Explore

The most popular names in 1888

Ranks are per sex, and names with the same count share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

‹ 18871889 ›

Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #11Clara2,230
  12. #12Ida2,229
  13. #13Alice2,202
  14. #14Annie2,188
  15. #15Grace2,090
  16. #16Helen1,847
  17. #17Mabel1,830
  18. #18Ella1,774
  19. #19Martha1,769
  20. #20Sarah1,755
  21. #21Nellie1,736
  22. #22Edna1,687
  23. #23Lillian1,656
  24. #24Carrie1,647
  25. #25Laura1,624
  26. #26Pearl1,591
  27. #27Rose1,590
  28. #28Gertrude1,468
  29. #29Edith1,453
  30. #30Frances1,452
  31. #31Cora1,433
  32. #32Maude1,396
  33. #33Louise1,334
  34. #34Eva1,329
  35. #35Myrtle1,310
  36. #36Hattie1,298
  37. #36Jennie1,298
  38. #38Julia1,292
  39. #39Mattie1,268
  40. #40Marie1,258
  41. #41Lillie1,249
  42. #42Catherine1,212
  43. #43Jessie1,200
  44. #44Lula1,173
  45. #45Lena1,162
  46. #46Ada1,116
  47. #47Elsie1,112
  48. #48Agnes1,046
  49. #49Josephine1,001
  50. #50Fannie991
  51. #51Lucy964
  52. #52Blanche942
  53. #53Mamie917
  54. #54Dora898
  55. #54Hazel898
  56. #56Katherine893
  57. #57Maggie882
  58. #58Alma853
  59. #59Ruth850
  60. #60Mae836
  61. #61Nora832
  62. #61Rosa832
  63. #63May782
  64. #64Stella775
  65. #65Effie744
  66. #66Irene722
  67. #67Nettie692
  68. #68Ellen691
  69. #68Sadie691
  70. #70Sallie633
  71. #71Della621
  72. #71Susie621
  73. #73Daisy612
  74. #74Viola596
  75. #75Lizzie593
  76. #76Nancy582
  77. #77Esther572
  78. #78Flora541
  79. #79Willie522
  80. #80Katie516
  81. #81Lottie511
  82. #82Etta500
  83. #83Mildred499
  84. #84Georgia477
  85. #85Lydia472
  86. #86Maud469
  87. #87Olive465
  88. #88Charlotte464
  89. #89Caroline458
  90. #90Emily457
  91. #91Addie455
  92. #92Jane446
  93. #92Kathryn446
  94. #94Ruby445
  95. #95Beulah426
  96. #96Ollie411
  97. #97Amanda404
  98. #98Pauline393
  99. #99Harriet389
  100. #100Virginia385

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1John9,247
  2. #2William8,705
  3. #3James5,562
  4. #4George4,912
  5. #5Charles4,591
  6. #6Frank3,459
  7. #7Joseph2,993
  8. #8Robert2,814
  9. #9Harry2,759
  10. #10Henry2,596
  11. #11Edward2,470
  12. #12Thomas2,449
  13. #13Walter2,040
  14. #14Arthur1,710
  15. #15Fred1,665
  16. #16Albert1,569
  17. #17Clarence1,022
  18. #18Samuel931
  19. #19Louis884
  20. #20Roy856
  21. #21David801
  22. #22Charlie796
  23. #23Joe789
  24. #24Willie786
  25. #25Benjamin781
  26. #26Richard772
  27. #27Ernest766
  28. #28Will707
  29. #29Carl675
  30. #29Earl675
  31. #31Oscar647
  32. #32Jesse637
  33. #33Andrew615
  34. #34Sam607
  35. #35Daniel566
  36. #36Ralph547
  37. #37Alfred536
  38. #38Paul529
  39. #39Elmer527
  40. #40Howard513
  41. #41Peter498
  42. #42Frederick496
  43. #43Herbert485
  44. #44Grover474
  45. #45Raymond469
  46. #46Michael466
  47. #47Ben463
  48. #48Lee430
  49. #49Tom416
  50. #50Lewis412
  51. #51Herman403
  52. #52Harrison400
  53. #53Eugene398
  54. #54Martin378
  55. #55Claude374
  56. #56Jim362
  57. #57Francis353
  58. #57Jacob353
  59. #57Leo353
  60. #60Clyde344
  61. #61Lawrence343
  62. #62Harvey334
  63. #63Ray331
  64. #64Jack329
  65. #65Edgar321
  66. #66Otto312
  67. #67Floyd302
  68. #68Ed301
  69. #69Edwin298
  70. #69Harold298
  71. #71Guy297
  72. #72Chester288
  73. #73Bert282
  74. #74Luther275
  75. #75Allen260
  76. #76Homer256
  77. #77Charley254
  78. #77Jessie254
  79. #79Hugh253
  80. #80Theodore249
  81. #81Patrick245
  82. #82Alexander237
  83. #83Leonard225
  84. #84Ira222
  85. #85Isaac221
  86. #86August213
  87. #87Bernard207
  88. #88Oliver206
  89. #89Julius197
  90. #90Leon196
  91. #90Philip196
  92. #92Clifford194
  93. #93Anthony193
  94. #93Eddie193
  95. #95Leroy192
  96. #96Archie191
  97. #97Lester189
  98. #98Stephen187
  99. #99Leslie175
  100. #99Lloyd175