Most Popular Baby Names Of The 1880s
The top 100 girls’ and boys’ names across 1880–1889. Explore their meanings, histories, and popularity today.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Traditionally supplanter, through Jacob | 11,945#6 | Steady | 1947 | ||
Yahweh is gracious | 8,027#23 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Bright fame | 3,772#92 | Down 12 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Who is like God? | 8,094#21 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Will + helmet; often resolute protector | 10,545#9 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Meaning uncertain; part of the Mary/Miriam family | 2,230#125 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Beloved | 6,794#35 | Down 7 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
He will add | 7,303#29 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
King, ruler + hard, brave | 1,505#234 | Down 26 rank positions in five years | 1946 | ||
Man, through Karl; alternative army derivation | 5,898#48 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Twin | 6,917#34 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
God is my judge | 8,085#22 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 1985 | ||
My God is an oath | 6,760#17 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
English form of Antonius; original meaning unknown | 5,967#46 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Farmer; earth-worker | 2,848#126 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Small | 1,316#262 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Manly; masculine | 4,497#73 | Down 21 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
Wealth-guardian | 1,591#224 | Down 29 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Pearl | 2,436#112 | Up 14 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Lily | 222#1,091 | Down 116 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
Lady, princess | 2,710#90 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Possibly torch or moon; deeper origin disputed | 668#462 | Down 36 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Grace, through Ann; earlier linked with Annis | 265#967 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Traditionally heel-holder or supplanter; possibly may God protect | 6,152#43 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Member of the Franks; also a short form of Francis or Franklin | 584#514 | Down 86 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Grace; favor | 2,521#107 | Down 39 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Rival, from the Roman Aemilius family | 5,451#34 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
Crown; wreath | 829#383 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Probably female friend; companion | 1,781#173 | Up 46 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Son of the right hand or son of the south | 9,762#11 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
Name of God; also interpreted as God has heard | 8,334#18 | Up 7 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Laurel | 805#379 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
Lovable; worthy of love | 601#493 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
Counsel + protection | 807#395 | Down 84 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Whole; great | 12,754#3 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Home ruler | 12,020#5 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Yahweh is gracious, through John | 8,748#15 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
Defender of men | 7,230#30 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
Nobleman; patrician | 1,495#235 | Down 30 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
Traditionally pure; deeper origin disputed | 972#314 | Down 47 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Traditionally pure; deeper origin disputed | 1,670#186 | Down 50 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Power of the army | 1,381#252 | Up 20 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Frenchwoman; feminine form of Francis | 960#318 | Up 100 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Stone; rock | 1,954#187 | Up 28 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Nobility, through the Adalheidis family | 3,547#65 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Lady; mistress of the household | 393#713 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Army + powerful or mighty | 230#993 | Down 61 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Meaning uncertain; possibly a Celtic bear name or related to Artorius | 3,847#87 | Up 76 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Meaning uncertain; French and Czech form of Maria | 474#618 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Grace; favor, with virtue and religious associations | 5,127#38 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2003 |
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Year by year in the 1880s
This list includes the top 100 girls’ and boys’ names by total use across 1880–1889. Table birth counts and ranks show 2025, and rank movement covers the latest five years. Search, filters, and sorting stay within this decade’s name list.
Counts are based on U.S. births and are tracked separately for girls and boys. Names used fewer than 5 times in a year aren’t published for that year, so totals here are a floor — the shortfall is largest in the sparse early years.