | Everett | 226 | ▲ 23 |
| 87 | Leslie | 223 | ▲ 8 |
| 88 | Oliver | 222 | ▼ 2 |
| 89 | Allen | 219 | ▲ 10 |
| 90 | Stanley | 218 | ▼ 3 |
| 91 | Philip | 214 | · |
| 92 | Archie | 207 | ▲ 1 |
| 93 | Ira | 206 | ▲ 5 |
| 94 | Eddie | 203 | ▼ 12 |
| 95 | Alexander | 199 | ▼ 12 |
| 96 | Norman | 199 | ▲ 10 |
| 97 | Horace | 196 | ▲ 7 |
| 98 | Bert | 187 | ▼ 2 |
| 99 | Charley | 186 | ▼ 5 |
| 100 | Victor | 180 | ▲ 3 |