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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

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Mary 91,668
  2. 2 Anna 38,159
  3. 3 Emma 25,404
  4. 4 Elizabeth 25,006
  5. 5 Margaret 21,799
  6. 6 Minnie 21,724
  7. 7 Ida 18,283
  8. 8 Bertha 18,264
  9. 9 Clara 17,717
  10. 10 Alice 17,142
  11. 11 Annie 17,027
  12. 12 Florence 16,699
  13. 13 Bessie 15,373
  14. 14 Grace 15,227
  15. 15 Ethel 14,866
  16. 16 Sarah 14,715
  17. 17 Ella 13,936
  18. 18 Martha 13,911
  19. 19 Nellie 13,761
  20. 20 Mabel 13,096
  21. 21 Laura 12,806
  22. 22 Carrie 12,514
  23. 23 Cora 11,954
  24. 24 Helen 11,496
  25. 25 Maude 11,454
  26. 26 Lillian 11,270
  27. 27 Gertrude 11,100
  28. 28 Rose 11,064
  29. 29 Edna 11,020
  30. 30 Pearl 10,903
  31. 31 Edith 10,881
  32. 32 Jennie 10,220
  33. 33 Hattie 10,199
  34. 34 Mattie 9,844
  35. 35 Julia 9,800
  36. 36 Eva 9,800
  37. 37 Myrtle 9,769
  38. 38 Louise 9,596
  39. 39 Lillie 9,467
  40. 40 Jessie 9,187
  41. 41 Frances 9,182
  42. 42 Catherine 8,915
  43. 43 Lula 8,882
  44. 44 Lena 8,691
  45. 45 Marie 8,490
  46. 46 Ada 8,423
  47. 47 Josephine 7,732
  48. 48 Fannie 7,527
  49. 49 Lucy 7,520
  50. 50 Dora 7,288