1880s
Top Names of the 1880s
The 1880s - Victorian Era
Ranked by total babies named during 1880-1889
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Girl Names
100 names ranked
1
Mary
Peak: 1888
91,668
Best: #1
2
Anna
Peak: 1889
38,159
Best: #2
3
Emma
Peak: 1888
25,404
Best: #3
4
Elizabeth
Peak: 1888
25,006
Best: #3
5
Margaret
Peak: 1889
21,799
Best: #4
6
Minnie
Peak: 1888
21,724
Best: #5
7
Ida
Peak: 1888
18,283
Best: #7
8
Bertha
Peak: 1888
18,264
Best: #7
9
Clara
Peak: 1889
17,717
Best: #7
10
Alice
Peak: 1888
17,142
Best: #8
11
Annie
Peak: 1888
17,027
Best: #8
12
Florence
Peak: 1889
16,699
Best: #7
13
Bessie
Peak: 1889
15,373
Best: #9
14
Grace
Peak: 1888
15,227
Best: #13
15
Ethel
Peak: 1889
14,866
Best: #8
16
Sarah
Peak: 1888
14,715
Best: #10
17
Ella
Peak: 1888
13,936
Best: #13
18
Martha
Peak: 1888
13,911
Best: #14
19
Nellie
Peak: 1889
13,761
Best: #14
20
Mabel
Peak: 1889
13,096
Best: #16
21
Laura
Peak: 1888
12,806
Best: #17
22
Carrie
Peak: 1888
12,514
Best: #20
23
Cora
Peak: 1888
11,954
Best: #15
24
Helen
Peak: 1889
11,496
Best: #16
25
Maude
Peak: 1888
11,454
Best: #20
26
Lillian
Peak: 1888
11,270
Best: #23
27
Gertrude
Peak: 1889
11,100
Best: #24
28
Rose
Peak: 1888
11,064
Best: #25
29
Edna
Peak: 1889
11,020
Best: #18
30
Pearl
Peak: 1888
10,903
Best: #24
31
Edith
Peak: 1889
10,881
Best: #27
32
Jennie
Peak: 1888
10,220
Best: #24
33
Hattie
Peak: 1889
10,199
Best: #27
34
Mattie
Peak: 1888
9,844
Best: #25
35
Julia
Peak: 1888
9,800
Best: #26
36
Eva
Peak: 1889
9,800
Best: #31
37
Myrtle
Peak: 1889
9,769
Best: #33
38
Louise
Peak: 1888
9,596
Best: #33
39
Lillie
Peak: 1889
9,467
Best: #33
40
Jessie
Peak: 1888
9,187
Best: #34
41
Frances
Peak: 1888
9,182
Best: #30
42
Catherine
Peak: 1888
8,915
Best: #31
43
Lula
Peak: 1888
8,882
Best: #36
44
Lena
Peak: 1888
8,691
Best: #41
45
Marie
Peak: 1889
8,490
Best: #30
46
Ada
Peak: 1888
8,423
Best: #33
47
Josephine
Peak: 1889
7,732
Best: #45
48
Fannie
Peak: 1888
7,527
Best: #47
49
Lucy
Peak: 1888
7,520
Best: #44
50
Dora
Peak: 1888
7,288
Best: #46
51
Agnes
Peak: 1888
7,237
Best: #46
52
Maggie
Peak: 1888
7,072
Best: #46
53
Blanche
Peak: 1889
6,925
Best: #51
54
Katherine
Peak: 1888
6,922
Best: #50
55
Elsie
Peak: 1889
6,648
Best: #41
56
Nora
Peak: 1888
6,521
Best: #55
57
Mamie
Peak: 1888
6,330
Best: #53
58
Rosa
Peak: 1888
6,157
Best: #52
59
Stella
Peak: 1889
6,130
Best: #55
60
Daisy
Peak: 1884
6,054
Best: #48
61
May
Peak: 1888
5,881
Best: #57
62
Effie
Peak: 1888
5,850
Best: #55
63
Mae
Peak: 1889
5,647
Best: #57
64
Ellen
Peak: 1888
5,402
Best: #59
65
Nettie
Peak: 1888
5,313
Best: #62
66
Ruth
Peak: 1889
5,298
Best: #46
67
Alma
Peak: 1888
5,190
Best: #58
68
Della
