1880s favourites
Names whose best year ever came in the 1880s, and that at least 50 babies were still given last year.
Biggest in their decade first.
- John, boy
- William, boy
- Mary, girl
- Charles, boy
- George, boy
- Anna, girl
- Frank, boy
- Henry, boy
- Harry, boy
- Emma, girl
- Edward, boy
- Elizabeth, girl
- Minnie, girl
- Ida, girl
- Arthur, boy
- Alice, girl
- Fred, boy
- Annie, girl
- Clara, girl
- Albert, boy
- Ella, girl
- Nellie, girl
- Cora, girl
- Martha, girl
- Carrie, girl
- Samuel, boy
- Mattie, girl
- Jennie, girl
- Julia, girl
- Edith, girl
- Hattie, girl
- Eva, girl
- Lillie, girl
- Jessie, girl
- Lula, girl
- Ada, girl
- Lena, girl
- Lucy, girl
- Maggie, girl
- Dora, girl
- Daisy, girl
- Jesse, boy
- Will, boy
- Oscar, boy
- Rosa, girl
- Nora, girl
- Effie, girl
- May, girl
- Stella, girl
- Lewis, boy
- Della, girl
- Ellen, girl
- Lizzie, girl
- Frederick, boy
- Ben, boy
- Flora, girl
- Susie, girl
- Sadie, girl
- Tom, boy
- Martin, boy
- Etta, girl
- Harriet, girl
- Caroline, girl
- Lulu, girl
- Lydia, girl
- Lottie, girl
- Harrison, boy
- Kate, girl
- Addie, girl
- Harvey, boy
- Mollie, girl
- Edgar, boy
- Georgia, girl
- Ira, boy
- Olive, girl
- Otto, boy
- Eliza, girl
- Charley, boy
- Luther, boy
- Belle, girl
- Hugh, boy
- Ollie, girl
- Matilda, girl
- Henrietta, girl
- Estella, girl
- Nina, girl
- Marion, boy
- Louisa, girl
- Luella, girl
- Emil, boy
- Willis, boy
- Delia, girl
- Callie, girl
- Lou, girl
- Allie, girl
- Janie, girl
- Ina, girl
- Nell, girl
- Amos, boy
- Alonzo, boy
- Roscoe, boy
- Tillie, girl
- Rena, girl
- Gus, boy
- Birdie, girl
- Ross, boy
- Cornelia, girl
- Moses, boy
- Lucinda, girl
- Hiram, boy
- Cornelius, boy
- Fredrick, boy
- Myra, girl
- Simon, boy
- Abbie, girl
- Irvin, boy
- Wiley, boy
- Mina, girl
- Adelaide, girl
- Harley, boy
- Johanna, girl
- Lenora, girl
- Lettie, girl
- Anton, boy
- Minerva, girl
- Eugenia, girl
- Augustus, boy
- Monroe, boy
- Helena, girl
- Ike, boy
- Clark, boy
- Asa, boy
- Cordelia, girl
- Zella, girl
- Francis, girl
- Wilhelmina, girl
- Lemuel, boy
- Enoch, boy
- Blaine, boy
- Lina, girl
- Emery, boy
- Polly, girl
- Emilie, girl
- Louella, girl
- Georgie, girl
- Zora, girl
- Malinda, girl
- Elisha, boy
- Georgiana, girl
- Lucius, boy
- Dolly, girl
- Adah, girl
- Emile, boy
- Emmet, boy
- Hans, boy
- Magdalena, girl
- Abner, boy
- Clare, girl
- Adelia, girl
- Adella, girl
- Leonora, girl
- Susanna, girl
- Judson, boy
- Harris, boy
- Zack, boy
- Smith, boy
- Casper, boy
- Lenna, girl
- Lucie, girl
- Lavina, girl
- Leander, boy
- Lavinia, girl
- Henderson, boy
- Turner, boy
- Hosea, boy
- Angus, boy
- Vallie, girl
- Simeon, boy
- Nella, girl
- Winnifred, girl
