Popular Baby Names of the 1880s
Baby Names
Obie Editorial Team
The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1880s. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 1,177,209 male births and 1,399,613 female births.
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Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
1 | John | 89,949 | Mary | 91,672 |
2 | William | 84,881 | Anna | 38,159 |
3 | James | 54,058 | Emma | 25,404 |
4 | George | 47,651 | Elizabeth | 25,007 |
5 | Charles | 46,658 | Margaret | 21,800 |
6 | Frank | 30,967 | Minnie | 21,724 |
7 | Joseph | 26,294 | Ida | 18,283 |
8 | Henry | 24,139 | Bertha | 18,263 |
9 | Robert | 24,079 | Clara | 17,717 |
10 | Thomas | 23,750 | Alice | 17,141 |
11 | Edward | 23,133 | Annie | 17,027 |
12 | Harry | 22,649 | Florence | 16,699 |
13 | Walter | 18,186 | Bessie | 15,371 |
14 | Arthur | 16,180 | Grace | 15,227 |
15 | Fred | 15,602 | Ethel | 14,866 |
16 | Albert | 14,374 | Sarah | 14,715 |
17 | Samuel | 9,129 | Ella | 13,936 |
18 | Clarence | 8,761 | Martha | 13,911 |
19 | Louis | 8,276 | Nellie | 13,761 |
20 | David | 7,572 | Mabel | 13,097 |
21 | Joe | 7,098 | Laura | 12,806 |
22 | Charlie | 7,091 | Carrie | 12,514 |
23 | Richard | 7,011 | Cora | 11,954 |
24 | Ernest | 6,700 | Helen | 11,496 |
25 | Roy | 6,565 | Maude | 11,453 |
26 | Will | 6,196 | Lillian | 11,270 |
27 | Andrew | 6,053 | Gertrude | 11,101 |
28 | Jesse | 6,003 | Rose | 11,065 |
29 | Oscar | 5,982 | Edna | 11,020 |
30 | Willie | 5,906 | Pearl | 10,903 |
31 | Daniel | 5,680 | Edith | 10,881 |
32 | Benjamin | 5,406 | Jennie | 10,220 |
33 | Carl | 5,227 | Hattie | 10,199 |
34 | Sam | 5,069 | Mattie | 9,844 |
35 | Alfred | 4,837 | Eva | 9,800 |
36 | Earl | 4,830 | Julia | 9,800 |
37 | Peter | 4,656 | Myrtle | 9,769 |
38 | Elmer | 4,627 | Louise | 9,596 |
39 | Frederick | 4,603 | Lillie | 9,467 |
40 | Howard | 4,348 | Jessie | 9,186 |
41 | Lewis | 4,342 | Frances | 9,183 |
42 | Ralph | 4,269 | Catherine | 8,915 |
43 | Herbert | 4,257 | Lula | 8,882 |
44 | Paul | 4,197 | Lena | 8,691 |
45 | Lee | 3,945 | Marie | 8,490 |
46 | Tom | 3,786 | Ada | 8,423 |
47 | Herman | 3,688 | Josephine | 7,734 |
48 | Martin | 3,595 | Fannie | 7,527 |
49 | Jacob | 3,566 | Lucy | 7,520 |
50 | Michael | 3,560 | Dora | 7,288 |
51 | Jim | 3,520 | Agnes | 7,237 |
52 | Claude | 3,504 | Maggie | 7,072 |
53 | Ben | 3,449 | Blanche | 6,926 |
54 | Eugene | 3,430 | Katherine | 6,922 |
55 | Francis | 3,245 | Elsie | 6,647 |
56 | Grover | 3,184 | Nora | 6,521 |
57 | Raymond | 3,135 | Mamie | 6,330 |
58 | Harvey | 3,123 | Rosa | 6,157 |
59 | Clyde | 3,034 | Stella | 6,130 |
60 | Edwin | 3,011 | Daisy | 6,054 |