Peak: 1888
5,048
Best: #60
69
Lizzie
Peak: 1888
5,035
Best: #62
70
Sadie
Peak: 1888
4,915
Best: #67
71
Sallie
Peak: 1888
4,840
Best: #63
72
Nancy
Peak: 1888
4,792
Best: #59
73
Susie
Peak: 1888
4,780
Best: #67
74
Maud
Peak: 1886
4,201
Best: #68
75
Flora
Peak: 1888
4,195
Best: #68
76
Irene
Peak: 1889
4,002
Best: #63
77
Etta
Peak: 1888
3,973
Best: #72
78
Katie
Peak: 1888
3,907
Best: #76
79
Lydia
Peak: 1889
3,902
Best: #75
80
Lottie
Peak: 1888
3,888
Best: #75
81
Viola
Peak: 1888
3,806
Best: #74
82
Caroline
Peak: 1889
3,743
Best: #73
83
Addie
Peak: 1888
3,739
Best: #76
84
Hazel
Peak: 1889
3,644
Best: #48
85
Georgia
Peak: 1888
3,540
Best: #81
86
Esther
Peak: 1888
3,476
Best: #75
87
Mollie
Peak: 1886
3,471
Best: #79
88
Olive
Peak: 1888
3,456
Best: #83
89
Willie
Peak: 1888
3,397
Best: #79
90
Harriet
Peak: 1889
3,369
Best: #73
91
Emily
Peak: 1888
3,368
Best: #81
92
Charlotte
Peak: 1888
3,311
Best: #86
93
Amanda
Peak: 1889
3,280
Best: #87
94
Kathryn
Peak: 1888
3,276
Best: #86
95
Lulu
Peak: 1886
3,253
Best: #76
96
Susan
Peak: 1888
3,231
Best: #79
97
Kate
Peak: 1889
3,194
Best: #79
98
Nannie
Peak: 1889
3,165
Best: #86
99
Jane
Peak: 1888
2,971
Best: #91
100
Amelia
Peak: 1888
2,957
Best: #93
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Boy Names
100 names ranked
1
John
Peak: 1880
89,949
Best: #1
2
William
Peak: 1880
84,881
Best: #2
3
James
Peak: 1880
54,056
Best: #3
4
George
Peak: 1882
47,651
Best: #4
5
Charles
Peak: 1880
46,656
Best: #4
6
Frank
Peak: 1888
30,967
Best: #6
7
Joseph
Peak: 1888
26,292
Best: #7
8
Henry
Peak: 1888
24,139
Best: #8
9
Robert
Peak: 1888
24,074
Best: #8
10
Thomas
Peak: 1882
23,750
Best: #8
11
Edward
Peak: 1882
23,133
Best: #10
12
Harry
Peak: 1888
22,649
Best: #8
13
Walter
Peak: 1888
18,185
Best: #13
14
Arthur
Peak: 1888
16,180
Best: #14
15
Fred
Peak: 1888
15,602
Best: #14
16
Albert
Peak: 1888
14,375
Best: #16
17
Samuel
Peak: 1880
9,129
Best: #17
18
Clarence
Peak: 1888
8,760
Best: #17
19
Louis
Peak: 1884
8,275
Best: #18
20
David
Peak: 1880
7,569
Best: #18
21
Joe
Peak: 1888
7,098
Best: #20
22
Charlie
Peak: 1888
7,091
Best: #20
23
Richard
Peak: 1888
7,010
Best: #21
24
Ernest
Peak: 1888
6,700
Best: #21
25
Roy
Peak: 1889
6,565
Best: #18
26
Will
Peak: 1888
6,196
Best: #25
27
Andrew
Peak: 1882
6,053
Best: #24
28
Jesse
Peak: 1884
6,003
Best: #26
29
Oscar
Peak: 1888
5,982
Best: #26
30
Willie
Peak: 1888
5,906
Best: #24
31
Daniel
Peak: 1880
5,679
Best: #25
32
Benjamin
Peak: 1888
5,407
Best: #21
33
Carl
Peak: 1889
5,227
Best: #27
34
Sam
Peak: 1888
5,069
Best: #30
35
Alfred
Peak: 1888
4,837
Best: #32
36
Earl
Peak: 1889
4,830
Best: #28
37
Peter
Peak: 1884
4,656
Best: #31
38
Elmer
