FastNamesMost Popular Baby Names of 1880
In 1880, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 7,065 babies, and John topped the boys' list with 9,655.
Social Security counted 90,994 girls and 110,490 boys born in 1880 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 942 different girls' names and 1,058 boys' names.
Top 100 names of 1880
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 7,065 |
| 2 | Anna | 2,604 |
| 3 | Emma | 2,003 |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 1,939 |
| 5 | Minnie | 1,746 |
| 6 | Margaret | 1,578 |
| 7 | Ida | 1,472 |
| 8 | Alice | 1,414 |
| 9 | Bertha | 1,320 |
| 10 | Sarah | 1,288 |
| 11 | Annie | 1,258 |
| 12 | Clara | 1,226 |
| 13 | Ella | 1,156 |
| 14 | Florence | 1,063 |
| 15 | Cora | 1,045 |
| 16 | Martha | 1,040 |
| 17 | Laura | 1,012 |
| 18 | Nellie | 995 |
| 19 | Grace | 982 |
| 20 | Carrie | 949 |
| 21 | Maude | 859 |
| 22 | Mabel | 808 |
| 23 | Bessie | 796 |
| 24 | Jennie | 793 |
| 25 | Gertrude | 787 |
| 26 | Julia | 783 |
| 27 | Hattie | 769 |
| 28 | Edith | 768 |
| 29 | Mattie | 704 |
| 30 | Rose | 700 |
| 31 | Catherine | 688 |
| 32 | Lillian | 672 |
| 33 | Ada | 652 |
| 34 | Lillie | 647 |
| 35 | Helen | 636 |
| 36 | Jessie | 635 |
| 37 | Louise | 635 |
| 38 | Ethel | 633 |
| 39 | Lula | 621 |
| 40 | Myrtle | 615 |
| 41 | Eva | 614 |
| 42 | Frances | 605 |
| 43 | Lena | 603 |
| 44 | Lucy | 590 |
| 45 | Edna | 588 |
| 46 | Maggie | 582 |
| 47 | Pearl | 569 |
| 48 | Daisy | 564 |
| 49 | Fannie | 560 |
| 50 | Josephine | 544 |
| 51 | Dora | 524 |
| 52 | Rosa | 507 |
| 53 | Katherine | 502 |
| 54 | Agnes | 473 |
| 55 | Marie | 471 |
| 56 | Nora | 471 |
| 57 | May | 462 |
| 58 | Mamie | 436 |
| 59 | Blanche | 427 |
| 60 | Stella | 414 |
| 61 | Ellen | 411 |
| 62 | Nancy | 410 |
| 63 | Effie | 406 |
| 64 | Sallie | 404 |
| 65 | Nettie | 403 |
| 66 | Della | 391 |
| 67 | Lizzie | 388 |
| 68 | Flora | 365 |
| 69 | Susie | 361 |
| 70 | Maud | 345 |
| 71 | Mae | 344 |
| 72 | Etta | 323 |
| 73 | Harriet | 319 |
| 74 | Sadie | 317 |
| 75 | Caroline | 306 |
| 76 | Katie | 303 |
| 77 | Lydia | 302 |
| 78 | Elsie | 301 |
| 79 | Kate | 299 |
| 80 | Susan | 286 |
| 81 | Mollie | 283 |
| 82 | Alma | 277 |
| 83 | Addie | 274 |
| 84 | Georgia | 259 |
| 85 | Eliza | 252 |
| 86 | Lulu | 249 |
| 87 | Nannie | 248 |
| 88 | Lottie | 245 |
| 89 | Amanda | 241 |
| 90 | Belle | 238 |
| 91 | Charlotte | 237 |
| 92 | Rebecca | 236 |
| 93 | Ruth | 234 |
| 94 | Viola | 229 |
| 95 | Olive | 224 |
| 96 | Amelia | 221 |
| 97 | Hannah | 221 |
| 98 | Jane | 215 |
| 99 | Virginia | 213 |
| 100 | Emily | 210 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,655 |
| 2 | William | 9,532 |
| 3 | James | 5,927 |
| 4 | Charles | 5,348 |
| 5 | George | 5,126 |
| 6 | Frank | 3,242 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,632 |
| 8 | Thomas | 2,534 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,444 |
| 10 | Robert | 2,415 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,364 |
| 12 | Harry | 2,152 |
| 13 | Walter | 1,755 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,599 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,569 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,493 |
| 17 | Samuel | 1,024 |
| 18 | David | 869 |
| 19 | Louis | 828 |
| 20 | Joe | 731 |
| 21 | Charlie | 730 |
| 22 | Clarence | 730 |
| 23 | Richard | 728 |
| 24 | Andrew | 644 |
| 25 | Daniel | 643 |
| 26 | Ernest | 615 |
| 27 | Will | 588 |
| 28 | Jesse | 569 |
| 29 | Oscar | 544 |
| 30 | Lewis | 517 |
| 31 | Peter | 496 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 490 |
| 33 | Frederick | 483 |
| 34 | Willie | 476 |
| 35 | Alfred | 469 |
| 36 | Sam | 457 |
| 37 | Roy | 440 |
| 38 | Herbert | 424 |
| 39 | Jacob | 404 |
| 40 | Tom | 399 |
| 41 | Elmer | 373 |
| 42 | Carl | 372 |
| 43 | Lee | 361 |
| 44 | Howard | 357 |
| 45 | Martin | 357 |
| 46 | Michael | 354 |
| 47 | Bert | 348 |
| 48 | Herman | 347 |
| 49 | Jim | 345 |
| 50 | Francis | 344 |
| 51 | Harvey | 344 |
| 52 | Earl | 335 |
| 53 | Eugene | 328 |
| 54 | Ralph | 317 |
| 55 | Ed | 310 |
| 56 | Claude | 309 |
| 57 | Edwin | 309 |
| 58 | Ben | 305 |
| 59 | Charley | 305 |
| 60 | Paul | 301 |
| 61 | Edgar | 283 |
| 62 | Isaac | 274 |
| 63 | Otto | 271 |
| 64 | Luther | 260 |
| 65 | Lawrence | 257 |
| 66 | Ira | 249 |
| 67 | Patrick | 248 |
| 68 | Guy | 239 |
| 69 | Oliver | 234 |
| 70 | Theodore | 232 |
| 71 | Hugh | 224 |
| 72 | Clyde | 221 |
| 73 | Alexander | 211 |
| 74 | August | 210 |
| 75 | Floyd | 206 |
| 76 | Homer | 205 |
| 77 | Jack | 204 |
| 78 | Leonard | 200 |
| 79 | Horace | 199 |
| 80 | Marion | 189 |
| 81 | Philip | 186 |
| 82 | Allen | 184 |
| 83 | Archie | 183 |
| 84 | Stephen | 176 |
| 85 | Chester | 168 |
| 86 | Willis | 166 |
| 87 | Raymond | 165 |
| 88 | Rufus | 163 |
| 89 | Warren | 158 |
| 90 | Jessie | 154 |
| 91 | Milton | 149 |
| 92 | Alex | 147 |
| 93 | Leo | 147 |
| 94 | Julius | 143 |
| 95 | Ray | 142 |
| 96 | Sidney | 142 |
| 97 | Bernard | 140 |
| 98 | Dan | 140 |
| 99 | Jerry | 136 |
| 100 | Calvin | 134 |
How spread out were names in 1880?
The ten most popular girls' names went to 24.6% of the girls counted in 1880, and the top ten boys' names to 44.2% of the boys. In 2025, those shares were 7% for girls and 8% for boys.
Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.