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The most popular baby names of 1881

SSA recorded 192,688 births in 1881 across all reported names — 91,953 girls and 100,735 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1881

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1880.
#NameBirthsvs 1880
1 Mary 6,919 —
2 Anna 2,698 —
3 Emma 2,034 —
4 Elizabeth 1,852 —
5 Margaret 1,658 +1
6 Minnie 1,653 -1
7 Ida 1,439 —
8 Annie 1,326 +3
9 Bertha 1,324 —
10 Alice 1,308 -2
11 Clara 1,242 +1
12 Sarah 1,226 -2
13 Ella 1,148 —
14 Nellie 1,096 +4
15 Grace 1,089 +4
16 Florence 1,046 -2
17 Martha 1,044 -1
18 Cora 969 -3
19 Laura 962 -2
20 Carrie 958 —
21 Maude 923 —
22 Bessie 903 +1
23 Mabel 893 -1
24 Gertrude 791 +1
25 Ethel 788 +13
26 Jennie 784 -2
27 Edith 778 +1
28 Hattie 775 -1
29 Mattie 754 —
30 Julia 737 -4
31 Rose 734 -1
32 Lillian 723 —
33 Lillie 678 +1
34 Eva 661 +7
34 Jessie 661 +2
36 Lula 655 +3
37 Myrtle 643 +3
38 Pearl 641 +9
39 Edna 637 +6
40 Catherine 635 -9
41 Ada 628 -8
42 Louise 617 -6
43 Helen 612 -8
44 Lucy 611 —
45 Frances 586 -3
46 Dora 585 +5
47 Fannie 565 +2
48 Josephine 563 +2
49 Daisy 562 -1
50 Lena 555 -7
51 Maggie 532 -5
52 Katherine 504 +1
53 Rosa 500 -1
54 Marie 499 +1
55 Nora 498 —
56 Effie 463 +7
57 Blanche 456 +2
58 May 451 -1
59 Nancy 429 +3
60 Della 428 +6
61 Agnes 424 -7
62 Nettie 419 +3
63 Sallie 416 +1
63 Stella 416 -3
65 Ellen 413 -4
66 Mamie 412 -8
67 Lizzie 396 —
68 Susie 367 +1
69 Sadie 366 +5
70 Elsie 344 +8
71 Maud 328 -1
72 Flora 317 -4
73 Caroline 316 +2
73 Etta 316 -1
75 Mae 314 -4
76 Lulu 313 +10
77 Lydia 299 —
78 Alma 293 +4
79 Susan 292 +1
80 Lottie 289 +8
81 Addie 287 +2
82 Mollie 281 -1
83 Katie 279 -7
84 Ruth 275 +9
85 Harriet 270 -12
86 Kate 267 -7
87 Amanda 263 +2
88 Nannie 258 -1
89 Georgia 256 -5
90 Emily 244 +10
91 Eliza 238 -6
92 Viola 237 +2
93 Amelia 235 +3
94 Willie 229 +11
95 Charlotte 227 -4
96 Rebecca 226 -4
97 Belle 219 -7
98 Kathryn 218 +4
99 Jane 216 -1
100 Olive 211 -5

Top 100 boys' names in 1881

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1880.
#NameBirthsvs 1880
1 John 8,768 —
2 William 8,524 —
3 James 5,441 —
4 George 4,664 +1
5 Charles 4,636 -1
6 Frank 2,834 —
7 Joseph 2,456 —
8 Henry 2,339 +1
9 Thomas 2,282 -1
10 Edward 2,177 +1
11 Robert 2,140 -1
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 +1
20 Clarence 668 +1
22 Richard 641 +1
23 Joe 639 -3
24 Andrew 588 —
25 Ernest 571 +1
26 Will 550 +1
27 Jesse 536 +1
28 Oscar 530 +1
29 Daniel 527 -4
30 Willie 498 +4
31 Benjamin 481 +1
31 Sam 481 +5
33 Alfred 466 +2
34 Roy 440 +3
35 Lewis 439 -5
36 Frederick 433 -3
37 Peter 428 -6
38 Elmer 388 +3
39 Jacob 381 —
40 Herbert 369 -2
41 Carl 359 +1
41 Howard 359 +3
43 Tom 349 -3
44 Lee 342 -1
45 Ralph 329 +9
46 Martin 327 -2
47 Jim 323 +2
48 Earl 314 +4
48 Eugene 314 +5
50 Bert 312 -3
50 Edgar 312 +11
52 Herman 304 -4
53 Claude 302 +3
54 Michael 298 -8
55 Paul 291 +5
56 Ben 289 +2
57 Ira 286 +9
58 Harvey 282 -8
59 Chester 274 +26
59 Edwin 274 -3
61 Ed 272 -6
62 Charley 266 -4
63 Francis 259 -13
64 Isaac 258 -2
65 Luther 249 -1
66 Lawrence 244 -1
67 Oliver 238 +2
68 Clyde 232 +4
69 Otto 221 -6
70 Hugh 219 +1
71 Alexander 209 +2
72 Leonard 206 +6
73 Jack 197 +4
74 Raymond 195 +13
75 Patrick 188 -8
76 Guy 186 -8
77 Homer 181 -1
78 Floyd 178 -3
78 Theodore 178 -8
80 Allen 172 +2
80 August 172 -6
82 Marion 162 -2
83 Philip 156 -2
83 Warren 156 +6
85 Horace 152 -6
86 Dan 148 +11
86 Ray 148 +9
88 Garfield 147 +22
88 Stephen 147 -4
90 Emil 145 +23
91 Jessie 143 -1
91 Milton 143 —
93 Willis 142 -7
94 Calvin 138 +6
95 Dave 135 +7
96 Bernard 130 +1
97 Julius 129 -3
97 Leroy 129 +11
97 Sidney 129 -2
100 Anthony 128 +3

Names that climbed fastest in 1881

Ranked by places gained against 1880, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1881Rank 1880Change
Ethel girls 25 38 +13
Edgar boys 50 61 +11
Lulu girls 76 86 +10
Emily girls 90 100 +10
Pearl girls 38 47 +9
Ruth girls 84 93 +9
Ralph boys 45 54 +9
Ira boys 57 66 +9
Elsie girls 70 78 +8
Lottie girls 80 88 +8
Eva girls 34 41 +7
Effie girls 56 63 +7
Edna girls 39 45 +6
Della girls 60 66 +6
Leonard boys 72 78 +6

Names that fell fastest in 1881

NameRank 1881Rank 1880Change
Francis boys 63 50 -13
Harriet girls 85 73 -12
Catherine girls 40 31 -9
Ada girls 41 33 -8
Helen girls 43 35 -8
Mamie girls 66 58 -8
Michael boys 54 46 -8
Harvey boys 58 50 -8
Lena girls 50 43 -7
Agnes girls 61 54 -7
Katie girls 83 76 -7
Kate girls 86 79 -7
Belle girls 97 90 -7
Louise girls 42 36 -6
Eliza girls 91 85 -6

Names that first appear in 1881

1881 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.