61 | Edgar | 3,006 | May | 5,882 |
62 | Ed | 2,957 | Effie | 5,850 |
63 | Lawrence | 2,920 | Mae | 5,647 |
64 | Bert | 2,808 | Ellen | 5,402 |
65 | Chester | 2,700 | Nettie | 5,313 |
66 | Jack | 2,685 | Ruth | 5,300 |
67 | Otto | 2,679 | Alma | 5,190 |
68 | Luther | 2,619 | Della | 5,048 |
69 | Charley | 2,550 | Lizzie | 5,035 |
70 | Guy | 2,489 | Sadie | 4,915 |
71 | Floyd | 2,477 | Sallie | 4,840 |
72 | Ira | 2,379 | Nancy | 4,793 |
73 | Ray | 2,371 | Susie | 4,780 |
74 | Hugh | 2,356 | Maud | 4,201 |
75 | Isaac | 2,311 | Flora | 4,195 |
76 | Oliver | 2,287 | Irene | 4,002 |
77 | Patrick | 2,285 | Etta | 3,973 |
78 | Homer | 2,213 | Katie | 3,907 |
79 | Theodore | 2,176 | Lydia | 3,902 |
80 | Leonard | 2,145 | Lottie | 3,888 |
81 | Leo | 2,098 | Viola | 3,806 |
82 | Alexander | 2,082 | Caroline | 3,743 |
83 | August | 2,012 | Addie | 3,739 |
84 | Harold | 2,001 | Hazel | 3,644 |
85 | Allen | 1,998 | Georgia | 3,540 |
86 | Jessie | 1,843 | Esther | 3,476 |
87 | Archie | 1,816 | Mollie | 3,470 |
88 | Philip | 1,740 | Olive | 3,456 |
89 | Stephen | 1,684 | Willie | 3,397 |
90 | Horace | 1,650 | Harriet | 3,369 |
91 | Marion | 1,624 | Emily | 3,368 |
92 | Bernard | 1,616 | Charlotte | 3,311 |
93 | Anthony | 1,611 | Amanda | 3,280 |
94 | Julius | 1,605 | Kathryn | 3,276 |
95 | Warren | 1,580 | Lulu | 3,253 |
96 | Leroy | 1,574 | Susan | 3,232 |
97 | Clifford | 1,552 | Kate | 3,194 |
98 | Eddie | 1,526 | Nannie | 3,165 |
99 | Sidney | 1,505 | Jane | 2,971 |
100 | Milton | 1,479 | Amelia | 2,957 |
101 | Leon | 1,475 | Virginia | 2,948 |
102 | Alex | 1,451 | Mildred | 2,919 |
103 | Lester | 1,441 | Beulah | 2,866 |
104 | Emil | 1,434 | Eliza | 2,851 |
105 | Dan | 1,402 | Rebecca | 2,850 |
106 | Willis | 1,388 | Ollie | 2,833 |
107 | Everett | 1,373 | Belle | 2,648 |
108 | Dave | 1,339 | Ruby | 2,604 |
109 | Leslie | 1,292 | Pauline | 2,593 |
110 | Rufus | 1,283 | Matilda | 2,533 |
111 | Alvin | 1,256 | Theresa | 2,505 |
112 | Perry | 1,255 | Hannah | 2,480 |
113 | Lloyd | 1,254 | Henrietta | 2,480 |
114 | Victor | 1,242 | Ora | 2,391 |
115 | Calvin | 1,237 | Estella | 2,321 |
116 | Harrison | 1,235 | Leona | 2,151 |
117 | Norman | 1,235 | Augusta | 2,145 |
118 | Wesley | 1,186 | Eleanor | 2,136 |
119 | Jess | 1,182 | Amy | 2,128 |
120 | Percy | 1,166 | Rachel | 2,128 |
121 | Amos | 1,161 | Sara | 2,127 |
122 | Dennis | 1,107 | Anne | 2,126 |
123 | Jerry | 1,106 | Marion | 2,109 |
124 | Nathan | 1,106 | Iva | 2,108 |
125 | Franklin | 1,098 | Ann | 2,104 |
126 | Alonzo | 1,088 | Nina | 2,093 |
127 | Matthew | 1,069 | Dorothy | 2,089 |
128 | Mack | 1,062 | Lola | 2,054 |
129 | Earnest | 1,043 | Lela | 1,915 |
