Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1888

John and Mary topped the list in 1888. The 10 most popular names went to 39% of boys and 21% of girls, from 1,176 boy names and 1,474 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1888

  1. John 9,247
  2. William 8,705
  3. James 5,562
  4. George 4,912
  5. Charles 4,591
  6. Frank 3,459
  7. Joseph 2,993
  8. Robert 2,814
  9. Harry 2,759
  10. Henry 2,596
  11. Edward 2,470
  12. Thomas 2,449
  13. Walter 2,040
  14. Arthur 1,710
  15. Fred 1,665
  16. Albert 1,569
  17. Clarence 1,022
  18. Samuel 931
  19. Louis 884
  20. Roy 856
  21. David 801
  22. Charlie 796
  23. Joe 789
  24. Willie 786
  25. Benjamin 781
  26. Richard 772
  27. Ernest 766
  28. Will 707
  29. Carl 675
  30. Earl 675
  31. Oscar 647
  32. Jesse 637
  33. Andrew 615
  34. Sam 607
  35. Daniel 566
  36. Ralph 547
  37. Alfred 536
  38. Paul 529
  39. Elmer 527
  40. Howard 513
  41. Peter 498
  42. Frederick 496
  43. Herbert 485
  44. Grover 474
  45. Raymond 469
  46. Michael 466
  47. Ben 463
  48. Lee 430
  49. Tom 416
  50. Lewis 412
  51. Herman 403
  52. Harrison 400
  53. Eugene 398
  54. Martin 378
  55. Claude 374
  56. Jim 362
  57. Francis 353
  58. Jacob 353
  59. Leo 353
  60. Clyde 344
  61. Lawrence 343
  62. Harvey 334
  63. Ray 331
  64. Jack 329
  65. Edgar 321
  66. Otto 312
  67. Floyd 302
  68. Ed 301
  69. Edwin 298
  70. Harold 298
  71. Guy 297
  72. Chester 288
  73. Bert 282
  74. Luther 275
  75. Allen 260
  76. Homer 256
  77. Charley 254
  78. Jessie 254
  79. Hugh 253
  80. Theodore 249
  81. Patrick 245
  82. Alexander 237
  83. Leonard 225
  84. Ira 222
  85. Isaac 221
  86. August 213
  87. Bernard 207
  88. Oliver 206
  89. Julius 197
  90. Leon 196
  91. Philip 196
  92. Clifford 194
  93. Anthony 193
  94. Eddie 193
  95. Leroy 192
  96. Archie 191
  97. Lester 189
  98. Stephen 187
  99. Leslie 175
  100. Lloyd 175

Top girl names of 1888

  1. Mary 11,754
  2. Anna 4,982
  3. Elizabeth 3,224
  4. Emma 3,087
  5. Margaret 2,904
  6. Minnie 2,654
  7. Bertha 2,450
  8. Florence 2,444
  9. Ethel 2,374
  10. Bessie 2,278
  11. Clara 2,230
  12. Ida 2,229
  13. Alice 2,202
  14. Annie 2,188
  15. Grace 2,090
  16. Helen 1,847
  17. Mabel 1,830
  18. Ella 1,774
  19. Martha 1,769
  20. Sarah 1,755
  21. Nellie 1,736
  22. Edna 1,687
  23. Lillian 1,656
  24. Carrie 1,647
  25. Laura 1,624
  26. Pearl 1,591
  27. Rose 1,590
  28. Gertrude 1,468
  29. Edith 1,453
  30. Frances 1,452
  31. Cora 1,433
  32. Maude 1,396
  33. Louise 1,334
  34. Eva 1,329
  35. Myrtle 1,310
  36. Hattie 1,298
  37. Jennie 1,298
  38. Julia 1,292
  39. Mattie 1,268
  40. Marie 1,258
  41. Lillie 1,249
  42. Catherine 1,212
  43. Jessie 1,200
  44. Lula 1,173
  45. Lena 1,162
  46. Ada 1,116
  47. Elsie 1,112
  48. Agnes 1,046
  49. Josephine 1,001
  50. Fannie 991
  51. Lucy 964
  52. Blanche 942
  53. Mamie 917
  54. Dora 898
  55. Hazel 898
  56. Katherine 893
  57. Maggie 882
  58. Alma 853
  59. Ruth 850
  60. Mae 836
  61. Nora 832
  62. Rosa 832
  63. May 782
  64. Stella 775
  65. Effie 744
  66. Irene 722
  67. Nettie 692
  68. Ellen 691
  69. Sadie 691
  70. Sallie 633
  71. Della 621
  72. Susie 621
  73. Daisy 612
  74. Viola 596
  75. Lizzie 593
  76. Nancy 582
  77. Esther 572
  78. Flora 541
  79. Willie 522
  80. Katie 516
  81. Lottie 511
  82. Etta 500
  83. Mildred 499
  84. Georgia 477
  85. Lydia 472
  86. Maud 469
  87. Olive 465
  88. Charlotte 464
  89. Caroline 458
  90. Emily 457
  91. Addie 455
  92. Jane 446
  93. Kathryn 446
  94. Ruby 445
  95. Beulah 426
  96. Ollie 411
  97. Amanda 404
  98. Pauline 393
  99. Harriet 389
  100. Virginia 385

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1888?
John was the #1 boy name in 1888 (9,247 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (11,754 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1888?
Social Security records list 299,474 babies born in 1888 with names given to at least 5 babies: 120,852 boys and 178,622 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.