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Most Popular Baby Names Of 1883

The 100 most-used girls’ and boys’ names among U.S. births in 1883 — 216,938 recorded births in total that year.

18821884 The 1880s as a wholeNames that peaked in 1883

Girls’ names

  1. 1Mary8,0127.1%
  2. 2Anna3,3062.9%
  3. 3Emma2,3672.1%
  4. 4Elizabeth2,2552.0%
  5. 5Minnie2,0351.8%
  6. 6Margaret1,8811.7%
  7. 7Bertha1,6811.5%
  8. 8Ida1,6341.5%
  9. 9Annie1,5891.4%
  10. 10Clara1,5481.4%
  11. 11Alice1,4881.3%
  12. 12Sarah1,3591.2%
  13. 13Grace1,3071.2%
  14. 14Florence1,2981.2%
  15. 15Martha1,2551.1%
  16. 16Ella1,2511.1%
  17. 17Nellie1,2461.1%
  18. 18Bessie1,2411.1%
  19. 19Laura1,1831.1%
  20. 20Ethel1,1321.0%
  21. 21Carrie1,1081.0%
  22. 22Maude1,0961.0%
  23. 23Mabel1,0861.0%
  24. 24Cora1,0811.0%
  25. 25Gertrude9230.8%
  26. 26Lillian9070.8%
  27. 27Jennie9040.8%
  28. 28Hattie8950.8%
  29. 29Pearl8860.8%
  30. 30Mattie8830.8%
  31. 31Edith8810.8%
  32. 32Eva8790.8%
  33. 33Rose8770.8%
  34. 34Julia8750.8%
  35. 35Helen8620.8%
  36. 36Catherine8530.8%
  37. 37Myrtle8510.8%
  38. 38Louise8470.8%
  39. 39Lillie8370.7%
  40. 40Jessie8340.7%
  41. 41Edna8230.7%
  42. 42Lena8000.7%
  43. 43Lula7900.7%
  44. 44Ada7780.7%
  45. 45Frances7100.6%
  46. 46Josephine6970.6%
  47. 47Fannie6960.6%
  48. 48Lucy6630.6%
  49. 49Maggie6630.6%
  50. 50Daisy6590.6%
  51. 51Dora6400.6%
  52. 52Agnes6230.6%
  53. 53Marie6220.6%
  54. 54Blanche6100.5%
  55. 55Nora5890.5%
  56. 56Katherine5830.5%
  57. 57May5320.5%
  58. 58Mamie5310.5%
  59. 59Stella5290.5%
  60. 60Effie5070.5%
  61. 61Rosa5070.5%
  62. 62Ellen5000.4%
  63. 63Lizzie4960.4%
  64. 64Nettie4940.4%
  65. 65Elsie4790.4%
  66. 66Della4530.4%
  67. 67Susie4360.4%
  68. 68Maud4250.4%
  69. 69Sadie4250.4%
  70. 70Mae4230.4%
  71. 71Nancy4120.4%
  72. 72Sallie4090.4%
  73. 73Flora3870.3%
  74. 74Ruth3870.3%
  75. 75Lydia3780.3%
  76. 76Lottie3720.3%
  77. 77Addie3620.3%
  78. 78Katie3610.3%
  79. 79Alma3590.3%
  80. 80Etta3520.3%
  81. 81Emily3420.3%
  82. 82Harriet3410.3%
  83. 83Viola3310.3%
  84. 84Georgia3250.3%
  85. 85Susan3220.3%
  86. 86Caroline3210.3%
  87. 87Nannie3050.3%
  88. 88Lulu3020.3%
  89. 89Mollie3010.3%
  90. 90Kate2940.3%
  91. 91Olive2940.3%
  92. 92Charlotte2910.3%
  93. 93Kathryn2900.3%
  94. 94Amanda2870.3%
  95. 95Eliza2740.2%
  96. 96Willie2640.2%
  97. 97Amelia2620.2%
  98. 98Belle2620.2%
  99. 99Esther2600.2%
  100. 100Irene2600.2%

