Top 100 names of the 1880s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 John 89949 8.21
2 William 84881 7.75
3 James 54056 4.93
4 George 47651 4.35
5 Charles 46656 4.26
6 Frank 30967 2.83
7 Joseph 26292 2.4
8 Henry 24139 2.2
9 Robert 24074 2.2
10 Thomas 23750 2.17
11 Edward 23133 2.11
12 Harry 22649 2.07
13 Walter 18185 1.66
14 Arthur 16180 1.48
15 Fred 15602 1.42
16 Albert 14375 1.31
17 Samuel 9129 0.83
18 Clarence 8760 0.8
19 Louis 8275 0.76
20 David 7569 0.69
21 Joe 7098 0.65
22 Charlie 7091 0.65
23 Richard 7010 0.64
24 Ernest 6700 0.61
25 Roy 6565 0.6
26 Will 6196 0.57
27 Andrew 6053 0.55
28 Jesse 6003 0.55
29 Oscar 5982 0.55
30 Willie 5906 0.54
31 Daniel 5679 0.52
32 Benjamin 5407 0.49
33 Carl 5227 0.48
34 Sam 5069 0.46
35 Alfred 4837 0.44
36 Earl 4830 0.44
37 Peter 4656 0.43
38 Elmer 4627 0.42
39 Frederick 4603 0.42
40 Howard 4349 0.4
41 Lewis 4341 0.4
42 Ralph 4269 0.39
43 Herbert 4257 0.39
44 Paul 4196 0.38
45 Lee 3945 0.36
46 Tom 3786 0.35
47 Herman 3689 0.34
48 Martin 3595 0.33
49 Jacob 3566 0.33
50 Michael 3558 0.32
51 Jim 3520 0.32
52 Claude 3504 0.32
53 Ben 3449 0.31
54 Eugene 3430 0.31
55 Francis 3244 0.3
56 Grover 3184 0.29
57 Raymond 3135 0.29
58 Harvey 3123 0.29
59 Clyde 3034 0.28
60 Edwin 3011 0.27
61 Edgar 3006 0.27
62 Ed 2957 0.27
63 Lawrence 2919 0.27
64 Bert 2808 0.26
65 Chester 2699 0.25
66 Jack 2684 0.25
67 Otto 2679 0.24
68 Luther 2619 0.24
69 Charley 2550 0.23
70 Guy 2489 0.23
71 Floyd 2476 0.23
72 Ira 2379 0.22
73 Ray 2371 0.22
74 Hugh 2355 0.21
75 Isaac 2311 0.21
76 Oliver 2287 0.21
77 Patrick 2285 0.21
78 Homer 2213 0.2
79 Theodore 2176 0.2
80 Leonard 2144 0.2
81 Leo 2098 0.19
82 Alexander 2081 0.19
83 August 2012 0.18
84 Harold 2001 0.18
85 Allen 1998 0.18
86 Jessie 1843 0.17
87 Archie 1816 0.17
88 Philip 1741 0.16
89 Stephen 1684 0.15
90 Horace 1650 0.15
91 Marion 1624 0.15
92 Bernard 1616 0.15
93 Anthony 1611 0.15
94 Julius 1605 0.15
95 Warren 1580 0.14
96 Leroy 1574 0.14
97 Clifford 1552 0.14
98 Eddie 1526 0.14
99 Sidney 1505 0.14
100 Milton 1479 0.14

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 91668 6.98
2 Anna 38159 2.91
3 Emma 25404 1.94
4 Elizabeth 25006 1.9
5 Margaret 21799 1.66
6 Minnie 21724 1.65
7 Ida 18283 1.39
8 Bertha 18263 1.39
9 Clara 17717 1.35
10 Alice 17142 1.31
11 Annie 17027 1.3
12 Florence 16699 1.27
13 Bessie 15373 1.17
14 Grace 15227 1.16
15 Ethel 14866 1.13
16 Sarah 14715 1.12
17 Ella 13936 1.06
18 Martha 13911 1.06
19 Nellie 13761 1.05
20 Mabel 13096 1.0
21 Laura 12806 0.98
22 Carrie 12514 0.95
23 Cora 11954 0.91
24 Helen 11496 0.88
25 Maude 11454 0.87
26 Lillian 11270 0.86
27 Gertrude 11100 0.85
28 Rose 11064 0.84
29 Edna 11020 0.84
30 Pearl 10903 0.83
31 Edith 10881 0.83
32 Jennie 10220 0.78
33 Hattie 10199 0.78
34 Mattie 9844 0.75
35 Julia 9800 0.75
36 Eva 9800 0.75
37 Myrtle 9769 0.74
38 Louise 9596 0.73
39 Lillie 9467 0.72
40 Jessie 9187 0.7
41 Frances 9182 0.7
42 Catherine 8915 0.68
43 Lula 8882 0.68
44 Lena 8691 0.66
45 Marie 8490 0.65
46 Ada 8423 0.64
47 Josephine 7732 0.59
48 Fannie 7527 0.57
49 Lucy 7520 0.57
50 Dora 7288 0.56
51 Agnes 7237 0.55
52 Maggie 7072 0.54
53 Blanche 6925 0.53
54 Katherine 6922 0.53
55 Elsie 6648 0.51
56 Nora 6521 0.5
57 Mamie 6330 0.48
58 Rosa 6157 0.47
59 Stella 6130 0.47
60 Daisy 6054 0.46
61 May 5881 0.45
62 Effie 5850 0.45
63 Mae 5647 0.43
64 Ellen 5402 0.41
65 Nettie 5313 0.4
66 Ruth 5298 0.4
67 Alma 5190 0.4
68 Della 5048 0.38
69 Lizzie 5035 0.38
70 Sadie 4915 0.37
71 Sallie 4840 0.37
72 Nancy 4792 0.37
73 Susie 4780 0.36
74 Maud 4201 0.32
75 Flora 4195 0.32
76 Irene 4002 0.3
77 Etta 3973 0.3
78 Katie 3907 0.3
79 Lydia 3902 0.3
80 Lottie 3888 0.3
81 Viola 3806 0.29
82 Caroline 3743 0.29
83 Addie 3739 0.28
84 Hazel 3644 0.28
85 Georgia 3540 0.27
86 Esther 3476 0.26
87 Mollie 3471 0.26
88 Olive 3456 0.26
89 Willie 3397 0.26
90 Harriet 3369 0.26
91 Emily 3368 0.26
92 Charlotte 3311 0.25
93 Amanda 3280 0.25
94 Kathryn 3276 0.25
95 Lulu 3253 0.25
96 Susan 3231 0.25
97 Kate 3194 0.24
98 Nannie 3165 0.24
99 Jane 2971 0.23
100 Amelia 2957 0.23