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Most Popular Baby Names Of 1880

The 100 most-used girls’ and boys’ names among U.S. births in 1880 — 201,479 recorded births in total that year.

1881 The 1880s as a wholeNames that peaked in 1880

Girls’ names

  1. 1Mary7,0657.8%
  2. 2Anna2,6042.9%
  3. 3Emma2,0032.2%
  4. 4Elizabeth1,9392.1%
  5. 5Minnie1,7461.9%
  6. 6Margaret1,5781.7%
  7. 7Ida1,4721.6%
  8. 8Alice1,4141.6%
  9. 9Bertha1,3201.5%
  10. 10Sarah1,2881.4%
  11. 11Annie1,2581.4%
  12. 12Clara1,2261.3%
  13. 13Ella1,1561.3%
  14. 14Florence1,0631.2%
  15. 15Cora1,0451.1%
  16. 16Martha1,0401.1%
  17. 17Laura1,0121.1%
  18. 18Nellie9951.1%
  19. 19Grace9821.1%
  20. 20Carrie9491.0%
  21. 21Maude8590.9%
  22. 22Mabel8080.9%
  23. 23Bessie7960.9%
  24. 24Jennie7930.9%
  25. 25Gertrude7870.9%
  26. 26Julia7830.9%
  27. 27Hattie7690.8%
  28. 28Edith7680.8%
  29. 29Mattie7040.8%
  30. 30Rose7000.8%
  31. 31Catherine6880.8%
  32. 32Lillian6720.7%
  33. 33Ada6520.7%
  34. 34Lillie6470.7%
  35. 35Helen6360.7%
  36. 36Jessie6350.7%
  37. 37Louise6350.7%
  38. 38Ethel6330.7%
  39. 39Lula6210.7%
  40. 40Myrtle6150.7%
  41. 41Eva6140.7%
  42. 42Frances6050.7%
  43. 43Lena6030.7%
  44. 44Lucy5900.6%
  45. 45Edna5880.6%
  46. 46Maggie5820.6%
  47. 47Pearl5690.6%
  48. 48Daisy5640.6%
  49. 49Fannie5600.6%
  50. 50Josephine5440.6%
  51. 51Dora5240.6%
  52. 52Rosa5070.6%
  53. 53Katherine5020.6%
  54. 54Agnes4730.5%
  55. 55Marie4710.5%
  56. 56Nora4710.5%
  57. 57May4620.5%
  58. 58Mamie4360.5%
  59. 59Blanche4270.5%
  60. 60Stella4140.5%
  61. 61Ellen4110.5%
  62. 62Nancy4100.5%
  63. 63Effie4060.4%
  64. 64Sallie4040.4%
  65. 65Nettie4030.4%
  66. 66Della3910.4%
  67. 67Lizzie3880.4%
  68. 68Flora3650.4%
  69. 69Susie3610.4%
  70. 70Maud3450.4%
  71. 71Mae3440.4%
  72. 72Etta3230.4%
  73. 73Harriet3190.4%
  74. 74Sadie3170.3%
  75. 75Caroline3060.3%
  76. 76Katie3030.3%
  77. 77Lydia3020.3%
  78. 78Elsie3010.3%
  79. 79Kate2990.3%
  80. 80Susan2860.3%
  81. 81Mollie2830.3%
  82. 82Alma2770.3%
  83. 83Addie2740.3%
  84. 84Georgia2590.3%
  85. 85Eliza2520.3%
  86. 86Lulu2490.3%
  87. 87Nannie2480.3%
  88. 88Lottie2450.3%
  89. 89Amanda2410.3%
  90. 90Belle2380.3%
  91. 91Charlotte2370.3%
  92. 92Rebecca2360.3%
  93. 93Ruth2340.3%
  94. 94Viola2290.3%
  95. 95Olive2240.2%
  96. 96Amelia2210.2%
  97. 97Hannah2210.2%
  98. 98Jane2150.2%
  99. 99Virginia2130.2%
  100. 100Emily2100.2%

