Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1888

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1887.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1887
1	Mary	11,804	0
2	John	9,299	0
3	William	8,747	0
4	James	5,607	0
5	Anna	5,008	+1
6	George	4,948	-1
7	Charles	4,619	0
8	Frank	3,480	0
9	Elizabeth	3,236	0
10	Emma	3,104	0
11	Joseph	3,011	0
12	Margaret	2,915	0
13	Robert	2,833	+4
14	Harry	2,772	+4
15	Minnie	2,668	-1
16	Henry	2,621	-3
17	Edward	2,479	-1
18	Bertha	2,463	+1
18	Thomas	2,463	-3
20	Florence	2,455	+1
21	Ethel	2,386	+2
22	Bessie	2,290	+3
23	Ida	2,242	-1
24	Clara	2,240	-4
25	Alice	2,207	+1
26	Annie	2,199	-2
27	Grace	2,100	+1
28	Walter	2,045	-1
29	Helen	1,852	+7
30	Mabel	1,830	+1
31	Ella	1,782	-2
32	Martha	1,780	-2
33	Sarah	1,755	+2
34	Nellie	1,744	-1
35	Arthur	1,718	-3
36	Edna	1,692	+4
37	Fred	1,680	-3
38	Lillian	1,663	+3
39	Pearl	1,660	-2
40	Carrie	1,653	-1
41	Laura	1,635	-3
42	Rose	1,599	+4
43	Albert	1,583	-1
44	Gertrude	1,473	0
45	Frances	1,467	+6
46	Edith	1,460	-1
47	Jessie	1,454	0
48	Cora	1,442	-5
49	Maude	1,406	-1
50	Louise	1,343	+2
51	Eva	1,329	-1
52	Myrtle	1,310	+1
53	Willie	1,308	+8
54	Hattie	1,298	-5
54	Jennie	1,298	+2
54	Julia	1,298	+1
57	Mattie	1,268	0
58	Marie	1,266	+1
59	Lillie	1,256	-5
60	Catherine	1,218	0
61	Lula	1,173	+4
62	Lena	1,170	-4
63	Ada	1,121	-1
64	Elsie	1,119	+3
65	Agnes	1,046	-2
66	Clarence	1,022	-2
67	Josephine	1,006	+1
68	Fannie	998	+3
69	Lucy	964	0
70	Blanche	942	+4
71	Samuel	931	-1
72	Mamie	922	+6
73	Hazel	911	+32
74	Dora	904	-8
75	Katherine	893	-2
76	Louis	891	-5
77	Maggie	882	-1
78	Roy	865	-1
79	Alma	864	+8
80	Ruth	850	+8
81	Nora	839	-6
82	Mae	836	-1
83	Rosa	832	-1
84	Joe	813	-5
85	Charlie	809	0
86	David	801	-6
87	May	793	-2
88	Benjamin	781	+21
89	Richard	780	0
90	Stella	775	-8
91	Ernest	772	-7
92	Effie	750	-2
93	Irene	727	+13
94	Will	712	+2
95	Nettie	692	-3
96	Ellen	691	-2
96	Sadie	691	+7
98	Carl	685	-6
99	Earl	675	-1
100	Jesse	649	-9