Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1882
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1881.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1881 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,597 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 9,329 | 0 |
| 3 | Mary | 8,178 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 5,910 | 0 |
| 5 | George | 5,225 | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | 5,114 | 0 |
| 7 | Frank | 3,187 | 0 |
| 8 | Anna | 3,143 | 0 |
| 9 | Joseph | 2,676 | 0 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,622 | +1 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,596 | -1 |
| 12 | Robert | 2,512 | +1 |
| 13 | Edward | 2,482 | -1 |
| 14 | Emma | 2,310 | 0 |
| 15 | Harry | 2,246 | 0 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 2,193 | 0 |
| 17 | Minnie | 2,014 | +2 |
| 18 | Margaret | 1,828 | 0 |
| 19 | Walter | 1,812 | -2 |
| 20 | Arthur | 1,691 | 0 |
| 21 | Ida | 1,678 | 0 |
| 22 | Fred | 1,650 | 0 |
| 23 | Alice | 1,542 | +3 |
| 24 | Bertha | 1,516 | 0 |
| 25 | Albert | 1,504 | 0 |
| 26 | Annie | 1,500 | -3 |
| 27 | Clara | 1,490 | 0 |
| 28 | Sarah | 1,410 | 0 |
| 29 | Florence | 1,330 | +3 |
| 30 | Martha | 1,239 | +3 |
| 31 | Ella | 1,206 | -2 |
| 32 | Grace | 1,201 | -1 |
| 33 | Laura | 1,156 | +3 |
| 34 | Bessie | 1,153 | +5 |
| 35 | Nellie | 1,144 | -5 |
| 36 | Maude | 1,094 | +1 |
| 37 | Cora | 1,076 | -3 |
| 38 | Carrie | 1,043 | -3 |
| 39 | Samuel | 1,003 | -1 |
| 40 | Jessie | 998 | +1 |
| 41 | Mabel | 997 | -1 |
| 42 | Ethel | 989 | 0 |
| 43 | Mattie | 972 | +4 |
| 44 | Gertrude | 939 | -1 |
| 44 | Jennie | 939 | +1 |
| 46 | Rose | 886 | +5 |
| 47 | Pearl | 882 | +7 |
| 48 | Edith | 876 | -4 |
| 49 | Hattie | 859 | -3 |
| 50 | Louis | 858 | -1 |
| 51 | David | 838 | -3 |
| 51 | Helen | 838 | +16 |
| 53 | Clarence | 837 | +4 |
| 54 | Lillian | 836 | -1 |
| 55 | Willie | 832 | -3 |
| 56 | Louise | 820 | +10 |
| 57 | Julia | 816 | -7 |
| 58 | Lillie | 810 | -3 |
| 59 | Myrtle | 803 | +2 |
| 60 | Edna | 792 | +2 |
| 61 | Lula | 780 | -2 |
| 62 | Eva | 765 | -4 |
| 63 | Charlie | 759 | -7 |
| 64 | Joe | 754 | -4 |
| 65 | Richard | 746 | -2 |
| 66 | Catherine | 726 | -2 |
| 67 | Lena | 697 | +10 |
| 68 | Frances | 693 | +1 |
| 69 | Ada | 689 | -4 |
| 70 | Andrew | 673 | 0 |
| 70 | Lucy | 673 | -2 |
| 70 | Will | 673 | +6 |
| 73 | Jesse | 665 | +5 |
| 74 | Fannie | 650 | -1 |
| 75 | Daisy | 648 | 0 |
| 76 | Ernest | 642 | -4 |
| 77 | Josephine | 638 | -3 |
| 78 | Maggie | 627 | +1 |
| 79 | Oscar | 625 | +1 |
| 80 | Dora | 606 | -9 |
| 81 | Daniel | 594 | 0 |
| 82 | Katherine | 591 | 0 |
| 82 | Marie | 591 | +2 |
| 84 | Agnes | 565 | +14 |
| 85 | Effie | 561 | +4 |
| 86 | Sam | 555 | 0 |
| 87 | Blanche | 547 | +3 |
| 88 | Rosa | 542 | -5 |
| 89 | Nora | 539 | -4 |
| 90 | Alfred | 523 | -2 |
| 91 | Roy | 521 | +1 |
| 92 | May | 518 | -1 |
| 93 | Mamie | 508 | +10 |
| 94 | Stella | 506 | +6 |
| 95 | Lizzie | 495 | +9 |
| 96 | Sallie | 487 | +4 |
| 97 | Benjamin | 478 | -11 |
| 97 | Carl | 478 | +14 |
| 99 | Lee | 470 | +7 |
| 100 | Peter | 461 | -4 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.