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Top baby names of 1881

In 1881, Mary and John were the most popular names in the United States. 192,680 births in the Social Security records that year.

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Most popular girl names in 1881
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Mary	6,919	1 in 30	= same rank
2	Anna	2,698	1 in 70	= same rank
3	Emma	2,034	1 in 90	= same rank
4	Elizabeth	1,852	1 in 104	= same rank
5	Margaret	1,658	1 in 116	1 places up
6	Minnie	1,653	1 in 117	1 places down
7	Ida	1,439	1 in 134	= same rank
8	Annie	1,326	1 in 145	3 places up
9	Bertha	1,324	1 in 146	= same rank
10	Alice	1,308	1 in 147	2 places down
11	Clara	1,242	1 in 155	1 places up
12	Sarah	1,226	1 in 157	2 places down
13	Ella	1,148	1 in 168	= same rank
14	Nellie	1,096	1 in 176	4 places up
15	Grace	1,089	1 in 177	4 places up
16	Florence	1,046	1 in 184	2 places down
17	Martha	1,044	1 in 185	1 places down
18	Cora	969	1 in 199	3 places down
19	Laura	962	1 in 200	2 places down
20	Carrie	958	1 in 201	= same rank
21	Maude	923	1 in 209	= same rank
22	Bessie	903	1 in 213	1 places up
23	Mabel	893	1 in 216	1 places down
24	Gertrude	791	1 in 244	1 places up
25	Ethel	788	1 in 245	13 places up
26	Jennie	784	1 in 246	2 places down
27	Edith	778	1 in 248	1 places up
28	Hattie	775	1 in 249	1 places down
29	Mattie	754	1 in 256	= same rank
30	Julia	737	1 in 261	4 places down
31	Rose	734	1 in 263	1 places down
32	Lillian	723	1 in 267	= same rank
33	Lillie	678	1 in 284	1 places up
34	Eva	661	1 in 291	7 places up
34	Jessie	661	1 in 291	2 places up
36	Lula	655	1 in 294	3 places up
37	Myrtle	643	1 in 300	3 places up
38	Pearl	641	1 in 301	9 places up
39	Edna	637	1 in 302	6 places up
40	Catherine	635	1 in 303	9 places down
41	Ada	628	1 in 307	8 places down
42	Louise	617	1 in 312	6 places down
43	Helen	612	1 in 315	8 places down
44	Lucy	611	1 in 315	= same rank
45	Frances	586	1 in 329	3 places down
46	Dora	585	1 in 329	5 places up
47	Fannie	565	1 in 341	2 places up
48	Josephine	563	1 in 342	2 places up
49	Daisy	562	1 in 343	1 places down
50	Lena	555	1 in 347	7 places down

Most popular boy names in 1881
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	John	8,768	1 in 20	= same rank
2	William	8,524	1 in 20	= same rank
3	James	5,441	1 in 40	= same rank
4	George	4,664	1 in 40	1 places up
5	Charles	4,636	1 in 40	1 places down
6	Frank	2,834	1 in 70	= same rank
7	Joseph	2,456	1 in 80	= same rank
8	Henry	2,339	1 in 80	1 places up
9	Thomas	2,282	1 in 80	1 places down
10	Edward	2,177	1 in 90	1 places up
11	Robert	2,140	1 in 90	1 places down
12	Harry	2,002	1 in 100	= same rank
13	Walter	1,670	1 in 115	= same rank
14	Arthur	1,575	1 in 122	= same rank
15	Fred	1,418	1 in 136	= same rank
16	Albert	1,319	1 in 146	= same rank
17	Samuel	919	1 in 210	= same rank
18	David	750	1 in 257	= same rank
19	Louis	746	1 in 258	= same rank
20	Charlie	668	1 in 288	1 places up
20	Clarence	668	1 in 288	1 places up
22	Richard	641	1 in 301	1 places up
23	Joe	639	1 in 302	3 places down
24	Andrew	588	1 in 328	= same rank
25	Ernest	571	1 in 337	1 places up
26	Will	550	1 in 350	1 places up
27	Jesse	536	1 in 359	1 places up
28	Oscar	530	1 in 364	1 places up
29	Daniel	527	1 in 366	4 places down
30	Willie	498	1 in 387	4 places up
31	Benjamin	481	1 in 401	1 places up
31	Sam	481	1 in 401	5 places up
33	Alfred	466	1 in 413	2 places up
34	Roy	440	1 in 438	3 places up
35	Lewis	439	1 in 439	5 places down
36	Frederick	433	1 in 445	3 places down
37	Peter	428	1 in 450	6 places down
38	Elmer	388	1 in 497	3 places up
39	Jacob	381	1 in 506	= same rank
40	Herbert	369	1 in 522	2 places down
41	Carl	359	1 in 537	1 places up
41	Howard	359	1 in 537	3 places up
43	Tom	349	1 in 552	3 places down
44	Lee	342	1 in 563	1 places down
45	Ralph	329	1 in 586	9 places up
46	Martin	327	1 in 589	2 places down
47	Jim	323	1 in 597	2 places up
48	Earl	314	1 in 614	4 places up
48	Eugene	314	1 in 614	5 places up
50	Bert	312	1 in 618	3 places down

Share: number of babies born in 1881, girls and boys together, for one baby with this name. Change: places gained or lost since 1880. Tied names share the same rank.