Boys’ names

  1. 1John9,6558.7%
  2. 2William9,5328.6%
  3. 3James5,9275.4%
  4. 4Charles5,3484.8%
  5. 5George5,1264.6%
  6. 6Frank3,2422.9%
  7. 7Joseph2,6322.4%
  8. 8Thomas2,5342.3%
  9. 9Henry2,4442.2%
  10. 10Robert2,4152.2%
  11. 11Edward2,3642.1%
  12. 12Harry2,1521.9%
  13. 13Walter1,7551.6%
  14. 14Arthur1,5991.4%
  15. 15Fred1,5691.4%
  16. 16Albert1,4931.4%
  17. 17Samuel1,0240.9%
  18. 18David8690.8%
  19. 19Louis8280.7%
  20. 20Joe7310.7%
  21. 21Charlie7300.7%
  22. 22Clarence7300.7%
  23. 23Richard7280.7%
  24. 24Andrew6440.6%
  25. 25Daniel6430.6%
  26. 26Ernest6150.6%
  27. 27Will5880.5%
  28. 28Jesse5690.5%
  29. 29Oscar5440.5%
  30. 30Lewis5170.5%
  31. 31Peter4960.4%
  32. 32Benjamin4900.4%
  33. 33Frederick4830.4%
  34. 34Willie4760.4%
  35. 35Alfred4690.4%
  36. 36Sam4570.4%
  37. 37Roy4400.4%
  38. 38Herbert4240.4%
  39. 39Jacob4040.4%
  40. 40Tom3990.4%
  41. 41Elmer3730.3%
  42. 42Carl3720.3%
  43. 43Lee3610.3%
  44. 44Howard3570.3%
  45. 45Martin3570.3%
  46. 46Michael3540.3%
  47. 47Bert3480.3%
  48. 48Herman3470.3%
  49. 49Jim3450.3%
  50. 50Francis3440.3%
  51. 51Harvey3440.3%
  52. 52Earl3350.3%
  53. 53Eugene3280.3%
  54. 54Ralph3170.3%
  55. 55Ed3100.3%
  56. 56Claude3090.3%
  57. 57Edwin3090.3%
  58. 58Ben3050.3%
  59. 59Charley3050.3%
  60. 60Paul3010.3%
  61. 61Edgar2830.3%
  62. 62Isaac2740.2%
  63. 63Otto2710.2%
  64. 64Luther2600.2%
  65. 65Lawrence2570.2%
  66. 66Ira2490.2%
  67. 67Patrick2480.2%
  68. 68Guy2390.2%
  69. 69Oliver2340.2%
  70. 70Theodore2320.2%
  71. 71Hugh2240.2%
  72. 72Clyde2210.2%
  73. 73Alexander2110.2%
  74. 74August2100.2%
  75. 75Floyd2060.2%
  76. 76Homer2050.2%
  77. 77Jack2040.2%
  78. 78Leonard2000.2%
  79. 79Horace1990.2%
  80. 80Marion1890.2%
  81. 81Philip1860.2%
  82. 82Allen1840.2%
  83. 83Archie1830.2%
  84. 84Stephen1760.2%
  85. 85Chester1680.2%
  86. 86Willis1660.2%
  87. 87Raymond1650.1%
  88. 88Rufus1630.1%
  89. 89Warren1580.1%
  90. 90Jessie1540.1%
  91. 91Milton1490.1%
  92. 92Alex1470.1%
  93. 93Leo1470.1%
  94. 94Julius1430.1%
  95. 95Ray1420.1%
  96. 96Sidney1420.1%
  97. 97Bernard1400.1%
  98. 98Dan1400.1%
  99. 99Jerry1360.1%
  100. 100Calvin1340.1%

Percentages are each name’s share of all 1880 applications for that sex — a useful reminder of how much more concentrated naming used to be. In 1880 the top girls’ name alone accounted for several percent of all girls; today the #1 name is well under one percent.

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.