Peak: 1889
4,627
Best: #34
39
Frederick
Peak: 1888
4,603
Best: #33
40
Howard
Peak: 1888
4,349
Best: #37
41
Lewis
Peak: 1880
4,341
Best: #30
42
Ralph
Peak: 1888
4,269
Best: #36
43
Herbert
Peak: 1888
4,257
Best: #38
44
Paul
Peak: 1889
4,196
Best: #35
45
Lee
Peak: 1884
3,945
Best: #41
46
Tom
Peak: 1888
3,786
Best: #40
47
Herman
Peak: 1886
3,689
Best: #44
48
Martin
Peak: 1882
3,595
Best: #44
49
Jacob
Peak: 1880
3,566
Best: #39
50
Michael
Peak: 1888
3,558
Best: #46
51
Jim
Peak: 1882
3,520
Best: #45
52
Claude
Peak: 1886
3,504
Best: #46
53
Ben
Peak: 1888
3,449
Best: #43
54
Eugene
Peak: 1888
3,430
Best: #48
55
Francis
Peak: 1888
3,244
Best: #50
56
Grover
Peak: 1884
3,184
Best: #20
57
Raymond
Peak: 1889
3,135
Best: #37
58
Harvey
Peak: 1884
3,123
Best: #50
59
Clyde
Peak: 1884
3,034
Best: #50
60
Edwin
Peak: 1886
3,011
Best: #56
61
Edgar
Peak: 1889
3,006
Best: #50
62
Ed
Peak: 1882
2,957
Best: #54
63
Lawrence
Peak: 1888
2,919
Best: #56
64
Bert
Peak: 1880
2,808
Best: #47
65
Chester
Peak: 1884
2,699
Best: #58
66
Jack
Peak: 1888
2,684
Best: #60
67
Otto
Peak: 1888
2,679
Best: #63
68
Luther
Peak: 1882
2,619
Best: #63
69
Charley
Peak: 1880
2,550
Best: #58
70
Guy
Peak: 1888
2,489
Best: #68
71
Floyd
Peak: 1889
2,476
Best: #63
72
Ira
Peak: 1881
2,379
Best: #57
73
Ray
Peak: 1889
2,371
Best: #54
74
Hugh
Peak: 1885
2,355
Best: #69
75
Isaac
Peak: 1882
2,311
Best: #62
76
Oliver
Peak: 1885
2,287
Best: #67
77
Patrick
Peak: 1882
2,285
Best: #67
78
Homer
Peak: 1888
2,213
Best: #70
79
Theodore
Peak: 1886
2,176
Best: #69
80
Leonard
Peak: 1886
2,144
Best: #72
81
Leo
Peak: 1888
2,098
Best: #57
82
Alexander
Peak: 1888
2,081
Best: #71
83
August
Peak: 1882
2,012
Best: #74
84
Harold
Peak: 1889
2,001
Best: #57
85
Allen
Peak: 1888
1,998
Best: #75
86
Jessie
Peak: 1888
1,843
Best: #77
87
Archie
Peak: 1884
1,816
Best: #82
88
Philip
Peak: 1888
1,741
Best: #81
89
Stephen
Peak: 1882
1,684
Best: #81
90
Horace
Peak: 1880
1,650
Best: #79
91
Marion
Peak: 1880
1,624
Best: #80
92
Bernard
Peak: 1889
1,616
Best: #81
93
Anthony
Peak: 1889
1,611
Best: #80
94
Julius
Peak: 1888
1,605
Best: #88
95
Warren
Peak: 1882
1,580
Best: #83
96
Leroy
Peak: 1888
1,574
Best: #88
97
Clifford
Peak: 1889
1,552
Best: #87
98
Eddie
Peak: 1886
1,526
Best: #86
99
Sidney
Peak: 1885
1,505
Best: #86
100
Milton
Peak: 1889
1,479
Best: #90
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About 1880s Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States during the 1880s (1880-1889), based on Social Security Administration data. Names are ranked by the total number of babies given each name across the entire decade.
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