United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1882

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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