Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1884

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	9,217
2	Anna	3,860
3	Emma	2,587
4	Elizabeth	2,549
5	Minnie	2,243
6	Margaret	2,142
7	Ida	1,882
8	Clara	1,852
9	Bertha	1,789
10	Annie	1,739
11	Alice	1,732
12	Florence	1,570
13	Grace	1,525
14	Sarah	1,518
15	Bessie	1,451
16	Martha	1,443
17	Nellie	1,417
18	Ethel	1,386
19	Ella	1,374
20	Mabel	1,270
21	Laura	1,246
22	Carrie	1,245
23	Cora	1,244
24	Maude	1,225
25	Pearl	1,138
26	Lillian	1,109
27	Edith	1,104
28	Gertrude	1,063
28	Jennie	1,063
30	Rose	1,060
31	Mattie	1,007
32	Hattie	993
33	Helen	986
34	Myrtle	979
35	Louise	962
36	Edna	957
37	Julia	935
38	Eva	929
39	Lula	916
40	Lillie	911
41	Lena	906
42	Jessie	888
43	Catherine	874
44	Ada	854
45	Josephine	800
46	Frances	789
47	Lucy	787
48	Maggie	749
49	Marie	746
50	Fannie	738
51	Dora	720
52	Blanche	711
53	Agnes	703
54	Daisy	685
55	Katherine	671
56	Nora	648
57	Mamie	609
58	Rosa	607
59	Ellen	597
60	Stella	584
61	May	564
62	Effie	558
63	Elsie	549
64	Mae	542
65	Della	541
66	Lizzie	523
67	Nettie	522
68	Nancy	520
69	Sallie	494
70	Alma	480
71	Sadie	466
72	Maud	461
73	Susie	455
74	Ruth	442
75	Etta	423
76	Lottie	397
77	Flora	393
78	Caroline	380
79	Mollie	374
80	Lydia	369
81	Emily	364
82	Viola	362
83	Katie	360
83	Olive	360
85	Addie	356
86	Charlotte	344
86	Kate	344
86	Kathryn	344
86	Lulu	344
90	Georgia	341
91	Harriet	339
92	Amanda	337
93	Willie	332
94	Susan	326
95	Irene	324
96	Amelia	315
97	Nannie	314
98	Jane	295
99	Esther	291
100	Belle	286

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	9,388
2	William	8,897
3	James	5,693
4	George	4,961
5	Charles	4,802
6	Frank	3,218
7	Joseph	2,707
8	Thomas	2,572
9	Henry	2,474
10	Robert	2,468
11	Edward	2,439
12	Harry	2,323
13	Walter	1,902
14	Arthur	1,690
15	Fred	1,638
16	Albert	1,435
17	Samuel	945
18	Clarence	889
19	Louis	886
20	Grover	802
21	David	761
22	Joe	759
23	Richard	749
24	Charlie	746
25	Ernest	690
26	Roy	680
27	Jesse	670
28	Will	650
29	Andrew	616
30	Oscar	615
31	Willie	578
32	Daniel	573
33	Sam	533
34	Peter	524
35	Elmer	523
36	Carl	521
37	Alfred	520
38	Benjamin	509
39	Lewis	476
40	Earl	464
40	Ralph	464
42	Frederick	454
43	Lee	435
44	Howard	432
45	Paul	422
46	Herbert	421
47	Tom	394
48	Herman	385
48	Martin	385
50	Jacob	381
51	Michael	373
52	Ben	367
53	Harvey	358
54	Claude	353
55	Jim	346
56	Clyde	345
57	Francis	340
58	Chester	338
59	Eugene	321
60	Ed	314
61	Edwin	308
62	Raymond	299
63	Charley	290
63	Edgar	290
65	Otto	288
66	Ira	284
67	Bert	280
68	Jack	274
69	Luther	273
70	Floyd	263
71	Lawrence	262
72	Guy	260
73	Hugh	246
74	Oliver	245
75	Isaac	243
76	Alexander	236
77	Ray	232
78	Patrick	222
79	Homer	216
80	August	213
81	Theodore	211
82	Archie	206
82	Leonard	206
84	Leo	192
85	Harold	191
86	Marion	184
87	Allen	182
88	Anthony	179
88	Eddie	179
90	Jessie	177
91	Emil	175
92	Cleveland	174
93	Stephen	165
94	Warren	164
95	Julius	162
96	Philip	161
97	Dave	159
98	Horace	154
98	Leroy	154
100	Dan	151