Baby names of 1889

The Social Security data for 1889 holds 178,366 girls under 1,479 different names. The ten most common names covered 21% of them — in 2024 the figure is 7.1%. New to the top 100 that year:Gladys, Mollie, Nannie. Leaving it:Jane, Ollie, Virginia.

The Social Security data for 1889 holds 110,580 boys under 1,111 different names. The ten most common names covered 39% of them — in 2024 the figure is 8.0%. New to the top 100 that year:Russell, Milton, Warren, Horace. Leaving it:Julius, Eddie, Stephen, Leslie.

Counts for years before 1937 are low: they cover only people who later obtained a Social Security number. Ranks are a better guide than raw counts for this period.