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 1,177,161 male births and 1,399,569 female births

Popular names of the period 1880s Males Females Rank Name Number Name Number 1 John 89,950 Mary 91,668 2 William 84,881 Anna 38,159 3 James 54,056 Emma 25,404 4 George 47,651 Elizabeth 25,006 5 Charles 46,656 Margaret 21,799 6 Frank 30,967 Minnie 21,724 7 Joseph 26,292 Ida 18,283 8 Henry 24,139 Bertha 18,263 9 Robert 24,074 Clara 17,717 10 Thomas 23,750 Alice 17,142 11 Edward 23,133 Annie 17,027 12 Harry 22,649 Florence 16,699 13 Walter 18,185 Bessie 15,373 14 Arthur 16,180 Grace 15,227 15 Fred 15,602 Ethel 14,866 16 Albert 14,375 Sarah 14,715 17 Samuel 9,129 Ella 13,936 18 Clarence 8,760 Martha 13,911 19 Louis 8,275 Nellie 13,761 20 David 7,569 Mabel 13,096 21 Joe 7,097 Laura 12,806 22 Charlie 7,091 Carrie 12,514 23 Richard 7,010 Cora 11,954 24 Ernest 6,700 Helen 11,496 25 Roy 6,565 Maude 11,454 26 Will 6,196 Lillian 11,270 27 Andrew 6,053 Gertrude 11,100 28 Jesse 6,003 Rose 11,064 29 Oscar 5,982 Edna 11,020 30 Willie 5,906 Pearl 10,903 31 Daniel 5,679 Edith 10,881 32 Benjamin 5,407 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 4,349 Jessie 9,186 41 Lewis 4,341 Frances 9,182 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 3,689 Josephine 7,732 48 Martin 3,595 Fannie 7,527 49 Jacob 3,566 Lucy 7,520 50 Michael 3,559 Dora 7,288 51 Jim 3,520 Agnes 7,237 52 Claude 3,504 Maggie 7,072 53 Ben 3,449 Blanche 6,925 54 Eugene 3,430 Katherine 6,922 55 Francis 3,244 Elsie 6,648 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 5,881 62 Ed 2,957 Effie 5,850 63 Lawrence 2,919 Mae 5,647 64 Bert 2,808 Ellen 5,402 65 Chester 2,699 Nettie 5,313 66 Jack 2,684 Ruth 5,298 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 2,476 Sallie 4,840 72 Ira 2,379 Nancy 4,792 73 Ray 2,371 Susie 4,780 74 Hugh 2,355 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 2,144 Lottie 3,888 81 Leo 2,098 Viola 3,806 82 Alexander 2,081 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 3,471 88 Philip 1,741 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 3,231 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 1,440 Beulah 2,866 104 Emil 1,434 Eliza 2,851 105 Dan 1,402 Rebecca 2,849 106 Willis 1,388 Ollie 2,832 107 Everett 1,374 Belle 2,648 108 Dave 1,339 Ruby 2,603 109 Leslie 1,292 Pauline 2,594 110 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 1,236 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 Rachel 2,128 120 Percy 1,166 Amy 2,127 121 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 1,068 Dorothy 2,088 128 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 1,732 138 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 1,519 146 Levi 927 Callie 1,515 147 Wilbur 914 Janie 1,491 148 Cornelius 911 Rosie 1,485 149 Jose 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 Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2020. 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