Top newly minted names of the 1880s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 John 89949 8.211
2 William 84881 7.749
3 James 54056 4.935
4 George 47651 4.35
5 Charles 46656 4.259
6 Frank 30967 2.827
7 Joseph 26292 2.4
8 Henry 24139 2.204
9 Robert 24074 2.198
10 Thomas 23750 2.168
11 Edward 23133 2.112
12 Harry 22649 2.068
13 Walter 18185 1.66
14 Arthur 16180 1.477
15 Fred 15602 1.424
16 Albert 14375 1.312
17 Samuel 9129 0.833
18 Clarence 8760 0.8
19 Louis 8275 0.755
20 David 7569 0.691
21 Joe 7098 0.648
22 Charlie 7091 0.647
23 Richard 7010 0.64
24 Ernest 6700 0.612
25 Roy 6565 0.599
26 Will 6196 0.566
27 Andrew 6053 0.553
28 Jesse 6003 0.548
29 Oscar 5982 0.546
30 Willie 5906 0.539
31 Daniel 5679 0.518
32 Benjamin 5407 0.494
33 Carl 5227 0.477
34 Sam 5069 0.463
35 Alfred 4837 0.442
36 Earl 4830 0.441
37 Peter 4656 0.425
38 Elmer 4627 0.422
39 Frederick 4603 0.42
40 Howard 4349 0.397
41 Lewis 4341 0.396
42 Ralph 4269 0.39
43 Herbert 4257 0.389
44 Paul 4196 0.383
45 Lee 3945 0.36
46 Tom 3786 0.346
47 Herman 3689 0.337
48 Martin 3595 0.328
49 Jacob 3566 0.326
50 Michael 3558 0.325
51 Jim 3520 0.321
52 Claude 3504 0.32
53 Ben 3449 0.315
54 Eugene 3430 0.313
55 Francis 3244 0.296
56 Grover 3184 0.291
57 Raymond 3135 0.286
58 Harvey 3123 0.285
59 Clyde 3034 0.277
60 Edwin 3011 0.275
61 Edgar 3006 0.274
62 Ed 2957 0.27
63 Lawrence 2919 0.266
64 Bert 2808 0.256
65 Chester 2699 0.246
66 Jack 2684 0.245
67 Otto 2679 0.245
68 Luther 2619 0.239
69 Charley 2550 0.233
70 Guy 2489 0.227
71 Floyd 2476 0.226
72 Ira 2379 0.217
73 Ray 2371 0.216
74 Hugh 2355 0.215
75 Isaac 2311 0.211
76 Oliver 2287 0.209
77 Patrick 2285 0.209
78 Homer 2213 0.202
79 Theodore 2176 0.199
80 Leonard 2144 0.196
81 Leo 2098 0.192
82 Alexander 2081 0.19
83 August 2012 0.184
84 Harold 2001 0.183
85 Allen 1998 0.182
86 Jessie 1843 0.168
87 Archie 1816 0.166
88 Philip 1741 0.159
89 Stephen 1684 0.154
90 Horace 1650 0.151
91 Marion 1624 0.148
92 Bernard 1616 0.148
93 Anthony 1611 0.147
94 Julius 1605 0.147
95 Warren 1580 0.144
96 Leroy 1574 0.144
97 Clifford 1552 0.142
98 Eddie 1526 0.139
99 Sidney 1505 0.137
100 Milton 1479 0.135

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Mary 91668 6.983
2 Anna 38159 2.907
3 Emma 25404 1.935
4 Elizabeth 25006 1.905
5 Margaret 21799 1.661
6 Minnie 21724 1.655
7 Ida 18283 1.393
8 Bertha 18263 1.391
9 Clara 17717 1.35
10 Alice 17142 1.306
11 Annie 17027 1.297
12 Florence 16699 1.272
13 Bessie 15373 1.171
14 Grace 15227 1.16
15 Ethel 14866 1.132
16 Sarah 14715 1.121
17 Ella 13936 1.062
18 Martha 13911 1.06
19 Nellie 13761 1.048
20 Mabel 13096 0.998
21 Laura 12806 0.976
22 Carrie 12514 0.953
23 Cora 11954 0.911
24 Helen 11496 0.876
25 Maude 11454 0.873
26 Lillian 11270 0.859
27 Gertrude 11100 0.846
28 Rose 11064 0.843
29 Edna 11020 0.839
30 Pearl 10903 0.831
31 Edith 10881 0.829
32 Jennie 10220 0.779
33 Hattie 10199 0.777
34 Mattie 9844 0.75
35 Eva 9800 0.747
36 Julia 9800 0.747
37 Myrtle 9769 0.744
38 Louise 9596 0.731
39 Lillie 9467 0.721
40 Jessie 9187 0.7
41 Frances 9182 0.699
42 Catherine 8915 0.679
43 Lula 8882 0.677
44 Lena 8691 0.662
45 Marie 8490 0.647
46 Ada 8423 0.642
47 Josephine 7732 0.589
48 Fannie 7527 0.573
49 Lucy 7520 0.573
50 Dora 7288 0.555
51 Agnes 7237 0.551
52 Maggie 7072 0.539
53 Blanche 6925 0.528
54 Katherine 6922 0.527
55 Elsie 6648 0.506
56 Nora 6521 0.497
57 Mamie 6330 0.482
58 Rosa 6157 0.469
59 Stella 6130 0.467
60 Daisy 6054 0.461
61 May 5881 0.448
62 Effie 5850 0.446
63 Mae 5647 0.43
64 Ellen 5402 0.412
65 Nettie 5313 0.405
66 Ruth 5298 0.404
67 Alma 5190 0.395
68 Della 5048 0.385
69 Lizzie 5035 0.384
70 Sadie 4915 0.374
71 Sallie 4840 0.369
72 Nancy 4792 0.365
73 Susie 4780 0.364
74 Maud 4201 0.32
75 Flora 4195 0.32
76 Irene 4002 0.305
77 Etta 3973 0.303
78 Katie 3907 0.298
79 Lydia 3902 0.297
80 Lottie 3888 0.296
81 Viola 3806 0.29
82 Caroline 3743 0.285
83 Addie 3739 0.285
84 Hazel 3644 0.278
85 Georgia 3540 0.27
86 Esther 3476 0.265
87 Mollie 3471 0.264
88 Olive 3456 0.263
89 Willie 3397 0.259
90 Harriet 3369 0.257
91 Emily 3368 0.257
92 Charlotte 3311 0.252
93 Amanda 3280 0.25
94 Kathryn 3276 0.25
95 Lulu 3253 0.248
96 Susan 3231 0.246
97 Kate 3194 0.243
98 Nannie 3165 0.241
99 Jane 2971 0.226
100 Amelia 2957 0.225