Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1884

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1884 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	9,217	6.699	-125	-6,890	1	John	9,388	7.649	-26	-269
2	Anna	3,860	2.806	-52	285	2	William	8,897	7.249	-1	5,619
3	Emma	2,587	1.880	2	16,101	3	James	5,693	4.638	-1	7,832
4	Elizabeth	2,549	1.853	-9	5,964	4	George	4,961	4.042	-123	-1,902
5	Minnie	2,243	1.630	-2,614	-2,177	5	Charles	4,802	3.912	-47	1,802
6	Margaret	2,142	1.557	-121	170	6	Frank	3,218	2.622	-386	-2,415
7	Ida	1,882	1.368	-1,214	-1,692	7	Joseph	2,707	2.206	-16	6,848
8	Clara	1,852	1.346	-95	1,025	8	Thomas	2,572	2.096	-41	4,207
9	Bertha	1,789	1.300	-4,750	-1,761	9	Henry	2,474	2.016	-7	8,175
10	Annie	1,739	1.264	-298	-659	10	Robert	2,468	2.011	-61	2,672
11	Alice	1,732	1.259	-60	1,911	11	Edward	2,439	1.987	-158	-171
12	Florence	1,570	1.141	-959	-1,301	12	Harry	2,323	1.893	-608	-1,896
13	Grace	1,525	1.108	-11	5,199	13	Walter	1,902	1.550	-258	-599
14	Sarah	1,518	1.103	-53	2,216	14	Arthur	1,690	1.377	-216	-48
15	Bessie	1,451	1.055	-10,610	-1,442	15	Fred	1,638	1.335	-1,635	-1,541
16	Martha	1,443	1.049	-781	-1,102	16	Albert	1,435	1.169	-436	-778
17	Nellie	1,417	1.030	-1,054	-1,181	17	Samuel	945	0.770	-4	8,789
18	Ethel	1,386	1.007	-4,338	-1,354	18	Clarence	889	0.724	-1,098	-717
19	Ella	1,374	0.999	4	6,681	19	Louis	886	0.722	-244	482
20	Mabel	1,270	0.923	-416	-548	20	Grover	802	0.653	-3,777	-774
21	Laura	1,246	0.906	-319	-311	21	David	761	0.620	-1	8,936
22	Carrie	1,245	0.905	-1,746	-1,130	22	Joe	759	0.618	-673	-414
23	Cora	1,244	0.904	-50	2,330	23	Richard	749	0.610	-165	1,370
24	Maude	1,225	0.890	-5,201	-1,200	24	Charlie	746	0.608	-194	970
25	Pearl	1,138	0.827	-622	-683	25	Ernest	690	0.562	-953	-480
26	Lillian	1,109	0.806	-8	4,425	26	Roy	680	0.554	-516	-166
27	Edith	1,104	0.802	-491	-505	27	Jesse	670	0.546	-158	1,456
28	Gertrude	1,063	0.773	-5,458	-1,040	28	Will	650	0.530	-864	-408
29	Jennie	1,063	0.773	-3,415	-1,018	29	Andrew	616	0.502	-14	6,618
30	Rose	1,060	0.770	-93	1,372	30	Oscar	615	0.501	-176	1,330
31	Mattie	1,007	0.732	-1,026	-767	31	Willie	578	0.471	-903	-354
32	Hattie	993	0.722	-463	-369	32	Daniel	573	0.467	17	10,600
33	Helen	986	0.717	-380	-241	33	Sam	533	0.434	-570	-82
34	Myrtle	979	0.712	OLD	-979	34	Peter	524	0.427	-177	1,288
35	Louise	962	0.699	-765	-623	35	Elmer	523	0.426	-1,224	-378
36	Edna	957	0.696	-1,701	-840	36	Carl	521	0.424	-664	-179
37	Julia	935	0.680	-56	2,054	37	Alfred	520	0.424	-835	-271
38	Eva	929	0.675	-37	2,613	38	Benjamin	509	0.415	32	12,872
39	Lula	916	0.666	-1,821	-808	39	Lewis	476	0.388	-507	30
40	Lillie	911	0.662	-628	-472	40	Earl	464	0.378	-1,624	-369
41	Lena	906	0.659	-260	188	41	Ralph	464	0.378	-910	-247
42	Jessie	888	0.645	-614	-441	42	Frederick	454	0.370	-454	121
43	Catherine	874	0.635	-161	624	43	Lee	435	0.354	-646	-85
44	Ada	854	0.621	-207	434	44	Howard	432	0.352	-924	-219
45	Josephine	800	0.581	-46	2,223	45	Paul	422	0.344	-189	1,203
46	Frances	789	0.573	-399	-74	46	Herbert	421	0.343	-1,981	-350
47	Lucy	787	0.572	-4	3,567	47	Tom	394	0.321	-2,083	-328
48	Maggie	749	0.544	-244	373	48	Herman	385	0.314	-2,184	-324
49	Marie	746	0.542	-527	-216	49	Martin	385	0.314	-223	901
50	Fannie	738	0.536	-2,853	-681	50	Jacob	381	0.310	37	11,389

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.