Most Popular Baby Names of the 1880s

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 89,949
2 William 84,881
3 James 54,056
4 George 47,651
5 Charles 46,656
6 Frank 30,967
7 Joseph 26,292
8 Henry 24,139
9 Robert 24,074
10 Thomas 23,750
11 Edward 23,133
12 Harry 22,649
13 Walter 18,185
14 Arthur 16,180
15 Fred 15,602
16 Albert 14,375
17 Samuel 9,129
18 Clarence 8,760
19 Louis 8,275
20 David 7,569
21 Joe 7,098
22 Charlie 7,091
23 Richard 7,010
24 Ernest 6,700
25 Roy 6,565
26 Will 6,196
27 Andrew 6,053
28 Jesse 6,003
29 Oscar 5,982
30 Willie 5,906
31 Daniel 5,679
32 Benjamin 5,407
33 Carl 5,227
34 Sam 5,069
35 Alfred 4,837
36 Earl 4,830
37 Peter 4,656
38 Elmer 4,627
39 Frederick 4,603
40 Howard 4,349
41 Lewis 4,341
42 Ralph 4,269
43 Herbert 4,257
44 Paul 4,196
45 Lee 3,945
46 Tom 3,786
47 Herman 3,689
48 Martin 3,595
49 Jacob 3,566
50 Michael 3,558

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 91,668
2 Anna 38,159
3 Emma 25,404
4 Elizabeth 25,006
5 Margaret 21,799
6 Minnie 21,724
7 Ida 18,283
8 Bertha 18,264
9 Clara 17,717
10 Alice 17,142
11 Annie 17,027
12 Florence 16,699
13 Bessie 15,373
14 Grace 15,227
15 Ethel 14,866
16 Sarah 14,715
17 Ella 13,936
18 Martha 13,911
19 Nellie 13,761
20 Mabel 13,096
21 Laura 12,806
22 Carrie 12,514
23 Cora 11,954
24 Helen 11,496
25 Maude 11,454
26 Lillian 11,270
27 Gertrude 11,100
28 Rose 11,064
29 Edna 11,020
30 Pearl 10,903
31 Edith 10,881
32 Jennie 10,220
33 Hattie 10,199
34 Mattie 9,844
35 Eva 9,800
36 Julia 9,800
37 Myrtle 9,769
38 Louise 9,596
39 Lillie 9,467
40 Jessie 9,187
41 Frances 9,182
42 Catherine 8,915
43 Lula 8,882
44 Lena 8,691
45 Marie 8,490
46 Ada 8,423
47 Josephine 7,732
48 Fannie 7,527
49 Lucy 7,520
50 Dora 7,288