Popular names of the 1880s
Across the 1880s, the most popular baby names in the US were Mary for girls (91,668 babies) and John for boys (89,949).
Top 25 names of the 1880s
| # | Name | Babies in the 1880s | Alive today (est.) | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 91,668 | 1,663,000 | 70 |
| 2 | Anna | 38,159 | 433,000 | 34 |
| 3 | Emma | 25,404 | 567,000 | 17 |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 25,006 | 1,130,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Margaret | 21,799 | 470,000 | 68 |
| 6 | Minnie | 21,724 | 20,000 | 77 |
| 7 | Ida | 18,283 | 34,000 | 71 |
| 8 | Bertha | 18,263 | 35,000 | 73 |
| 9 | Clara | 17,717 | 103,000 | 22 |
| 10 | Alice | 17,142 | 206,000 | 65 |
| 11 | Annie | 17,027 | 108,000 | 64 |
| 12 | Florence | 16,699 | 42,000 | 75 |
| 13 | Bessie | 15,373 | 20,000 | 77 |
| 14 | Grace | 15,227 | 310,000 | 22 |
| 15 | Ethel | 14,866 | 34,000 | 78 |
| 16 | Sarah | 14,715 | 883,000 | 38 |
| 17 | Ella | 13,936 | 224,000 | 15 |
| 18 | Martha | 13,911 | 224,000 | 71 |
| 19 | Nellie | 13,761 | 25,000 | 71 |
| 20 | Mabel | 13,096 | 21,000 | 13 |
| 21 | Laura | 12,806 | 602,000 | 53 |
| 22 | Carrie | 12,514 | 162,000 | 51 |
| 23 | Cora | 11,954 | 74,000 | 13 |
| 24 | Helen | 11,496 | 200,000 | 73 |
| 25 | Maude | 11,454 | 3,000 | 72 |
| # | Name | Babies in the 1880s | Alive today (est.) | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 89,949 | 2,676,000 | 59 |
| 2 | William | 84,881 | 2,137,000 | 55 |
| 3 | James | 54,055 | 2,864,000 | 58 |
| 4 | George | 47,651 | 530,000 | 63 |
| 5 | Charles | 46,656 | 1,170,000 | 59 |
| 6 | Frank | 30,967 | 333,000 | 63 |
| 7 | Joseph | 26,292 | 1,655,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Henry | 24,139 | 378,000 | 23 |
| 9 | Robert | 24,074 | 2,523,000 | 61 |
| 10 | Thomas | 23,750 | 1,426,000 | 58 |
| 11 | Edward | 23,133 | 575,000 | 61 |
| 12 | Harry | 22,649 | 110,000 | 68 |
| 13 | Walter | 18,185 | 207,000 | 64 |
| 14 | Arthur | 16,180 | 200,000 | 62 |
| 15 | Fred | 15,602 | 93,000 | 70 |
| 16 | Albert | 14,375 | 167,000 | 62 |
| 17 | Samuel | 9,129 | 621,000 | 28 |
| 18 | Clarence | 8,760 | 80,000 | 66 |
| 19 | Louis | 8,275 | 164,000 | 58 |
| 20 | David | 7,569 | 2,659,000 | 56 |
| 21 | Joe | 7,098 | 188,000 | 64 |
| 22 | Charlie | 7,091 | 81,000 | 34 |
| 23 | Richard | 7,010 | 1,406,000 | 63 |
| 24 | Ernest | 6,700 | 109,000 | 64 |
| 25 | Roy | 6,565 | 163,000 | 65 |
Counts sum the top 100 of each year, so a name popular in only part of the decade can be undercounted. Living estimates use SSA life tables; see methods.