Gus is such a cute three letter name for boys.

Common boy names of the 1890s. Luckily if youre interested in examining historical patterns the Social Security Administration offers lists of the top baby names of every decade going back to the 1880s. 203 rows Name Number Name Number. John the Baptist and John F.

Top 100 Baby Names for the 1890s 1890s Boy Names. Baby name trends come and go but many choices remain popular for decades and even centuries. The 1890s first saw the Rimmers use of the boys name Norman 1892 and the girls name Eileen 1891.

Naming Trends Among the Top 1890-1899 baby boy names in the US Mckinley 1747 Hobert 1566 Jennings 1502 Corbett1347 Rocco1227 Hobart1227 Edison1122 Esther 1095 Jonnie 1091 and Roosevelt1087 rose the most in popularity compared to 10 years ago in 1880-1889. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency. Rank Male Name Female Name.

Kennedy are two famous men with the name of John. Mary either originated in Egypt or Israel. Wilfrid Isaac Matthew Louis Jesse Oliver Mark Charlie Maud Eliza Ann Maria Lizzy and Susan on the other hand were all several places higher in 1890 than 1900.

It means drop as in a drop of water. Scroll down to see the full list of names. Top 10 girls names in 1890.

Grover comes from the Germanic and means digger. I love this popular boy name from the 1800s. Mary and John dominated the popularity charts in the 1890s.