- Sena, girl
- Orrin, boy
- West, boy
- Prudence, girl
- Orin, boy
- Ottilie, girl
- Isa, girl
- Ira, girl
- Benton, boy
- Ephraim, boy
- Adela, girl
- Lou, boy
- Coral, girl
- Emeline, girl
- Arizona, girl
- Alpha, boy
- Zadie, girl
- Leonie, girl
- Roxy, girl
- Orson, boy
The figures
| Name | Births in 2025 | Rank | Best year |
|---|---|---|---|
| John (boy) | 8,027 | #23 | 1880 |
| William (boy) | 10,545 | #9 | 1880 |
| Mary (girl) | 2,230 | #125 | 1880 |
| Charles (boy) | 5,898 | #48 | 1880 |
| George (boy) | 2,848 | #126 | 1880 |
| Anna (girl) | 2,521 | #107 | 1885 |
| Frank (boy) | 584 | #513 | 1880 |
| Henry (boy) | 12,020 | #5 | 1881 |
| Harry (boy) | 329 | #775 | 1889 |
| Emma (girl) | 12,754 | #3 | 1881 |
| Edward (boy) | 1,591 | #224 | 1882 |
| Elizabeth (girl) | 6,760 | #17 | 1880 |
| Minnie (girl) | 54 | #3,028 | 1880 |
| Ida (girl) | 209 | #1,120 | 1880 |
| Arthur (boy) | 3,847 | #87 | 1881 |
| Alice (girl) | 3,547 | #65 | 1880 |
| Fred (boy) | 80 | #1,932 | 1885 |
| Annie (girl) | 1,690 | #182 | 1881 |
| Clara (girl) | 3,601 | #63 | 1885 |
| Albert (boy) | 461 | #614 | 1883 |
| Ella (girl) | 5,831 | #29 | 1880 |
| Nellie (girl) | 567 | #533 | 1881 |
| Cora (girl) | 2,428 | #113 | 1880 |
| Martha (girl) | 393 | #712 | 1880 |
| Carrie (girl) | 63 | #2,719 | 1880 |
| Samuel (boy) | 8,334 | #18 | 1880 |
| Mattie (girl) | 249 | #1,004 | 1882 |
| Jennie (girl) | 79 | #2,298 | 1880 |
| Julia (girl) | 2,172 | #131 | 1880 |
| Edith (girl) | 595 | #499 | 1884 |
| Hattie (girl) | 923 | #334 | 1880 |
| Eva (girl) | 2,154 | #134 | 1886 |
| Lillie (girl) | 420 | #675 | 1882 |
| Jessie (girl) | 330 | #823 | 1882 |
| Lula (girl) | 100 | #1,927 | 1882 |
| Ada (girl) | 1,401 | #219 | 1880 |
| Lena (girl) | 1,106 | #279 | 1883 |
| Lucy (girl) | 6,176 | #24 | 1881 |
| Maggie (girl) | 1,041 | #294 | 1880 |
| Dora (girl) | 75 | #2,387 | 1881 |
| Daisy (girl) | 3,206 | #75 | 1880 |
| Jesse (boy) | 2,002 | #184 | 1887 |
| Will (boy) | 170 | #1,193 | 1882 |
| Oscar (boy) | 1,620 | #223 | 1886 |
| Rosa (girl) | 441 | #652 | 1880 |
| Nora (girl) | 6,380 | #20 | 1881 |
| Effie (girl) | 82 | #2,239 | 1882 |
| May (girl) | 183 | #1,229 | 1880 |
| Stella (girl) | 4,136 | #52 | 1889 |
| Lewis (boy) | 736 | #433 | 1880 |
| Della (girl) | 533 | #563 | 1881 |
| Ellen (girl) | 230 | #1,062 | 1884 |
| Lizzie (girl) | 87 | #2,139 | 1882 |
| Frederick (boy) | 728 | #435 | 1887 |
| Ben (boy) | 292 | #843 | 1889 |
| Flora (girl) | 483 | #607 | 1880 |
| Susie (girl) | 101 | #1,911 | 1881 |
| Sadie (girl) | 4,168 | #50 | 1881 |
| Tom (boy) | 65 | #2,183 | 1883 |
| Martin (boy) | 1,009 | #335 | 1883 |
| Etta (girl) | 281 | #928 | 1880 |