Boys’ names

  1. 1John8,8948.5%
  2. 2William8,3878.0%
  3. 3James5,2235.0%
  4. 4Charles4,8264.6%
  5. 5George4,7364.5%
  6. 6Frank2,9862.9%
  7. 7Joseph2,5152.4%
  8. 8Henry2,3832.3%
  9. 9Robert2,3342.2%
  10. 10Thomas2,3162.2%
  11. 11Edward2,2502.2%
  12. 12Harry2,1102.0%
  13. 13Walter1,7051.6%
  14. 14Arthur1,5911.5%
  15. 15Fred1,5021.4%
  16. 16Albert1,4961.4%
  17. 17Samuel9370.9%
  18. 18Clarence8370.8%
  19. 19Louis7960.8%
  20. 20David7340.7%
  21. 21Richard6490.6%
  22. 22Charlie6430.6%
  23. 23Ernest6410.6%
  24. 24Andrew6230.6%
  25. 25Daniel6150.6%
  26. 26Joe6070.6%
  27. 27Oscar6070.6%
  28. 28Jesse5840.6%
  29. 29Will5760.6%
  30. 30Roy5560.5%
  31. 31Benjamin5080.5%
  32. 32Carl4800.5%
  33. 33Sam4760.5%
  34. 34Willie4740.5%
  35. 35Alfred4570.4%
  36. 36Peter4500.4%
  37. 37Frederick4380.4%
  38. 38Lewis4310.4%
  39. 39Howard4290.4%
  40. 40Elmer4230.4%
  41. 41Herbert4220.4%
  42. 42Earl3890.4%
  43. 43Lee3880.4%
  44. 44Tom3860.4%
  45. 45Ralph3850.4%
  46. 46Martin3770.4%
  47. 47Herman3590.3%
  48. 48Paul3580.3%
  49. 49Jacob3560.3%
  50. 50Clyde3360.3%
  51. 51Eugene3250.3%
  52. 52Jim3220.3%
  53. 53Harvey3180.3%
  54. 54Claude3150.3%
  55. 55Michael3070.3%
  56. 56Ben3060.3%
  57. 57Edwin2990.3%
  58. 58Edgar2920.3%
  59. 59Chester2900.3%
  60. 60Francis2850.3%
  61. 61Lawrence2820.3%
  62. 62Bert2730.3%
  63. 63Charley2540.2%
  64. 64Ed2470.2%
  65. 65Jack2420.2%
  66. 66Otto2400.2%
  67. 67Ira2390.2%
  68. 68Raymond2330.2%
  69. 69Luther2290.2%
  70. 70Isaac2270.2%
  71. 71Guy2240.2%
  72. 72Oliver2190.2%
  73. 73Floyd2170.2%
  74. 74Hugh2150.2%
  75. 75Patrick2130.2%
  76. 76Homer2100.2%
  77. 77August2090.2%
  78. 78Ray2020.2%
  79. 79Leonard2000.2%
  80. 80Alexander1870.2%
  81. 81Theodore1850.2%
  82. 82Allen1750.2%
  83. 83Horace1670.2%
  84. 84Archie1660.2%
  85. 85Philip1660.2%
  86. 86Sidney1650.2%
  87. 87Marion1630.2%
  88. 88Julius1600.2%
  89. 89Jessie1510.1%
  90. 90Milton1490.1%
  91. 91Warren1460.1%
  92. 92Anthony1430.1%
  93. 93Everett1430.1%
  94. 94Leroy1430.1%
  95. 95Leo1420.1%
  96. 96Bernard1410.1%
  97. 97Leon1400.1%
  98. 98Stephen1400.1%
  99. 99Emil1390.1%
  100. 100Clifford1380.1%

Percentages are each name’s share of all 1883 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.