Top Names of 1882

The most popular names recorded in 1882 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary8,148
2Anna3,143
3Emma2,303
4Elizabeth2,186
5Minnie2,004
6Margaret1,821
7Ida1,673
8Alice1,542
9Bertha1,508
10Annie1,492
11Clara1,490
12Sarah1,410
13Florence1,322
14Martha1,229
15Ella1,206
16Grace1,195
17Laura1,151
18Bessie1,144
19Nellie1,138
20Maude1,089
21Cora1,076
22Carrie1,037
23Mabel997
24Ethel989
25Mattie966
26Gertrude939
27Jennie934
28Rose886
29Edith876
30Hattie859
31Helen838
32Lillian830
33Pearl824
34Louise813
35Julia811
36Lillie810
37Jessie806
38Myrtle803
39Edna783
40Lula780
41Eva765
42Catherine726
43Lena697
44Ada689
45Frances681
46Lucy673
47Fannie650
48Daisy648
49Josephine638
50Maggie627

Boys

#NameBabies
1John9,557
2William9,298
3James5,892
4George5,193
5Charles5,091
6Frank3,176
7Joseph2,670
8Thomas2,610
9Henry2,579
10Robert2,500
11Edward2,477
12Harry2,232
13Walter1,805
14Arthur1,686
15Fred1,641
16Albert1,499
17Samuel1,003
18Louis852
19David838
20Clarence837
21Charlie753
22Richard746
23Joe739
24Andrew673
25Will666
26Jesse660
27Ernest642
28Oscar625
29Daniel594
30Sam555
31Willie541
32Alfred523
33Roy521
34Benjamin478
35Carl478
36Peter461
37Frederick457
38Elmer441
39Lewis441
40Herbert431
41Lee427
42Howard422
43Ralph407
44Paul397
45Jim396
46Jacob390
47Tom390
48Martin387
49Earl377
50Claude356