Birth year roster
Top names in 1881
The 100 most common names on 1881 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.
Mary and John led the 1881 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, 97 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.
Girls
- #1Mary Endangered6,919
- #2Anna Declining2,698
- #3Emma Declining2,034
- #4Elizabeth Stable1,852
- #5Margaret Endangered1,658
- #6Minnie Endangered1,653
- #7Ida Endangered1,439
- #8Annie Rising1,326
- #9Bertha Endangered1,324
- #10Alice Stable1,308
- #11Clara Stable1,242
- #12Sarah Endangered1,226
- #13Ella Declining1,148
- #14Nellie Rising1,096
- #15Grace Declining1,089
- #16Florence Endangered1,046
- #17Martha Endangered1,044
- #18Cora Stable969
- #19Laura Endangered962
- #20Carrie Endangered958
- #21Maude Endangered923
- #22Bessie Endangered903
- #23Mabel Rising893
- #24Gertrude Endangered791
- #25Ethel Endangered788
- #26Jennie Endangered784
- #27Edith Endangered778
- #28Hattie Rising775
- #29Mattie Endangered754
- #30Julia Stable737
- #31Rose Stable734
- #32Lillian Declining723
- #33Lillie Stable678
- #34Eva Declining661
- #35Jessie Endangered661
- #36Lula Endangered655
- #37Myrtle Endangered643
- #38Pearl Endangered641
- #39Edna Endangered637
- #40Catherine Endangered635
- #41Ada Rising628
- #42Louise Endangered617
- #43Helen Endangered612
- #44Lucy Stable611
- #45Frances Endangered586
- #46Dora Endangered585
- #47Fannie Endangered565
- #48Josephine Rising563
- #49Daisy Rising562
- #50Lena Stable555
- #51Maggie Stable532
- #52Katherine Declining504
- #53Rosa Stable500
- #54Marie Endangered499
- #55Nora Stable498
- #56Effie Endangered463
- #57Blanche Endangered456
- #58May Rising451
- #59Nancy Endangered429
- #60Della Rising428
- #61Agnes Endangered424
- #62Nettie Endangered419
- #63Sallie Endangered416
- #64Stella Stable416
- #65Ellen Endangered413
- #66Mamie Endangered412
- #67Lizzie Rising396
- #68Susie Endangered367
- #69Sadie Stable366
- #70Elsie Rising344
- #71Maud Declining328
- #72Flora Rising317
- #73Caroline Declining316
- #74Etta Stable316
- #75Mae Stable314
- #76Lulu Stable313
- #77Lydia Stable299
- #78Alma Rising293
- #79Susan Endangered292
- #80Lottie Rising289
- #81Addie Stable287
- #82Mollie Stable281
- #83Katie Endangered279
- #84Ruth Endangered275
- #85Harriet Endangered270
- #86Kate Declining267
- #87Amanda Endangered263
- #88Nannie Extinct258
- #89Georgia Rising256
- #90Emily Declining244
- #91Eliza Stable238
- #92Viola Endangered237
- #93Amelia Stable235
- #94Willie Endangered229
- #95Charlotte Stable227
- #96Rebecca Endangered226
- #97Belle Stable219
- #98Kathryn Endangered218
- #99Jane Stable216
- #100Olive Rising211
Boys
- #1John Past peak8,768
- #2William Declining8,524
- #3James Stable5,441
- #4George Stable4,664
- #5Charles Stable4,636
- #6Frank Endangered2,834
- #7Joseph Declining2,456
- #8Henry Stable2,339
- #9Thomas Stable2,282
- #10Edward Endangered2,177
- #11Robert Endangered2,140
- #12Harry Endangered2,002
- #13Walter Stable1,670
- #14Arthur Rising1,575
- #15Fred Endangered1,418
- #16Albert Endangered1,319
- #17Samuel Stable919
- #18David Past peak750
- #19Louis Stable746
- #20Charlie Rising668
- #21Clarence Endangered668
- #22Richard Endangered641
- #23Joe Endangered639
- #24Andrew Declining588
- #25Ernest Endangered571
- #26Will Declining550
- #27Jesse Stable536
- #28Oscar Stable530
- #29Daniel Declining527
- #30Willie Endangered498
- #31Benjamin Declining481
- #32Sam Stable481
- #33Alfred Endangered466
- #34Roy Endangered440
- #35Lewis Rising439
- #36Frederick Stable433
- #37Peter Stable428
- #38Elmer Endangered388
- #39Jacob Declining381
- #40Herbert Endangered369
- #41Carl Endangered359
- #42Howard Endangered359
- #43Tom Endangered349
- #44Lee Endangered342
- #45Ralph Endangered329
- #46Martin Stable327
- #47Jim Endangered323
- #48Earl Endangered314
- #49Eugene Endangered314
- #50Bert Endangered312
- #51Edgar Declining312
- #52Herman Endangered304
- #53Claude Endangered302
- #54Michael Past peak298
- #55Paul Endangered291
- #56Ben Stable289
- #57Ira Stable286
- #58Harvey Rising282
- #59Chester Endangered274
- #60Edwin Stable274
- #61Ed Declining272
- #62Charley Stable266
- #63Francis Stable259
- #64Isaac Declining258
- #65Luther Endangered249
- #66Lawrence Endangered244
- #67Oliver Stable238
- #68Clyde Stable232
- #69Otto Rising221
- #70Hugh Stable219
- #71Alexander Declining209
- #72Leonard Endangered206
- #73Jack Stable197
- #74Raymond Endangered195
- #75Patrick Declining188
- #76Guy Endangered186
- #77Homer Endangered181
- #78Floyd Endangered178
- #79Theodore Rising178
- #80Allen Endangered172
- #81August Rising172
- #82Marion Endangered162
- #83Philip Endangered156
- #84Warren Rising156
- #85Horace Endangered152
- #86Dan Endangered148
- #87Ray Endangered148
- #88Garfield Rising147
- #89Stephen Endangered147
- #90Emil Stable145
- #91Jessie Endangered143
- #92Milton Endangered143
- #93Willis Endangered142
- #94Calvin Stable138
- #95Dave Endangered135
- #96Bernard Endangered130
- #97Julius Stable129
- #98Leroy Endangered129
- #99Sidney Endangered129
- #100Anthony Declining128