| Harriet (girl) | 226 | #1,071 | 1880 |
| Caroline (girl) | 2,646 | #96 | 1881 |
| Lulu (girl) | 50 | #3,167 | 1881 |
| Lydia (girl) | 2,692 | #92 | 1883 |
| Lottie (girl) | 570 | #527 | 1883 |
| Harrison (boy) | 3,072 | #116 | 1888 |
| Kate (girl) | 576 | #520 | 1880 |
| Addie (girl) | 176 | #1,272 | 1883 |
| Harvey (boy) | 1,381 | #251 | 1884 |
| Mollie (girl) | 212 | #1,113 | 1880 |
| Edgar (boy) | 617 | #486 | 1881 |
| Georgia (girl) | 2,619 | #99 | 1882 |
| Ira (boy) | 301 | #819 | 1881 |
| Olive (girl) | 1,597 | #197 | 1886 |
| Otto (boy) | 1,241 | #277 | 1889 |
| Eliza (girl) | 2,370 | #115 | 1880 |
| Charley (boy) | 87 | #1,826 | 1880 |
| Luther (boy) | 122 | #1,459 | 1887 |
| Belle (girl) | 247 | #1,013 | 1880 |
| Hugh (boy) | 360 | #732 | 1887 |
| Ollie (girl) | 80 | #2,276 | 1887 |
| Matilda (girl) | 838 | #364 | 1880 |
| Henrietta (girl) | 65 | #2,645 | 1880 |
| Estella (girl) | 581 | #509 | 1883 |
| Nina (girl) | 946 | #324 | 1887 |
| Marion (boy) | 54 | #2,480 | 1880 |
| Louisa (girl) | 407 | #694 | 1881 |
| Luella (girl) | 349 | #778 | 1881 |
| Emil (boy) | 155 | #1,267 | 1884 |
| Willis (boy) | 52 | #2,539 | 1880 |
| Delia (girl) | 135 | #1,561 | 1883 |
| Callie (girl) | 1,754 | #175 | 1880 |
| Lou (girl) | 65 | #2,645 | 1880 |
| Allie (girl) | 529 | #569 | 1889 |
| Janie (girl) | 168 | #1,326 | 1889 |
| Ina (girl) | 66 | #2,607 | 1887 |
| Nell (girl) | 128 | #1,622 | 1886 |
| Amos (boy) | 364 | #730 | 1884 |
| Alonzo (boy) | 590 | #511 | 1882 |
| Roscoe (boy) | 63 | #2,230 | 1888 |
| Tillie (girl) | 177 | #1,261 | 1884 |
| Rena (girl) | 75 | #2,387 | 1885 |
| Gus (boy) | 145 | #1,328 | 1888 |
| Birdie (girl) | 422 | #670 | 1882 |
| Ross (boy) | 122 | #1,459 | 1889 |
| Cornelia (girl) | 51 | #3,130 | 1880 |
| Moses (boy) | 583 | #515 | 1880 |
| Lucinda (girl) | 116 | #1,747 | 1881 |
| Hiram (boy) | 103 | #1,634 | 1881 |
| Cornelius (boy) | 82 | #1,906 | 1882 |
| Fredrick (boy) | 94 | #1,728 | 1880 |
| Myra (girl) | 429 | #662 | 1880 |
| Simon (boy) | 1,529 | #230 | 1888 |
| Abbie (girl) | 125 | #1,652 | 1881 |
| Irvin (boy) | 80 | #1,932 | 1881 |
| Wiley (boy) | 165 | #1,222 | 1882 |
| Mina (girl) | 491 | #595 | 1880 |
| Adelaide (girl) | 1,062 | #289 | 1884 |
| Harley (boy) | 199 | #1,081 | 1887 |
| Johanna (girl) | 309 | #869 | 1883 |
| Lenora (girl) | 562 | #538 | 1881 |
| Lettie (girl) | 358 | #756 | 1881 |
| Anton (boy) | 132 | #1,388 | 1880 |
| Minerva (girl) | 89 | #2,099 | 1880 |
| Eugenia (girl) | 61 | #2,778 | 1882 |
| Augustus (boy) | 783 | #407 | 1880 |
| Monroe (boy) | 157 | #1,260 | 1882 |
| Helena (girl) | 841 | #363 | 1884 |
| Ike (boy) | 55 | #2,451 | 1884 |
| Clark (boy) | 837 | #377 | 1881 |
| Asa (boy) | 622 | #483 | 1881 |
