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The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in the 1880s, from official Social Security birth records. Every name links to its full history and popularity chart. Then see which names rose and fell since and what is climbing now.

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The 1880s lists

Girls100

  1. 1Mary91,668
  2. 2Anna38,159
  3. 3Emma25,404
  4. 4Elizabeth25,006
  5. 5Margaret21,799
  6. 6Minnie21,724
  7. 7Ida18,283
  8. 8Bertha18,263
  9. 9Clara17,717
  10. 10Alice17,142
  11. 11Annie17,027
  12. 12Florence16,699
  13. 13Bessie15,373
  14. 14Grace15,227
  15. 15Ethel14,866
  16. 16Sarah14,715
  17. 17Ella13,936
  18. 18Martha13,911
  19. 19Nellie13,761
  20. 20Mabel13,096
  21. 21Laura12,806
  22. 22Carrie12,514
  23. 23Cora11,954
  24. 24Helen11,496
  25. 25Maude11,454
  26. 26Lillian11,270
  27. 27Gertrude11,100
  28. 28Rose11,064
  29. 29Edna11,020
  30. 30Pearl10,903
  31. 31Edith10,881
  32. 32Jennie10,220
  33. 33Hattie10,199
  34. 34Mattie9,844
  35. 35Eva9,800
  36. 36Julia9,800
  37. 37Myrtle9,769
  38. 38Louise9,596
  39. 39Lillie9,467
  40. 40Jessie9,187
  41. 41Frances9,182
  42. 42Catherine8,915
  43. 43Lula8,882
  44. 44Lena8,691
  45. 45Marie8,490
  46. 46Ada8,423
  47. 47Josephine7,732
  48. 48Fannie7,527
  49. 49Lucy7,520
  50. 50Dora7,288
  51. 51Agnes7,237
  52. 52Maggie7,072
  53. 53Blanche6,925
  54. 54Katherine6,922
  55. 55Elsie6,648
  56. 56Nora6,521
  57. 57Mamie6,330
  58. 58Rosa6,157
  59. 59Stella6,130
  60. 60Daisy6,054
  61. 61May5,881
  62. 62Effie5,850
  63. 63Mae5,647
  64. 64Ellen5,402
  65. 65Nettie5,313
  66. 66Ruth5,298
  67. 67Alma5,190
  68. 68Della5,048
  69. 69Lizzie5,035
  70. 70Sadie4,915
  71. 71Sallie4,840
  72. 72Nancy4,792
  73. 73Susie4,780
  74. 74Maud4,201
  75. 75Flora4,195
  76. 76Irene4,002
  77. 77Etta3,973
  78. 78Katie3,907
  79. 79Lydia3,902
  80. 80Lottie3,888
  81. 81Viola3,806
  82. 82Caroline3,743
  83. 83Addie3,739
  84. 84Hazel3,644
  85. 85Georgia3,540
  86. 86Esther3,476
  87. 87Mollie3,471
  88. 88Olive3,456
  89. 89Willie3,397
  90. 90Harriet3,369
  91. 91Emily3,368
  92. 92Charlotte3,311
  93. 93Amanda3,280
  94. 94Kathryn3,276
  95. 95Lulu3,253
  96. 96Susan3,231
  97. 97Kate3,194
  98. 98Nannie3,165
  99. 99Jane2,971
  100. 100Amelia2,957

US babies given each name in the 1880s.

Boys100

  1. 1John89,949
  2. 2William84,881
  3. 3James54,055
  4. 4George47,651
  5. 5Charles46,656
  6. 6Frank30,967
  7. 7Joseph26,292
  8. 8Henry24,139
  9. 9Robert24,074
  10. 10Thomas23,750
  11. 11Edward23,133
  12. 12Harry22,649
  13. 13Walter18,185
  14. 14Arthur16,180
  15. 15Fred15,602
  16. 16Albert14,375
  17. 17Samuel9,129
  18. 18Clarence8,760
  19. 19Louis8,275
  20. 20David7,569
  21. 21Joe7,098
  22. 22Charlie7,091
  23. 23Richard7,010
  24. 24Ernest6,700
  25. 25Roy6,565
  26. 26Will6,196
  27. 27Andrew6,053
  28. 28Jesse6,003
  29. 29Oscar5,982
  30. 30Willie5,906
  31. 31Daniel5,679
  32. 32Benjamin5,407
  33. 33Carl5,227
  34. 34Sam5,069
  35. 35Alfred4,837
  36. 36Earl4,830
  37. 37Peter4,656
  38. 38Elmer4,627
  39. 39Frederick4,603
  40. 40Howard4,349
  41. 41Lewis4,341
  42. 42Ralph4,269
  43. 43Herbert4,257
  44. 44Paul4,196
  45. 45Lee3,945
  46. 46Tom3,786
  47. 47Herman3,689
  48. 48Martin3,595
  49. 49Jacob3,566
  50. 50Michael3,558
  51. 51Jim3,520
  52. 52Claude3,504
  53. 53Ben3,449
  54. 54Eugene3,430
  55. 55Francis3,244
  56. 56Grover3,184
  57. 57Raymond3,135
  58. 58Harvey3,123
  59. 59Clyde3,034
  60. 60Edwin3,011
  61. 61Edgar3,006
  62. 62Ed2,957
  63. 63Lawrence2,919
  64. 64Bert2,808
  65. 65Chester2,699
  66. 66Jack2,684
  67. 67Otto2,679
  68. 68Luther2,619
  69. 69Charley2,550
  70. 70Guy2,489
  71. 71Floyd2,476
  72. 72Ira2,379
  73. 73Ray2,371
  74. 74Hugh2,355
  75. 75Isaac2,311
  76. 76Oliver2,287
  77. 77Patrick2,285
  78. 78Homer2,213
  79. 79Theodore2,176
  80. 80Leonard2,144
  81. 81Leo2,098
  82. 82Alexander2,081
  83. 83August2,012
  84. 84Harold2,001
  85. 85Allen1,998
  86. 86Jessie1,843
  87. 87Archie1,816
  88. 88Philip1,741
  89. 89Stephen1,684
  90. 90Horace1,650
  91. 91Marion1,624
  92. 92Bernard1,616
  93. 93Anthony1,611
  94. 94Julius1,605
  95. 95Warren1,580
  96. 96Leroy1,574
  97. 97Clifford1,552
  98. 98Eddie1,526
  99. 99Sidney1,505
  100. 100Milton1,479

US babies given each name in the 1880s.

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What was the most popular girl name in the 1880s?
Mary was the #1 girl name in the US in the 1880s, given to 91,668 babies.
What was the most popular boy name in the 1880s?
John was the #1 boy name in the US in the 1880s, given to 89,949 babies.

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