Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1882

John and Mary topped the list in 1882. The 10 most popular names went to 43% of boys and 24% of girls, from 1,098 boy names and 1,028 girl names in all.

← 1881 All years 1883 →

Top boy names of 1882

  1. John 9,557
  2. William 9,298
  3. James 5,892
  4. George 5,193
  5. Charles 5,091
  6. Frank 3,176
  7. Joseph 2,670
  8. Thomas 2,610
  9. Henry 2,579
  10. Robert 2,500
  11. Edward 2,477
  12. Harry 2,232
  13. Walter 1,805
  14. Arthur 1,686
  15. Fred 1,641
  16. Albert 1,499
  17. Samuel 1,003
  18. Louis 852
  19. David 838
  20. Clarence 837
  21. Charlie 753
  22. Richard 746
  23. Joe 739
  24. Andrew 673
  25. Will 666
  26. Jesse 660
  27. Ernest 642
  28. Oscar 625
  29. Daniel 594
  30. Sam 555
  31. Willie 541
  32. Alfred 523
  33. Roy 521
  34. Benjamin 478
  35. Carl 478
  36. Peter 461
  37. Frederick 457
  38. Elmer 441
  39. Lewis 441
  40. Herbert 431
  41. Lee 427
  42. Howard 422
  43. Ralph 407
  44. Paul 397
  45. Jim 396
  46. Jacob 390
  47. Tom 390
  48. Martin 387
  49. Earl 377
  50. Claude 356
  51. Herman 348
  52. Bert 341
  53. Eugene 341
  54. Ed 337
  55. Ben 334
  56. Francis 327
  57. Michael 321
  58. Edgar 308
  59. Edwin 305
  60. Chester 300
  61. Harvey 300
  62. Clyde 293
  63. Lawrence 287
  64. Luther 284
  65. Isaac 278
  66. Jack 271
  67. Charley 262
  68. Guy 253
  69. Otto 252
  70. Patrick 249
  71. Ira 244
  72. Oliver 244
  73. Hugh 239
  74. August 234
  75. Theodore 232
  76. Floyd 231
  77. Leonard 231
  78. Raymond 230
  79. Alexander 225
  80. Allen 206
  81. Stephen 201
  82. Archie 195
  83. Ray 195
  84. Jessie 192
  85. Homer 190
  86. Warren 183
  87. Philip 182
  88. Horace 176
  89. Alex 172
  90. Eddie 169
  91. Julius 168
  92. Emil 157
  93. Marion 157
  94. Clifford 155
  95. Milton 155
  96. Leroy 152
  97. Dan 150
  98. Rufus 147
  99. Leo 146
  100. Sidney 146

Top girl names of 1882

  1. Mary 8,148
  2. Anna 3,143
  3. Emma 2,303
  4. Elizabeth 2,186
  5. Minnie 2,004
  6. Margaret 1,821
  7. Ida 1,673
  8. Alice 1,542
  9. Bertha 1,508
  10. Annie 1,492
  11. Clara 1,490
  12. Sarah 1,410
  13. Florence 1,322
  14. Martha 1,229
  15. Ella 1,206
  16. Grace 1,195
  17. Laura 1,151
  18. Bessie 1,144
  19. Nellie 1,138
  20. Maude 1,089
  21. Cora 1,076
  22. Carrie 1,037
  23. Mabel 997
  24. Ethel 989
  25. Mattie 966
  26. Gertrude 939
  27. Jennie 934
  28. Rose 886
  29. Edith 876
  30. Hattie 859
  31. Helen 838
  32. Lillian 830
  33. Pearl 824
  34. Louise 813
  35. Julia 811
  36. Lillie 810
  37. Jessie 806
  38. Myrtle 803
  39. Edna 783
  40. Lula 780
  41. Eva 765
  42. Catherine 726
  43. Lena 697
  44. Ada 689
  45. Frances 681
  46. Lucy 673
  47. Fannie 650
  48. Daisy 648
  49. Josephine 638
  50. Maggie 627
  51. Dora 594
  52. Katherine 591
  53. Marie 591
  54. Agnes 565
  55. Effie 561
  56. Blanche 547
  57. Rosa 542
  58. Nora 539
  59. May 510
  60. Mamie 508
  61. Stella 506
  62. Lizzie 495
  63. Sallie 487
  64. Ellen 452
  65. Elsie 448
  66. Della 447
  67. Nancy 439
  68. Nettie 439
  69. Maud 432
  70. Susie 412
  71. Mae 406
  72. Sadie 391
  73. Flora 380
  74. Alma 368
  75. Etta 352
  76. Lydia 342
  77. Addie 341
  78. Katie 327
  79. Susan 326
  80. Ruth 323
  81. Georgia 320
  82. Lottie 319
  83. Viola 310
  84. Mollie 305
  85. Caroline 304
  86. Nannie 299
  87. Kate 293
  88. Olive 291
  89. Willie 291
  90. Harriet 289
  91. Amanda 288
  92. Eliza 280
  93. Lulu 279
  94. Virginia 274
  95. Emily 272
  96. Kathryn 272
  97. Esther 266
  98. Belle 264
  99. Rebecca 259
  100. Charlotte 257

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1882?
John was the #1 boy name in 1882 (9,557 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (8,148 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1882?
Social Security records list 221,533 babies born in 1882 with names given to at least 5 babies: 113,686 boys and 107,847 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.