United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1881

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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