Top Baby Names of the 1880s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1880s

Mary and John led the decade, out of 2,408,091 babies in the public record.

Girls, the 1880s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Mary	91,668	6.98%
2	Anna	38,159	2.91%
3	Emma	25,404	1.94%
4	Elizabeth	25,006	1.90%
5	Margaret	21,799	1.66%
6	Minnie	21,724	1.65%
7	Ida	18,283	1.39%
8	Bertha	18,263	1.39%
9	Clara	17,717	1.35%
10	Alice	17,142	1.31%
11	Annie	17,027	1.30%
12	Florence	16,699	1.27%
13	Bessie	15,373	1.17%
14	Grace	15,227	1.16%
15	Ethel	14,866	1.13%
16	Sarah	14,715	1.12%
17	Ella	13,936	1.06%
18	Martha	13,911	1.06%
19	Nellie	13,761	1.05%
20	Mabel	13,096	1.00%
21	Laura	12,806	0.98%
22	Carrie	12,514	0.95%
23	Cora	11,954	0.91%
24	Helen	11,496	0.88%
25	Maude	11,454	0.87%
26	Lillian	11,270	0.86%
27	Gertrude	11,100	0.85%
28	Rose	11,064	0.84%
29	Edna	11,020	0.84%
30	Pearl	10,903	0.83%
31	Edith	10,881	0.83%
32	Jennie	10,220	0.78%
33	Hattie	10,199	0.78%
34	Mattie	9,844	0.75%
35	Julia	9,800	0.75%
36	Eva	9,800	0.75%
37	Myrtle	9,769	0.74%
38	Louise	9,596	0.73%
39	Lillie	9,467	0.72%
40	Jessie	9,187	0.70%
41	Frances	9,182	0.70%
42	Catherine	8,915	0.68%
43	Lula	8,882	0.68%
44	Lena	8,691	0.66%
45	Marie	8,490	0.65%
46	Ada	8,423	0.64%
47	Josephine	7,732	0.59%
48	Fannie	7,527	0.57%
49	Lucy	7,520	0.57%
50	Dora	7,288	0.56%
51	Agnes	7,237	0.55%
52	Maggie	7,072	0.54%
53	Blanche	6,925	0.53%
54	Katherine	6,922	0.53%
55	Elsie	6,648	0.51%
56	Nora	6,521	0.50%
57	Mamie	6,330	0.48%
58	Rosa	6,157	0.47%
59	Stella	6,130	0.47%
60	Daisy	6,054	0.46%
61	May	5,881	0.45%
62	Effie	5,850	0.45%
63	Mae	5,647	0.43%
64	Ellen	5,402	0.41%
65	Nettie	5,313	0.40%
66	Ruth	5,298	0.40%
67	Alma	5,190	0.40%
68	Della	5,048	0.38%
69	Lizzie	5,035	0.38%
70	Sadie	4,915	0.37%
71	Sallie	4,840	0.37%
72	Nancy	4,792	0.37%
73	Susie	4,780	0.36%
74	Maud	4,201	0.32%
75	Flora	4,195	0.32%
76	Irene	4,002	0.30%
77	Etta	3,973	0.30%
78	Katie	3,907	0.30%
79	Lydia	3,902	0.30%
80	Lottie	3,888	0.30%
81	Viola	3,806	0.29%
82	Caroline	3,743	0.29%
83	Addie	3,739	0.28%
84	Hazel	3,644	0.28%
85	Georgia	3,540	0.27%
86	Esther	3,476	0.26%
87	Mollie	3,471	0.26%
88	Olive	3,456	0.26%
89	Willie	3,397	0.26%
90	Harriet	3,369	0.26%
91	Emily	3,368	0.26%
92	Charlotte	3,311	0.25%
93	Amanda	3,280	0.25%
94	Kathryn	3,276	0.25%
95	Lulu	3,253	0.25%
96	Susan	3,231	0.25%
97	Kate	3,194	0.24%
98	Nannie	3,165	0.24%
99	Jane	2,971	0.23%
100	Amelia	2,957	0.23%

