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Top baby names of 1882

In 1882, Mary and John were the most popular names in the United States. 221,526 births in the Social Security records that year.

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Most popular girl names in 1882
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Mary	8,148	1 in 30	= same rank
2	Anna	3,143	1 in 70	= same rank
3	Emma	2,303	1 in 100	= same rank
4	Elizabeth	2,186	1 in 101	= same rank
5	Minnie	2,004	1 in 111	1 places up
6	Margaret	1,821	1 in 122	1 places down
7	Ida	1,673	1 in 132	= same rank
8	Alice	1,542	1 in 144	2 places up
9	Bertha	1,508	1 in 147	= same rank
10	Annie	1,492	1 in 148	2 places down
11	Clara	1,490	1 in 149	= same rank
12	Sarah	1,410	1 in 157	= same rank
13	Florence	1,322	1 in 168	3 places up
14	Martha	1,229	1 in 180	3 places up
15	Ella	1,206	1 in 184	2 places down
16	Grace	1,195	1 in 185	1 places down
17	Laura	1,151	1 in 192	2 places up
18	Bessie	1,144	1 in 194	4 places up
19	Nellie	1,138	1 in 195	5 places down
20	Maude	1,089	1 in 203	1 places up
21	Cora	1,076	1 in 206	3 places down
22	Carrie	1,037	1 in 214	2 places down
23	Mabel	997	1 in 222	= same rank
24	Ethel	989	1 in 224	1 places up
25	Mattie	966	1 in 229	4 places up
26	Gertrude	939	1 in 236	2 places down
27	Jennie	934	1 in 237	1 places down
28	Rose	886	1 in 250	3 places up
29	Edith	876	1 in 253	2 places down
30	Hattie	859	1 in 258	2 places down
31	Helen	838	1 in 264	12 places up
32	Lillian	830	1 in 267	= same rank
33	Pearl	824	1 in 269	5 places up
34	Louise	813	1 in 272	8 places up
35	Julia	811	1 in 273	5 places down
36	Lillie	810	1 in 273	3 places down
37	Jessie	806	1 in 275	3 places down
38	Myrtle	803	1 in 276	1 places down
39	Edna	783	1 in 283	= same rank
40	Lula	780	1 in 284	4 places down
41	Eva	765	1 in 290	7 places down
42	Catherine	726	1 in 305	2 places down
43	Lena	697	1 in 318	7 places up
44	Ada	689	1 in 322	3 places down
45	Frances	681	1 in 325	= same rank
46	Lucy	673	1 in 329	2 places down
47	Fannie	650	1 in 341	= same rank
48	Daisy	648	1 in 342	1 places up
49	Josephine	638	1 in 347	1 places down
50	Maggie	627	1 in 353	1 places up

Most popular boy names in 1882
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	John	9,557	1 in 20	= same rank
2	William	9,298	1 in 20	= same rank
3	James	5,892	1 in 40	= same rank
4	George	5,193	1 in 40	= same rank
5	Charles	5,091	1 in 40	= same rank
6	Frank	3,176	1 in 70	= same rank
7	Joseph	2,670	1 in 80	= same rank
8	Thomas	2,610	1 in 80	1 places up
9	Henry	2,579	1 in 90	1 places down
10	Robert	2,500	1 in 90	1 places up
11	Edward	2,477	1 in 90	1 places down
12	Harry	2,232	1 in 100	= same rank
13	Walter	1,805	1 in 123	= same rank
14	Arthur	1,686	1 in 131	= same rank
15	Fred	1,641	1 in 135	= same rank
16	Albert	1,499	1 in 148	= same rank
17	Samuel	1,003	1 in 221	= same rank
18	Louis	852	1 in 260	1 places up
19	David	838	1 in 264	1 places down
20	Clarence	837	1 in 265	= same rank
21	Charlie	753	1 in 294	1 places down
22	Richard	746	1 in 297	= same rank
23	Joe	739	1 in 300	= same rank
24	Andrew	673	1 in 329	= same rank
25	Will	666	1 in 333	1 places up
26	Jesse	660	1 in 336	1 places up
27	Ernest	642	1 in 345	2 places down
28	Oscar	625	1 in 354	= same rank
29	Daniel	594	1 in 373	= same rank
30	Sam	555	1 in 399	1 places up
31	Willie	541	1 in 409	1 places down
32	Alfred	523	1 in 424	1 places up
33	Roy	521	1 in 425	1 places up
34	Benjamin	478	1 in 463	3 places down
34	Carl	478	1 in 463	7 places up
36	Peter	461	1 in 481	1 places up
37	Frederick	457	1 in 485	1 places down
38	Elmer	441	1 in 502	= same rank
38	Lewis	441	1 in 502	3 places down
40	Herbert	431	1 in 514	= same rank
41	Lee	427	1 in 519	3 places up
42	Howard	422	1 in 525	1 places down
43	Ralph	407	1 in 544	2 places up
44	Paul	397	1 in 558	11 places up
45	Jim	396	1 in 559	2 places up
46	Jacob	390	1 in 568	7 places down
46	Tom	390	1 in 568	3 places down
48	Martin	387	1 in 572	2 places down
49	Earl	377	1 in 588	1 places down
50	Claude	356	1 in 622	3 places up

Share: number of babies born in 1882, girls and boys together, for one baby with this name. Change: places gained or lost since 1881. Tied names share the same rank.