The names of 1891

The ten most popular names given in 1891, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 11,704
  2. Anna 5,099
  3. Margaret 3,065
  4. Elizabeth 3,059
  5. Emma 2,884
  6. Florence 2,716
  7. Ethel 2,689
  8. Minnie 2,428
  9. Helen 2,417
  10. Bertha 2,372

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US: boys

  1. John 7,680
  2. William 6,763
  3. James 4,516
  4. George 3,931
  5. Charles 3,640
  6. Frank 2,652
  7. Joseph 2,572
  8. Robert 2,240
  9. Harry 2,132
  10. Henry 2,049

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