NameTides

The names of 1880

The ten most popular names given in 1880, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 7,065
  2. Anna 2,604
  3. Emma 2,003
  4. Elizabeth 1,939
  5. Minnie 1,746
  6. Margaret 1,578
  7. Ida 1,472
  8. Alice 1,414
  9. Bertha 1,320
  10. Sarah 1,288

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US: boys

  1. John 9,655
  2. William 9,532
  3. James 5,927
  4. Charles 5,348
  5. George 5,126
  6. Frank 3,242
  7. Joseph 2,632
  8. Thomas 2,534
  9. Henry 2,444
  10. Robert 2,415

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