One-Hit Wonder Baby Names from the 1890s

Each of the names below (including misspellings like Aloys and Willaim) only managed to rank among the 1,000 most popular U.S. baby names a single time — all during the 1890s.

Girl Names

• 1890 – Ethie, Fleeta, Jessye, Jetta, Sibbie
• 1891 – Idabelle, Lulla, Olar, Sylva
• 1892 – Versa
• 1893 – Allena, Cannie, Cliffie, Clotilda, Elmyra, Josefita, Lurena
• 1894 – Elfreda
• 1895 – Adel, Alleen, Trilby (influence: the book Trilby)
• 1897 – Zela, Zeta
• 1898 – Manilla (influence: Spanish-American War), Vara
• 1899 – Irva

Boy Names

• 1890 – Almus, Conard, Guilford, Neely, Polk, Rance, Red
• 1891 – Algot, Alphons, Barnard, Burk, Berkley, Iverson, Job, Powell, Vick
• 1892 – Burleigh, Con, Ebert, Murdock, Nolen, Willaim
• 1893 – Aubra, Avon, Bolden, Link, Thorwald
• 1894 – Alston, Audy, Donat, Emmons, Erby, Esley, Hebert, Hezzie, Hughey, Oddie, Vinton, Zed
• 1895 – Alwin, Evander, Gaither, Grafton, Guthrie, Ovila
• 1896 – Acy, Aloys, Arthor, Boysie, Cam, Hale, Lisle, Offie, Silver, Virgel, Willy
• 1897 – Dabney
• 1898 – Adams, Arba, Collier, Ewart, Gladstone, Schley, Shafter (influence: Spanish-American War)
• 1899 – Baker, Bynum, Colvin, Elizah, Griffith

Want more one-hit wonders? Here are…

• All the top-1,000 one-hit wonder baby names, decade by decade: 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2005.
• Some interesting full-list one-hit wonder baby names, from all decades (this list is always growing): One Hit Wonder Baby Names.