Most Popular Names of 1881
Rankings below use available national records for one year and keep the source sex categories separate.
Popular Girl Names in 1881
#1 Mary6,919 births#2 Anna2,698 births#3 Emma2,034 births#4 Elizabeth1,852 births#5 Margaret1,658 births#6 Minnie1,653 births#7 Ida1,439 births#8 Annie1,326 births#9 Bertha1,324 births#10 Alice1,308 births#11 Clara1,242 births#12 Sarah1,226 births#13 Ella1,148 births#14 Nellie1,096 births#15 Grace1,089 births#16 Florence1,046 births#17 Martha1,044 births#18 Cora969 births#19 Laura962 births#20 Carrie958 births#21 Maude923 births#22 Bessie903 births#23 Mabel893 births#24 Gertrude791 births#25 Ethel788 births#26 Jennie784 births#27 Edith778 births#28 Hattie775 births#29 Mattie754 births#30 Julia737 births#31 Rose734 births#32 Lillian723 births#33 Lillie678 births#34 Eva661 births#34 Jessie661 births#36 Lula655 births#37 Myrtle643 births#38 Pearl641 births#39 Edna637 births#40 Catherine635 births#41 Ada628 births#42 Louise617 births#43 Helen612 births#44 Lucy611 births#45 Frances586 births#46 Dora585 births#47 Fannie565 births#48 Josephine563 births#49 Daisy562 births#50 Lena555 births#51 Maggie532 births#52 Katherine504 births#53 Rosa500 births#54 Marie499 births#55 Nora498 births#56 Effie463 births#57 Blanche456 births#58 May451 births#59 Nancy429 births#60 Della428 births#61 Agnes424 births#62 Nettie419 births#63 Sallie416 births#63 Stella416 births#65 Ellen413 births#66 Mamie412 births#67 Lizzie396 births#68 Susie367 births#69 Sadie366 births#70 Elsie344 births#71 Maud328 births#72 Flora317 births#73 Caroline316 births#73 Etta316 births#75 Mae314 births#76 Lulu313 births#77 Lydia299 births#78 Alma293 births#79 Susan292 births#80 Lottie289 births#81 Addie287 births#82 Mollie281 births#83 Katie279 births#84 Ruth275 births#85 Harriet270 births#86 Kate267 births#87 Amanda263 births#88 Nannie258 births#89 Georgia256 births#90 Emily244 births#91 Eliza238 births#92 Viola237 births#93 Amelia235 births#94 Willie229 births#95 Charlotte227 births#96 Rebecca226 births#97 Belle219 births#98 Kathryn218 births#99 Jane216 births#100 Olive211 births
Popular Boy Names in 1881
#1 John8,768 births#2 William8,524 births#3 James5,441 births#4 George4,664 births#5 Charles4,636 births#6 Frank2,834 births#7 Joseph2,456 births#8 Henry2,339 births#9 Thomas2,282 births#10 Edward2,177 births#11 Robert2,140 births#12 Harry2,002 births#13 Walter1,670 births#14 Arthur1,575 births#15 Fred1,418 births#16 Albert1,319 births#17 Samuel919 births#18 David750 births#19 Louis746 births#20 Charlie668 births#20 Clarence668 births#22 Richard641 births#23 Joe639 births#24 Andrew588 births#25 Ernest571 births#26 Will550 births#27 Jesse536 births#28 Oscar530 births#29 Daniel527 births#30 Willie498 births#31 Benjamin481 births#31 Sam481 births#33 Alfred466 births#34 Roy440 births#35 Lewis439 births#36 Frederick433 births#37 Peter428 births#38 Elmer388 births#39 Jacob381 births#40 Herbert369 births#41 Carl359 births#41 Howard359 births#43 Tom349 births#44 Lee342 births#45 Ralph329 births#46 Martin327 births#47 Jim323 births#48 Earl314 births#48 Eugene314 births#50 Bert312 births#50 Edgar312 births#52 Herman304 births#53 Claude302 births#54 Michael298 births#55 Paul291 births#56 Ben289 births#57 Ira286 births#58 Harvey282 births#59 Chester274 births#59 Edwin274 births#61 Ed272 births#62 Charley266 births#63 Francis259 births#64 Isaac258 births#65 Luther249 births#66 Lawrence244 births#67 Oliver238 births#68 Clyde232 births#69 Otto221 births#70 Hugh219 births#71 Alexander209 births#72 Leonard206 births#73 Jack197 births#74 Raymond195 births#75 Patrick188 births#76 Guy186 births#77 Homer181 births#78 Floyd178 births#78 Theodore178 births#80 Allen172 births#80 August172 births#82 Marion162 births#83 Philip156 births#83 Warren156 births#85 Horace152 births#86 Dan148 births#86 Ray148 births#88 Garfield147 births#88 Stephen147 births#90 Emil145 births#91 Jessie143 births#91 Milton143 births#93 Willis142 births#94 Calvin138 births#95 Dave135 births#96 Bernard130 births#97 Julius129 births#97 Leroy129 births#97 Sidney129 births#100 Anthony128 births