1884
Top Baby Names of 1884
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1884
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
Jennie 1,063 28
Gertrude 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
Kate 344 86
Lulu 344 86
Charlotte 344 86
Kathryn 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 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1884
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
Martin 385 48
Herman 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
Leonard 206 82
Archie 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
Willis 151 About 1884 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1884, 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.