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Baby Names from 1894

338,690 registered births | 115,768 boys | 222,922 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1894

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
8,237 births
2 William
7,274 births
3 James
5,110 births
4 George
4,365 births
5 Charles
3,788 births
6 Joseph
2,977 births
7 Frank
2,863 births
8 Robert
2,497 births
9 Henry
2,278 births
10 Harry
2,189 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
13,151 births
2 Anna
5,565 births
3 Margaret
3,700 births
4 Helen
3,676 births
5 Elizabeth
3,425 births
6 Ruth
3,372 births
7 Ethel
3,287 births
8 Florence
3,233 births
9 Emma
2,937 births
10 Marie
2,649 births

Top Unisex Names of 1894

Willie
986 boys 709 girls
Jessie
255 boys 1,120 girls
Marion
154 boys 587 girls
Lee
455 boys 83 girls
Ollie
80 boys 452 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1894

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

B Bennie
#186 → #135 (+51)
B Ross
#192 → #141 (+51)
B Alonzo
#201 → #150 (+51)

Biggest Fallers

B Grover
#67 → #137 (-70)
B Abraham
#145 → #199 (-54)
B Harrison
#125 → #178 (-53)

New to the Top 200 in 1894

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Velma #190 Doris #191 Geneva #195 Gerald #197
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