1881
Top Baby Names of 1881
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1881
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Mary 6,919 2
Anna 2,698 3
Emma 2,034 4
Elizabeth 1,852 5
Margaret 1,658 6
Minnie 1,653 7
Ida 1,439 8
Annie 1,326 9
Bertha 1,324 10
Alice 1,308 11
Clara 1,242 12
Sarah 1,226 13
Ella 1,148 14
Nellie 1,096 15
Grace 1,089 16
Florence 1,046 17
Martha 1,044 18
Cora 969 19
Laura 962 20
Carrie 958 21
Maude 923 22
Bessie 903 23
Mabel 893 24
Gertrude 791 25
Ethel 788 26
Jennie 784 27
Edith 778 28
Hattie 775 29
Mattie 754 30
Julia 737 31
Rose 734 32
Lillian 723 33
Lillie 678 34
Jessie 661 34
Eva 661 36
Lula 655 37
Myrtle 643 38
Pearl 641 39
Edna 637 40
Catherine 635 41
Ada 628 42
Louise 617 43
Helen 612 44
Lucy 611 45
Frances 586 46
Dora 585 47
Fannie 565 48
Josephine 563 49
Daisy 562 50
Lena 555 51
Maggie 532 52
Katherine 504 53
Rosa 500 54
Marie 499 55
Nora 498 56
Effie 463 57
Blanche 456 58
May 451 59
Nancy 429 60
Della 428 61
Agnes 424 62
Nettie 419 63
Stella 416 63
Sallie 416 65
Ellen 413 66
Mamie 412 67
Lizzie 396 68
Susie 367 69
Sadie 366 70
Elsie 344 71
Maud 328 72
Flora 317 73
Etta 316 73
Caroline 316 75
Mae 314 76
Lulu 313 77
Lydia 299 78
Alma 293 79
Susan 292 80
Lottie 289 81
Addie 287 82
Mollie 281 83
Katie 279 84
Ruth 275 85
Harriet 270 86
Kate 267 87
Amanda 263 88
Nannie 258 89
Georgia 256 90
Emily 244 91
Eliza 238 92
Viola 237 93
Amelia 235 94
Willie 229 95
Charlotte 227 96
Rebecca 226 97
Belle 219 98
Kathryn 218 99
Jane 216 100
Olive 211 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1881
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John 8,768 2
William 8,524 3
James 5,441 4
George 4,664 5
Charles 4,636 6
Frank 2,834 7
Joseph 2,456 8
Henry 2,339 9
Thomas 2,282 10
Edward 2,177 11
Robert 2,140 12
Harry 2,002 13
Walter 1,670 14
Arthur 1,575 15
Fred 1,418 16
Albert 1,319 17
Samuel 919 18
David 750 19
Louis 746 20
Charlie 668 20
Clarence 668 22
Richard 641 23
Joe 639 24
Andrew 588 25
Ernest 571 26
Will 550 27
Jesse 536 28
Oscar 530 29
Daniel 527 30
Willie 498 31
Benjamin 481 31
Sam 481 33
Alfred 466 34
Roy 440 35
Lewis 439 36
Frederick 433 37
Peter 428 38
Elmer 388 39
Jacob 381 40
Herbert 369 41
Carl 359 41
Howard 359 43
Tom 349 44
Lee 342 45
Ralph 329 46
Martin 327 47
Jim 323 48
Earl 314 48
Eugene 314 50
Bert 312 50
Edgar 312 52
Herman 304 53
Claude 302 54
Michael 298 55
Paul 291 56
Ben 289 57
Ira 286 58
Harvey 282 59
Edwin 274 59
Chester 274 61
Ed 272 62
Charley 266 63
Francis 259 64
Isaac 258 65
Luther 249 66
Lawrence 244 67
Oliver 238 68
Clyde 232 69
Otto 221 70
Hugh 219 71
Alexander 209 72
Leonard 206 73
Jack 197 74
Raymond 195 75
Patrick 188 76
Guy 186 77
Homer 181 78
Theodore 178 78
Floyd 178 80
August 172 80
Allen 172 82
Marion 162 83
Philip 156 83
Warren 156 85
Horace 152 86
Ray 148 86
Dan 148 88
Stephen 147 88
Garfield 147 90
Emil 145 91
Jessie 143 91
Milton 143 93
Willis 142 94
Calvin 138 95
Dave 135 96
Bernard 130 97
Julius 129 97
Sidney 129 97
Leroy 129 100
Anthony 128 About 1881 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1881, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.