100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1881

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 8,769
2 William 0 8,524
3 James 0 5,442
4 George +1 4,664
5 Charles -1 4,637
6 Frank 0 2,834
7 Joseph 0 2,456
8 Henry +1 2,339
9 Thomas -1 2,282
10 Edward +1 2,177
11 Robert -1 2,140
12 Harry 0 2,002
13 Walter 0 1,670
14 Arthur 0 1,575
15 Fred 0 1,418
16 Albert 0 1,319
17 Samuel 0 919
18 David 0 750
19 Louis 0 746
20 Charlie +1 668
21 Clarence +1 668
22 Richard +1 641
23 Joe -3 639
24 Andrew 0 588
25 Ernest +1 571
26 Will +1 550
27 Jesse +1 536
28 Oscar +1 530
29 Daniel -4 527
30 Willie +4 498
31 Benjamin +1 481
32 Sam +4 481
33 Alfred +2 466
34 Roy +3 440
35 Lewis -5 439
36 Frederick -3 433
37 Peter -6 428
38 Elmer +3 388
39 Jacob 0 381
40 Herbert -2 369
41 Carl +1 359
42 Howard +2 359
43 Tom -3 349
44 Lee -1 342
45 Ralph +9 329
46 Martin -1 327
47 Jim +2 323
48 Earl +4 314
49 Eugene +4 314
50 Bert -3 312
51 Edgar +10 312
52 Herman -4 304
53 Claude +3 302
54 Michael -8 298
55 Paul +5 291
56 Ben +2 289
57 Ira +9 286
58 Harvey -7 282
59 Chester +26 274
60 Edwin -3 274
61 Ed -6 272
62 Charley -3 266
63 Francis -13 259
64 Isaac -2 258
65 Luther -1 249
66 Lawrence -1 244
67 Oliver +2 238
68 Clyde +4 232
69 Otto -6 221
70 Hugh +1 220
71 Alexander +2 209
72 Leonard +6 206
73 Jack +4 197
74 Raymond +13 195
75 Patrick -8 188
76 Guy -8 186
77 Homer -1 181
78 Floyd -3 179
79 Theodore -9 178
80 Allen +2 172
81 August -7 172
82 Marion -2 162
83 Philip -2 156
84 Warren +5 156
85 Horace -6 152
86 Dan +12 148
87 Ray +8 148
88 Garfield +23 147
89 Stephen -5 147
90 Emil +23 145
91 Jessie -1 143
92 Milton -1 143
93 Willis -7 142
94 Calvin +6 138
95 Dave +7 135
96 Bernard +1 130
97 Julius -3 129
98 Leroy +10 129
99 Sidney -3 129
100 Anthony +3 128
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 6,919
2 Anna 0 2,698
3 Emma 0 2,034
4 Elizabeth 0 1,852
5 Margaret +1 1,658
6 Minnie -1 1,653
7 Ida 0 1,439
8 Annie +3 1,326
9 Bertha 0 1,324
10 Alice -2 1,308
11 Clara +1 1,242
12 Sarah -2 1,226
13 Ella 0 1,148
14 Nellie +4 1,096
15 Grace +4 1,089
16 Florence -2 1,046
17 Martha -1 1,044
18 Cora -3 969
19 Laura -2 962
20 Carrie 0 958
21 Maude 0 923
22 Bessie +1 903
23 Mabel -1 893
24 Gertrude +1 791
25 Ethel +13 788
26 Jennie -2 784
27 Edith +1 778
28 Hattie -1 775
29 Mattie 0 754
30 Julia -4 737
31 Rose -1 734
32 Lillian 0 723
33 Lillie +1 678
34 Eva +7 661
35 Jessie +1 661
36 Lula +3 655
37 Myrtle +3 643
38 Pearl +9 641
39 Edna +6 637
40 Catherine -9 635
41 Ada -8 628
42 Louise -5 617
43 Helen -8 612
44 Lucy 0 611
45 Frances -3 586
46 Dora +5 585
47 Fannie +2 565
48 Josephine +2 563
49 Daisy -1 562
50 Lena -7 555
51 Maggie -5 532
52 Katherine +1 504
53 Rosa -1 500
54 Marie +1 499
55 Nora +1 498
56 Effie +7 463
57 Blanche +2 456
58 May -1 451
59 Nancy +3 429
60 Della +6 428
61 Agnes -7 424
62 Nettie +3 419
63 Sallie +1 416
64 Stella -4 416
65 Ellen -4 413
66 Mamie -8 412
67 Lizzie 0 396
68 Susie +1 367
69 Sadie +5 366
70 Elsie +8 344
71 Maud -1 328
72 Flora -4 317
73 Caroline +2 316
74 Etta -2 316
75 Mae -4 314
76 Lulu +10 313
77 Lydia 0 299
78 Alma +4 293
79 Susan +1 292
80 Lottie +8 289
81 Addie +2 287
82 Mollie -1 281
83 Katie -7 279
84 Ruth +9 276
85 Harriet -12 270
86 Kate -7 267
87 Amanda +2 263
88 Nannie -1 258
89 Georgia -5 256
90 Emily +10 244
91 Eliza -6 238
92 Viola +2 237
93 Amelia +3 235
94 Willie +11 229
95 Charlotte -4 227
96 Rebecca -4 226
97 Belle -7 219
98 Kathryn +5 218
99 Jane -1 216
100 Olive -5 211