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Most Popular Baby Names Of 1882

The 100 most-used girls’ and boys’ names among U.S. births in 1882 — 221,526 recorded births in total that year.

18811883 The 1880s as a wholeNames that peaked in 1882

Girls’ names

  1. 1Mary8,1487.6%
  2. 2Anna3,1432.9%
  3. 3Emma2,3032.1%
  4. 4Elizabeth2,1862.0%
  5. 5Minnie2,0041.9%
  6. 6Margaret1,8211.7%
  7. 7Ida1,6731.6%
  8. 8Alice1,5421.4%
  9. 9Bertha1,5081.4%
  10. 10Annie1,4921.4%
  11. 11Clara1,4901.4%
  12. 12Sarah1,4101.3%
  13. 13Florence1,3221.2%
  14. 14Martha1,2291.1%
  15. 15Ella1,2061.1%
  16. 16Grace1,1951.1%
  17. 17Laura1,1511.1%
  18. 18Bessie1,1441.1%
  19. 19Nellie1,1381.1%
  20. 20Maude1,0891.0%
  21. 21Cora1,0761.0%
  22. 22Carrie1,0371.0%
  23. 23Mabel9970.9%
  24. 24Ethel9890.9%
  25. 25Mattie9660.9%
  26. 26Gertrude9390.9%
  27. 27Jennie9340.9%
  28. 28Rose8860.8%
  29. 29Edith8760.8%
  30. 30Hattie8590.8%
  31. 31Helen8380.8%
  32. 32Lillian8300.8%
  33. 33Pearl8240.8%
  34. 34Louise8130.8%
  35. 35Julia8110.8%
  36. 36Lillie8100.8%
  37. 37Jessie8060.7%
  38. 38Myrtle8030.7%
  39. 39Edna7830.7%
  40. 40Lula7800.7%
  41. 41Eva7650.7%
  42. 42Catherine7260.7%
  43. 43Lena6970.6%
  44. 44Ada6890.6%
  45. 45Frances6810.6%
  46. 46Lucy6730.6%
  47. 47Fannie6500.6%
  48. 48Daisy6480.6%
  49. 49Josephine6380.6%
  50. 50Maggie6270.6%
  51. 51Dora5940.6%
  52. 52Katherine5910.5%
  53. 53Marie5910.5%
  54. 54Agnes5650.5%
  55. 55Effie5610.5%
  56. 56Blanche5470.5%
  57. 57Rosa5420.5%
  58. 58Nora5390.5%
  59. 59May5100.5%
  60. 60Mamie5080.5%
  61. 61Stella5060.5%
  62. 62Lizzie4950.5%
  63. 63Sallie4870.5%
  64. 64Ellen4520.4%
  65. 65Elsie4480.4%
  66. 66Della4470.4%
  67. 67Nancy4390.4%
  68. 68Nettie4390.4%
  69. 69Maud4320.4%
  70. 70Susie4120.4%
  71. 71Mae4060.4%
  72. 72Sadie3910.4%
  73. 73Flora3800.4%
  74. 74Alma3680.3%
  75. 75Etta3520.3%
  76. 76Lydia3420.3%
  77. 77Addie3410.3%
  78. 78Katie3270.3%
  79. 79Susan3260.3%
  80. 80Ruth3230.3%
  81. 81Georgia3200.3%
  82. 82Lottie3190.3%
  83. 83Viola3100.3%
  84. 84Mollie3050.3%
  85. 85Caroline3040.3%
  86. 86Nannie2990.3%
  87. 87Kate2930.3%
  88. 88Olive2910.3%
  89. 89Willie2910.3%
  90. 90Harriet2890.3%
  91. 91Amanda2880.3%
  92. 92Eliza2800.3%
  93. 93Lulu2790.3%
  94. 94Virginia2740.3%
  95. 95Emily2720.3%
  96. 96Kathryn2720.3%
  97. 97Esther2660.2%
  98. 98Belle2640.2%
  99. 99Rebecca2590.2%
  100. 100Charlotte2570.2%

