Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1881

John and Mary topped the list in 1881. The 10 most popular names went to 44% of boys and 24% of girls, from 995 boy names and 938 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1881

  1. John 8,768
  2. William 8,524
  3. James 5,441
  4. George 4,664
  5. Charles 4,636
  6. Frank 2,834
  7. Joseph 2,456
  8. Henry 2,339
  9. Thomas 2,282
  10. Edward 2,177
  11. Robert 2,140
  12. Harry 2,002
  13. Walter 1,670
  14. Arthur 1,575
  15. Fred 1,418
  16. Albert 1,319
  17. Samuel 919
  18. David 750
  19. Louis 746
  20. Charlie 668
  21. Clarence 668
  22. Richard 641
  23. Joe 639
  24. Andrew 588
  25. Ernest 571
  26. Will 550
  27. Jesse 536
  28. Oscar 530
  29. Daniel 527
  30. Willie 498
  31. Benjamin 481
  32. Sam 481
  33. Alfred 466
  34. Roy 440
  35. Lewis 439
  36. Frederick 433
  37. Peter 428
  38. Elmer 388
  39. Jacob 381
  40. Herbert 369
  41. Carl 359
  42. Howard 359
  43. Tom 349
  44. Lee 342
  45. Ralph 329
  46. Martin 327
  47. Jim 323
  48. Earl 314
  49. Eugene 314
  50. Bert 312
  51. Edgar 312
  52. Herman 304
  53. Claude 302
  54. Michael 298
  55. Paul 291
  56. Ben 289
  57. Ira 286
  58. Harvey 282
  59. Chester 274
  60. Edwin 274
  61. Ed 272
  62. Charley 266
  63. Francis 259
  64. Isaac 258
  65. Luther 249
  66. Lawrence 244
  67. Oliver 238
  68. Clyde 232
  69. Otto 221
  70. Hugh 219
  71. Alexander 209
  72. Leonard 206
  73. Jack 197
  74. Raymond 195
  75. Patrick 188
  76. Guy 186
  77. Homer 181
  78. Floyd 178
  79. Theodore 178
  80. Allen 172
  81. August 172
  82. Marion 162
  83. Philip 156
  84. Warren 156
  85. Horace 152
  86. Dan 148
  87. Ray 148
  88. Garfield 147
  89. Stephen 147
  90. Emil 145
  91. Jessie 143
  92. Milton 143
  93. Willis 142
  94. Calvin 138
  95. Dave 135
  96. Bernard 130
  97. Julius 129
  98. Leroy 129
  99. Sidney 129
  100. Anthony 128

Top girl names of 1881

  1. Mary 6,919
  2. Anna 2,698
  3. Emma 2,034
  4. Elizabeth 1,852
  5. Margaret 1,658
  6. Minnie 1,653
  7. Ida 1,439
  8. Annie 1,326
  9. Bertha 1,324
  10. Alice 1,308
  11. Clara 1,242
  12. Sarah 1,226
  13. Ella 1,148
  14. Nellie 1,096
  15. Grace 1,089
  16. Florence 1,046
  17. Martha 1,044
  18. Cora 969
  19. Laura 962
  20. Carrie 958
  21. Maude 923
  22. Bessie 903
  23. Mabel 893
  24. Gertrude 791
  25. Ethel 788
  26. Jennie 784
  27. Edith 778
  28. Hattie 775
  29. Mattie 754
  30. Julia 737
  31. Rose 734
  32. Lillian 723
  33. Lillie 678
  34. Eva 661
  35. Jessie 661
  36. Lula 655
  37. Myrtle 643
  38. Pearl 641
  39. Edna 637
  40. Catherine 635
  41. Ada 628
  42. Louise 617
  43. Helen 612
  44. Lucy 611
  45. Frances 586
  46. Dora 585
  47. Fannie 565
  48. Josephine 563
  49. Daisy 562
  50. Lena 555
  51. Maggie 532
  52. Katherine 504
  53. Rosa 500
  54. Marie 499
  55. Nora 498
  56. Effie 463
  57. Blanche 456
  58. May 451
  59. Nancy 429
  60. Della 428
  61. Agnes 424
  62. Nettie 419
  63. Sallie 416
  64. Stella 416
  65. Ellen 413
  66. Mamie 412
  67. Lizzie 396
  68. Susie 367
  69. Sadie 366
  70. Elsie 344
  71. Maud 328
  72. Flora 317
  73. Caroline 316
  74. Etta 316
  75. Mae 314
  76. Lulu 313
  77. Lydia 299
  78. Alma 293
  79. Susan 292
  80. Lottie 289
  81. Addie 287
  82. Mollie 281
  83. Katie 279
  84. Ruth 275
  85. Harriet 270
  86. Kate 267
  87. Amanda 263
  88. Nannie 258
  89. Georgia 256
  90. Emily 244
  91. Eliza 238
  92. Viola 237
  93. Amelia 235
  94. Willie 229
  95. Charlotte 227
  96. Rebecca 226
  97. Belle 219
  98. Kathryn 218
  99. Jane 216
  100. Olive 211

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1881?
John was the #1 boy name in 1881 (8,768 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (6,919 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1881?
Social Security records list 192,688 babies born in 1881 with names given to at least 5 babies: 100,735 boys and 91,953 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.