130 | Gus | 1,029 | Beatrice | 1,900 |
131 | Russell | 1,023 | Josie | 1,884 |
132 | Adam | 1,020 | Sophia | 1,865 |
133 | Jay | 1,016 | Estelle | 1,841 |
134 | Wallace | 1,009 | Mayme | 1,841 |
135 | Otis | 1,006 | Barbara | 1,820 |
136 | Stanley | 997 | Evelyn | 1,817 |
137 | Adolph | 994 | Maria | 1,731 |
138 | Jake | 972 | Inez | 1,633 |
139 | Roscoe | 969 | Allie | 1,606 |
140 | Maurice | 961 | Essie | 1,554 |
141 | Melvin | 960 | Delia | 1,546 |
142 | Gilbert | 957 | Mable | 1,544 |
143 | Ross | 951 | Millie | 1,527 |
144 | Willard | 939 | Alta | 1,523 |
145 | Mark | 928 | Betty | 1,520 |
146 | Levi | 927 | Callie | 1,515 |
147 | Wilbur | 914 | Janie | 1,491 |
148 | Jose | 912 | Rosie | 1,485 |
149 | Cornelius | 911 | Victoria | 1,440 |
150 | Aaron | 910 | Ola | 1,421 |
151 | Elbert | 905 | Gladys | 1,420 |
152 | Emmett | 901 | Louisa | 1,420 |
153 | Phillip | 898 | Ina | 1,406 |
154 | Morris | 895 | Eula | 1,396 |
155 | Noah | 895 | Luella | 1,384 |
156 | Claud | 881 | Vera | 1,365 |
157 | Clinton | 867 | Lou | 1,364 |
158 | Felix | 863 | Celia | 1,363 |
159 | Moses | 859 | Nell | 1,345 |
160 | Elijah | 856 | Goldie | 1,327 |
161 | Nelson | 849 | Winifred | 1,309 |
162 | Simon | 841 | Bettie | 1,298 |
163 | Lonnie | 832 | Hilda | 1,280 |
164 | Virgil | 827 | Sophie | 1,267 |
165 | Hiram | 825 | Christine | 1,266 |
166 | Jasper | 820 | Marguerite | 1,256 |
167 | Marshall | 804 | Tillie | 1,254 |
168 | Manuel | 802 | Birdie | 1,237 |
169 | Sylvester | 796 | Rena | 1,219 |
170 | Fredrick | 783 | Eunice | 1,216 |
171 | Mike | 779 | Bertie | 1,153 |
172 | Abraham | 776 | Olga | 1,116 |
173 | Silas | 775 | Sylvia | 1,109 |
174 | Irvin | 770 | Lucille | 1,108 |
175 | Max | 765 | Bess | 1,099 |
176 | Owen | 758 | Isabelle | 1,092 |
177 | Christopher | 752 | Genevieve | 1,088 |
178 | Reuben | 742 | Leila | 1,079 |
179 | Glenn | 731 | Mathilda | 1,065 |
180 | Nicholas | 730 | Dollie | 1,063 |
181 | Ellis | 728 | Isabel | 1,053 |
182 | Marvin | 726 | Verna | 1,052 |
183 | Wiley | 726 | Bernice | 1,037 |
184 | Eli | 721 | Loretta | 1,036 |
185 | Edmund | 708 | Rhoda | 1,024 |
186 | Ollie | 706 | Cornelia | 1,020 |
187 | Cecil | 705 | Sally | 1,010 |
188 | Cleveland | 702 | Jean | 1,000 |
189 | Curtis | 695 | Alberta | 992 |
190 | Timothy | 693 | Winnie | 989 |
191 | Harley | 685 | Lelia | 987 |
192 | Jeff | 685 | Lois | 954 |
193 | Anton | 674 | Myra | 953 |
194 | Alva | 663 | Harriett | 938 |
195 | Wilson | 660 | Roxie | 933 |
196 | Irving | 654 | Adeline | 932 |
197 | Clayton | 653 | Abbie | 929 |
198 | Rudolph | 652 | Flossie | 924 |
199 | Vernon | 636 | Sue | 918 |
200 | Hubert | 634 | Christina | 916 |