Boys, the 1880s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	John	89,949	8.21%
2	William	84,881	7.75%
3	James	54,055	4.93%
4	George	47,651	4.35%
5	Charles	46,656	4.26%
6	Frank	30,967	2.83%
7	Joseph	26,292	2.40%
8	Henry	24,139	2.20%
9	Robert	24,074	2.20%
10	Thomas	23,750	2.17%
11	Edward	23,133	2.11%
12	Harry	22,649	2.07%
13	Walter	18,185	1.66%
14	Arthur	16,180	1.48%
15	Fred	15,602	1.42%
16	Albert	14,375	1.31%
17	Samuel	9,129	0.83%
18	Clarence	8,760	0.80%
19	Louis	8,275	0.76%
20	David	7,569	0.69%
21	Joe	7,098	0.65%
22	Charlie	7,091	0.65%
23	Richard	7,010	0.64%
24	Ernest	6,700	0.61%
25	Roy	6,565	0.60%
26	Will	6,196	0.57%
27	Andrew	6,053	0.55%
28	Jesse	6,003	0.55%
29	Oscar	5,982	0.55%
30	Willie	5,906	0.54%
31	Daniel	5,679	0.52%
32	Benjamin	5,407	0.49%
33	Carl	5,227	0.48%
34	Sam	5,069	0.46%
35	Alfred	4,837	0.44%
36	Earl	4,830	0.44%
37	Peter	4,656	0.43%
38	Elmer	4,627	0.42%
39	Frederick	4,603	0.42%
40	Howard	4,349	0.40%
41	Lewis	4,341	0.40%
42	Ralph	4,269	0.39%
43	Herbert	4,257	0.39%
44	Paul	4,196	0.38%
45	Lee	3,945	0.36%
46	Tom	3,786	0.35%
47	Herman	3,689	0.34%
48	Martin	3,595	0.33%
49	Jacob	3,566	0.33%
50	Michael	3,558	0.32%
51	Jim	3,520	0.32%
52	Claude	3,504	0.32%
53	Ben	3,449	0.31%
54	Eugene	3,430	0.31%
55	Francis	3,244	0.30%
56	Grover	3,184	0.29%
57	Raymond	3,135	0.29%
58	Harvey	3,123	0.29%
59	Clyde	3,034	0.28%
60	Edwin	3,011	0.27%
61	Edgar	3,006	0.27%
62	Ed	2,957	0.27%
63	Lawrence	2,919	0.27%
64	Bert	2,808	0.26%
65	Chester	2,699	0.25%
66	Jack	2,684	0.25%
67	Otto	2,679	0.24%
68	Luther	2,619	0.24%
69	Charley	2,550	0.23%
70	Guy	2,489	0.23%
71	Floyd	2,476	0.23%
72	Ira	2,379	0.22%
73	Ray	2,371	0.22%
74	Hugh	2,355	0.21%
75	Isaac	2,311	0.21%
76	Oliver	2,287	0.21%
77	Patrick	2,285	0.21%
78	Homer	2,213	0.20%
79	Theodore	2,176	0.20%
80	Leonard	2,144	0.20%
81	Leo	2,098	0.19%
82	Alexander	2,081	0.19%
83	August	2,012	0.18%
84	Harold	2,001	0.18%
85	Allen	1,998	0.18%
86	Jessie	1,843	0.17%
87	Archie	1,816	0.17%
88	Philip	1,741	0.16%
89	Stephen	1,684	0.15%
90	Horace	1,650	0.15%
91	Marion	1,624	0.15%
92	Bernard	1,616	0.15%
93	Anthony	1,611	0.15%
94	Julius	1,605	0.15%
95	Warren	1,580	0.14%
96	Leroy	1,574	0.14%
97	Clifford	1,552	0.14%
98	Eddie	1,526	0.14%
99	Sidney	1,505	0.14%
100	Milton	1,479	0.14%

Year by year

1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

Counts are summed across the decade's years from the national files; the share column is a name's part of the decade's recorded names for that sex. How we use it.

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