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Top baby names of the 1880s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1880 and 1889, ranked by total SSA birth registrations for that decade. Each sparkline shows how the name moved year by year within the decade. Hover over a sparkline to see the exact count for any year.

Top 50 male names

  1. 1 John 89,949
  2. 2 William 84,881
  3. 3 James 54,056
  4. 4 George 47,651
  5. 5 Charles 46,656
  6. 6 Frank 30,967
  7. 7 Joseph 26,292
  8. 8 Henry 24,139
  9. 9 Robert 24,074
  10. 10 Thomas 23,750
  11. 11 Edward 23,133
  12. 12 Harry 22,649
  13. 13 Walter 18,185
  14. 14 Arthur 16,180
  15. 15 Fred 15,602
  16. 16 Albert 14,375
  17. 17 Samuel 9,129
  18. 18 Clarence 8,760
  19. 19 Louis 8,275
  20. 20 David 7,569
  21. 21 Joe 7,098
  22. 22 Charlie 7,091
  23. 23 Richard 7,010
  24. 24 Ernest 6,700
  25. 25 Roy 6,565
  26. 26 Will 6,196
  27. 27 Andrew 6,053
  28. 28 Jesse 6,003
  29. 29 Oscar 5,982
  30. 30 Willie 5,906
  31. 31 Daniel 5,679
  32. 32 Benjamin 5,407
  33. 33 Carl 5,227
  34. 34 Sam 5,069
  35. 35 Alfred 4,837
  36. 36 Earl 4,830
  37. 37 Peter 4,656
  38. 38 Elmer 4,627
  39. 39 Frederick 4,603
  40. 40 Howard 4,349
  41. 41 Lewis 4,341
  42. 42 Ralph 4,269
  43. 43 Herbert 4,257
  44. 44 Paul 4,196
  45. 45 Lee 3,945
  46. 46 Tom 3,786
  47. 47 Herman 3,689
  48. 48 Martin 3,595
  49. 49 Jacob 3,566
  50. 50 Michael 3,558