1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 Mary and John were the most popular baby names of 1880 in the US:
7,065 girls were named Mary and 9,655 boys were named John, about 1 in 13 girls and 1 in 11 boys born that year.
Social Security records list 90,994 girls and 110,490 boys born in 1880,
with 942 different girl names and 1,057 boy names.
A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.
Top 100 Baby Names of 1880 Ranked by the babies given each name. Tied names share a rank.
Top 100 Girl Names of 1880 # 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 36 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 55 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 96 Hannah 221 98 Jane 215 99 Virginia 213 100 Emily 210 100 Matilda 210
Top 100 Boy Names of 1880 # 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 21 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 44 Martin 357 46 Michael 354 47 Bert 348 48 Herman 347 49 Jim 345 50 Francis 344 50 Harvey 344 52 Earl 335 53 Eugene 328 54 Ralph 317 55 Ed 310 56 Claude 309 56 Edwin 309 58 Ben 305 58 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 92 Leo 147 94 Julius 143 95 Ray 142 95 Sidney 142 97 Bernard 140 97 Dan 140 99 Jerry 136 100 Calvin 134 100 Perry 134
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