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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Man, through Karl | 187#1,134 | Down 321 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
Rose flower; an older name also has Germanic roots | 2,386#114 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1917 | ||
Noble and bright | 461#614 | Down 91 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Feminine form of Julius; deeper meaning disputed | 2,172#131 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Probably an Elizabeth familiar form; also associated with Lily | 3,966#57 | Down 11 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
From Laurentum, through Laurence; the place name may refer to laurel | 578#520 | Up 43 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Form of Katherine; traditionally associated with pure, deeper origin uncertain | 381#729 | Down 204 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
Free man, through Charles | 13,400#2 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
He will add, through Joseph | 230#994 | Down 266 rank positions in five years | 1936 | ||
Will or desire + helmet or protection, through William | 147#1,322 | Down 327 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Possibly gift or existence; Hebrew Yishai name family | 2,002#184 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 1981 | ||
Home ruler, through Henry; also a familiar form of other Har names | 329#775 | Down 56 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Counsel; advice + wolf | 211#1,048 | Up 54 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Red, through Ruadh; also associated with French king | 570#525 | Up 47 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Famous in battle | 1,391#249 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Well born | 249#943 | Down 103 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
God is gracious | 1,380#221 | Up 43 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
Grace; favor, through Anne | 1,690#182 | Up 107 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
Peace | 442#651 | Down 31 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Other in the Norman name; also a diminutive | 5,831#29 | Down 14 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Several surname origins: Hughard, Hávarðr, or ewe herder | 226#1,004 | Up 40 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Friend of horses | 568#528 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 1953 | ||
Peaceful ruler in the Frederick family; elf counsel in the Alfred family | 80#1,936 | Down 134 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
Flowering, flourishing | 796#391 | Up 372 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Famous in battle, through Louis | 579#516 | Up 165 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
He will laugh; he will rejoice | 5,953#47 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
He will add, through Joseph | 4,126#53 | Up 34 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Gift of God | 13,355#4 | Up 19 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Of Mars | 1,009#335 | Down 42 rank positions in five years | 1963 | ||
From the town of Clare | 117#1,500 | Down 173 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Hazel tree; light brown colour | 6,318#21 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Serious, earnest; older Germanic vigor or strife | 213#1,040 | Down 31 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Clear; bright; famous | 3,601#63 | Up 40 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Pleasure, delight; also an English form of Eithne | 72#2,463 | Down 378 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Brave lion | 438#637 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Frenchman | 769#420 | Up 62 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Nobleman, warrior; from the title earl | 63#2,236 | Down 161 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
Life, living, through Eve | 2,154#134 | Down 41 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Vigor, bravery, through Amalia | 12,699#4 | Up 2 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Noble | 34#4,210 | Up 721 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Possibly torch or moon (Helen); also an Eleonora familiar form | 230#1,062 | Down 253 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Uncertain; possibly little rock or noble, through Alan | 507#578 | Down 115 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Possibly star in Persian or a derivative of Ishtar | 2,277#119 | Up 29 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Wealth or fortune + battle | 595#499 | Down 27 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Possibly olive tree; origin disputed | 14,939#3 | Steady | 2024 | ||
Man, through Caroline | 63#2,726 | Down 551 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Peaceful ruler | 728#435 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 1951 | ||
Lion | 8,173#19 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Feminine form in the Charles family; man or army root | 2,646#96 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Wealth or fortune + friend | 798#398 | Down 54 rank positions in five years | 1922 |
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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.