The names of 1883

The ten most popular names given in 1883, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 8,012
  2. Anna 3,306
  3. Emma 2,367
  4. Elizabeth 2,255
  5. Minnie 2,035
  6. Margaret 1,881
  7. Bertha 1,681
  8. Ida 1,634
  9. Annie 1,589
  10. Clara 1,548

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US: boys

  1. John 8,894
  2. William 8,387
  3. James 5,223
  4. Charles 4,826
  5. George 4,736
  6. Frank 2,986
  7. Joseph 2,515
  8. Henry 2,383
  9. Robert 2,334
  10. Thomas 2,316

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