Birth year roster
Top names in 1880
The 100 most common names on 1880 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.
Mary and John led the 1880 baby-name charts, the top names among late-19th-century births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 96 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.
Girls
- #1Mary Endangered7,065
- #2Anna Declining2,604
- #3Emma Declining2,003
- #4Elizabeth Stable1,939
- #5Minnie Endangered1,746
- #6Margaret Endangered1,578
- #7Ida Endangered1,472
- #8Alice Stable1,414
- #9Bertha Endangered1,320
- #10Sarah Endangered1,288
- #11Annie Rising1,258
- #12Clara Stable1,226
- #13Ella Declining1,156
- #14Florence Endangered1,063
- #15Cora Stable1,045
- #16Martha Endangered1,040
- #17Laura Endangered1,012
- #18Nellie Rising995
- #19Grace Declining982
- #20Carrie Endangered949
- #21Maude Endangered859
- #22Mabel Rising808
- #23Bessie Endangered796
- #24Jennie Endangered793
- #25Gertrude Endangered787
- #26Julia Stable783
- #27Hattie Rising769
- #28Edith Endangered768
- #29Mattie Endangered704
- #30Rose Stable700
- #31Catherine Endangered688
- #32Lillian Declining672
- #33Ada Rising652
- #34Lillie Stable647
- #35Helen Endangered636
- #36Jessie Endangered635
- #37Louise Endangered635
- #38Ethel Endangered633
- #39Lula Endangered621
- #40Myrtle Endangered615
- #41Eva Declining614
- #42Frances Endangered605
- #43Lena Stable603
- #44Lucy Stable590
- #45Edna Endangered588
- #46Maggie Stable582
- #47Pearl Endangered569
- #48Daisy Rising564
- #49Fannie Endangered560
- #50Josephine Rising544
- #51Dora Endangered524
- #52Rosa Stable507
- #53Katherine Declining502
- #54Agnes Endangered473
- #55Marie Endangered471
- #56Nora Stable471
- #57May Rising462
- #58Mamie Endangered436
- #59Blanche Endangered427
- #60Stella Stable414
- #61Ellen Endangered411
- #62Nancy Endangered410
- #63Effie Endangered406
- #64Sallie Endangered404
- #65Nettie Endangered403
- #66Della Rising391
- #67Lizzie Rising388
- #68Flora Rising365
- #69Susie Endangered361
- #70Maud Declining345
- #71Mae Stable344
- #72Etta Stable323
- #73Harriet Endangered319
- #74Sadie Stable317
- #75Caroline Declining306
- #76Katie Endangered303
- #77Lydia Stable302
- #78Elsie Rising301
- #79Kate Declining299
- #80Susan Endangered286
- #81Mollie Stable283
- #82Alma Rising277
- #83Addie Stable274
- #84Georgia Rising259
- #85Eliza Stable252
- #86Lulu Stable249
- #87Nannie Extinct248
- #88Lottie Rising245
- #89Amanda Endangered241
- #90Belle Stable238
- #91Charlotte Stable237
- #92Rebecca Endangered236
- #93Ruth Endangered234
- #94Viola Endangered229
- #95Olive Rising224
- #96Amelia Stable221
- #97Hannah Declining221
- #98Jane Stable215
- #99Virginia Endangered213
- #100Emily Declining210
Boys
- #1John Past peak9,655
- #2William Declining9,532
- #3James Stable5,927
- #4Charles Stable5,348
- #5George Stable5,126
- #6Frank Endangered3,242
- #7Joseph Declining2,632
- #8Thomas Stable2,534
- #9Henry Stable2,444
- #10Robert Endangered2,415
- #11Edward Endangered2,364
- #12Harry Endangered2,152
- #13Walter Stable1,755
- #14Arthur Rising1,599
- #15Fred Endangered1,569
- #16Albert Endangered1,493
- #17Samuel Stable1,024
- #18David Past peak869
- #19Louis Stable828
- #20Joe Endangered731
- #21Charlie Rising730
- #22Clarence Endangered730
- #23Richard Endangered728
- #24Andrew Declining644
- #25Daniel Declining643
- #26Ernest Endangered615
- #27Will Declining588
- #28Jesse Stable569
- #29Oscar Stable544
- #30Lewis Rising517
- #31Peter Stable496
- #32Benjamin Declining490
- #33Frederick Stable483
- #34Willie Endangered476
- #35Alfred Endangered469
- #36Sam Stable457
- #37Roy Endangered440
- #38Herbert Endangered424
- #39Jacob Declining404
- #40Tom Endangered399
- #41Elmer Endangered373
- #42Carl Endangered372
- #43Lee Endangered361
- #44Howard Endangered357
- #45Martin Stable357
- #46Michael Past peak354
- #47Bert Endangered348
- #48Herman Endangered347
- #49Jim Endangered345
- #50Francis Stable344
- #51Harvey Rising344
- #52Earl Endangered335
- #53Eugene Endangered328
- #54Ralph Endangered317
- #55Ed Declining310
- #56Claude Endangered309
- #57Edwin Stable309
- #58Ben Stable305
- #59Charley Stable305
- #60Paul Endangered301
- #61Edgar Declining283
- #62Isaac Declining274
- #63Otto Rising271
- #64Luther Endangered260
- #65Lawrence Endangered257
- #66Ira Stable249
- #67Patrick Declining248
- #68Guy Endangered239
- #69Oliver Stable234
- #70Theodore Rising232
- #71Hugh Stable224
- #72Clyde Stable221
- #73Alexander Declining211
- #74August Rising210
- #75Floyd Endangered206
- #76Homer Endangered205
- #77Jack Stable204
- #78Leonard Endangered200
- #79Horace Endangered199
- #80Marion Endangered189
- #81Philip Endangered186
- #82Allen Endangered184
- #83Archie Rising183
- #84Stephen Endangered176
- #85Chester Endangered168
- #86Willis Endangered166
- #87Raymond Endangered165
- #88Rufus Endangered163
- #89Warren Rising158
- #90Jessie Endangered154
- #91Milton Endangered149
- #92Alex Declining147
- #93Leo Rising147
- #94Julius Stable143
- #95Ray Endangered142
- #96Sidney Endangered142
- #97Bernard Endangered140
- #98Dan Endangered140
- #99Jerry Endangered136
- #100Calvin Stable134