Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1888

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	11,754
2	Anna	4,982
3	Elizabeth	3,224
4	Emma	3,087
5	Margaret	2,904
6	Minnie	2,654
7	Bertha	2,450
8	Florence	2,444
9	Ethel	2,374
10	Bessie	2,278
11	Clara	2,230
12	Ida	2,229
13	Alice	2,202
14	Annie	2,188
15	Grace	2,090
16	Helen	1,847
17	Mabel	1,830
18	Ella	1,774
19	Martha	1,769
20	Sarah	1,755
21	Nellie	1,736
22	Edna	1,687
23	Lillian	1,656
24	Carrie	1,647
25	Laura	1,624
26	Pearl	1,591
27	Rose	1,590
28	Gertrude	1,468
29	Edith	1,453
30	Frances	1,452
31	Cora	1,433
32	Maude	1,396
33	Louise	1,334
34	Eva	1,329
35	Myrtle	1,310
36	Hattie	1,298
36	Jennie	1,298
38	Julia	1,292
39	Mattie	1,268
40	Marie	1,258
41	Lillie	1,249
42	Catherine	1,212
43	Jessie	1,200
44	Lula	1,173
45	Lena	1,162
46	Ada	1,116
47	Elsie	1,112
48	Agnes	1,046
49	Josephine	1,001
50	Fannie	991
51	Lucy	964
52	Blanche	942
53	Mamie	917
54	Dora	898
54	Hazel	898
56	Katherine	893
57	Maggie	882
58	Alma	853
59	Ruth	850
60	Mae	836
61	Nora	832
61	Rosa	832
63	May	782
64	Stella	775
65	Effie	744
66	Irene	722
67	Nettie	692
68	Ellen	691
68	Sadie	691
70	Sallie	633
71	Della	621
71	Susie	621
73	Daisy	612
74	Viola	596
75	Lizzie	593
76	Nancy	582
77	Esther	572
78	Flora	541
79	Willie	522
80	Katie	516
81	Lottie	511
82	Etta	500
83	Mildred	499
84	Georgia	477
85	Lydia	472
86	Maud	469
87	Olive	465
88	Charlotte	464
89	Caroline	458
90	Emily	457
91	Addie	455
92	Jane	446
92	Kathryn	446
94	Ruby	445
95	Beulah	426
96	Ollie	411
97	Amanda	404
98	Pauline	393
99	Harriet	389
100	Virginia	385

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	9,247
2	William	8,705
3	James	5,562
4	George	4,912
5	Charles	4,591
6	Frank	3,459
7	Joseph	2,993
8	Robert	2,814
9	Harry	2,759
10	Henry	2,596
11	Edward	2,470
12	Thomas	2,449
13	Walter	2,040
14	Arthur	1,710
15	Fred	1,665
16	Albert	1,569
17	Clarence	1,022
18	Samuel	931
19	Louis	884
20	Roy	856
21	David	801
22	Charlie	796
23	Joe	789
24	Willie	786
25	Benjamin	781
26	Richard	772
27	Ernest	766
28	Will	707
29	Carl	675
29	Earl	675
31	Oscar	647
32	Jesse	637
33	Andrew	615
34	Sam	607
35	Daniel	566
36	Ralph	547
37	Alfred	536
38	Paul	529
39	Elmer	527
40	Howard	513
41	Peter	498
42	Frederick	496
43	Herbert	485
44	Grover	474
45	Raymond	469
46	Michael	466
47	Ben	463
48	Lee	430
49	Tom	416
50	Lewis	412
51	Herman	403
52	Harrison	400
53	Eugene	398
54	Martin	378
55	Claude	374
56	Jim	362
57	Francis	353
57	Jacob	353
57	Leo	353
60	Clyde	344
61	Lawrence	343
62	Harvey	334
63	Ray	331
64	Jack	329
65	Edgar	321
66	Otto	312
67	Floyd	302
68	Ed	301
69	Edwin	298
69	Harold	298
71	Guy	297
72	Chester	288
73	Bert	282
74	Luther	275
75	Allen	260
76	Homer	256
77	Charley	254
77	Jessie	254
79	Hugh	253
80	Theodore	249
81	Patrick	245
82	Alexander	237
83	Leonard	225
84	Ira	222
85	Isaac	221
86	August	213
87	Bernard	207
88	Oliver	206
89	Julius	197
90	Leon	196
90	Philip	196
92	Clifford	194
93	Anthony	193
93	Eddie	193
95	Leroy	192
96	Archie	191
97	Lester	189
98	Stephen	187
99	Leslie	175
99	Lloyd	175