Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1881

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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