Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1880
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1879.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1879 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,701 | — |
| 2 | William | 9,562 | — |
| 3 | Mary | 7,092 | — |
| 4 | James | 5,949 | — |
| 5 | Charles | 5,359 | — |
| 6 | George | 5,152 | — |
| 7 | Frank | 3,255 | — |
| 8 | Joseph | 2,642 | — |
| 9 | Anna | 2,616 | — |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,542 | — |
| 11 | Henry | 2,455 | — |
| 12 | Robert | 2,427 | — |
| 13 | Edward | 2,364 | — |
| 14 | Harry | 2,158 | — |
| 15 | Emma | 2,013 | — |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 1,948 | — |
| 17 | Walter | 1,763 | — |
| 18 | Minnie | 1,755 | — |
| 19 | Arthur | 1,604 | — |
| 20 | Fred | 1,578 | — |
| 20 | Margaret | 1,578 | — |
| 22 | Albert | 1,493 | — |
| 23 | Ida | 1,480 | — |
| 24 | Alice | 1,414 | — |
| 25 | Bertha | 1,320 | — |
| 26 | Sarah | 1,288 | — |
| 27 | Annie | 1,264 | — |
| 28 | Clara | 1,234 | — |
| 29 | Ella | 1,156 | — |
| 30 | Florence | 1,071 | — |
| 31 | Cora | 1,051 | — |
| 32 | Martha | 1,040 | — |
| 33 | Samuel | 1,024 | — |
| 34 | Laura | 1,012 | — |
| 35 | Nellie | 1,001 | — |
| 36 | Grace | 988 | — |
| 37 | Carrie | 957 | — |
| 38 | David | 869 | — |
| 39 | Maude | 859 | — |
| 40 | Louis | 833 | — |
| 41 | Mabel | 808 | — |
| 42 | Jennie | 800 | — |
| 43 | Bessie | 796 | — |
| 44 | Jessie | 789 | — |
| 45 | Gertrude | 787 | — |
| 46 | Julia | 783 | — |
| 47 | Hattie | 775 | — |
| 48 | Edith | 773 | — |
| 49 | Clarence | 737 | — |
| 50 | Joe | 736 | — |
| 51 | Charlie | 730 | — |
| 52 | Richard | 728 | — |
| 53 | Mattie | 709 | — |
| 54 | Rose | 707 | — |
| 55 | Catherine | 688 | — |
| 56 | Lillian | 672 | — |
| 57 | Willie | 668 | — |
| 58 | Ada | 652 | — |
| 58 | Lillie | 652 | — |
| 60 | Andrew | 644 | — |
| 61 | Daniel | 643 | — |
| 62 | Ethel | 639 | — |
| 63 | Helen | 636 | — |
| 64 | Louise | 635 | — |
| 65 | Pearl | 631 | — |
| 66 | Frances | 621 | — |
| 66 | Lula | 621 | — |
| 68 | Myrtle | 620 | — |
| 69 | Ernest | 615 | — |
| 70 | Eva | 614 | — |
| 71 | Lena | 603 | — |
| 72 | Lucy | 590 | — |
| 73 | Edna | 588 | — |
| 73 | Will | 588 | — |
| 75 | Maggie | 582 | — |
| 76 | Jesse | 574 | — |
| 77 | Daisy | 569 | — |
| 78 | Fannie | 560 | — |
| 79 | Josephine | 544 | — |
| 79 | Oscar | 544 | — |
| 81 | Dora | 530 | — |
| 82 | Lewis | 517 | — |
| 83 | Katherine | 507 | — |
| 83 | Rosa | 507 | — |
| 85 | Peter | 496 | — |
| 86 | Benjamin | 490 | — |
| 87 | Frederick | 483 | — |
| 88 | Nora | 476 | — |
| 89 | Agnes | 473 | — |
| 90 | Marie | 471 | — |
| 91 | Alfred | 469 | — |
| 92 | May | 462 | — |
| 93 | Sam | 457 | — |
| 94 | Roy | 440 | — |
| 95 | Mamie | 436 | — |
| 96 | Blanche | 427 | — |
| 97 | Herbert | 424 | — |
| 98 | Stella | 414 | — |
| 99 | Ellen | 411 | — |
| 100 | Nancy | 410 | — |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.