Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1883

John and Mary topped the list in 1883. The 10 most popular names went to 43% of boys and 23% of girls, from 1,029 boy names and 1,054 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1883

  1. John 8,894
  2. William 8,387
  3. James 5,223
  4. Charles 4,826
  5. George 4,736
  6. Frank 2,986
  7. Joseph 2,515
  8. Henry 2,383
  9. Robert 2,334
  10. Thomas 2,316
  11. Edward 2,250
  12. Harry 2,110
  13. Walter 1,705
  14. Arthur 1,591
  15. Fred 1,502
  16. Albert 1,496
  17. Samuel 937
  18. Clarence 837
  19. Louis 796
  20. David 734
  21. Richard 649
  22. Charlie 643
  23. Ernest 641
  24. Andrew 623
  25. Daniel 615
  26. Joe 607
  27. Oscar 607
  28. Jesse 584
  29. Will 576
  30. Roy 556
  31. Benjamin 508
  32. Carl 480
  33. Sam 476
  34. Willie 474
  35. Alfred 457
  36. Peter 450
  37. Frederick 438
  38. Lewis 431
  39. Howard 429
  40. Elmer 423
  41. Herbert 422
  42. Earl 389
  43. Lee 388
  44. Tom 386
  45. Ralph 385
  46. Martin 377
  47. Herman 359
  48. Paul 358
  49. Jacob 356
  50. Clyde 336
  51. Eugene 325
  52. Jim 322
  53. Harvey 318
  54. Claude 315
  55. Michael 307
  56. Ben 306
  57. Edwin 299
  58. Edgar 292
  59. Chester 290
  60. Francis 285
  61. Lawrence 282
  62. Bert 273
  63. Charley 254
  64. Ed 247
  65. Jack 242
  66. Otto 240
  67. Ira 239
  68. Raymond 233
  69. Luther 229
  70. Isaac 227
  71. Guy 224
  72. Oliver 219
  73. Floyd 217
  74. Hugh 215
  75. Patrick 213
  76. Homer 210
  77. August 209
  78. Ray 202
  79. Leonard 200
  80. Alexander 187
  81. Theodore 185
  82. Allen 175
  83. Horace 167
  84. Archie 166
  85. Philip 166
  86. Sidney 165
  87. Marion 163
  88. Julius 160
  89. Jessie 151
  90. Milton 149
  91. Warren 146
  92. Anthony 143
  93. Everett 143
  94. Leroy 143
  95. Leo 142
  96. Bernard 141
  97. Leon 140
  98. Stephen 140
  99. Emil 139
  100. Clifford 138

Top girl names of 1883

  1. Mary 8,012
  2. Anna 3,306
  3. Emma 2,367
  4. Elizabeth 2,255
  5. Minnie 2,035
  6. Margaret 1,881
  7. Bertha 1,681
  8. Ida 1,634
  9. Annie 1,589
  10. Clara 1,548
  11. Alice 1,488
  12. Sarah 1,359
  13. Grace 1,307
  14. Florence 1,298
  15. Martha 1,255
  16. Ella 1,251
  17. Nellie 1,246
  18. Bessie 1,241
  19. Laura 1,183
  20. Ethel 1,132
  21. Carrie 1,108
  22. Maude 1,096
  23. Mabel 1,086
  24. Cora 1,081
  25. Gertrude 923
  26. Lillian 907
  27. Jennie 904
  28. Hattie 895
  29. Pearl 886
  30. Mattie 883
  31. Edith 881
  32. Eva 879
  33. Rose 877
  34. Julia 875
  35. Helen 862
  36. Catherine 853
  37. Myrtle 851
  38. Louise 847
  39. Lillie 837
  40. Jessie 834
  41. Edna 823
  42. Lena 800
  43. Lula 790
  44. Ada 778
  45. Frances 710
  46. Josephine 697
  47. Fannie 696
  48. Lucy 663
  49. Maggie 663
  50. Daisy 659
  51. Dora 640
  52. Agnes 623
  53. Marie 622
  54. Blanche 610
  55. Nora 589
  56. Katherine 583
  57. May 532
  58. Mamie 531
  59. Stella 529
  60. Effie 507
  61. Rosa 507
  62. Ellen 500
  63. Lizzie 496
  64. Nettie 494
  65. Elsie 479
  66. Della 453
  67. Susie 436
  68. Maud 425
  69. Sadie 425
  70. Mae 423
  71. Nancy 412
  72. Sallie 409
  73. Flora 387
  74. Ruth 387
  75. Lydia 378
  76. Lottie 372
  77. Addie 362
  78. Katie 361
  79. Alma 359
  80. Etta 352
  81. Emily 342
  82. Harriet 341
  83. Viola 331
  84. Georgia 325
  85. Susan 322
  86. Caroline 321
  87. Nannie 305
  88. Lulu 302
  89. Mollie 301
  90. Kate 294
  91. Olive 294
  92. Charlotte 291
  93. Kathryn 290
  94. Amanda 287
  95. Eliza 274
  96. Willie 264
  97. Amelia 262
  98. Belle 262
  99. Esther 260
  100. Irene 260

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1883?
John was the #1 boy name in 1883 (8,894 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (8,012 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1883?
Social Security records list 216,945 babies born in 1883 with names given to at least 5 babies: 104,625 boys and 112,320 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.