The most popular baby names of 1883

SSA recorded 216,945 births in 1883 across all reported names — 112,320 girls and 104,625 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1883

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1882.
#	Name	Births	vs 1882
1	Mary	8,012	—
2	Anna	3,306	—
3	Emma	2,367	—
4	Elizabeth	2,255	—
5	Minnie	2,035	—
6	Margaret	1,881	—
7	Bertha	1,681	+2
8	Ida	1,634	-1
9	Annie	1,589	+1
10	Clara	1,548	+1
11	Alice	1,488	-3
12	Sarah	1,359	—
13	Grace	1,307	+3
14	Florence	1,298	-1
15	Martha	1,255	-1
16	Ella	1,251	-1
17	Nellie	1,246	+2
18	Bessie	1,241	—
19	Laura	1,183	-2
20	Ethel	1,132	+4
21	Carrie	1,108	+1
22	Maude	1,096	-2
23	Mabel	1,086	—
24	Cora	1,081	-3
25	Gertrude	923	+1
26	Lillian	907	+6
27	Jennie	904	—
28	Hattie	895	+2
29	Pearl	886	+4
30	Mattie	883	-5
31	Edith	881	-2
32	Eva	879	+9
33	Rose	877	-5
34	Julia	875	+1
35	Helen	862	-4
36	Catherine	853	+6
37	Myrtle	851	+1
38	Louise	847	-4
39	Lillie	837	-3
40	Jessie	834	-3
41	Edna	823	-2
42	Lena	800	+1
43	Lula	790	-3
44	Ada	778	—
45	Frances	710	—
46	Josephine	697	+3
47	Fannie	696	—
48	Lucy	663	-2
48	Maggie	663	+2
50	Daisy	659	-2
51	Dora	640	—
52	Agnes	623	+2
53	Marie	622	-1
54	Blanche	610	+2
55	Nora	589	+3
56	Katherine	583	-4
57	May	532	+2
58	Mamie	531	+2
59	Stella	529	+2
60	Effie	507	-5
60	Rosa	507	-3
62	Ellen	500	+2
63	Lizzie	496	-1
64	Nettie	494	+3
65	Elsie	479	—
66	Della	453	—
67	Susie	436	+3
68	Maud	425	+1
68	Sadie	425	+4
70	Mae	423	+1
71	Nancy	412	-4
72	Sallie	409	-9
73	Flora	387	—
73	Ruth	387	+7
75	Lydia	378	+1
76	Lottie	372	+6
77	Addie	362	—
78	Katie	361	—
79	Alma	359	-5
80	Etta	352	-5
81	Emily	342	+14
82	Harriet	341	+8
83	Viola	331	—
84	Georgia	325	-3
85	Susan	322	-6
86	Caroline	321	-1
87	Nannie	305	-1
88	Lulu	302	+5
89	Mollie	301	-5
90	Kate	294	-3
90	Olive	294	-2
92	Charlotte	291	+8
93	Kathryn	290	+2
94	Amanda	287	-3
95	Eliza	274	-3
96	Willie	264	-8
97	Amelia	262	+5
97	Belle	262	+1
99	Esther	260	-2
99	Irene	260	+5

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1882.
#	Name	Births	vs 1882
1	John	8,894	—
2	William	8,387	—
3	James	5,223	—
4	Charles	4,826	+1
5	George	4,736	-1
6	Frank	2,986	—
7	Joseph	2,515	—
8	Henry	2,383	+1
9	Robert	2,334	+1
10	Thomas	2,316	-2
11	Edward	2,250	—
12	Harry	2,110	—
13	Walter	1,705	—
14	Arthur	1,591	—
15	Fred	1,502	—
16	Albert	1,496	—
17	Samuel	937	—
18	Clarence	837	+2
19	Louis	796	-1
20	David	734	-1
21	Richard	649	+1
22	Charlie	643	-1
23	Ernest	641	+4
24	Andrew	623	—
25	Daniel	615	+4
26	Joe	607	-3
26	Oscar	607	+2
28	Jesse	584	-2
29	Will	576	-4
30	Roy	556	+3
31	Benjamin	508	+3
32	Carl	480	+2
33	Sam	476	-3
34	Willie	474	-3
35	Alfred	457	-3
36	Peter	450	—
37	Frederick	438	—
38	Lewis	431	—
39	Howard	429	+3
40	Elmer	423	-2
41	Herbert	422	-1
42	Earl	389	+7
43	Lee	388	-2
44	Tom	386	+2
45	Ralph	385	-2
46	Martin	377	+2
47	Herman	359	+4
48	Paul	358	-4
49	Jacob	356	-3
50	Clyde	336	+12
51	Eugene	325	+1
52	Jim	322	-7
53	Harvey	318	+7
54	Claude	315	-4
55	Michael	307	+2
56	Ben	306	-1
57	Edwin	299	+2
58	Edgar	292	—
59	Chester	290	+1
60	Francis	285	-4
61	Lawrence	282	+2
62	Bert	273	-10
63	Charley	254	+4
64	Ed	247	-10
65	Jack	242	+1
66	Otto	240	+3
67	Ira	239	+4
68	Raymond	233	+10
69	Luther	229	-5
70	Isaac	227	-5
71	Guy	224	-3
72	Oliver	219	-1
73	Floyd	217	+3
74	Hugh	215	-1
75	Patrick	213	-5
76	Homer	210	+9
77	August	209	-3
78	Ray	202	+4
79	Leonard	200	-3
80	Alexander	187	-1
81	Theodore	185	-6
82	Allen	175	-2
83	Horace	167	+5
84	Archie	166	-2
84	Philip	166	+3
86	Sidney	165	+13
87	Marion	163	+5
88	Julius	160	+3
89	Jessie	151	-5
90	Milton	149	+4
91	Warren	146	-5
92	Anthony	143	+13
92	Everett	143	+13
92	Leroy	143	+4
95	Leo	142	+4
96	Bernard	141	+7
97	Leon	140	+17
97	Stephen	140	-16
99	Emil	139	-7
100	Clifford	138	-6

Ranked by places gained against 1882, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1883	Rank 1882	Change
Emily girls	81	95	+14
Clyde boys	50	62	+12
Raymond boys	68	78	+10
Eva girls	32	41	+9
Harriet girls	82	90	+8
Charlotte girls	92	100	+8
Ruth girls	73	80	+7
Earl boys	42	49	+7
Harvey boys	53	60	+7
Lillian girls	26	32	+6
Catherine girls	36	42	+6
Lottie girls	76	82	+6
Lulu girls	88	93	+5
Amelia girls	97	102	+5
Irene girls	99	104	+5

Name	Rank 1883	Rank 1882	Change
Virginia girls	105	94	-11
Bert boys	62	52	-10
Ed boys	64	54	-10
Sallie girls	72	63	-9
Willie girls	96	88	-8
Jim boys	52	45	-7
Susan girls	85	79	-6
Mattie girls	30	25	-5
Rose girls	33	28	-5
Effie girls	60	55	-5
Alma girls	79	74	-5
Etta girls	80	75	-5
Mollie girls	89	84	-5
Henrietta girls	112	107	-5
Luther boys	69	64	-5

1883 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.