Top baby names of 1888

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

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Girls

  1. Mary11,754
  2. Anna4,982
  3. Elizabeth3,224
  4. Emma3,087
  5. Margaret2,904
  6. Minnie2,654
  7. Bertha2,450
  8. Florence2,444
  9. Ethel2,374
  10. Bessie2,278
  11. Clara2,230
  12. Ida2,229
  13. Alice2,202
  14. Annie2,188
  15. Grace2,090
  16. Helen1,847
  17. Mabel1,830
  18. Ella1,774
  19. Martha1,769
  20. Sarah1,755
  21. Nellie1,736
  22. Edna1,687
  23. Lillian1,656
  24. Carrie1,647
  25. Laura1,624
  26. Pearl1,591
  27. Rose1,590
  28. Gertrude1,468
  29. Edith1,453
  30. Frances1,452
  31. Cora1,433
  32. Maude1,396
  33. Louise1,334
  34. Eva1,329
  35. Myrtle1,310
  36. Hattie1,298
  37. Jennie1,298
  38. Julia1,292
  39. Mattie1,268
  40. Marie1,258
  41. Lillie1,249
  42. Catherine1,212
  43. Jessie1,200
  44. Lula1,173
  45. Lena1,162
  46. Ada1,116
  47. Elsie1,112
  48. Agnes1,046
  49. Josephine1,001
  50. Fannie991

Boys

  1. John9,247
  2. William8,705
  3. James5,562
  4. George4,912
  5. Charles4,591
  6. Frank3,459
  7. Joseph2,993
  8. Robert2,814
  9. Harry2,759
  10. Henry2,596
  11. Edward2,470
  12. Thomas2,449
  13. Walter2,040
  14. Arthur1,710
  15. Fred1,665
  16. Albert1,569
  17. Clarence1,022
  18. Samuel931
  19. Louis884
  20. Roy856
  21. David801
  22. Charlie796
  23. Joe789
  24. Willie786
  25. Benjamin781
  26. Richard772
  27. Ernest766
  28. Will707
  29. Carl675
  30. Earl675
  31. Oscar647
  32. Jesse637
  33. Andrew615
  34. Sam607
  35. Daniel566
  36. Ralph547
  37. Alfred536
  38. Paul529
  39. Elmer527
  40. Howard513
  41. Peter498
  42. Frederick496
  43. Herbert485
  44. Grover474
  45. Raymond469
  46. Michael466
  47. Ben463
  48. Lee430
  49. Tom416
  50. Lewis412