Most Popular Baby Names in 1884

Top Boy Names

# Name Births
1 John 9,388
2 William 8,897
3 James 5,693
4 George 4,961
5 Charles 4,802
6 Frank 3,218
7 Joseph 2,707
8 Thomas 2,572
9 Henry 2,474
10 Robert 2,468
11 Edward 2,439
12 Harry 2,323
13 Walter 1,902
14 Arthur 1,690
15 Fred 1,638
16 Albert 1,435
17 Samuel 945
18 Clarence 889
19 Louis 886
20 Grover 802
21 David 761
22 Joe 759
23 Richard 749
24 Charlie 746
25 Ernest 690
26 Roy 680
27 Jesse 670
28 Will 650
29 Andrew 616
30 Oscar 615
31 Willie 578
32 Daniel 573
33 Sam 533
34 Peter 524
35 Elmer 523
36 Carl 521
37 Alfred 520
38 Benjamin 509
39 Lewis 476
40 Earl 464
41 Ralph 464
42 Frederick 454
43 Lee 435
44 Howard 432
45 Paul 422
46 Herbert 421
47 Tom 394
48 Herman 385
49 Martin 385
50 Jacob 381

Top Girl Names

# Name Births
1 Mary 9,217
2 Anna 3,860
3 Emma 2,587
4 Elizabeth 2,549
5 Minnie 2,243
6 Margaret 2,142
7 Ida 1,882
8 Clara 1,852
9 Bertha 1,789
10 Annie 1,739
11 Alice 1,732
12 Florence 1,570
13 Grace 1,525
14 Sarah 1,518
15 Bessie 1,451
16 Martha 1,443
17 Nellie 1,417
18 Ethel 1,386
19 Ella 1,374
20 Mabel 1,270
21 Laura 1,246
22 Carrie 1,245
23 Cora 1,244
24 Maude 1,225
25 Pearl 1,138
26 Lillian 1,109
27 Edith 1,104
28 Gertrude 1,063
29 Jennie 1,063
30 Rose 1,060
31 Mattie 1,007
32 Hattie 993
33 Helen 986
34 Myrtle 979
35 Louise 962
36 Edna 957
37 Julia 935
38 Eva 929
39 Lula 916
40 Lillie 911
41 Lena 906
42 Jessie 888
43 Catherine 874
44 Ada 854
45 Josephine 800
46 Frances 789
47 Lucy 787
48 Maggie 749
49 Marie 746
50 Fannie 738