Top baby names of 1880

The 100 most popular boy and girl names in the US in 1880, from Social Security Administration birth records.

Top boy names

  1. 1John9,655
  2. 2William9,532
  3. 3James5,927
  4. 4Charles5,348
  5. 5George5,126
  6. 6Frank3,242
  7. 7Joseph2,632
  8. 8Thomas2,534
  9. 9Henry2,444
  10. 10Robert2,415
  11. 11Edward2,364
  12. 12Harry2,152
  13. 13Walter1,755
  14. 14Arthur1,599
  15. 15Fred1,569
  16. 16Albert1,493
  17. 17Samuel1,024
  18. 18David869
  19. 19Louis828
  20. 20Joe731
  21. 21Charlie730
  22. 22Clarence730
  23. 23Richard728
  24. 24Andrew644
  25. 25Daniel643
  26. 26Ernest615
  27. 27Will588
  28. 28Jesse569
  29. 29Oscar544
  30. 30Lewis517
  31. 31Peter496
  32. 32Benjamin490
  33. 33Frederick483
  34. 34Willie476
  35. 35Alfred469
  36. 36Sam457
  37. 37Roy440
  38. 38Herbert424
  39. 39Jacob404
  40. 40Tom399
  41. 41Elmer373
  42. 42Carl372
  43. 43Lee361
  44. 44Howard357
  45. 45Martin357
  46. 46Michael354
  47. 47Bert348
  48. 48Herman347
  49. 49Jim345
  50. 50Francis344
  51. 51Harvey344
  52. 52Earl335
  53. 53Eugene328
  54. 54Ralph317
  55. 55Ed310
  56. 56Claude309
  57. 57Edwin309
  58. 58Ben305
  59. 59Charley305
  60. 60Paul301
  61. 61Edgar283
  62. 62Isaac274
  63. 63Otto271
  64. 64Luther260
  65. 65Lawrence257
  66. 66Ira249
  67. 67Patrick248
  68. 68Guy239
  69. 69Oliver234
  70. 70Theodore232
  71. 71Hugh224
  72. 72Clyde221
  73. 73Alexander211
  74. 74August210
  75. 75Floyd206
  76. 76Homer205
  77. 77Jack204
  78. 78Leonard200
  79. 79Horace199
  80. 80Marion189
  81. 81Philip186
  82. 82Allen184
  83. 83Archie183
  84. 84Stephen176
  85. 85Chester168
  86. 86Willis166
  87. 87Raymond165
  88. 88Rufus163
  89. 89Warren158
  90. 90Jessie154
  91. 91Milton149
  92. 92Alex147
  93. 93Leo147
  94. 94Julius143
  95. 95Ray142
  96. 96Sidney142
  97. 97Bernard140
  98. 98Dan140
  99. 99Jerry136
  100. 100Calvin134

Top girl names

  1. 1Mary7,065
  2. 2Anna2,604
  3. 3Emma2,003
  4. 4Elizabeth1,939
  5. 5Minnie1,746
  6. 6Margaret1,578
  7. 7Ida1,472
  8. 8Alice1,414
  9. 9Bertha1,320
  10. 10Sarah1,288
  11. 11Annie1,258
  12. 12Clara1,226
  13. 13Ella1,156
  14. 14Florence1,063
  15. 15Cora1,045
  16. 16Martha1,040
  17. 17Laura1,012
  18. 18Nellie995
  19. 19Grace982
  20. 20Carrie949
  21. 21Maude859
  22. 22Mabel808
  23. 23Bessie796
  24. 24Jennie793
  25. 25Gertrude787
  26. 26Julia783
  27. 27Hattie769
  28. 28Edith768
  29. 29Mattie704
  30. 30Rose700
  31. 31Catherine688
  32. 32Lillian672
  33. 33Ada652
  34. 34Lillie647
  35. 35Helen636
  36. 36Jessie635
  37. 37Louise635
  38. 38Ethel633
  39. 39Lula621
  40. 40Myrtle615
  41. 41Eva614
  42. 42Frances605
  43. 43Lena603
  44. 44Lucy590
  45. 45Edna588
  46. 46Maggie582
  47. 47Pearl569
  48. 48Daisy564
  49. 49Fannie560
  50. 50Josephine544
  51. 51Dora524
  52. 52Rosa507
  53. 53Katherine502
  54. 54Agnes473
  55. 55Marie471
  56. 56Nora471
  57. 57May462
  58. 58Mamie436
  59. 59Blanche427
  60. 60Stella414
  61. 61Ellen411
  62. 62Nancy410
  63. 63Effie406
  64. 64Sallie404
  65. 65Nettie403
  66. 66Della391
  67. 67Lizzie388
  68. 68Flora365
  69. 69Susie361
  70. 70Maud345
  71. 71Mae344
  72. 72Etta323
  73. 73Harriet319
  74. 74Sadie317
  75. 75Caroline306
  76. 76Katie303
  77. 77Lydia302
  78. 78Elsie301
  79. 79Kate299
  80. 80Susan286
  81. 81Mollie283
  82. 82Alma277
  83. 83Addie274
  84. 84Georgia259
  85. 85Eliza252
  86. 86Lulu249
  87. 87Nannie248
  88. 88Lottie245
  89. 89Amanda241
  90. 90Belle238
  91. 91Charlotte237
  92. 92Rebecca236
  93. 93Ruth234
  94. 94Viola229
  95. 95Olive224
  96. 96Amelia221
  97. 97Hannah221
  98. 98Jane215
  99. 99Virginia213
  100. 100Emily210