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Top baby names of 1888

In 1888, Mary and John were the most popular names in the United States. 299,458 births in the Social Security records that year.

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Most popular girl names in 1888
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Mary	11,754	1 in 30	= same rank
2	Anna	4,982	1 in 60	= same rank
3	Elizabeth	3,224	1 in 90	= same rank
4	Emma	3,087	1 in 100	= same rank
5	Margaret	2,904	1 in 103	= same rank
6	Minnie	2,654	1 in 113	= same rank
7	Bertha	2,450	1 in 122	= same rank
8	Florence	2,444	1 in 123	1 places up
9	Ethel	2,374	1 in 126	2 places up
10	Bessie	2,278	1 in 131	3 places up
11	Clara	2,230	1 in 134	3 places down
12	Ida	2,229	1 in 134	2 places down
13	Alice	2,202	1 in 136	1 places up
14	Annie	2,188	1 in 137	2 places down
15	Grace	2,090	1 in 143	= same rank
16	Helen	1,847	1 in 162	5 places up
17	Mabel	1,830	1 in 164	1 places up
18	Ella	1,774	1 in 169	2 places down
19	Martha	1,769	1 in 169	2 places down
20	Sarah	1,755	1 in 171	= same rank
21	Nellie	1,736	1 in 172	2 places down
22	Edna	1,687	1 in 178	2 places up
23	Lillian	1,656	1 in 181	3 places up
24	Carrie	1,647	1 in 182	1 places down
25	Laura	1,624	1 in 184	3 places down
26	Pearl	1,591	1 in 188	1 places down
27	Rose	1,590	1 in 188	3 places up
28	Gertrude	1,468	1 in 204	= same rank
29	Edith	1,453	1 in 206	= same rank
30	Frances	1,452	1 in 206	4 places up
31	Cora	1,433	1 in 209	4 places down
32	Maude	1,396	1 in 215	1 places down
33	Louise	1,334	1 in 224	2 places up
34	Eva	1,329	1 in 225	1 places down
35	Myrtle	1,310	1 in 229	1 places up
36	Hattie	1,298	1 in 231	4 places down
36	Jennie	1,298	1 in 231	2 places up
38	Julia	1,292	1 in 232	1 places up
39	Mattie	1,268	1 in 236	1 places up
40	Marie	1,258	1 in 238	3 places up
41	Lillie	1,249	1 in 240	4 places down
42	Catherine	1,212	1 in 247	2 places up
43	Jessie	1,200	1 in 250	2 places down
44	Lula	1,173	1 in 255	3 places up
45	Lena	1,162	1 in 258	3 places down
46	Ada	1,116	1 in 268	1 places down
47	Elsie	1,112	1 in 269	2 places up
48	Agnes	1,046	1 in 286	2 places down
49	Josephine	1,001	1 in 299	1 places up
50	Fannie	991	1 in 302	2 places up

Most popular boy names in 1888
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	John	9,247	1 in 30	= same rank
2	William	8,705	1 in 30	= same rank
3	James	5,562	1 in 50	= same rank
4	George	4,912	1 in 60	= same rank
5	Charles	4,591	1 in 70	= same rank
6	Frank	3,459	1 in 90	= same rank
7	Joseph	2,993	1 in 100	= same rank
8	Robert	2,814	1 in 106	2 places up
9	Harry	2,759	1 in 109	3 places up
10	Henry	2,596	1 in 115	2 places down
11	Edward	2,470	1 in 121	1 places down
12	Thomas	2,449	1 in 122	3 places down
13	Walter	2,040	1 in 147	= same rank
14	Arthur	1,710	1 in 175	= same rank
15	Fred	1,665	1 in 180	= same rank
16	Albert	1,569	1 in 191	= same rank
17	Clarence	1,022	1 in 293	= same rank
18	Samuel	931	1 in 322	= same rank
19	Louis	884	1 in 339	= same rank
20	Roy	856	1 in 350	= same rank
21	David	801	1 in 374	1 places up
22	Charlie	796	1 in 376	2 places up
23	Joe	789	1 in 380	2 places down
24	Willie	786	1 in 381	3 places up
25	Benjamin	781	1 in 383	9 places up
26	Richard	772	1 in 388	1 places down
27	Ernest	766	1 in 391	4 places down
28	Will	707	1 in 424	2 places up
29	Carl	675	1 in 444	1 places down
29	Earl	675	1 in 444	3 places up
31	Oscar	647	1 in 463	2 places down
32	Jesse	637	1 in 470	6 places down
33	Andrew	615	1 in 487	= same rank
34	Sam	607	1 in 493	4 places up
35	Daniel	566	1 in 529	4 places down
36	Ralph	547	1 in 547	2 places up
37	Alfred	536	1 in 559	2 places down
38	Paul	529	1 in 566	2 places up
39	Elmer	527	1 in 568	3 places down
40	Howard	513	1 in 584	2 places up
41	Peter	498	1 in 601	2 places up
42	Frederick	496	1 in 604	5 places down
43	Herbert	485	1 in 617	2 places down
44	Grover	474	1 in 632	15 places up
45	Raymond	469	1 in 639	2 places up
46	Michael	466	1 in 643	2 places up
47	Ben	463	1 in 647	11 places up
48	Lee	430	1 in 696	4 places down
49	Tom	416	1 in 720	3 places up
50	Lewis	412	1 in 727	1 places down

Share: number of babies born in 1888, girls and boys together, for one baby with this name. Change: places gained or lost since 1887. Tied names share the same rank.