Popular baby names of 1883

In 1883, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (8,012 babies) and John for boys (8,894). Social Security records show 216,945 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 1,054 girls' names and 1,030 boys' names.

1883 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 42.6% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Amelia, Irene.
New in the boys' top 100: Anthony, Everett, Bernard, Leon.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1883

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1882
1	Mary	8,012	–
2	Anna	3,306	–
3	Emma	2,367	–
4	Elizabeth	2,255	–
5	Minnie	2,035	–
6	Margaret	1,881	–
7	Bertha	1,681	↑2
8	Ida	1,634	↓1
9	Annie	1,589	↑1
10	Clara	1,548	↑1
11	Alice	1,488	↓3
12	Sarah	1,359	–
13	Grace	1,307	↑3
14	Florence	1,298	↓1
15	Martha	1,255	↓1
16	Ella	1,251	↓1
17	Nellie	1,246	↑2
18	Bessie	1,241	–
19	Laura	1,183	↓2
20	Ethel	1,132	↑4
21	Carrie	1,108	↑1
22	Maude	1,096	↓2
23	Mabel	1,086	–
24	Cora	1,081	↓3
25	Gertrude	923	↑1
26	Lillian	907	↑6
27	Jennie	904	–
28	Hattie	895	↑2
29	Pearl	886	↑4
30	Mattie	883	↓5
31	Edith	881	↓2
32	Eva	879	↑9
33	Rose	877	↓5
34	Julia	875	↑1
35	Helen	862	↓4
36	Catherine	853	↑6
37	Myrtle	851	↑1
38	Louise	847	↓4
39	Lillie	837	↓3
40	Jessie	834	↓3
41	Edna	823	↓2
42	Lena	800	↑1
43	Lula	790	↓3
44	Ada	778	–
45	Frances	710	–
46	Josephine	697	↑3
47	Fannie	696	–
48	Lucy	663	↓2
49	Maggie	663	↑1
50	Daisy	659	↓2
51	Dora	640	–
52	Agnes	623	↑2
53	Marie	622	–
54	Blanche	610	↑2
55	Nora	589	↑3
56	Katherine	583	↓4
57	May	532	↑2
58	Mamie	531	↑2
59	Stella	529	↑2
60	Effie	507	↓5
61	Rosa	507	↓4
62	Ellen	500	↑2
63	Lizzie	496	↓1
64	Nettie	494	↑4
65	Elsie	479	–
66	Della	453	–
67	Susie	436	↑3
68	Maud	425	↑1
69	Sadie	425	↑3
70	Mae	423	↑1
71	Nancy	412	↓4
72	Sallie	409	↓9
73	Flora	387	–
74	Ruth	387	↑6
75	Lydia	378	↑1
76	Lottie	372	↑6
77	Addie	362	–
78	Katie	361	–
79	Alma	359	↓5
80	Etta	352	↓5
81	Emily	342	↑14
82	Harriet	341	↑8
83	Viola	331	–
84	Georgia	325	↓3
85	Susan	322	↓6
86	Caroline	321	↓1
87	Nannie	305	↓1
88	Lulu	302	↑5
89	Mollie	301	↓5
90	Kate	294	↓3
91	Olive	294	↓3
92	Charlotte	291	↑8
93	Kathryn	290	↑3
94	Amanda	287	↓3
95	Eliza	274	↓3
96	Willie	264	↓7
97	Amelia	262	new
98	Belle	262	–
99	Esther	260	↓2
100	Irene	260	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1882
1	John	8,894	–
2	William	8,387	–
3	James	5,223	–
4	Charles	4,826	↑1
5	George	4,736	↓1
6	Frank	2,986	–
7	Joseph	2,515	–
8	Henry	2,383	↑1
9	Robert	2,334	↑1
10	Thomas	2,316	↓2
11	Edward	2,250	–
12	Harry	2,110	–
13	Walter	1,705	–
14	Arthur	1,591	–
15	Fred	1,502	–
16	Albert	1,496	–
17	Samuel	937	–
18	Clarence	837	↑2
19	Louis	796	↓1
20	David	734	↓1
21	Richard	649	↑1
22	Charlie	643	↓1
23	Ernest	641	↑4
24	Andrew	623	–
25	Daniel	615	↑4
26	Joe	607	↓3
27	Oscar	607	↑1
28	Jesse	584	↓2
29	Will	576	↓4
30	Roy	556	↑3
31	Benjamin	508	↑3
32	Carl	480	↑3
33	Sam	476	↓3
34	Willie	474	↓3
35	Alfred	457	↓3
36	Peter	450	–
37	Frederick	438	–
38	Lewis	431	↑1
39	Howard	429	↑3
40	Elmer	423	↓2
41	Herbert	422	↓1
42	Earl	389	↑7
43	Lee	388	↓2
44	Tom	386	↑3
45	Ralph	385	↓2
46	Martin	377	↑2
47	Herman	359	↑4
48	Paul	358	↓4
49	Jacob	356	↓3
50	Clyde	336	↑12
51	Eugene	325	↑2
52	Jim	322	↓7
53	Harvey	318	↑8
54	Claude	315	↓4
55	Michael	307	↑2
56	Ben	306	↓1
57	Edwin	299	↑2
58	Edgar	292	–
59	Chester	290	↑1
60	Francis	285	↓4
61	Lawrence	282	↑2
62	Bert	273	↓10
63	Charley	254	↑4
64	Ed	247	↓10
65	Jack	242	↑1
66	Otto	240	↑3
67	Ira	239	↑4
68	Raymond	233	↑10
69	Luther	229	↓5
70	Isaac	227	↓5
71	Guy	224	↓3
72	Oliver	219	–
73	Floyd	217	↑3
74	Hugh	215	↓1
75	Patrick	213	↓5
76	Homer	210	↑9
77	August	209	↓3
78	Ray	202	↑5
79	Leonard	200	↓2
80	Alexander	187	↓1
81	Theodore	185	↓6
82	Allen	175	↓2
83	Horace	167	↑5
84	Archie	166	↓2
85	Philip	166	↑2
86	Sidney	165	↑14
87	Marion	163	↑6
88	Julius	160	↑3
89	Jessie	151	↓5
90	Milton	149	↑5
91	Warren	146	↓5
92	Anthony	143	new
93	Everett	143	new
94	Leroy	143	↑2
95	Leo	142	↑4
96	Bernard	141	new
97	Leon	140	new
98	Stephen	140	↓17
99	Emil	139	↓7
100	Clifford	138	↓6

Every name given in 1883

All 2,084 names Social Security recorded for 1883, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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