Top baby names of 1881

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

Girls

  1. Mary6,919
  2. Anna2,698
  3. Emma2,034
  4. Elizabeth1,852
  5. Margaret1,658
  6. Minnie1,653
  7. Ida1,439
  8. Annie1,326
  9. Bertha1,324
  10. Alice1,308
  11. Clara1,242
  12. Sarah1,226
  13. Ella1,148
  14. Nellie1,096
  15. Grace1,089
  16. Florence1,046
  17. Martha1,044
  18. Cora969
  19. Laura962
  20. Carrie958
  21. Maude923
  22. Bessie903
  23. Mabel893
  24. Gertrude791
  25. Ethel788
  26. Jennie784
  27. Edith778
  28. Hattie775
  29. Mattie754
  30. Julia737
  31. Rose734
  32. Lillian723
  33. Lillie678
  34. Jessie661
  35. Eva661
  36. Lula655
  37. Myrtle643
  38. Pearl641
  39. Edna637
  40. Catherine635
  41. Ada628
  42. Louise617
  43. Helen612
  44. Lucy611
  45. Frances586
  46. Dora585
  47. Fannie565
  48. Josephine563
  49. Daisy562
  50. Lena555

Boys

  1. John8,768
  2. William8,524
  3. James5,441
  4. George4,664
  5. Charles4,636
  6. Frank2,834
  7. Joseph2,456
  8. Henry2,339
  9. Thomas2,282
  10. Edward2,177
  11. Robert2,140
  12. Harry2,002
  13. Walter1,670
  14. Arthur1,575
  15. Fred1,418
  16. Albert1,319
  17. Samuel919
  18. David750
  19. Louis746
  20. Clarence668
  21. Charlie668
  22. Richard641
  23. Joe639
  24. Andrew588
  25. Ernest571
  26. Will550
  27. Jesse536
  28. Oscar530
  29. Daniel527
  30. Willie498
  31. Sam481
  32. Benjamin481
  33. Alfred466
  34. Roy440
  35. Lewis439
  36. Frederick433
  37. Peter428
  38. Elmer388
  39. Jacob381
  40. Herbert369
  41. Howard359
  42. Carl359
  43. Tom349
  44. Lee342
  45. Ralph329
  46. Martin327
  47. Jim323
  48. Eugene314
  49. Earl314
  50. Edgar312