Most Popular Names of 1888
Rankings below use available national records for one year and keep the source sex categories separate.
Popular Girl Names in 1888
#1 Mary11,754 births#2 Anna4,982 births#3 Elizabeth3,224 births#4 Emma3,087 births#5 Margaret2,904 births#6 Minnie2,654 births#7 Bertha2,450 births#8 Florence2,444 births#9 Ethel2,374 births#10 Bessie2,278 births#11 Clara2,230 births#12 Ida2,229 births#13 Alice2,202 births#14 Annie2,188 births#15 Grace2,090 births#16 Helen1,847 births#17 Mabel1,830 births#18 Ella1,774 births#19 Martha1,769 births#20 Sarah1,755 births#21 Nellie1,736 births#22 Edna1,687 births#23 Lillian1,656 births#24 Carrie1,647 births#25 Laura1,624 births#26 Pearl1,591 births#27 Rose1,590 births#28 Gertrude1,468 births#29 Edith1,453 births#30 Frances1,452 births#31 Cora1,433 births#32 Maude1,396 births#33 Louise1,334 births#34 Eva1,329 births#35 Myrtle1,310 births#36 Hattie1,298 births#36 Jennie1,298 births#38 Julia1,292 births#39 Mattie1,268 births#40 Marie1,258 births#41 Lillie1,249 births#42 Catherine1,212 births#43 Jessie1,200 births#44 Lula1,173 births#45 Lena1,162 births#46 Ada1,116 births#47 Elsie1,112 births#48 Agnes1,046 births#49 Josephine1,001 births#50 Fannie991 births#51 Lucy964 births#52 Blanche942 births#53 Mamie917 births#54 Dora898 births#54 Hazel898 births#56 Katherine893 births#57 Maggie882 births#58 Alma853 births#59 Ruth850 births#60 Mae836 births#61 Nora832 births#61 Rosa832 births#63 May782 births#64 Stella775 births#65 Effie744 births#66 Irene722 births#67 Nettie692 births#68 Ellen691 births#68 Sadie691 births#70 Sallie633 births#71 Della621 births#71 Susie621 births#73 Daisy612 births#74 Viola596 births#75 Lizzie593 births#76 Nancy582 births#77 Esther572 births#78 Flora541 births#79 Willie522 births#80 Katie516 births#81 Lottie511 births#82 Etta500 births#83 Mildred499 births#84 Georgia477 births#85 Lydia472 births#86 Maud469 births#87 Olive465 births#88 Charlotte464 births#89 Caroline458 births#90 Emily457 births#91 Addie455 births#92 Jane446 births#92 Kathryn446 births#94 Ruby445 births#95 Beulah426 births#96 Ollie411 births#97 Amanda404 births#98 Pauline393 births#99 Harriet389 births#100 Virginia385 births
Popular Boy Names in 1888
#1 John9,247 births#2 William8,705 births#3 James5,562 births#4 George4,912 births#5 Charles4,591 births#6 Frank3,459 births#7 Joseph2,993 births#8 Robert2,814 births#9 Harry2,759 births#10 Henry2,596 births#11 Edward2,470 births#12 Thomas2,449 births#13 Walter2,040 births#14 Arthur1,710 births#15 Fred1,665 births#16 Albert1,569 births#17 Clarence1,022 births#18 Samuel931 births#19 Louis884 births#20 Roy856 births#21 David801 births#22 Charlie796 births#23 Joe789 births#24 Willie786 births#25 Benjamin781 births#26 Richard772 births#27 Ernest766 births#28 Will707 births#29 Carl675 births#29 Earl675 births#31 Oscar647 births#32 Jesse637 births#33 Andrew615 births#34 Sam607 births#35 Daniel566 births#36 Ralph547 births#37 Alfred536 births#38 Paul529 births#39 Elmer527 births#40 Howard513 births#41 Peter498 births#42 Frederick496 births#43 Herbert485 births#44 Grover474 births#45 Raymond469 births#46 Michael466 births#47 Ben463 births#48 Lee430 births#49 Tom416 births#50 Lewis412 births#51 Herman403 births#52 Harrison400 births#53 Eugene398 births#54 Martin378 births#55 Claude374 births#56 Jim362 births#57 Francis353 births#57 Jacob353 births#57 Leo353 births#60 Clyde344 births#61 Lawrence343 births#62 Harvey334 births#63 Ray331 births#64 Jack329 births#65 Edgar321 births#66 Otto312 births#67 Floyd302 births#68 Ed301 births#69 Edwin298 births#69 Harold298 births#71 Guy297 births#72 Chester288 births#73 Bert282 births#74 Luther275 births#75 Allen260 births#76 Homer256 births#77 Charley254 births#77 Jessie254 births#79 Hugh253 births#80 Theodore249 births#81 Patrick245 births#82 Alexander237 births#83 Leonard225 births#84 Ira222 births#85 Isaac221 births#86 August213 births#87 Bernard207 births#88 Oliver206 births#89 Julius197 births#90 Leon196 births#90 Philip196 births#92 Clifford194 births#93 Anthony193 births#93 Eddie193 births#95 Leroy192 births#96 Archie191 births#97 Lester189 births#98 Stephen187 births#99 Leslie175 births#99 Lloyd175 births