Top 1000 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1881

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1881 Popular Names U.S. - Top 1000 Baby Names
				Change from 1880						Change from 1880
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	6,919	6.999	0	-146	30	Willie	498	0.460	4	22
2	Anna	2,698	2.729	0	94	31	Benjamin	481	0.444	1	-9
3	Emma	2,034	2.058	0	31	32	Sam	481	0.444	4	24
4	Elizabeth	1,852	1.873	0	-87	33	Alfred	466	0.430	2	-3
5	Margaret	1,658	1.677	1	80	34	Roy	440	0.406	3	0
6	Minnie	1,653	1.672	-1	-93	35	Lewis	439	0.405	-5	-78
7	Ida	1,439	1.456	0	-33	36	Frederick	433	0.400	-3	-50
8	Annie	1,326	1.341	3	68	37	Peter	428	0.395	-6	-68
9	Bertha	1,324	1.339	0	4	38	Elmer	388	0.358	3	15
10	Alice	1,308	1.323	-2	-106	39	Jacob	381	0.352	0	-23
11	Clara	1,242	1.256	1	16	40	Herbert	369	0.341	-2	-55
12	Sarah	1,226	1.240	-2	-62	41	Carl	359	0.332	1	-13
13	Ella	1,148	1.161	0	-8	42	Howard	359	0.332	2	2
14	Nellie	1,096	1.109	4	101	43	Tom	349	0.322	-3	-50
15	Grace	1,089	1.102	4	107	44	Lee	342	0.316	-1	-19
16	Florence	1,046	1.058	-2	-17	45	Ralph	329	0.304	9	12
17	Martha	1,044	1.056	-1	4	46	Martin	327	0.302	-1	-30
18	Cora	969	0.980	-3	-76	47	Jim	323	0.298	2	-22
19	Laura	962	0.973	-2	-50	48	Earl	314	0.290	4	-21
20	Carrie	958	0.969	0	9	49	Eugene	314	0.290	4	-14
21	Maude	923	0.934	0	64	50	Bert	312	0.288	-3	-36
22	Bessie	903	0.913	1	107	51	Edgar	312	0.288	10	29
23	Mabel	893	0.903	-1	85	52	Herman	304	0.281	-4	-43
24	Gertrude	791	0.800	1	4	53	Claude	302	0.279	3	-7
25	Ethel	788	0.797	13	155	54	Michael	298	0.275	-8	-56
26	Jennie	784	0.793	-2	-9	55	Paul	291	0.269	5	-10
27	Edith	778	0.787	1	10	56	Ben	289	0.267	2	-16
28	Hattie	775	0.784	-1	6	57	Ira	286	0.264	9	37
29	Mattie	754	0.763	0	50	58	Harvey	282	0.260	-7	-62
30	Julia	737	0.746	-4	-46	59	Chester	274	0.253	26	106
31	Rose	734	0.743	-1	34	60	Edwin	274	0.253	-3	-35
32	Lillian	723	0.731	0	51	61	Ed	272	0.251	-6	-38
33	Lillie	678	0.686	1	31	62	Charley	266	0.246	-3	-39
34	Eva	661	0.669	7	47	63	Francis	259	0.239	-13	-85
35	Jessie	661	0.669	1	26	64	Isaac	258	0.238	-2	-16
36	Lula	655	0.663	3	34	65	Luther	249	0.230	-1	-11
37	Myrtle	643	0.650	3	28	66	Lawrence	244	0.225	-1	-13
38	Pearl	641	0.648	9	72	67	Oliver	238	0.220	2	4
39	Edna	637	0.644	6	49	68	Clyde	232	0.214	4	11
40	Catherine	635	0.642	-9	-53	69	Otto	221	0.204	-6	-50
41	Ada	628	0.635	-8	-24	70	Hugh	219	0.202	1	-5
42	Louise	617	0.624	-5	-18	71	Alexander	209	0.193	2	-2
43	Helen	612	0.619	-8	-24	72	Leonard	206	0.190	6	6
44	Lucy	611	0.618	0	21	73	Jack	197	0.182	4	-7
45	Frances	586	0.593	-3	-19	74	Raymond	195	0.180	13	30
46	Dora	585	0.592	5	61	75	Patrick	188	0.174	-8	-60
47	Fannie	565	0.572	2	5	76	Guy	186	0.172	-8	-53
48	Josephine	563	0.570	2	19	77	Homer	181	0.167	-1	-24
49	Daisy	562	0.569	-1	-2	78	Floyd	178	0.164	-3	-28
50	Lena	555	0.561	-7	-48	79	Theodore	178	0.164	-9	-54

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.