Baby Names That Peaked in the 1880s

These names were never more popular than in the 1880s. John peaked in 1880, when 9,655 babies recorded as boys got the name.

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Peak	Babies that year
1	Mary	1880	7,065
2	Anna	1885	3,994
3	Bessie	1889	2,343
4	Emma	1881	2,034
5	Elizabeth	1880	1,939
6	Clara	1885	1,910
7	Minnie	1880	1,746
8	Bertha	1883	1,681
9	Ida	1880	1,472
10	Alice	1880	1,414
11	Annie	1881	1,326
12	Ella	1880	1,156
13	Eva	1886	1,155
14	Edith	1884	1,104
15	Nellie	1881	1,096
16	Maude	1882	1,089
17	Cora	1880	1,045
18	Martha	1880	1,040
19	Mattie	1882	966
20	Carrie	1880	949
21	Mamie	1888	917
22	Stella	1889	891
23	Lillie	1882	810
24	Jessie	1882	806
25	Lena	1883	800
26	Jennie	1880	793
27	Julia	1880	783
28	Lula	1882	780
29	Hattie	1880	769
30	Blanche	1884	711
31	Fannie	1883	696
32	Ada	1880	652
33	Lucy	1881	611
34	Ellen	1884	597
35	Dora	1881	585
36	Maggie	1880	582
37	Daisy	1880	564
38	Effie	1882	561
39	Rosa	1880	507
40	Nora	1881	498
41	Lizzie	1882	495
42	May	1880	462
43	Maud	1882	432
44	Della	1881	428
45	Nettie	1881	419
46	Sallie	1881	416
47	Olive	1886	404
48	Lydia	1883	378
49	Lottie	1883	372
50	Susie	1881	367
51	Sadie	1881	366
52	Flora	1880	365
53	Addie	1883	362
54	Ollie	1887	338
55	Etta	1880	323
56	Georgia	1882	320
57	Harriet	1880	319
58	Caroline	1881	316
59	Lulu	1881	313
60	Kate	1880	299
61	Mollie	1880	283
62	Nina	1887	266
63	Nannie	1881	258
64	Eliza	1880	252
65	Belle	1880	238
66	Allie	1889	236
67	Estella	1883	233
68	Janie	1889	226
69	Mayme	1886	219
70	Augusta	1883	213
71	Matilda	1880	210
72	Henrietta	1880	191
73	Ora	1881	191
74	Ina	1887	178
75	Nell	1886	175
76	Delia	1883	162
77	Bess	1887	155
78	Bertie	1886	151
79	Rena	1885	148
80	Tillie	1884	145
81	Louisa	1881	142
82	Luella	1881	141
83	Mathilda	1887	138
84	Bettie	1882	136
85	Callie	1880	131
86	Lou	1880	131
87	Birdie	1882	113
88	Hulda	1885	113
89	Zella	1888	111
90	Nelle	1885	109
91	Hettie	1884	105
92	Adelaide	1884	98
93	Lelia	1882	95
94	Cornelia	1880	94
95	Dollie	1881	90
96	Lucinda	1881	88
97	Lura	1885	88
98	Gertie	1885	87
99	Harriett	1881	86
100	Helena	1884	86

Rank	Name	Peak	Babies that year
1	John	1880	9,655
2	William	1880	9,532
3	Charles	1880	5,348
4	George	1880	5,126
5	Frank	1880	3,242
6	Harry	1889	2,559
7	Edward	1882	2,477
8	Henry	1881	2,339
9	Arthur	1881	1,575
10	Fred	1885	1,562
11	Albert	1883	1,496
12	Samuel	1880	1,024
13	Grover	1885	768
14	Will	1882	666
15	Oscar	1886	645
16	Jesse	1887	601
17	Lewis	1880	517
18	Frederick	1887	464
19	Ben	1889	453
20	Harrison	1888	400
21	Jim	1886	389
22	Tom	1883	386
23	Martin	1883	377
24	Claude	1887	375
25	Harvey	1884	358
26	Bert	1880	348
27	Ed	1885	328
28	Edgar	1881	312
29	Otto	1889	309
30	Charley	1880	305
31	Ira	1881	286
32	Luther	1887	267
33	Hugh	1887	250
34	Horace	1880	199
35	Emil	1884	175
36	Cleveland	1884	174
37	Willis	1880	166
38	Rufus	1880	163
39	Garfield	1881	147
40	Roscoe	1888	141
41	Jess	1886	140
42	Amos	1884	137
43	Alonzo	1882	133
44	Gus	1888	133
45	Adolph	1883	115
46	Ross	1889	115
47	Moses	1880	111
48	Simon	1888	109
49	Winfield	1880	108
50	Cornelius	1882	107
51	Fredrick	1880	103
52	Claud	1885	97
53	Hiram	1881	95
54	Wiley	1882	92
55	Irvin	1881	88
56	Alva	1882	85
57	Anton	1880	77
58	Harley	1887	77
59	Mose	1882	77
60	Ike	1884	76
61	Monroe	1882	76
62	Augustus	1880	74
63	Thurman	1888	72
64	Newton	1880	70
65	Cleve	1885	69
66	Dock	1886	69
67	Millard	1887	67
68	Clark	1881	66
69	Asa	1881	65
70	Columbus	1880	64
71	Lon	1880	64
72	Blaine	1884	62
73	Arch	1880	61
74	Edd	1887	60
75	Enoch	1880	60
76	Lemuel	1881	58
77	Benjiman	1888	56
78	Ferdinand	1884	55
79	Gustave	1885	55
80	Matt	1884	55
81	Chas	1880	53
82	Bud	1889	48
83	Green	1886	45
84	Gustav	1883	44
85	Burt	1880	42
86	Elisha	1883	42
87	Ole	1881	42
88	Clem	1889	41
89	Lyman	1882	41
90	Lucius	1881	38
91	Emile	1882	37
92	General	1885	36
93	Emmet	1880	34
94	Hans	1885	33
95	Sim	1882	33
96	Frederic	1885	32
97	Napoleon	1887	32
98	Harris	1889	31
99	Judson	1880	31
100	Abner	1881	30