Top Names of 1883

The most popular names recorded in 1883 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary8,012
2Anna3,306
3Emma2,367
4Elizabeth2,255
5Minnie2,035
6Margaret1,881
7Bertha1,682
8Ida1,634
9Annie1,589
10Clara1,548
11Alice1,488
12Sarah1,359
13Grace1,307
14Florence1,298
15Martha1,255
16Ella1,251
17Nellie1,246
18Bessie1,241
19Laura1,183
20Ethel1,132
21Carrie1,108
22Maude1,096
23Mabel1,086
24Cora1,081
25Gertrude923
26Lillian907
27Jennie904
28Hattie895
29Pearl886
30Mattie883
31Edith881
32Eva879
33Rose877
34Julia875
35Helen862
36Catherine853
37Myrtle851
38Louise847
39Lillie837
40Jessie834
41Edna823
42Lena800
43Lula790
44Ada778
45Frances710
46Josephine697
47Fannie696
48Lucy663
49Maggie663
50Daisy659

Boys

#NameBabies
1John8,894
2William8,387
3James5,223
4Charles4,826
5George4,736
6Frank2,986
7Joseph2,515
8Henry2,383
9Robert2,334
10Thomas2,316
11Edward2,250
12Harry2,110
13Walter1,705
14Arthur1,591
15Fred1,502
16Albert1,496
17Samuel937
18Clarence837
19Louis796
20David734
21Richard649
22Charlie643
23Ernest641
24Andrew623
25Daniel615
26Joe607
27Oscar607
28Jesse584
29Will576
30Roy556
31Benjamin508
32Carl480
33Sam476
34Willie474
35Alfred457
36Peter450
37Frederick438
38Lewis431
39Howard429
40Elmer423
41Herbert422
42Earl389
43Lee388
44Tom386
45Ralph385
46Martin377
47Herman359
48Paul358
49Jacob356
50Clyde336