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The most popular names in 1881

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Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #11Clara1,242
  12. #12Sarah1,226
  13. #13Ella1,148
  14. #14Nellie1,096
  15. #15Grace1,089
  16. #16Florence1,046
  17. #17Martha1,044
  18. #18Cora969
  19. #19Laura962
  20. #20Carrie958
  21. #21Maude923
  22. #22Bessie903
  23. #23Mabel893
  24. #24Gertrude791
  25. #25Ethel788
  26. #26Jennie784
  27. #27Edith778
  28. #28Hattie775
  29. #29Mattie754
  30. #30Julia737
  31. #31Rose734
  32. #32Lillian723
  33. #33Lillie678
  34. #34Eva661
  35. #34Jessie661
  36. #36Lula655
  37. #37Myrtle643
  38. #38Pearl641
  39. #39Edna637
  40. #40Catherine635
  41. #41Ada628
  42. #42Louise617
  43. #43Helen612
  44. #44Lucy611
  45. #45Frances586
  46. #46Dora585
  47. #47Fannie565
  48. #48Josephine563
  49. #49Daisy562
  50. #50Lena555
  51. #51Maggie532
  52. #52Katherine504
  53. #53Rosa500
  54. #54Marie499
  55. #55Nora498
  56. #56Effie463
  57. #57Blanche456
  58. #58May451
  59. #59Nancy429
  60. #60Della428
  61. #61Agnes424
  62. #62Nettie419
  63. #63Sallie416
  64. #63Stella416
  65. #65Ellen413
  66. #66Mamie412
  67. #67Lizzie396
  68. #68Susie367
  69. #69Sadie366
  70. #70Elsie344
  71. #71Maud328
  72. #72Flora317
  73. #73Caroline316
  74. #73Etta316
  75. #75Mae314
  76. #76Lulu313
  77. #77Lydia299
  78. #78Alma293
  79. #79Susan292
  80. #80Lottie289
  81. #81Addie287
  82. #82Mollie281
  83. #83Katie279
  84. #84Ruth275
  85. #85Harriet270
  86. #86Kate267
  87. #87Amanda263
  88. #88Nannie258
  89. #89Georgia256
  90. #90Emily244
  91. #91Eliza238
  92. #92Viola237
  93. #93Amelia235
  94. #94Willie229
  95. #95Charlotte227
  96. #96Rebecca226
  97. #97Belle219
  98. #98Kathryn218
  99. #99Jane216
  100. #100Olive211

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #11Robert2,140
  12. #12Harry2,002
  13. #13Walter1,670
  14. #14Arthur1,575
  15. #15Fred1,418
  16. #16Albert1,319
  17. #17Samuel919
  18. #18David750
  19. #19Louis746
  20. #20Charlie668
  21. #20Clarence668
  22. #22Richard641
  23. #23Joe639
  24. #24Andrew588
  25. #25Ernest571
  26. #26Will550
  27. #27Jesse536
  28. #28Oscar530
  29. #29Daniel527
  30. #30Willie498
  31. #31Benjamin481
  32. #31Sam481
  33. #33Alfred466
  34. #34Roy440
  35. #35Lewis439
  36. #36Frederick433
  37. #37Peter428
  38. #38Elmer388
  39. #39Jacob381
  40. #40Herbert369
  41. #41Carl359
  42. #41Howard359
  43. #43Tom349
  44. #44Lee342
  45. #45Ralph329
  46. #46Martin327
  47. #47Jim323
  48. #48Earl314
  49. #48Eugene314
  50. #50Bert312
  51. #50Edgar312
  52. #52Herman304
  53. #53Claude302
  54. #54Michael298
  55. #55Paul291
  56. #56Ben289
  57. #57Ira286
  58. #58Harvey282
  59. #59Chester274
  60. #59Edwin274
  61. #61Ed272
  62. #62Charley266
  63. #63Francis259
  64. #64Isaac258
  65. #65Luther249
  66. #66Lawrence244
  67. #67Oliver238
  68. #68Clyde232
  69. #69Otto221
  70. #70Hugh219
  71. #71Alexander209
  72. #72Leonard206
  73. #73Jack197
  74. #74Raymond195
  75. #75Patrick188
  76. #76Guy186
  77. #77Homer181
  78. #78Floyd178
  79. #78Theodore178
  80. #80Allen172
  81. #80August172
  82. #82Marion162
  83. #83Philip156
  84. #83Warren156
  85. #85Horace152
  86. #86Dan148
  87. #86Ray148
  88. #88Garfield147
  89. #88Stephen147
  90. #90Emil145
  91. #91Jessie143
  92. #91Milton143
  93. #93Willis142
  94. #94Calvin138
  95. #95Dave135
  96. #96Bernard130
  97. #97Julius129
  98. #97Leroy129
  99. #97Sidney129
  100. #100Anthony128