The most popular baby names of 1884

SSA recorded 243,460 births in 1884 across all reported names — 129,019 girls and 114,441 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1884

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1883.
#	Name	Births	vs 1883
1	Mary	9,217	—
2	Anna	3,860	—
3	Emma	2,587	—
4	Elizabeth	2,549	—
5	Minnie	2,243	—
6	Margaret	2,142	—
7	Ida	1,882	+1
8	Clara	1,852	+2
9	Bertha	1,789	-2
10	Annie	1,739	-1
11	Alice	1,732	—
12	Florence	1,570	+2
13	Grace	1,525	—
14	Sarah	1,518	-2
15	Bessie	1,451	+3
16	Martha	1,443	-1
17	Nellie	1,417	—
18	Ethel	1,386	+2
19	Ella	1,374	-3
20	Mabel	1,270	+3
21	Laura	1,246	-2
22	Carrie	1,245	-1
23	Cora	1,244	+1
24	Maude	1,225	-2
25	Pearl	1,138	+4
26	Lillian	1,109	—
27	Edith	1,104	+4
28	Gertrude	1,063	-3
28	Jennie	1,063	-1
30	Rose	1,060	+3
31	Mattie	1,007	-1
32	Hattie	993	-4
33	Helen	986	+2
34	Myrtle	979	+3
35	Louise	962	+3
36	Edna	957	+5
37	Julia	935	-3
38	Eva	929	-6
39	Lula	916	+4
40	Lillie	911	-1
41	Lena	906	+1
42	Jessie	888	-2
43	Catherine	874	-7
44	Ada	854	—
45	Josephine	800	+1
46	Frances	789	-1
47	Lucy	787	+1
48	Maggie	749	—
49	Marie	746	+4
50	Fannie	738	-3
51	Dora	720	—
52	Blanche	711	+2
53	Agnes	703	-1
54	Daisy	685	-4
55	Katherine	671	+1
56	Nora	648	-1
57	Mamie	609	+1
58	Rosa	607	+2
59	Ellen	597	+3
60	Stella	584	-1
61	May	564	-4
62	Effie	558	-2
63	Elsie	549	+2
64	Mae	542	+6
65	Della	541	+1
66	Lizzie	523	-3
67	Nettie	522	-3
68	Nancy	520	+3
69	Sallie	494	+3
70	Alma	480	+9
71	Sadie	466	-3
72	Maud	461	-4
73	Susie	455	-6
74	Ruth	442	-1
75	Etta	423	+5
76	Lottie	397	—
77	Flora	393	-4
78	Caroline	380	+8
79	Mollie	374	+10
80	Lydia	369	-5
81	Emily	364	—
82	Viola	362	+1
83	Katie	360	-5
83	Olive	360	+7
85	Addie	356	-8
86	Charlotte	344	+6
86	Kate	344	+4
86	Kathryn	344	+7
86	Lulu	344	+2
90	Georgia	341	-6
91	Harriet	339	-9
92	Amanda	337	+2
93	Willie	332	+3
94	Susan	326	-9
95	Irene	324	+4
96	Amelia	315	+1
97	Nannie	314	-10
98	Jane	295	+4
99	Esther	291	—
100	Belle	286	-3

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1883.
#	Name	Births	vs 1883
1	John	9,388	—
2	William	8,897	—
3	James	5,693	—
4	George	4,961	+1
5	Charles	4,802	-1
6	Frank	3,218	—
7	Joseph	2,707	—
8	Thomas	2,572	+2
9	Henry	2,474	-1
10	Robert	2,468	-1
11	Edward	2,439	—
12	Harry	2,323	—
13	Walter	1,902	—
14	Arthur	1,690	—
15	Fred	1,638	—
16	Albert	1,435	—
17	Samuel	945	—
18	Clarence	889	—
19	Louis	886	—
20	Grover	802	+84
21	David	761	-1
22	Joe	759	+4
23	Richard	749	-2
24	Charlie	746	-2
25	Ernest	690	-2
26	Roy	680	+4
27	Jesse	670	+1
28	Will	650	+1
29	Andrew	616	-5
30	Oscar	615	-4
31	Willie	578	+3
32	Daniel	573	-7
33	Sam	533	—
34	Peter	524	+2
35	Elmer	523	+5
36	Carl	521	-4
37	Alfred	520	-2
38	Benjamin	509	-7
39	Lewis	476	-1
40	Earl	464	+2
40	Ralph	464	+5
42	Frederick	454	-5
43	Lee	435	—
44	Howard	432	-5
45	Paul	422	+3
46	Herbert	421	-5
47	Tom	394	-3
48	Herman	385	-1
48	Martin	385	-2
50	Jacob	381	-1
51	Michael	373	+4
52	Ben	367	+4
53	Harvey	358	—
54	Claude	353	—
55	Jim	346	-3
56	Clyde	345	-6
57	Francis	340	+3
58	Chester	338	+1
59	Eugene	321	-8
60	Ed	314	+4
61	Edwin	308	-4
62	Raymond	299	+6
63	Charley	290	—
63	Edgar	290	-5
65	Otto	288	+1
66	Ira	284	+1
67	Bert	280	-5
68	Jack	274	-3
69	Luther	273	—
70	Floyd	263	+3
71	Lawrence	262	-10
72	Guy	260	-1
73	Hugh	246	+1
74	Oliver	245	-2
75	Isaac	243	-5
76	Alexander	236	+4
77	Ray	232	+1
78	Patrick	222	-3
79	Homer	216	-3
80	August	213	-3
81	Theodore	211	—
82	Archie	206	+2
82	Leonard	206	-3
84	Leo	192	+11
85	Harold	191	+32
86	Marion	184	+1
87	Allen	182	-5
88	Anthony	179	+4
88	Eddie	179	+17
90	Jessie	177	-1
91	Emil	175	+8
92	Cleveland	174	+187
93	Stephen	165	+4
94	Warren	164	-3
95	Julius	162	-7
96	Philip	161	-12
97	Dave	159	+4
98	Horace	154	-15
98	Leroy	154	-6
100	Dan	151	+8
100	Willis	151	+3

Ranked by places gained against 1883, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1884	Rank 1883	Change
Mollie girls	79	89	+10
Alma girls	70	79	+9
Caroline girls	78	86	+8
Olive girls	83	90	+7
Kathryn girls	86	93	+7
Hannah girls	103	110	+7
Mae girls	64	70	+6
Charlotte girls	86	92	+6
Raymond boys	62	68	+6
Edna girls	36	41	+5
Etta girls	75	80	+5
Elmer boys	35	40	+5
Ralph boys	40	45	+5
Pearl girls	25	29	+4
Edith girls	27	31	+4

Name	Rank 1884	Rank 1883	Change
Amy girls	123	110	-13
Nannie girls	97	87	-10
Estella girls	116	106	-10
Lawrence boys	71	61	-10
Harriet girls	91	82	-9
Susan girls	94	85	-9
Augusta girls	117	108	-9
Addie girls	85	77	-8
Eugene boys	59	51	-8
Catherine girls	43	36	-7
Theresa girls	111	104	-7
Daniel boys	32	25	-7
Benjamin boys	38	31	-7
Eva girls	38	32	-6
Susie girls	73	67	-6

1884 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

For these names, 1884 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.