Most Popular Baby Names of 1880

Social Security has card records for 216,005 people born in the U.S. in 1880. Mary was the top girl name (7,065 babies) and John the top boy name (9,655).

Top 100 names of 1880

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Girls 1–50

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1880, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	Mary	7,065	#125
2	Anna	2,604	#107
3	Emma	2,003	#3
4	Elizabeth	1,939	#17
5	Minnie	1,746	#3,028
6	Margaret	1,578	#112
7	Ida	1,472	#1,120
8	Alice	1,414	#65
9	Bertha	1,320	#4,546
10	Sarah	1,288	#90
11	Annie	1,258	#182
12	Clara	1,226	#63
13	Ella	1,156	#29
14	Florence	1,063	#391
15	Cora	1,045	#113
16	Martha	1,040	#712
17	Laura	1,012	#379
18	Nellie	995	#533
19	Grace	982	#38
20	Carrie	949	#2,719
21	Maude	859	#3,342
22	Mabel	808	#201
23	Bessie	796	#6,838
24	Jennie	793	#2,298
25	Gertrude	787	#6,546
26	Julia	783	#131
27	Hattie	769	#334
28	Edith	768	#499
29	Mattie	704	#1,004
30	Rose	700	#114
31	Catherine	688	#313
32	Lillian	672	#57
33	Ada	652	#219
34	Lillie	647	#675
35	Helen	636	#461
36	Jessie	635	#823
36	Louise	635	#514
38	Ethel	633	#4,172
39	Lula	621	#1,927
40	Myrtle	615	#10,917
41	Eva	614	#134
42	Frances	605	#318
43	Lena	603	#279
44	Lucy	590	#24
45	Edna	588	#2,458
46	Maggie	582	#294
47	Pearl	569	#776
48	Daisy	564	#75
49	Fannie	560	#3,342
50	Josephine	544	#53

Girls 51–100

Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1880, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
51	Dora	524	#2,387
52	Rosa	507	#652
53	Katherine	502	#186
54	Agnes	473	#1,016
55	Marie	471	#617
55	Nora	471	#20
57	May	462	#1,229
58	Mamie	436	#6,116
59	Blanche	427	#6,838
60	Stella	414	#52
61	Ellen	411	#1,062
62	Nancy	410	#965
63	Effie	406	#2,239
64	Sallie	404	#4,265
65	Nettie	403	#5,554
66	Della	391	#563
67	Lizzie	388	#2,139
68	Flora	365	#607
69	Susie	361	#1,911
70	Maud	345	–
71	Mae	344	#500
72	Etta	323	#928
73	Harriet	319	#1,071
74	Sadie	317	#50
75	Caroline	306	#96
76	Katie	303	#646
77	Lydia	302	#92
78	Elsie	301	#123
79	Kate	299	#520
80	Susan	286	#1,085
81	Mollie	283	#1,113
82	Alma	277	#449
83	Addie	274	#1,272
84	Georgia	259	#99
85	Eliza	252	#115
86	Lulu	249	#3,167
87	Nannie	248	–
88	Lottie	245	#527
89	Amanda	241	#493
90	Belle	238	#1,013
91	Charlotte	237	#2
92	Rebecca	236	#349
93	Ruth	234	#173
94	Viola	229	#1,013
95	Olive	224	#197
96	Amelia	221	#4
96	Hannah	221	#56
98	Jane	215	#221
99	Virginia	213	#525
100	Emily	210	#34
100	Matilda	210	#364

Boys 1–50

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1880, ranks 1–50
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
1	John	9,655	#23
2	William	9,532	#9
3	James	5,927	#6
4	Charles	5,348	#48
5	George	5,126	#126
6	Frank	3,242	#513
7	Joseph	2,632	#29
8	Thomas	2,534	#34
9	Henry	2,444	#5
10	Robert	2,415	#92
11	Edward	2,364	#224
12	Harry	2,152	#775
13	Walter	1,755	#251
14	Arthur	1,599	#87
15	Fred	1,569	#1,932
16	Albert	1,493	#614
17	Samuel	1,024	#18
18	David	869	#35
19	Louis	828	#249
20	Joe	731	#991
21	Charlie	730	#145
21	Clarence	730	#1,499
23	Richard	728	#234
24	Andrew	644	#73
25	Daniel	643	#22
26	Ernest	615	#1,038
27	Will	588	#1,193
28	Jesse	569	#184
29	Oscar	544	#223
30	Lewis	517	#433
31	Peter	496	#187
32	Benjamin	490	#11
33	Frederick	483	#435
34	Willie	476	#1,315
35	Alfred	469	#840
36	Sam	457	#647
37	Roy	440	#525
38	Herbert	424	#2,641
39	Jacob	404	#43
40	Tom	399	#2,183
41	Elmer	373	#1,222
42	Carl	372	#1,132
43	Lee	361	#725
44	Howard	357	#1,002
44	Martin	357	#335
46	Michael	354	#21
47	Bert	348	#10,695
48	Herman	347	#2,363
49	Jim	345	#3,128
50	Francis	344	#420
50	Harvey	344	#251

Boys 51–100

Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1880, ranks 51–100
#	Name	Babies	2025 rank
52	Earl	335	#2,230
53	Eugene	328	#943
54	Ralph	317	#1,046
55	Ed	310	–
56	Claude	309	#3,036
56	Edwin	309	#398
58	Ben	305	#843
58	Charley	305	#1,826
60	Paul	301	#262
61	Edgar	283	#486
62	Isaac	274	#47
63	Otto	271	#277
64	Luther	260	#1,459
65	Lawrence	257	#518
66	Ira	249	#819
67	Patrick	248	#235
68	Guy	239	#1,634
69	Oliver	234	#3
70	Theodore	232	#4
71	Hugh	224	#732
72	Clyde	221	#742
73	Alexander	211	#30
74	August	210	#81
75	Floyd	206	#2,230
76	Homer	205	#4,707
77	Jack	204	#15
78	Leonard	200	#637
79	Horace	199	#6,143
80	Marion	189	#2,480
81	Philip	186	#527
82	Allen	184	#578
83	Archie	183	#301
84	Stephen	176	#383
85	Chester	168	#1,585
86	Willis	166	#2,539
87	Raymond	165	#394
88	Rufus	163	#3,949
89	Warren	158	#240
90	Jessie	154	#1,425
91	Milton	149	#1,436
92	Alex	147	#232
92	Leo	147	#19
94	Julius	143	#424
95	Ray	142	#791
95	Sidney	142	#1,323
97	Bernard	140	#1,362
97	Dan	140	#1,959
99	Jerry	136	#906
100	Calvin	134	#132
100	Perry	134	#1,370