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The most popular baby names of 1882

SSA recorded 221,533 births in 1882 across all reported names — 107,847 girls and 113,686 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1882

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1881.
#NameBirthsvs 1881
1 Mary 8,148 —
2 Anna 3,143 —
3 Emma 2,303 —
4 Elizabeth 2,186 —
5 Minnie 2,004 +1
6 Margaret 1,821 -1
7 Ida 1,673 —
8 Alice 1,542 +2
9 Bertha 1,508 —
10 Annie 1,492 -2
11 Clara 1,490 —
12 Sarah 1,410 —
13 Florence 1,322 +3
14 Martha 1,229 +3
15 Ella 1,206 -2
16 Grace 1,195 -1
17 Laura 1,151 +2
18 Bessie 1,144 +4
19 Nellie 1,138 -5
20 Maude 1,089 +1
21 Cora 1,076 -3
22 Carrie 1,037 -2
23 Mabel 997 —
24 Ethel 989 +1
25 Mattie 966 +4
26 Gertrude 939 -2
27 Jennie 934 -1
28 Rose 886 +3
29 Edith 876 -2
30 Hattie 859 -2
31 Helen 838 +12
32 Lillian 830 —
33 Pearl 824 +5
34 Louise 813 +8
35 Julia 811 -5
36 Lillie 810 -3
37 Jessie 806 -3
38 Myrtle 803 -1
39 Edna 783 —
40 Lula 780 -4
41 Eva 765 -7
42 Catherine 726 -2
43 Lena 697 +7
44 Ada 689 -3
45 Frances 681 —
46 Lucy 673 -2
47 Fannie 650 —
48 Daisy 648 +1
49 Josephine 638 -1
50 Maggie 627 +1
51 Dora 594 -5
52 Katherine 591 —
52 Marie 591 +2
54 Agnes 565 +7
55 Effie 561 +1
56 Blanche 547 +1
57 Rosa 542 -4
58 Nora 539 -3
59 May 510 -1
60 Mamie 508 +6
61 Stella 506 +2
62 Lizzie 495 +5
63 Sallie 487 —
64 Ellen 452 +1
65 Elsie 448 +5
66 Della 447 -6
67 Nancy 439 -8
67 Nettie 439 -5
69 Maud 432 +2
70 Susie 412 -2
71 Mae 406 +4
72 Sadie 391 -3
73 Flora 380 -1
74 Alma 368 +4
75 Etta 352 -2
76 Lydia 342 +1
77 Addie 341 +4
78 Katie 327 +5
79 Susan 326 —
80 Ruth 323 +4
81 Georgia 320 +8
82 Lottie 319 -2
83 Viola 310 +9
84 Mollie 305 -2
85 Caroline 304 -12
86 Nannie 299 +2
87 Kate 293 -1
88 Olive 291 +12
88 Willie 291 +6
90 Harriet 289 -5
91 Amanda 288 -4
92 Eliza 280 -1
93 Lulu 279 -17
94 Virginia 274 +7
95 Emily 272 -5
95 Kathryn 272 +3
97 Esther 266 +8
98 Belle 264 -1
99 Rebecca 259 -3
100 Charlotte 257 -5

Top 100 boys' names in 1882

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1881.
#NameBirthsvs 1881
1 John 9,557 —
2 William 9,298 —
3 James 5,892 —
4 George 5,193 —
5 Charles 5,091 —
6 Frank 3,176 —
7 Joseph 2,670 —
8 Thomas 2,610 +1
9 Henry 2,579 -1
10 Robert 2,500 +1
11 Edward 2,477 -1
12 Harry 2,232 —
13 Walter 1,805 —
14 Arthur 1,686 —
15 Fred 1,641 —
16 Albert 1,499 —
17 Samuel 1,003 —
18 Louis 852 +1
19 David 838 -1
20 Clarence 837 —
21 Charlie 753 -1
22 Richard 746 —
23 Joe 739 —
24 Andrew 673 —
25 Will 666 +1
26 Jesse 660 +1
27 Ernest 642 -2
28 Oscar 625 —
29 Daniel 594 —
30 Sam 555 +1
31 Willie 541 -1
32 Alfred 523 +1
33 Roy 521 +1
34 Benjamin 478 -3
34 Carl 478 +7
36 Peter 461 +1
37 Frederick 457 -1
38 Elmer 441 —
38 Lewis 441 -3
40 Herbert 431 —
41 Lee 427 +3
42 Howard 422 -1
43 Ralph 407 +2
44 Paul 397 +11
45 Jim 396 +2
46 Jacob 390 -7
46 Tom 390 -3
48 Martin 387 -2
49 Earl 377 -1
50 Claude 356 +3
51 Herman 348 +1
52 Bert 341 -2
52 Eugene 341 -4
54 Ed 337 +7
55 Ben 334 +1
56 Francis 327 +7
57 Michael 321 -3
58 Edgar 308 -8
59 Edwin 305 —
60 Chester 300 -1
60 Harvey 300 -2
62 Clyde 293 +6
63 Lawrence 287 +3
64 Luther 284 +1
65 Isaac 278 -1
66 Jack 271 +7
67 Charley 262 -5
68 Guy 253 +8
69 Otto 252 —
70 Patrick 249 +5
71 Ira 244 -14
71 Oliver 244 -4
73 Hugh 239 -3
74 August 234 +6
75 Theodore 232 +3
76 Floyd 231 +2
76 Leonard 231 -4
78 Raymond 230 -4
79 Alexander 225 -8
80 Allen 206 —
81 Stephen 201 +7
82 Archie 195 +19
82 Ray 195 +4
84 Jessie 192 +7
85 Homer 190 -8
86 Warren 183 -3
87 Philip 182 -4
88 Horace 176 -3
89 Alex 172 +20
90 Eddie 169 +24
91 Julius 168 +6
92 Emil 157 -2
92 Marion 157 -10
94 Clifford 155 +18
94 Milton 155 -3
96 Leroy 152 +1
97 Dan 150 -11
98 Rufus 147 +6
99 Leo 146 +4
99 Sidney 146 -2

Names that climbed fastest in 1882

Ranked by places gained against 1881, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1882Rank 1881Change
Helen girls 31 43 +12
Olive girls 88 100 +12
Paul boys 44 55 +11
Viola girls 83 92 +9
Louise girls 34 42 +8
Georgia girls 81 89 +8
Lena girls 43 50 +7
Agnes girls 54 61 +7
Virginia girls 94 101 +7
Carl boys 34 41 +7
Ed boys 54 61 +7
Francis boys 56 63 +7
Mamie girls 60 66 +6
Willie girls 88 94 +6
Clyde boys 62 68 +6

Names that fell fastest in 1882

NameRank 1882Rank 1881Change
Lulu girls 93 76 -17
Ira boys 71 57 -14
Caroline girls 85 73 -12
Amelia girls 102 93 -9
Nancy girls 67 59 -8
Edgar boys 58 50 -8
Alexander boys 79 71 -8
Eva girls 41 34 -7
Jacob boys 46 39 -7
Della girls 66 60 -6
Nellie girls 19 14 -5
Julia girls 35 30 -5
Dora girls 51 46 -5
Nettie girls 67 62 -5
Harriet girls 90 85 -5

Names that first appear in 1882

1882 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.