Birth year roster
Top names in 1882
The 100 most common names on 1882 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.
Mary and John led the 1882 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, 98 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.
Girls
- #1Mary Endangered8,148
- #2Anna Declining3,143
- #3Emma Declining2,303
- #4Elizabeth Stable2,186
- #5Minnie Endangered2,004
- #6Margaret Endangered1,821
- #7Ida Endangered1,673
- #8Alice Stable1,542
- #9Bertha Endangered1,508
- #10Annie Rising1,492
- #11Clara Stable1,490
- #12Sarah Endangered1,410
- #13Florence Endangered1,322
- #14Martha Endangered1,229
- #15Ella Declining1,206
- #16Grace Declining1,195
- #17Laura Endangered1,151
- #18Bessie Endangered1,144
- #19Nellie Rising1,138
- #20Maude Endangered1,089
- #21Cora Stable1,076
- #22Carrie Endangered1,037
- #23Mabel Rising997
- #24Ethel Endangered989
- #25Mattie Endangered966
- #26Gertrude Endangered939
- #27Jennie Endangered934
- #28Rose Stable886
- #29Edith Endangered876
- #30Hattie Rising859
- #31Helen Endangered838
- #32Lillian Declining830
- #33Pearl Endangered824
- #34Louise Endangered813
- #35Julia Stable811
- #36Lillie Stable810
- #37Jessie Endangered806
- #38Myrtle Endangered803
- #39Edna Endangered783
- #40Lula Endangered780
- #41Eva Declining765
- #42Catherine Endangered726
- #43Lena Stable697
- #44Ada Rising689
- #45Frances Endangered681
- #46Lucy Stable673
- #47Fannie Endangered650
- #48Daisy Rising648
- #49Josephine Rising638
- #50Maggie Stable627
- #51Dora Endangered594
- #52Katherine Declining591
- #53Marie Endangered591
- #54Agnes Endangered565
- #55Effie Endangered561
- #56Blanche Endangered547
- #57Rosa Stable542
- #58Nora Stable539
- #59May Rising510
- #60Mamie Endangered508
- #61Stella Stable506
- #62Lizzie Rising495
- #63Sallie Endangered487
- #64Ellen Endangered452
- #65Elsie Rising448
- #66Della Rising447
- #67Nancy Endangered439
- #68Nettie Endangered439
- #69Maud Declining432
- #70Susie Endangered412
- #71Mae Stable406
- #72Sadie Stable391
- #73Flora Rising380
- #74Alma Rising368
- #75Etta Stable352
- #76Lydia Stable342
- #77Addie Stable341
- #78Katie Endangered327
- #79Susan Endangered326
- #80Ruth Endangered323
- #81Georgia Rising320
- #82Lottie Rising319
- #83Viola Endangered310
- #84Mollie Stable305
- #85Caroline Declining304
- #86Nannie Extinct299
- #87Kate Declining293
- #88Olive Rising291
- #89Willie Endangered291
- #90Harriet Endangered289
- #91Amanda Endangered288
- #92Eliza Stable280
- #93Lulu Stable279
- #94Virginia Endangered274
- #95Emily Declining272
- #96Kathryn Endangered272
- #97Esther Stable266
- #98Belle Stable264
- #99Rebecca Endangered259
- #100Charlotte Stable257
Boys
- #1John Past peak9,557
- #2William Declining9,298
- #3James Stable5,892
- #4George Stable5,193
- #5Charles Stable5,091
- #6Frank Endangered3,176
- #7Joseph Declining2,670
- #8Thomas Stable2,610
- #9Henry Stable2,579
- #10Robert Endangered2,500
- #11Edward Endangered2,477
- #12Harry Endangered2,232
- #13Walter Stable1,805
- #14Arthur Rising1,686
- #15Fred Endangered1,641
- #16Albert Endangered1,499
- #17Samuel Stable1,003
- #18Louis Stable852
- #19David Past peak838
- #20Clarence Endangered837
- #21Charlie Rising753
- #22Richard Endangered746
- #23Joe Endangered739
- #24Andrew Declining673
- #25Will Declining666
- #26Jesse Stable660
- #27Ernest Endangered642
- #28Oscar Stable625
- #29Daniel Declining594
- #30Sam Stable555
- #31Willie Endangered541
- #32Alfred Endangered523
- #33Roy Endangered521
- #34Benjamin Declining478
- #35Carl Endangered478
- #36Peter Stable461
- #37Frederick Stable457
- #38Elmer Endangered441
- #39Lewis Rising441
- #40Herbert Endangered431
- #41Lee Endangered427
- #42Howard Endangered422
- #43Ralph Endangered407
- #44Paul Endangered397
- #45Jim Endangered396
- #46Jacob Declining390
- #47Tom Endangered390
- #48Martin Stable387
- #49Earl Endangered377
- #50Claude Endangered356
- #51Herman Endangered348
- #52Bert Endangered341
- #53Eugene Endangered341
- #54Ed Declining337
- #55Ben Stable334
- #56Francis Stable327
- #57Michael Past peak321
- #58Edgar Declining308
- #59Edwin Stable305
- #60Chester Endangered300
- #61Harvey Rising300
- #62Clyde Stable293
- #63Lawrence Endangered287
- #64Luther Endangered284
- #65Isaac Declining278
- #66Jack Stable271
- #67Charley Stable262
- #68Guy Endangered253
- #69Otto Rising252
- #70Patrick Declining249
- #71Ira Stable244
- #72Oliver Stable244
- #73Hugh Stable239
- #74August Rising234
- #75Theodore Rising232
- #76Floyd Endangered231
- #77Leonard Endangered231
- #78Raymond Endangered230
- #79Alexander Declining225
- #80Allen Endangered206
- #81Stephen Endangered201
- #82Archie Rising195
- #83Ray Endangered195
- #84Jessie Endangered192
- #85Homer Endangered190
- #86Warren Rising183
- #87Philip Endangered182
- #88Horace Endangered176
- #89Alex Declining172
- #90Eddie Endangered169
- #91Julius Stable168
- #92Emil Stable157
- #93Marion Endangered157
- #94Clifford Endangered155
- #95Milton Endangered155
- #96Leroy Endangered152
- #97Dan Endangered150
- #98Rufus Endangered147
- #99Leo Rising146
- #100Sidney Endangered146