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Top Baby Names 1880's


Most Popular Names of the 1880s
  Male Female
Rank Name Number Percent Name Number Percent
1 John 89,953 7.6405 Mary 91,675 6.5497
2 William 84,884 7.2100 Anna 38,157 2.7261
3 James 54,065 4.5922 Emma 25,403 1.8149
4 George 47,651 4.0474 Elizabeth 25,007 1.7866
5 Charles 46,662 3.9634 Margaret 21,800 1.5575
6 Frank 30,968 2.6304 Minnie 21,725 1.5521
7 Joseph 26,294 2.2334 Ida 18,283 1.3062
8 Henry 24,138 2.0503 Bertha 18,263 1.3048
9 Robert 24,080 2.0453 Clara 17,717 1.2658
10 Thomas 23,751 2.0174 Alice 17,142 1.2247
11 Edward 23,134 1.9650 Annie 17,027 1.2165
12 Harry 22,649 1.9238 Florence 16,699 1.1930
13 Walter 18,185 1.5446 Bessie 15,371 1.0982
14 Arthur 16,180 1.3743 Grace 15,227 1.0879
15 Fred 15,603 1.3253 Ethel 14,866 1.0621
16 Albert 14,374 1.2209 Sarah 14,718 1.0515
17 Samuel 9,129 0.7754 Ella 13,936 0.9956
18 Clarence 8,761 0.7442 Martha 13,911 0.9939
19 Louis 8,277 0.7030 Nellie 13,761 0.9831
20 David 7,576 0.6435 Mabel 13,097 0.9357
21 Joe 7,098 0.6029 Laura 12,807 0.9150
22 Charlie 7,091 0.6023 Carrie 12,514 0.8941
23 Richard 7,015 0.5958 Cora 11,954 0.8540
24 Ernest 6,700 0.5691 Helen 11,497 0.8214
25 Roy 6,565 0.5576 Maude 11,453 0.8183
26 Will 6,195 0.5262 Lillian 11,270 0.8052
27 Andrew 6,054 0.5142 Gertrude 11,101 0.7931
28 Jesse 6,003 0.5099 Rose 11,065 0.7905
29 Oscar 5,982 0.5081 Edna 11,020 0.7873
30 Willie 5,905 0.5016 Pearl 10,902 0.7789
31 Daniel 5,680 0.4825 Edith 10,882 0.7775
32 Benjamin 5,407 0.4593 Jennie 10,220 0.7302
33 Carl 5,228 0.4441 Hattie 10,199 0.7287
34 Sam 5,070 0.4306 Mattie 9,844 0.7033
35 Alfred 4,837 0.4109 Eva 9,800 0.7002
36 Earl 4,831 0.4103 Julia 9,800 0.7002
37 Peter 4,656 0.3955 Myrtle 9,769 0.6979
38 Elmer 4,627 0.3930 Louise 9,594 0.6854
39 Frederick 4,603 0.3910 Lillie 9,467 0.6764
40 Howard 4,348 0.3693 Jessie 9,186 0.6563
41 Lewis 4,341 0.3687 Frances 9,185 0.6562
42 Ralph 4,269 0.3626 Catherine 8,915 0.6369
43 Herbert 4,257 0.3616 Lula 8,882 0.6346
44 Paul 4,200 0.3567 Lena 8,691 0.6209
45 Lee 3,945 0.3351 Marie 8,490 0.6066
46 Tom 3,787 0.3217 Ada 8,422 0.6017
47 Herman 3,688 0.3133 Josephine 7,734 0.5525
48 Martin 3,597 0.3055 Fannie 7,527 0.5378
49 Jacob 3,566 0.3029 Lucy 7,520 0.5373
50 Michael 3,563 0.3026 Dora 7,288 0.5207
51 Jim 3,520 0.2990 Agnes 7,237 0.5170
52 Claude 3,504 0.2976 Maggie 7,072 0.5053
53 Ben 3,448 0.2929 Blanche 6,926 0.4948
54 Eugene 3,430 0.2913 Katherine 6,922 0.4945
55 Francis 3,245 0.2756 Elsie 6,646 0.4748
56 Grover 3,184 0.2704 Nora 6,521 0.4659
57 Raymond 3,135 0.2663 Mamie 6,330 0.4522
58 Harvey 3,123 0.2653 Rosa 6,156 0.4398
59 Clyde 3,034 0.2577 Stella 6,130 0.4380
60 Edwin 3,011 0.2558 Daisy 6,054 0.4325
61 Edgar 3,006 0.2553 May 5,882 0.4202
62 Ed 2,957 0.2512 Effie 5,850 0.4179
63 Lawrence 2,921 0.2481 Mae 5,648 0.4035
64 Bert 2,808 0.2385 Ellen 5,402 0.3859
65 Chester 2,700 0.2293 Nettie 5,313 0.3796
66 Jack 2,685 0.2281 Ruth 5,301 0.3787
67 Otto 2,680 0.2276 Alma 5,190 0.3708
68 Luther 2,619 0.2225 Della 5,048 0.3607
69 Charley 2,550 0.2166 Lizzie 5,035 0.3597
70 Guy 2,489 0.2114 Sadie 4,915 0.3511
71 Floyd 2,477 0.2104 Sallie 4,840 0.3458
72 Ira 2,379 0.2021 Nancy 4,794 0.3425
73 Ray 2,372 0.2015 Susie 4,780 0.3415
74 Hugh 2,356 0.2001 Maud 4,201 0.3001
75 Isaac 2,311 0.1963 Flora 4,195 0.2997
76 Oliver 2,287 0.1943 Irene 4,001 0.2858
77 Patrick 2,284 0.1940 Etta 3,973 0.2838
78 Homer 2,212 0.1879 Katie 3,908 0.2792
79 Theodore 2,176 0.1848 Lydia 3,902 0.2788
80 Leonard 2,145 0.1822 Lottie 3,888 0.2778
81 Leo 2,098 0.1782 Viola 3,806 0.2719
82 Alexander 2,082 0.1768 Caroline 3,743 0.2674
83 August 2,012 0.1709 Addie 3,739 0.2671
84 Harold 2,002 0.1700 Hazel 3,644 0.2603
85 Allen 1,998 0.1697 Georgia 3,540 0.2529
86 Jessie 1,843 0.1565 Esther 3,476 0.2483
87 Archie 1,816 0.1542 Mollie 3,470 0.2479
88 Philip 1,740 0.1478 Olive 3,456 0.2469
89 Stephen 1,684 0.1430 Willie 3,397 0.2427
90 Horace 1,650 0.1401 Harriet 3,369 0.2407
91 Marion 1,625 0.1380 Emily 3,368 0.2406
92 Bernard 1,616 0.1373 Charlotte 3,311 0.2366
93 Anthony 1,611 0.1368 Amanda 3,281 0.2344
94 Julius 1,605 0.1363 Kathryn 3,276 0.2341
95 Warren 1,580 0.1342 Lulu 3,253 0.2324
96 Leroy 1,574 0.1337 Susan 3,233 0.2310
97 Clifford 1,552 0.1318 Kate 3,195 0.2283
98 Eddie 1,526 0.1296 Nannie 3,165 0.2261
99 Sidney 1,505 0.1278 Jane 2,972 0.2123
100 Milton 1,479 0.1256 Amelia 2,957 0.2113