Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1883
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1882.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1882 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,934 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 8,427 | 0 |
| 3 | Mary | 8,044 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 5,248 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 4,844 | +1 |
| 6 | George | 4,758 | -1 |
| 7 | Anna | 3,322 | +1 |
| 8 | Frank | 3,003 | -1 |
| 9 | Joseph | 2,532 | 0 |
| 10 | Henry | 2,395 | +1 |
| 11 | Emma | 2,374 | +3 |
| 12 | Robert | 2,345 | 0 |
| 13 | Thomas | 2,316 | -3 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 2,268 | +2 |
| 15 | Edward | 2,257 | -2 |
| 16 | Harry | 2,116 | -1 |
| 17 | Minnie | 2,049 | 0 |
| 18 | Margaret | 1,894 | 0 |
| 19 | Walter | 1,710 | 0 |
| 20 | Bertha | 1,687 | +4 |
| 21 | Ida | 1,639 | 0 |
| 22 | Annie | 1,597 | +4 |
| 23 | Arthur | 1,596 | -3 |
| 24 | Clara | 1,557 | +3 |
| 25 | Fred | 1,512 | -3 |
| 26 | Albert | 1,507 | -1 |
| 27 | Alice | 1,494 | -4 |
| 28 | Sarah | 1,366 | 0 |
| 29 | Florence | 1,309 | 0 |
| 30 | Grace | 1,307 | +2 |
| 31 | Martha | 1,264 | -1 |
| 32 | Ella | 1,256 | -1 |
| 33 | Nellie | 1,246 | +2 |
| 34 | Bessie | 1,241 | 0 |
| 35 | Laura | 1,183 | -2 |
| 36 | Ethel | 1,132 | +6 |
| 37 | Carrie | 1,108 | +1 |
| 38 | Maude | 1,102 | -2 |
| 39 | Mabel | 1,092 | +2 |
| 40 | Cora | 1,081 | -3 |
| 41 | Jessie | 985 | -1 |
| 42 | Pearl | 943 | +5 |
| 43 | Samuel | 937 | -4 |
| 44 | Gertrude | 923 | 0 |
| 45 | Lillian | 913 | +9 |
| 46 | Jennie | 904 | -2 |
| 47 | Hattie | 895 | +2 |
| 48 | Mattie | 883 | -5 |
| 49 | Rose | 882 | -3 |
| 50 | Edith | 881 | -2 |
| 51 | Eva | 879 | +11 |
| 52 | Julia | 875 | +5 |
| 53 | Helen | 867 | -2 |
| 54 | Louise | 854 | +2 |
| 55 | Catherine | 853 | +11 |
| 56 | Myrtle | 851 | +3 |
| 57 | Lillie | 842 | +1 |
| 58 | Clarence | 837 | -5 |
| 59 | Edna | 829 | +1 |
| 60 | Louis | 805 | -10 |
| 61 | Lena | 800 | +6 |
| 62 | Lula | 790 | -1 |
| 63 | Ada | 778 | +6 |
| 64 | David | 740 | -13 |
| 65 | Willie | 738 | -10 |
| 66 | Frances | 727 | +2 |
| 67 | Josephine | 697 | +10 |
| 68 | Fannie | 696 | +6 |
| 69 | Daisy | 664 | +6 |
| 70 | Lucy | 663 | 0 |
| 70 | Maggie | 663 | +8 |
| 72 | Charlie | 653 | -9 |
| 73 | Dora | 649 | +7 |
| 73 | Richard | 649 | -8 |
| 75 | Ernest | 641 | +1 |
| 76 | Agnes | 623 | +8 |
| 76 | Andrew | 623 | -6 |
| 76 | Joe | 623 | -12 |
| 79 | Marie | 622 | +3 |
| 80 | Daniel | 615 | +1 |
| 81 | Blanche | 610 | +6 |
| 82 | Oscar | 607 | -3 |
| 83 | Jesse | 590 | -10 |
| 84 | Nora | 589 | +5 |
| 85 | Katherine | 583 | -3 |
| 86 | Will | 581 | -16 |
| 87 | Roy | 556 | +4 |
| 88 | May | 538 | +4 |
| 89 | Mamie | 531 | +4 |
| 90 | Stella | 529 | +4 |
| 91 | Effie | 514 | -6 |
| 92 | Benjamin | 508 | +5 |
| 93 | Rosa | 507 | -5 |
| 94 | Ellen | 500 | +8 |
| 95 | Lizzie | 496 | 0 |
| 96 | Nettie | 494 | +11 |
| 97 | Carl | 480 | 0 |
| 98 | Elsie | 479 | +5 |
| 99 | Sam | 476 | -13 |
| 100 | Alfred | 457 | -10 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.