Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1884

John and Mary topped the list in 1884. The 10 most popular names went to 41% of boys and 23% of girls, from 1,125 boy names and 1,172 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1884

  1. John 9,388
  2. William 8,897
  3. James 5,693
  4. George 4,961
  5. Charles 4,802
  6. Frank 3,218
  7. Joseph 2,707
  8. Thomas 2,572
  9. Henry 2,474
  10. Robert 2,468
  11. Edward 2,439
  12. Harry 2,323
  13. Walter 1,902
  14. Arthur 1,690
  15. Fred 1,638
  16. Albert 1,435
  17. Samuel 945
  18. Clarence 889
  19. Louis 886
  20. Grover 802
  21. David 761
  22. Joe 759
  23. Richard 749
  24. Charlie 746
  25. Ernest 690
  26. Roy 680
  27. Jesse 670
  28. Will 650
  29. Andrew 616
  30. Oscar 615
  31. Willie 578
  32. Daniel 573
  33. Sam 533
  34. Peter 524
  35. Elmer 523
  36. Carl 521
  37. Alfred 520
  38. Benjamin 509
  39. Lewis 476
  40. Earl 464
  41. Ralph 464
  42. Frederick 454
  43. Lee 435
  44. Howard 432
  45. Paul 422
  46. Herbert 421
  47. Tom 394
  48. Herman 385
  49. Martin 385
  50. Jacob 381
  51. Michael 373
  52. Ben 367
  53. Harvey 358
  54. Claude 353
  55. Jim 346
  56. Clyde 345
  57. Francis 340
  58. Chester 338
  59. Eugene 321
  60. Ed 314
  61. Edwin 308
  62. Raymond 299
  63. Charley 290
  64. Edgar 290
  65. Otto 288
  66. Ira 284
  67. Bert 280
  68. Jack 274
  69. Luther 273
  70. Floyd 263
  71. Lawrence 262
  72. Guy 260
  73. Hugh 246
  74. Oliver 245
  75. Isaac 243
  76. Alexander 236
  77. Ray 232
  78. Patrick 222
  79. Homer 216
  80. August 213
  81. Theodore 211
  82. Archie 206
  83. Leonard 206
  84. Leo 192
  85. Harold 191
  86. Marion 184
  87. Allen 182
  88. Anthony 179
  89. Eddie 179
  90. Jessie 177
  91. Emil 175
  92. Cleveland 174
  93. Stephen 165
  94. Warren 164
  95. Julius 162
  96. Philip 161
  97. Dave 159
  98. Horace 154
  99. Leroy 154
  100. Dan 151

Top girl names of 1884

  1. Mary 9,217
  2. Anna 3,860
  3. Emma 2,587
  4. Elizabeth 2,549
  5. Minnie 2,243
  6. Margaret 2,142
  7. Ida 1,882
  8. Clara 1,852
  9. Bertha 1,789
  10. Annie 1,739
  11. Alice 1,732
  12. Florence 1,570
  13. Grace 1,525
  14. Sarah 1,518
  15. Bessie 1,451
  16. Martha 1,443
  17. Nellie 1,417
  18. Ethel 1,386
  19. Ella 1,374
  20. Mabel 1,270
  21. Laura 1,246
  22. Carrie 1,245
  23. Cora 1,244
  24. Maude 1,225
  25. Pearl 1,138
  26. Lillian 1,109
  27. Edith 1,104
  28. Gertrude 1,063
  29. Jennie 1,063
  30. Rose 1,060
  31. Mattie 1,007
  32. Hattie 993
  33. Helen 986
  34. Myrtle 979
  35. Louise 962
  36. Edna 957
  37. Julia 935
  38. Eva 929
  39. Lula 916
  40. Lillie 911
  41. Lena 906
  42. Jessie 888
  43. Catherine 874
  44. Ada 854
  45. Josephine 800
  46. Frances 789
  47. Lucy 787
  48. Maggie 749
  49. Marie 746
  50. Fannie 738
  51. Dora 720
  52. Blanche 711
  53. Agnes 703
  54. Daisy 685
  55. Katherine 671
  56. Nora 648
  57. Mamie 609
  58. Rosa 607
  59. Ellen 597
  60. Stella 584
  61. May 564
  62. Effie 558
  63. Elsie 549
  64. Mae 542
  65. Della 541
  66. Lizzie 523
  67. Nettie 522
  68. Nancy 520
  69. Sallie 494
  70. Alma 480
  71. Sadie 466
  72. Maud 461
  73. Susie 455
  74. Ruth 442
  75. Etta 423
  76. Lottie 397
  77. Flora 393
  78. Caroline 380
  79. Mollie 374
  80. Lydia 369
  81. Emily 364
  82. Viola 362
  83. Katie 360
  84. Olive 360
  85. Addie 356
  86. Charlotte 344
  87. Kate 344
  88. Kathryn 344
  89. Lulu 344
  90. Georgia 341
  91. Harriet 339
  92. Amanda 337
  93. Willie 332
  94. Susan 326
  95. Irene 324
  96. Amelia 315
  97. Nannie 314
  98. Jane 295
  99. Esther 291
  100. Belle 286

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1884?
John was the #1 boy name in 1884 (9,388 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (9,217 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1884?
Social Security records list 243,460 babies born in 1884 with names given to at least 5 babies: 114,441 boys and 129,019 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.