Most popular girls’ names in the US, 1881
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 6,919 |
| 2 | Anna | 2,698 |
| 3 | Emma | 2,034 |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 1,852 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,658 |
| 6 | Minnie | 1,653 |
| 7 | Ida | 1,439 |
| 8 | Annie | 1,326 |
| 9 | Bertha | 1,324 |
| 10 | Alice | 1,308 |
| 11 | Clara | 1,242 |
| 12 | Sarah | 1,226 |
| 13 | Ella | 1,148 |
| 14 | Nellie | 1,096 |
| 15 | Grace | 1,089 |
| 16 | Florence | 1,046 |
| 17 | Martha | 1,044 |
| 18 | Cora | 969 |
| 19 | Laura | 962 |
| 20 | Carrie | 958 |
| 21 | Maude | 923 |
| 22 | Bessie | 903 |
| 23 | Mabel | 893 |
| 24 | Gertrude | 791 |
| 25 | Ethel | 788 |