Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1888

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1888 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	11,754	6.204	-125	-9,427	1	John	9,247	7.118	-26	-128
2	Anna	4,982	2.630	-52	-837	2	William	8,705	6.701	-1	5,811
3	Elizabeth	3,224	1.702	-10	5,289	3	James	5,562	4.282	-1	7,963
4	Emma	3,087	1.630	3	15,601	4	George	4,912	3.781	-123	-1,853
5	Margaret	2,904	1.533	-122	-592	5	Charles	4,591	3.534	-47	2,013
6	Minnie	2,654	1.401	-2,613	-2,588	6	Frank	3,459	2.663	-386	-2,656
7	Bertha	2,450	1.293	-4,752	-2,422	7	Joseph	2,993	2.304	-16	6,562
8	Florence	2,444	1.290	-963	-2,175	8	Robert	2,814	2.166	-63	2,326
9	Ethel	2,374	1.253	-4,347	-2,342	9	Harry	2,759	2.124	-611	-2,332
10	Bessie	2,278	1.202	-10,615	-2,269	10	Henry	2,596	1.998	-6	8,053
11	Clara	2,230	1.177	-92	647	11	Edward	2,470	1.901	-158	-202
12	Ida	2,229	1.177	-1,209	-2,039	12	Thomas	2,449	1.885	-37	4,330
13	Alice	2,202	1.162	-58	1,441	13	Walter	2,040	1.570	-258	-737
14	Annie	2,188	1.155	-294	-1,108	14	Arthur	1,710	1.316	-216	-68
15	Grace	2,090	1.103	-9	4,634	15	Fred	1,665	1.282	-1,635	-1,568
16	Helen	1,847	0.975	-397	-1,102	16	Albert	1,569	1.208	-436	-912
17	Mabel	1,830	0.966	-419	-1,108	17	Clarence	1,022	0.787	-1,099	-850
18	Ella	1,774	0.936	3	6,281	18	Samuel	931	0.717	-3	8,803
19	Martha	1,769	0.934	-778	-1,428	19	Louis	884	0.680	-244	484
20	Sarah	1,755	0.926	-47	1,979	20	Roy	856	0.659	-522	-342
21	Nellie	1,736	0.916	-1,050	-1,500	21	David	801	0.617	-1	8,896
22	Edna	1,687	0.891	-1,715	-1,570	22	Charlie	796	0.613	-196	920
23	Lillian	1,656	0.874	-11	3,878	23	Joe	789	0.607	-672	-444
24	Carrie	1,647	0.869	-1,744	-1,532	24	Willie	786	0.605	-910	-562
25	Laura	1,624	0.857	-315	-689	25	Benjamin	781	0.601	19	12,600
26	Pearl	1,591	0.840	-621	-1,136	26	Richard	772	0.594	-162	1,347
27	Rose	1,590	0.839	-96	842	27	Ernest	766	0.590	-951	-556
28	Gertrude	1,468	0.775	-5,458	-1,445	28	Will	707	0.544	-864	-465
29	Edith	1,453	0.767	-489	-854	29	Carl	675	0.520	-671	-333
30	Frances	1,452	0.766	-415	-737	30	Earl	675	0.520	-1,634	-580
31	Cora	1,433	0.756	-42	2,141	31	Oscar	647	0.498	-175	1,298
32	Maude	1,396	0.737	-5,193	-1,371	32	Jesse	637	0.490	-153	1,489
33	Louise	1,334	0.704	-767	-995	33	Andrew	615	0.473	-10	6,619
34	Eva	1,329	0.702	-41	2,213	34	Sam	607	0.467	-569	-156
35	Myrtle	1,310	0.691	OLD	-1,310	35	Daniel	566	0.436	20	10,607
36	Hattie	1,298	0.685	-459	-674	36	Ralph	547	0.421	-915	-330
37	Jennie	1,298	0.685	-3,407	-1,253	37	Alfred	536	0.413	-835	-287
38	Julia	1,292	0.682	-55	1,697	38	Paul	529	0.407	-196	1,096
39	Mattie	1,268	0.669	-1,018	-1,028	39	Elmer	527	0.406	-1,220	-382
40	Marie	1,258	0.664	-536	-728	40	Howard	513	0.395	-928	-300
41	Lillie	1,249	0.659	-627	-810	41	Peter	498	0.383	-170	1,314
42	Catherine	1,212	0.640	-162	286	42	Frederick	496	0.382	-454	79
43	Jessie	1,200	0.633	-613	-753	43	Herbert	485	0.373	-1,984	-414
44	Lula	1,173	0.619	-1,816	-1,065	44	Grover	474	0.365	-3,753	-446
45	Lena	1,162	0.613	-256	-68	45	Raymond	469	0.361	-254	680
46	Ada	1,116	0.589	-205	172	46	Michael	466	0.359	32	11,154
47	Elsie	1,112	0.587	-233	66	47	Ben	463	0.356	-645	-116
48	Agnes	1,046	0.552	-1,156	-851	48	Lee	430	0.331	-641	-80
49	Josephine	1,001	0.528	-42	2,022	49	Tom	416	0.320	-2,081	-350
50	Fannie	991	0.523	-2,853	-934	50	Lewis	412	0.317	-496	94

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.