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

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1884 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1883						Change from 1883
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	9,217	6.699	0	1,205	1	John	9,388	7.649	0	494
2	Anna	3,860	2.806	0	554	2	William	8,897	7.249	0	510
3	Emma	2,587	1.880	0	220	3	James	5,693	4.638	0	470
4	Elizabeth	2,549	1.853	0	294	4	George	4,961	4.042	1	225
5	Minnie	2,243	1.630	0	208	5	Charles	4,802	3.912	-1	-24
6	Margaret	2,142	1.557	0	261	6	Frank	3,218	2.622	0	232
7	Ida	1,882	1.368	1	248	7	Joseph	2,707	2.206	0	192
8	Clara	1,852	1.346	2	304	8	Thomas	2,572	2.096	2	256
9	Bertha	1,789	1.300	-2	108	9	Henry	2,474	2.016	-1	91
10	Annie	1,739	1.264	-1	150	10	Robert	2,468	2.011	-1	134
11	Alice	1,732	1.259	0	244	11	Edward	2,439	1.987	0	189
12	Florence	1,570	1.141	2	272	12	Harry	2,323	1.893	0	213
13	Grace	1,525	1.108	0	218	13	Walter	1,902	1.550	0	197
14	Sarah	1,518	1.103	-2	159	14	Arthur	1,690	1.377	0	99
15	Bessie	1,451	1.055	3	210	15	Fred	1,638	1.335	0	136
16	Martha	1,443	1.049	-1	188	16	Albert	1,435	1.169	0	-61
17	Nellie	1,417	1.030	0	171	17	Samuel	945	0.770	0	8
18	Ethel	1,386	1.007	2	254	18	Clarence	889	0.724	0	52
19	Ella	1,374	0.999	-3	123	19	Louis	886	0.722	0	90
20	Mabel	1,270	0.923	3	184	20	Grover	802	0.653	84	675
21	Laura	1,246	0.906	-2	63	21	David	761	0.620	-1	27
22	Carrie	1,245	0.905	-1	137	22	Joe	759	0.618	4	152
23	Cora	1,244	0.904	1	163	23	Richard	749	0.610	-2	100
24	Maude	1,225	0.890	-2	129	24	Charlie	746	0.608	-2	103
25	Pearl	1,138	0.827	4	252	25	Ernest	690	0.562	-2	49
26	Lillian	1,109	0.806	0	202	26	Roy	680	0.554	4	124
27	Edith	1,104	0.802	4	223	27	Jesse	670	0.546	1	86
28	Gertrude	1,063	0.773	-3	140	28	Will	650	0.530	1	74
29	Jennie	1,063	0.773	-2	159	29	Andrew	616	0.502	-5	-7
30	Rose	1,060	0.770	3	183	30	Oscar	615	0.501	-3	8
31	Mattie	1,007	0.732	-1	124	31	Willie	578	0.471	3	104
32	Hattie	993	0.722	-4	98	32	Daniel	573	0.467	-7	-42
33	Helen	986	0.717	2	124	33	Sam	533	0.434	0	57
34	Myrtle	979	0.712	3	128	34	Peter	524	0.427	2	74
35	Louise	962	0.699	3	115	35	Elmer	523	0.426	5	100
36	Edna	957	0.696	5	134	36	Carl	521	0.424	-4	41
37	Julia	935	0.680	-3	60	37	Alfred	520	0.424	-2	63
38	Eva	929	0.675	-6	50	38	Benjamin	509	0.415	-7	1
39	Lula	916	0.666	4	126	39	Lewis	476	0.388	-1	45
40	Lillie	911	0.662	-1	74	40	Earl	464	0.378	2	75
41	Lena	906	0.659	1	106	41	Ralph	464	0.378	4	79
42	Jessie	888	0.645	-2	55	42	Frederick	454	0.370	-5	16
43	Catherine	874	0.635	-7	21	43	Lee	435	0.354	0	47
44	Ada	854	0.621	0	76	44	Howard	432	0.352	-5	3
45	Josephine	800	0.581	1	103	45	Paul	422	0.344	3	64
46	Frances	789	0.573	-1	79	46	Herbert	421	0.343	-5	-1
47	Lucy	787	0.572	1	124	47	Tom	394	0.321	-3	8
48	Maggie	749	0.544	1	86	48	Herman	385	0.314	-1	26
49	Marie	746	0.542	4	124	49	Martin	385	0.314	-3	8
50	Fannie	738	0.536	-3	42	50	Jacob	381	0.310	-1	25

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.