Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1884

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1883.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1883
1	John	9,428	0
2	Mary	9,253	+1
3	William	8,931	-1
4	James	5,726	0
5	George	5,001	+1
6	Charles	4,821	-1
7	Anna	3,880	0
8	Frank	3,239	0
9	Joseph	2,716	0
10	Emma	2,596	+1
11	Thomas	2,582	+2
12	Elizabeth	2,565	+2
13	Henry	2,485	-3
14	Robert	2,475	-2
15	Edward	2,448	0
16	Harry	2,338	0
17	Minnie	2,243	0
18	Margaret	2,152	0
19	Walter	1,909	0
20	Ida	1,890	+1
21	Clara	1,864	+3
22	Bertha	1,797	-2
23	Annie	1,739	-1
24	Alice	1,732	+3
25	Arthur	1,697	-2
26	Fred	1,648	-1
27	Florence	1,588	+2
28	Grace	1,535	+2
29	Sarah	1,524	-1
30	Bessie	1,456	+4
31	Martha	1,443	0
32	Albert	1,440	-6
33	Nellie	1,426	0
34	Ethel	1,393	+2
35	Ella	1,380	-3
36	Mabel	1,270	+3
37	Cora	1,253	+3
38	Carrie	1,250	-1
39	Laura	1,246	-4
40	Maude	1,231	-2
41	Pearl	1,200	+1
42	Lillian	1,115	+3
43	Edith	1,104	+7
44	Gertrude	1,068	0
45	Jessie	1,065	-4
45	Rose	1,065	+4
47	Jennie	1,063	-1
48	Mattie	1,007	0
49	Hattie	993	-2
50	Helen	986	+3
51	Myrtle	985	+5
52	Louise	967	+2
53	Edna	963	+6
54	Samuel	945	-11
55	Julia	942	-3
56	Eva	929	-5
57	Lillie	916	0
57	Lula	916	+5
59	Willie	910	+6
60	Lena	906	+1
61	Clarence	894	-3
62	Louis	892	-2
63	Catherine	881	-8
64	Ada	854	-1
65	Grover	809	+182
66	Frances	805	0
67	Josephine	800	0
68	Lucy	787	+2
69	Joe	771	+7
70	David	761	-6
71	Charlie	753	+1
72	Maggie	749	-2
72	Richard	749	+1
74	Marie	746	+5
75	Fannie	743	-7
76	Dora	726	-3
77	Blanche	711	+4
78	Agnes	703	-2
79	Ernest	690	-4
80	Daisy	685	-11
81	Jesse	684	+2
82	Roy	680	+5
83	Katherine	671	+2
84	Will	650	+2
85	Nora	648	-1
86	Andrew	616	-10
87	Oscar	615	-5
88	Mamie	609	+1
89	Rosa	607	+4
90	Ellen	602	+4
91	Stella	584	-1
92	Daniel	573	-12
93	May	564	-5
94	Effie	558	-3
95	Elsie	549	+3
96	Mae	542	+14
97	Della	541	+4
98	Sam	533	+1
99	Peter	524	+3
100	Elmer	523	+10
100	Lizzie	523	-5