Top baby names of 1881

The 100 most popular boy and girl names in the US in 1881, from Social Security Administration birth records.

Top boy names

  1. 1John8,768
  2. 2William8,524
  3. 3James5,441
  4. 4George4,664
  5. 5Charles4,636
  6. 6Frank2,834
  7. 7Joseph2,456
  8. 8Henry2,339
  9. 9Thomas2,282
  10. 10Edward2,177
  11. 11Robert2,140
  12. 12Harry2,002
  13. 13Walter1,670
  14. 14Arthur1,575
  15. 15Fred1,418
  16. 16Albert1,319
  17. 17Samuel919
  18. 18David750
  19. 19Louis746
  20. 20Charlie668
  21. 21Clarence668
  22. 22Richard641
  23. 23Joe639
  24. 24Andrew588
  25. 25Ernest571
  26. 26Will550
  27. 27Jesse536
  28. 28Oscar530
  29. 29Daniel527
  30. 30Willie498
  31. 31Benjamin481
  32. 32Sam481
  33. 33Alfred466
  34. 34Roy440
  35. 35Lewis439
  36. 36Frederick433
  37. 37Peter428
  38. 38Elmer388
  39. 39Jacob381
  40. 40Herbert369
  41. 41Carl359
  42. 42Howard359
  43. 43Tom349
  44. 44Lee342
  45. 45Ralph329
  46. 46Martin327
  47. 47Jim323
  48. 48Earl314
  49. 49Eugene314
  50. 50Bert312
  51. 51Edgar312
  52. 52Herman304
  53. 53Claude302
  54. 54Michael298
  55. 55Paul291
  56. 56Ben289
  57. 57Ira286
  58. 58Harvey282
  59. 59Chester274
  60. 60Edwin274
  61. 61Ed272
  62. 62Charley266
  63. 63Francis259
  64. 64Isaac258
  65. 65Luther249
  66. 66Lawrence244
  67. 67Oliver238
  68. 68Clyde232
  69. 69Otto221
  70. 70Hugh219
  71. 71Alexander209
  72. 72Leonard206
  73. 73Jack197
  74. 74Raymond195
  75. 75Patrick188
  76. 76Guy186
  77. 77Homer181
  78. 78Floyd178
  79. 79Theodore178
  80. 80Allen172
  81. 81August172
  82. 82Marion162
  83. 83Philip156
  84. 84Warren156
  85. 85Horace152
  86. 86Dan148
  87. 87Ray148
  88. 88Garfield147
  89. 89Stephen147
  90. 90Emil145
  91. 91Jessie143
  92. 92Milton143
  93. 93Willis142
  94. 94Calvin138
  95. 95Dave135
  96. 96Bernard130
  97. 97Julius129
  98. 98Leroy129
  99. 99Sidney129
  100. 100Anthony128

Top girl names

  1. 1Mary6,919
  2. 2Anna2,698
  3. 3Emma2,034
  4. 4Elizabeth1,852
  5. 5Margaret1,658
  6. 6Minnie1,653
  7. 7Ida1,439
  8. 8Annie1,326
  9. 9Bertha1,324
  10. 10Alice1,308
  11. 11Clara1,242
  12. 12Sarah1,226
  13. 13Ella1,148
  14. 14Nellie1,096
  15. 15Grace1,089
  16. 16Florence1,046
  17. 17Martha1,044
  18. 18Cora969
  19. 19Laura962
  20. 20Carrie958
  21. 21Maude923
  22. 22Bessie903
  23. 23Mabel893
  24. 24Gertrude791
  25. 25Ethel788
  26. 26Jennie784
  27. 27Edith778
  28. 28Hattie775
  29. 29Mattie754
  30. 30Julia737
  31. 31Rose734
  32. 32Lillian723
  33. 33Lillie678
  34. 34Eva661
  35. 35Jessie661
  36. 36Lula655
  37. 37Myrtle643
  38. 38Pearl641
  39. 39Edna637
  40. 40Catherine635
  41. 41Ada628
  42. 42Louise617
  43. 43Helen612
  44. 44Lucy611
  45. 45Frances586
  46. 46Dora585
  47. 47Fannie565
  48. 48Josephine563
  49. 49Daisy562
  50. 50Lena555
  51. 51Maggie532
  52. 52Katherine504
  53. 53Rosa500
  54. 54Marie499
  55. 55Nora498
  56. 56Effie463
  57. 57Blanche456
  58. 58May451
  59. 59Nancy429
  60. 60Della428
  61. 61Agnes424
  62. 62Nettie419
  63. 63Sallie416
  64. 64Stella416
  65. 65Ellen413
  66. 66Mamie412
  67. 67Lizzie396
  68. 68Susie367
  69. 69Sadie366
  70. 70Elsie344
  71. 71Maud328
  72. 72Flora317
  73. 73Caroline316
  74. 74Etta316
  75. 75Mae314
  76. 76Lulu313
  77. 77Lydia299
  78. 78Alma293
  79. 79Susan292
  80. 80Lottie289
  81. 81Addie287
  82. 82Mollie281
  83. 83Katie279
  84. 84Ruth275
  85. 85Harriet270
  86. 86Kate267
  87. 87Amanda263
  88. 88Nannie258
  89. 89Georgia256
  90. 90Emily244
  91. 91Eliza238
  92. 92Viola237
  93. 93Amelia235
  94. 94Willie229
  95. 95Charlotte227
  96. 96Rebecca226
  97. 97Belle219
  98. 98Kathryn218
  99. 99Jane216
  100. 100Olive211