| Cordelia (girl) | 258 | #980 | 1880 |
| Zella (girl) | 117 | #1,733 | 1888 |
| Francis (girl) | 122 | #1,684 | 1880 |
| Wilhelmina (girl) | 141 | #1,512 | 1884 |
| Lemuel (boy) | 74 | #2,020 | 1881 |
| Enoch (boy) | 348 | #746 | 1880 |
| Blaine (boy) | 230 | #991 | 1884 |
| Lina (girl) | 527 | #572 | 1880 |
| Emery (boy) | 305 | #814 | 1881 |
| Polly (girl) | 79 | #2,298 | 1881 |
| Emilie (girl) | 170 | #1,309 | 1880 |
| Louella (girl) | 146 | #1,467 | 1881 |
| Georgie (girl) | 162 | #1,359 | 1880 |
| Zora (girl) | 264 | #968 | 1884 |
| Malinda (girl) | 59 | #2,859 | 1881 |
| Elisha (boy) | 322 | #788 | 1883 |
| Georgiana (girl) | 153 | #1,417 | 1880 |
| Lucius (boy) | 189 | #1,128 | 1881 |
| Dolly (girl) | 113 | #1,777 | 1886 |
| Adah (girl) | 110 | #1,818 | 1883 |
| Emile (boy) | 70 | #2,091 | 1882 |
| Emmet (boy) | 110 | #1,554 | 1880 |
| Hans (boy) | 146 | #1,323 | 1885 |
| Magdalena (girl) | 320 | #849 | 1882 |
| Abner (boy) | 274 | #874 | 1881 |
| Clare (girl) | 283 | #924 | 1884 |
| Adelia (girl) | 88 | #2,117 | 1884 |
| Adella (girl) | 66 | #2,607 | 1880 |
| Leonora (girl) | 114 | #1,769 | 1880 |
| Susanna (girl) | 197 | #1,173 | 1886 |
| Judson (boy) | 252 | #934 | 1880 |
| Harris (boy) | 150 | #1,297 | 1889 |
| Zack (boy) | 126 | #1,425 | 1883 |
| Smith (boy) | 120 | #1,477 | 1885 |
| Casper (boy) | 255 | #924 | 1889 |
| Lenna (girl) | 115 | #1,758 | 1880 |
| Lucie (girl) | 207 | #1,129 | 1880 |
| Lavina (girl) | 56 | #2,957 | 1885 |
| Leander (boy) | 122 | #1,459 | 1882 |
| Lavinia (girl) | 80 | #2,276 | 1886 |
| Henderson (boy) | 50 | #2,604 | 1882 |
| Turner (boy) | 195 | #1,097 | 1888 |
| Hosea (boy) | 67 | #2,145 | 1885 |
| Angus (boy) | 58 | #2,363 | 1882 |
| Vallie (girl) | 105 | #1,872 | 1884 |
| Simeon (boy) | 197 | #1,091 | 1880 |
| Nella (girl) | 60 | #2,822 | 1881 |
| Winnifred (girl) | 70 | #2,514 | 1888 |
| Sena (girl) | 51 | #3,130 | 1884 |
| Orrin (boy) | 62 | #2,258 | 1881 |
| West (boy) | 159 | #1,252 | 1886 |
| Prudence (girl) | 89 | #2,099 | 1880 |
| Orin (boy) | 85 | #1,852 | 1885 |
| Ottilie (girl) | 57 | #2,933 | 1882 |
| Isa (girl) | 119 | #1,710 | 1881 |
| Ira (girl) | 222 | #1,085 | 1880 |
| Benton (boy) | 104 | #1,621 | 1883 |
| Ephraim (boy) | 231 | #988 | 1880 |
| Adela (girl) | 201 | #1,150 | 1889 |
| Lou (boy) | 81 | #1,919 | 1889 |
| Coral (girl) | 100 | #1,927 | 1888 |
| Emeline (girl) | 62 | #2,751 | 1886 |
| Arizona (girl) | 86 | #2,153 | 1883 |
| Alpha (boy) | 71 | #2,077 | 1882 |
| Zadie (girl) | 85 | #2,173 | 1881 |
| Leonie (girl) | 80 | #2,276 | 1889 |
| Roxy (girl) | 72 | #2,458 | 1883 |
| Orson (boy) | 126 | #1,425 | 1883 |
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