Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1881
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1880.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1880 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,794 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 8,554 | 0 |
| 3 | Mary | 6,948 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 5,465 | 0 |
| 5 | George | 4,694 | +1 |
| 6 | Charles | 4,653 | -1 |
| 7 | Frank | 2,843 | 0 |
| 8 | Anna | 2,714 | +1 |
| 9 | Joseph | 2,466 | -1 |
| 10 | Henry | 2,352 | +1 |
| 11 | Thomas | 2,293 | -1 |
| 12 | Edward | 2,177 | +1 |
| 13 | Robert | 2,149 | -1 |
| 14 | Emma | 2,043 | +1 |
| 15 | Harry | 2,002 | -1 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 1,852 | 0 |
| 17 | Walter | 1,681 | 0 |
| 18 | Margaret | 1,667 | +2 |
| 19 | Minnie | 1,661 | -1 |
| 20 | Arthur | 1,575 | -1 |
| 21 | Ida | 1,444 | +2 |
| 22 | Fred | 1,427 | -2 |
| 23 | Annie | 1,331 | +4 |
| 24 | Bertha | 1,329 | +1 |
| 25 | Albert | 1,319 | -3 |
| 26 | Alice | 1,315 | -2 |
| 27 | Clara | 1,247 | +1 |
| 28 | Sarah | 1,226 | -2 |
| 29 | Ella | 1,148 | 0 |
| 30 | Nellie | 1,103 | +5 |
| 31 | Grace | 1,089 | +5 |
| 32 | Florence | 1,053 | -2 |
| 33 | Martha | 1,044 | -1 |
| 34 | Cora | 976 | -3 |
| 35 | Carrie | 964 | +2 |
| 36 | Laura | 962 | -2 |
| 37 | Maude | 929 | +2 |
| 38 | Samuel | 919 | -5 |
| 39 | Bessie | 911 | +4 |
| 40 | Mabel | 893 | +1 |
| 41 | Jessie | 804 | +3 |
| 42 | Ethel | 793 | +20 |
| 43 | Gertrude | 791 | +2 |
| 44 | Edith | 787 | +4 |
| 45 | Jennie | 784 | -3 |
| 46 | Hattie | 775 | +1 |
| 47 | Mattie | 754 | +6 |
| 48 | David | 750 | -10 |
| 49 | Louis | 746 | -9 |
| 50 | Julia | 737 | -4 |
| 51 | Rose | 734 | +3 |
| 52 | Willie | 727 | +5 |
| 53 | Lillian | 723 | +3 |
| 54 | Pearl | 693 | +11 |
| 55 | Lillie | 678 | +3 |
| 56 | Charlie | 673 | -5 |
| 57 | Clarence | 668 | -8 |
| 58 | Eva | 661 | +12 |
| 59 | Lula | 655 | +7 |
| 60 | Joe | 649 | -10 |
| 61 | Myrtle | 643 | +7 |
| 62 | Edna | 642 | +11 |
| 63 | Richard | 641 | -11 |
| 64 | Catherine | 635 | -9 |
| 65 | Ada | 628 | -7 |
| 66 | Louise | 622 | -2 |
| 67 | Helen | 619 | -4 |
| 68 | Lucy | 616 | +4 |
| 69 | Frances | 598 | -3 |
| 70 | Andrew | 593 | -10 |
| 71 | Dora | 585 | +10 |
| 72 | Ernest | 571 | -3 |
| 73 | Fannie | 565 | +5 |
| 74 | Josephine | 563 | +5 |
| 75 | Daisy | 562 | +2 |
| 76 | Will | 557 | -3 |
| 77 | Lena | 555 | -6 |
| 78 | Jesse | 541 | -2 |
| 79 | Maggie | 532 | -4 |
| 80 | Oscar | 530 | -1 |
| 81 | Daniel | 527 | -20 |
| 82 | Katherine | 504 | +1 |
| 83 | Rosa | 500 | 0 |
| 84 | Marie | 499 | +6 |
| 85 | Nora | 498 | +3 |
| 86 | Benjamin | 481 | 0 |
| 86 | Sam | 481 | +7 |
| 88 | Alfred | 466 | +3 |
| 89 | Effie | 463 | +12 |
| 90 | Blanche | 456 | +6 |
| 91 | May | 451 | +1 |
| 92 | Roy | 440 | +2 |
| 93 | Lewis | 439 | -11 |
| 94 | Frederick | 433 | -7 |
| 95 | Nancy | 429 | +5 |
| 96 | Della | 428 | +11 |
| 96 | Peter | 428 | -11 |
| 98 | Agnes | 424 | -9 |
| 99 | Nettie | 419 | +5 |
| 100 | Sallie | 416 | +2 |
| 100 | Stella | 416 | -2 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.