Most Popular Baby Names in 1883

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 8,894
2 William 8,387
3 James 5,223
4 Charles 4,826
5 George 4,736
6 Frank 2,986
7 Joseph 2,515
8 Henry 2,383
9 Robert 2,334
10 Thomas 2,316
11 Edward 2,250
12 Harry 2,110
13 Walter 1,705
14 Arthur 1,591
15 Fred 1,502
16 Albert 1,496
17 Samuel 937
18 Clarence 837
19 Louis 796
20 David 734
21 Richard 649
22 Charlie 643
23 Ernest 641
24 Andrew 623
25 Daniel 615
26 Joe 607
27 Oscar 607
28 Jesse 584
29 Will 576
30 Roy 556
31 Benjamin 508
32 Carl 480
33 Sam 476
34 Willie 474
35 Alfred 457
36 Peter 450
37 Frederick 438
38 Lewis 431
39 Howard 429
40 Elmer 423
41 Herbert 422
42 Earl 389
43 Lee 388
44 Tom 386
45 Ralph 385
46 Martin 377
47 Herman 359
48 Paul 358
49 Jacob 356
50 Clyde 336

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 8,012
2 Anna 3,306
3 Emma 2,367
4 Elizabeth 2,255
5 Minnie 2,035
6 Margaret 1,881
7 Bertha 1,682
8 Ida 1,634
9 Annie 1,589
10 Clara 1,548
11 Alice 1,488
12 Sarah 1,359
13 Grace 1,307
14 Florence 1,298
15 Martha 1,255
16 Ella 1,251
17 Nellie 1,246
18 Bessie 1,241
19 Laura 1,183
20 Ethel 1,132
21 Carrie 1,108
22 Maude 1,096
23 Mabel 1,086
24 Cora 1,081
25 Gertrude 923
26 Lillian 907
27 Jennie 904
28 Hattie 895
29 Pearl 886
30 Mattie 883
31 Edith 881
32 Eva 879
33 Rose 877
34 Julia 875
35 Helen 862
36 Catherine 853
37 Myrtle 851
38 Louise 847
39 Lillie 837
40 Jessie 834
41 Edna 823
42 Lena 800
43 Lula 790
44 Ada 778
45 Frances 710
46 Josephine 697
47 Fannie 696
48 Lucy 663
49 Maggie 663
50 Daisy 659