Most Popular Baby Names of the 1880s

The top U.S. baby names across the 1880s (1880–1889), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Mary for girls and John for boys.

Girls — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	91,668
2	Anna	38,159
3	Emma	25,404
4	Elizabeth	25,006
5	Margaret	21,799
6	Minnie	21,724
7	Ida	18,283
8	Bertha	18,264
9	Clara	17,717
10	Alice	17,142
11	Annie	17,027
12	Florence	16,699
13	Bessie	15,373
14	Grace	15,227
15	Ethel	14,866
16	Sarah	14,715
17	Ella	13,936
18	Martha	13,911
19	Nellie	13,761
20	Mabel	13,096
21	Laura	12,806
22	Carrie	12,514
23	Cora	11,954
24	Helen	11,496
25	Maude	11,454
26	Lillian	11,270
27	Gertrude	11,100
28	Rose	11,064
29	Edna	11,020
30	Pearl	10,903
31	Edith	10,881
32	Jennie	10,220
33	Hattie	10,199
34	Mattie	9,844
35	Eva	9,800
36	Julia	9,800
37	Myrtle	9,769
38	Louise	9,596
39	Lillie	9,467
40	Jessie	9,187
41	Frances	9,182
42	Catherine	8,915
43	Lula	8,882
44	Lena	8,691
45	Marie	8,490
46	Ada	8,423
47	Josephine	7,732
48	Fannie	7,527
49	Lucy	7,520
50	Dora	7,288

Boys — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	John	89,949
2	William	84,881
3	James	54,056
4	George	47,651
5	Charles	46,656
6	Frank	30,967
7	Joseph	26,292
8	Henry	24,139
9	Robert	24,074
10	Thomas	23,750
11	Edward	23,133
12	Harry	22,649
13	Walter	18,185
14	Arthur	16,180
15	Fred	15,602
16	Albert	14,375
17	Samuel	9,129
18	Clarence	8,760
19	Louis	8,275
20	David	7,569
21	Joe	7,098
22	Charlie	7,091
23	Richard	7,010
24	Ernest	6,700
25	Roy	6,565
26	Will	6,196
27	Andrew	6,053
28	Jesse	6,003
29	Oscar	5,982
30	Willie	5,906
31	Daniel	5,679
32	Benjamin	5,407
33	Carl	5,227
34	Sam	5,069
35	Alfred	4,837
36	Earl	4,830
37	Peter	4,656
38	Elmer	4,627
39	Frederick	4,603
40	Howard	4,349
41	Lewis	4,341
42	Ralph	4,269
43	Herbert	4,257
44	Paul	4,196
45	Lee	3,945
46	Tom	3,786
47	Herman	3,689
48	Martin	3,595
49	Jacob	3,566
50	Michael	3,558