1888
Top Baby Names of 1888
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1888
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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
Jennie 1,298 36
Hattie 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
Rosa 832 61
Nora 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 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1888
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
Jacob 353 57
Francis 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
Philip 196 90
Leon 196 92
Clifford 194 93
Anthony 193 93
Eddie 193 95
Leroy 192 96
Archie 191 97
Lester 189 98
Stephen 187 99
Lloyd 175 99
Leslie 175 About 1888 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1888, 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.