Boys’ names

  1. 1John9,5578.4%
  2. 2William9,2988.2%
  3. 3James5,8925.2%
  4. 4George5,1934.6%
  5. 5Charles5,0914.5%
  6. 6Frank3,1762.8%
  7. 7Joseph2,6702.3%
  8. 8Thomas2,6102.3%
  9. 9Henry2,5792.3%
  10. 10Robert2,5002.2%
  11. 11Edward2,4772.2%
  12. 12Harry2,2322.0%
  13. 13Walter1,8051.6%
  14. 14Arthur1,6861.5%
  15. 15Fred1,6411.4%
  16. 16Albert1,4991.3%
  17. 17Samuel1,0030.9%
  18. 18Louis8520.7%
  19. 19David8380.7%
  20. 20Clarence8370.7%
  21. 21Charlie7530.7%
  22. 22Richard7460.7%
  23. 23Joe7390.7%
  24. 24Andrew6730.6%
  25. 25Will6660.6%
  26. 26Jesse6600.6%
  27. 27Ernest6420.6%
  28. 28Oscar6250.5%
  29. 29Daniel5940.5%
  30. 30Sam5550.5%
  31. 31Willie5410.5%
  32. 32Alfred5230.5%
  33. 33Roy5210.5%
  34. 34Benjamin4780.4%
  35. 35Carl4780.4%
  36. 36Peter4610.4%
  37. 37Frederick4570.4%
  38. 38Elmer4410.4%
  39. 39Lewis4410.4%
  40. 40Herbert4310.4%
  41. 41Lee4270.4%
  42. 42Howard4220.4%
  43. 43Ralph4070.4%
  44. 44Paul3970.3%
  45. 45Jim3960.3%
  46. 46Jacob3900.3%
  47. 47Tom3900.3%
  48. 48Martin3870.3%
  49. 49Earl3770.3%
  50. 50Claude3560.3%
  51. 51Herman3480.3%
  52. 52Bert3410.3%
  53. 53Eugene3410.3%
  54. 54Ed3370.3%
  55. 55Ben3340.3%
  56. 56Francis3270.3%
  57. 57Michael3210.3%
  58. 58Edgar3080.3%
  59. 59Edwin3050.3%
  60. 60Chester3000.3%
  61. 61Harvey3000.3%
  62. 62Clyde2930.3%
  63. 63Lawrence2870.3%
  64. 64Luther2840.2%
  65. 65Isaac2780.2%
  66. 66Jack2710.2%
  67. 67Charley2620.2%
  68. 68Guy2530.2%
  69. 69Otto2520.2%
  70. 70Patrick2490.2%
  71. 71Ira2440.2%
  72. 72Oliver2440.2%
  73. 73Hugh2390.2%
  74. 74August2340.2%
  75. 75Theodore2320.2%
  76. 76Floyd2310.2%
  77. 77Leonard2310.2%
  78. 78Raymond2300.2%
  79. 79Alexander2250.2%
  80. 80Allen2060.2%
  81. 81Stephen2010.2%
  82. 82Archie1950.2%
  83. 83Ray1950.2%
  84. 84Jessie1920.2%
  85. 85Homer1900.2%
  86. 86Warren1830.2%
  87. 87Philip1820.2%
  88. 88Horace1760.2%
  89. 89Alex1720.2%
  90. 90Eddie1690.1%
  91. 91Julius1680.1%
  92. 92Emil1570.1%
  93. 93Marion1570.1%
  94. 94Clifford1550.1%
  95. 95Milton1550.1%
  96. 96Leroy1520.1%
  97. 97Dan1500.1%
  98. 98Rufus1470.1%
  99. 99Leo1460.1%
  100. 100Sidney1460.1%

Percentages are each name’s share of all 1882 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.