Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1882

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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