Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1881

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1881 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 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	1	John	8,769	8.098	0	-886
2	Anna	2,698	2.729	0	94	2	William	8,524	7.872	0	-1,008
3	Emma	2,034	2.058	0	31	3	James	5,441	5.025	0	-486
4	Elizabeth	1,852	1.873	0	-87	4	George	4,664	4.307	1	-462
5	Margaret	1,658	1.677	1	80	5	Charles	4,636	4.281	-1	-712
6	Minnie	1,653	1.672	-1	-93	6	Frank	2,834	2.617	0	-408
7	Ida	1,439	1.456	0	-33	7	Joseph	2,456	2.268	0	-176
8	Annie	1,326	1.341	3	68	8	Henry	2,339	2.160	1	-105
9	Bertha	1,324	1.339	0	4	9	Thomas	2,282	2.107	-1	-252
10	Alice	1,308	1.323	-2	-106	10	Edward	2,177	2.010	1	-187
11	Clara	1,242	1.256	1	16	11	Robert	2,140	1.976	-1	-275
12	Sarah	1,226	1.240	-2	-62	12	Harry	2,002	1.849	0	-150
13	Ella	1,148	1.161	0	-8	13	Walter	1,670	1.542	0	-85
14	Nellie	1,096	1.109	4	101	14	Arthur	1,575	1.455	0	-24
15	Grace	1,089	1.102	4	107	15	Fred	1,418	1.310	0	-151
16	Florence	1,046	1.058	-2	-17	16	Albert	1,319	1.218	0	-174
17	Martha	1,044	1.056	-1	4	17	Samuel	919	0.849	0	-105
18	Cora	969	0.980	-3	-76	18	David	750	0.693	0	-119
19	Laura	962	0.973	-2	-50	19	Louis	746	0.689	0	-82
20	Carrie	958	0.969	0	9	20	Charlie	668	0.617	1	-62
21	Maude	923	0.934	0	64	21	Clarence	668	0.617	1	-62
22	Bessie	903	0.913	1	107	22	Richard	641	0.592	1	-87
23	Mabel	893	0.903	-1	85	23	Joe	639	0.590	-3	-92
24	Gertrude	791	0.800	1	4	24	Andrew	588	0.543	0	-56
25	Ethel	788	0.797	13	155	25	Ernest	571	0.527	1	-44
26	Jennie	784	0.793	-2	-9	26	Will	550	0.508	1	-38
27	Edith	778	0.787	1	10	27	Jesse	536	0.495	1	-33
28	Hattie	775	0.784	-1	6	28	Oscar	530	0.489	1	-14
29	Mattie	754	0.763	0	50	29	Daniel	527	0.487	-4	-116
30	Julia	737	0.746	-4	-46	30	Willie	498	0.460	4	22
31	Rose	734	0.743	-1	34	31	Benjamin	481	0.444	1	-9
32	Lillian	723	0.731	0	51	32	Sam	481	0.444	4	24
33	Lillie	678	0.686	1	31	33	Alfred	466	0.430	2	-3
34	Eva	661	0.669	7	47	34	Roy	440	0.406	3	0
35	Jessie	661	0.669	1	26	35	Lewis	439	0.405	-5	-78
36	Lula	655	0.663	3	34	36	Frederick	433	0.400	-3	-50
37	Myrtle	643	0.650	3	28	37	Peter	428	0.395	-6	-68
38	Pearl	641	0.648	9	72	38	Elmer	388	0.358	3	15
39	Edna	637	0.644	6	49	39	Jacob	381	0.352	0	-23
40	Catherine	635	0.642	-9	-53	40	Herbert	369	0.341	-2	-55
41	Ada	628	0.635	-8	-24	41	Carl	359	0.332	1	-13
42	Louise	617	0.624	-5	-18	42	Howard	359	0.332	2	2
43	Helen	612	0.619	-8	-24	43	Tom	349	0.322	-3	-50
44	Lucy	611	0.618	0	21	44	Lee	342	0.316	-1	-19
45	Frances	586	0.593	-3	-19	45	Ralph	329	0.304	9	12
46	Dora	585	0.592	5	61	46	Martin	327	0.302	-1	-30
47	Fannie	565	0.572	2	5	47	Jim	323	0.298	2	-22
48	Josephine	563	0.570	2	19	48	Earl	314	0.290	4	-21
49	Daisy	562	0.569	-1	-2	49	Eugene	314	0.290	4	-14
50	Lena	555	0.561	-7	-48	50	Bert	312	0.288	-3	-36

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.