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Most popular baby names of 1884

In 1884, the most popular names in the US were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary9,217
  2. 2Anna3,860
  3. 3Emma2,587
  4. 4Elizabeth2,549
  5. 5Minnie2,243
  6. 6Margaret2,142
  7. 7Ida1,882
  8. 8Clara1,852
  9. 9Bertha1,789
  10. 10Annie1,739
  11. 11Alice1,732
  12. 12Florence1,570
  13. 13Grace1,525
  14. 14Sarah1,518
  15. 15Bessie1,451
  16. 16Martha1,443
  17. 17Nellie1,417
  18. 18Ethel1,386
  19. 19Ella1,374
  20. 20Mabel1,270
  21. 21Laura1,246
  22. 22Carrie1,245
  23. 23Cora1,244
  24. 24Maude1,225
  25. 25Pearl1,138
  26. 26Lillian1,109
  27. 27Edith1,104
  28. 28Gertrude1,063
  29. 29Jennie1,063
  30. 30Rose1,060
  31. 31Mattie1,007
  32. 32Hattie993
  33. 33Helen986
  34. 34Myrtle979
  35. 35Louise962
  36. 36Edna957
  37. 37Julia935
  38. 38Eva929
  39. 39Lula916
  40. 40Lillie911
  41. 41Lena906
  42. 42Jessie888
  43. 43Catherine874
  44. 44Ada854
  45. 45Josephine800
  46. 46Frances789
  47. 47Lucy787
  48. 48Maggie749
  49. 49Marie746
  50. 50Fannie738
  51. 51Dora720
  52. 52Blanche711
  53. 53Agnes703
  54. 54Daisy685
  55. 55Katherine671
  56. 56Nora648
  57. 57Mamie609
  58. 58Rosa607
  59. 59Ellen597
  60. 60Stella584
  61. 61May564
  62. 62Effie558
  63. 63Elsie549
  64. 64Mae542
  65. 65Della541
  66. 66Lizzie523
  67. 67Nettie522
  68. 68Nancy520
  69. 69Sallie494
  70. 70Alma480
  71. 71Sadie466
  72. 72Maud461
  73. 73Susie455
  74. 74Ruth442
  75. 75Etta423
  76. 76Lottie397
  77. 77Flora393
  78. 78Caroline380
  79. 79Mollie374
  80. 80Lydia369
  81. 81Emily364
  82. 82Viola362
  83. 83Katie360
  84. 84Olive360
  85. 85Addie356
  86. 86Charlotte344
  87. 87Kate344
  88. 88Kathryn344
  89. 89Lulu344
  90. 90Georgia341
  91. 91Harriet339
  92. 92Amanda337
  93. 93Willie332
  94. 94Susan326
  95. 95Irene324
  96. 96Amelia315
  97. 97Nannie314
  98. 98Jane295
  99. 99Esther291
  100. 100Belle286

Boys

  1. 1John9,388
  2. 2William8,897
  3. 3James5,693
  4. 4George4,961
  5. 5Charles4,802
  6. 6Frank3,218
  7. 7Joseph2,707
  8. 8Thomas2,572
  9. 9Henry2,474
  10. 10Robert2,468
  11. 11Edward2,439
  12. 12Harry2,323
  13. 13Walter1,902
  14. 14Arthur1,690
  15. 15Fred1,638
  16. 16Albert1,435
  17. 17Samuel945
  18. 18Clarence889
  19. 19Louis886
  20. 20Grover802
  21. 21David761
  22. 22Joe759
  23. 23Richard749
  24. 24Charlie746
  25. 25Ernest690
  26. 26Roy680
  27. 27Jesse670
  28. 28Will650
  29. 29Andrew616
  30. 30Oscar615
  31. 31Willie578
  32. 32Daniel573
  33. 33Sam533
  34. 34Peter524
  35. 35Elmer523
  36. 36Carl521
  37. 37Alfred520
  38. 38Benjamin509
  39. 39Lewis476
  40. 40Earl464
  41. 41Ralph464
  42. 42Frederick454
  43. 43Lee435
  44. 44Howard432
  45. 45Paul422
  46. 46Herbert421
  47. 47Tom394
  48. 48Herman385
  49. 49Martin385
  50. 50Jacob381
  51. 51Michael373
  52. 52Ben367
  53. 53Harvey358
  54. 54Claude353
  55. 55Jim346
  56. 56Clyde345
  57. 57Francis340
  58. 58Chester338
  59. 59Eugene321
  60. 60Ed314
  61. 61Edwin308
  62. 62Raymond299
  63. 63Charley290
  64. 64Edgar290
  65. 65Otto288
  66. 66Ira284
  67. 67Bert280
  68. 68Jack274
  69. 69Luther273
  70. 70Floyd263
  71. 71Lawrence262
  72. 72Guy260
  73. 73Hugh246
  74. 74Oliver245
  75. 75Isaac243
  76. 76Alexander236
  77. 77Ray232
  78. 78Patrick222
  79. 79Homer216
  80. 80August213
  81. 81Theodore211
  82. 82Archie206
  83. 83Leonard206
  84. 84Leo192
  85. 85Harold191
  86. 86Marion184
  87. 87Allen182
  88. 88Anthony179
  89. 89Eddie179
  90. 90Jessie177
  91. 91Emil175
  92. 92Cleveland174
  93. 93Stephen165
  94. 94Warren164
  95. 95Julius162
  96. 96Philip161
  97. 97Dave159
  98. 98Horace154
  99. 99Leroy154
  100. 100Dan151

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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