Most Popular Baby Names in 1882

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 9,557
2 William 9,298
3 James 5,892
4 George 5,193
5 Charles 5,091
6 Frank 3,176
7 Joseph 2,670
8 Thomas 2,610
9 Henry 2,579
10 Robert 2,500
11 Edward 2,477
12 Harry 2,232
13 Walter 1,805
14 Arthur 1,686
15 Fred 1,641
16 Albert 1,499
17 Samuel 1,003
18 Louis 852
19 David 838
20 Clarence 837
21 Charlie 753
22 Richard 746
23 Joe 739
24 Andrew 673
25 Will 666
26 Jesse 660
27 Ernest 642
28 Oscar 625
29 Daniel 594
30 Sam 555
31 Willie 541
32 Alfred 523
33 Roy 521
34 Benjamin 478
35 Carl 478
36 Peter 461
37 Frederick 457
38 Elmer 441
39 Lewis 441
40 Herbert 431
41 Lee 427
42 Howard 422
43 Ralph 407
44 Paul 397
45 Jim 396
46 Jacob 390
47 Tom 390
48 Martin 387
49 Earl 377
50 Claude 356

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 8,148
2 Anna 3,143
3 Emma 2,303
4 Elizabeth 2,186
5 Minnie 2,004
6 Margaret 1,821
7 Ida 1,673
8 Alice 1,542
9 Bertha 1,508
10 Annie 1,492
11 Clara 1,490
12 Sarah 1,410
13 Florence 1,322
14 Martha 1,229
15 Ella 1,206
16 Grace 1,195
17 Laura 1,151
18 Bessie 1,144
19 Nellie 1,138
20 Maude 1,089
21 Cora 1,076
22 Carrie 1,037
23 Mabel 997
24 Ethel 989
25 Mattie 966
26 Gertrude 939
27 Jennie 934
28 Rose 886
29 Edith 876
30 Hattie 859
31 Helen 838
32 Lillian 830
33 Pearl 824
34 Louise 813
35 Julia 811
36 Lillie 810
37 Jessie 806
38 Myrtle 803
39 Edna 783
40 Lula 780
41 Eva 765
42 Catherine 726
43 Lena 697
44 Ada 689
45 Frances 681
46 Lucy 673
47 Fannie 650
48 Daisy 648
49 Josephine 638
50 Maggie 627