Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1880

John and Mary topped the list in 1880. The 10 most popular names went to 44% of boys and 25% of girls, from 1,057 boy names and 942 girl names in all.

All years 1881 →

Top boy names of 1880

  1. John 9,655
  2. William 9,532
  3. James 5,927
  4. Charles 5,348
  5. George 5,126
  6. Frank 3,242
  7. Joseph 2,632
  8. Thomas 2,534
  9. Henry 2,444
  10. Robert 2,415
  11. Edward 2,364
  12. Harry 2,152
  13. Walter 1,755
  14. Arthur 1,599
  15. Fred 1,569
  16. Albert 1,493
  17. Samuel 1,024
  18. David 869
  19. Louis 828
  20. Joe 731
  21. Charlie 730
  22. Clarence 730
  23. Richard 728
  24. Andrew 644
  25. Daniel 643
  26. Ernest 615
  27. Will 588
  28. Jesse 569
  29. Oscar 544
  30. Lewis 517
  31. Peter 496
  32. Benjamin 490
  33. Frederick 483
  34. Willie 476
  35. Alfred 469
  36. Sam 457
  37. Roy 440
  38. Herbert 424
  39. Jacob 404
  40. Tom 399
  41. Elmer 373
  42. Carl 372
  43. Lee 361
  44. Howard 357
  45. Martin 357
  46. Michael 354
  47. Bert 348
  48. Herman 347
  49. Jim 345
  50. Francis 344
  51. Harvey 344
  52. Earl 335
  53. Eugene 328
  54. Ralph 317
  55. Ed 310
  56. Claude 309
  57. Edwin 309
  58. Ben 305
  59. Charley 305
  60. Paul 301
  61. Edgar 283
  62. Isaac 274
  63. Otto 271
  64. Luther 260
  65. Lawrence 257
  66. Ira 249
  67. Patrick 248
  68. Guy 239
  69. Oliver 234
  70. Theodore 232
  71. Hugh 224
  72. Clyde 221
  73. Alexander 211
  74. August 210
  75. Floyd 206
  76. Homer 205
  77. Jack 204
  78. Leonard 200
  79. Horace 199
  80. Marion 189
  81. Philip 186
  82. Allen 184
  83. Archie 183
  84. Stephen 176
  85. Chester 168
  86. Willis 166
  87. Raymond 165
  88. Rufus 163
  89. Warren 158
  90. Jessie 154
  91. Milton 149
  92. Alex 147
  93. Leo 147
  94. Julius 143
  95. Ray 142
  96. Sidney 142
  97. Bernard 140
  98. Dan 140
  99. Jerry 136
  100. Calvin 134

Top girl names of 1880

  1. Mary 7,065
  2. Anna 2,604
  3. Emma 2,003
  4. Elizabeth 1,939
  5. Minnie 1,746
  6. Margaret 1,578
  7. Ida 1,472
  8. Alice 1,414
  9. Bertha 1,320
  10. Sarah 1,288
  11. Annie 1,258
  12. Clara 1,226
  13. Ella 1,156
  14. Florence 1,063
  15. Cora 1,045
  16. Martha 1,040
  17. Laura 1,012
  18. Nellie 995
  19. Grace 982
  20. Carrie 949
  21. Maude 859
  22. Mabel 808
  23. Bessie 796
  24. Jennie 793
  25. Gertrude 787
  26. Julia 783
  27. Hattie 769
  28. Edith 768
  29. Mattie 704
  30. Rose 700
  31. Catherine 688
  32. Lillian 672
  33. Ada 652
  34. Lillie 647
  35. Helen 636
  36. Jessie 635
  37. Louise 635
  38. Ethel 633
  39. Lula 621
  40. Myrtle 615
  41. Eva 614
  42. Frances 605
  43. Lena 603
  44. Lucy 590
  45. Edna 588
  46. Maggie 582
  47. Pearl 569
  48. Daisy 564
  49. Fannie 560
  50. Josephine 544
  51. Dora 524
  52. Rosa 507
  53. Katherine 502
  54. Agnes 473
  55. Marie 471
  56. Nora 471
  57. May 462
  58. Mamie 436
  59. Blanche 427
  60. Stella 414
  61. Ellen 411
  62. Nancy 410
  63. Effie 406
  64. Sallie 404
  65. Nettie 403
  66. Della 391
  67. Lizzie 388
  68. Flora 365
  69. Susie 361
  70. Maud 345
  71. Mae 344
  72. Etta 323
  73. Harriet 319
  74. Sadie 317
  75. Caroline 306
  76. Katie 303
  77. Lydia 302
  78. Elsie 301
  79. Kate 299
  80. Susan 286
  81. Mollie 283
  82. Alma 277
  83. Addie 274
  84. Georgia 259
  85. Eliza 252
  86. Lulu 249
  87. Nannie 248
  88. Lottie 245
  89. Amanda 241
  90. Belle 238
  91. Charlotte 237
  92. Rebecca 236
  93. Ruth 234
  94. Viola 229
  95. Olive 224
  96. Amelia 221
  97. Hannah 221
  98. Jane 215
  99. Virginia 213
  100. Emily 210

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1880?
John was the #1 boy name in 1880 (9,655 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (7,065 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1880?
Social Security records list 201,484 babies born in 1880 with names given to at least 5 babies: 110,490 boys and 90,994 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.