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The names of 1881

The ten most popular names given in 1881, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  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

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US: boys

  1. John 8,768
  2. William 8,524
  3. James 5,441
  4. George 4,664
  5. Charles 4,636
  6. Frank 2,834
  7. Joseph 2,456
  8. Henry 2,339
  9. Thomas 2,282
  10. Edward 2,177

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