Top Baby Names of 1888
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Mary 11,754 2
Anna 4,982 3
Elizabeth 3,224 4
Emma 3,087 5
Margaret 2,904 6
Minnie 2,654 7
Bertha 2,450 8
Florence 2,444 9
Ethel 2,374 10
Bessie 2,278 11
Clara 2,230 12
Ida 2,229 13
Alice 2,202 14
Annie 2,188 15
Grace 2,090 16
Helen 1,847 17
Mabel 1,830 18
Ella 1,774 19
Martha 1,769 20
Sarah 1,755 21
Nellie 1,736 22
Edna 1,687 23
Lillian 1,656 24
Carrie 1,647 25
Laura 1,624 26
Pearl 1,591 27
Rose 1,590 28
Gertrude 1,468 29
Edith 1,453 30
Frances 1,452 31
Cora 1,433 32
Maude 1,396 33
Louise 1,334 34
Eva 1,329 35
Myrtle 1,310 36
Jennie 1,298 36
Hattie 1,298 38
Julia 1,292 39
Mattie 1,268 40
Marie 1,258 41
Lillie 1,249 42
Catherine 1,212 43
Jessie 1,200 44
Lula 1,173 45
Lena 1,162 46
Ada 1,116 47
Elsie 1,112 48
Agnes 1,046 49
Josephine 1,001 50
Fannie 991 👦
Boy Names
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John 9,247 2
William 8,705 3
James 5,562 4
George 4,912 5
Charles 4,591 6
Frank 3,459 7
Joseph 2,993 8
Robert 2,814 9
Harry 2,759 10
Henry 2,596 11
Edward 2,470 12
Thomas 2,449 13
Walter 2,040 14
Arthur 1,710 15
Fred 1,665 16
Albert 1,569 17
Clarence 1,022 18
Samuel 931 19
Louis 884 20
Roy 856 21
David 801 22
Charlie 796 23
Joe 789 24
Willie 786 25
Benjamin 781 26
Richard 772 27
Ernest 766 28
Will 707 29
Carl 675 29
Earl 675 31
Oscar 647 32
Jesse 637 33
Andrew 615 34
Sam 607 35
Daniel 566 36
Ralph 547 37
Alfred 536 38
Paul 529 39
Elmer 527 40
Howard 513 41
Peter 498 42
Frederick 496 43
Herbert 485 44
Grover 474 45
Raymond 469 46
Michael 466 47
Ben 463 48
Lee 430 49
Tom 416 50
Lewis 412 About 1888 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1888, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.