Name.Baby Names by year 1880s 1882 Most Popular Baby Names of 1882 Social Security has card records for 237,725 people born in the U.S. in 1882. Mary was the top girl name (8,148 babies) and John the top boy name (9,557).
Top 100 names of 1882 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1882, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 8,148 #125 2 Anna 3,143 #107 3 Emma 2,303 #3 4 Elizabeth 2,186 #17 5 Minnie 2,004 #3,028 6 Margaret 1,821 #112 7 Ida 1,673 #1,120 8 Alice 1,542 #65 9 Bertha 1,508 #4,546 10 Annie 1,492 #182 11 Clara 1,490 #63 12 Sarah 1,410 #90 13 Florence 1,322 #391 14 Martha 1,229 #712 15 Ella 1,206 #29 16 Grace 1,195 #38 17 Laura 1,151 #379 18 Bessie 1,144 #6,838 19 Nellie 1,138 #533 20 Maude 1,089 #3,342 21 Cora 1,076 #113 22 Carrie 1,037 #2,719 23 Mabel 997 #201 24 Ethel 989 #4,172 25 Mattie 966 #1,004 26 Gertrude 939 #6,546 27 Jennie 934 #2,298 28 Rose 886 #114 29 Edith 876 #499 30 Hattie 859 #334 31 Helen 838 #461 32 Lillian 830 #57 33 Pearl 824 #776 34 Louise 813 #514 35 Julia 811 #131 36 Lillie 810 #675 37 Jessie 806 #823 38 Myrtle 803 #10,917 39 Edna 783 #2,458 40 Lula 780 #1,927 41 Eva 765 #134 42 Catherine 726 #313 43 Lena 697 #279 44 Ada 689 #219 45 Frances 681 #318 46 Lucy 673 #24 47 Fannie 650 #3,342 48 Daisy 648 #75 49 Josephine 638 #53 50 Maggie 627 #294
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1882, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Dora 594 #2,387 52 Katherine 591 #186 52 Marie 591 #617 54 Agnes 565 #1,016 55 Effie 561 #2,239 56 Blanche 547 #6,838 57 Rosa 542 #652 58 Nora 539 #20 59 May 510 #1,229 60 Mamie 508 #6,116 61 Stella 506 #52 62 Lizzie 495 #2,139 63 Sallie 487 #4,265 64 Ellen 452 #1,062 65 Elsie 448 #123 66 Della 447 #563 67 Nancy 439 #965 67 Nettie 439 #5,554 69 Maud 432 – 70 Susie 412 #1,911 71 Mae 406 #500 72 Sadie 391 #50 73 Flora 380 #607 74 Alma 368 #449 75 Etta 352 #928 76 Lydia 342 #92 77 Addie 341 #1,272 78 Katie 327 #646 79 Susan 326 #1,085 80 Ruth 323 #173 81 Georgia 320 #99 82 Lottie 319 #527 83 Viola 310 #1,013 84 Mollie 305 #1,113 85 Caroline 304 #96 86 Nannie 299 – 87 Kate 293 #520 88 Olive 291 #197 88 Willie 291 #10,107 90 Harriet 289 #1,071 91 Amanda 288 #493 92 Eliza 280 #115 93 Lulu 279 #3,167 94 Virginia 274 #525 95 Emily 272 #34 95 Kathryn 272 #729 97 Esther 266 #119 98 Belle 264 #1,013 99 Rebecca 259 #349 100 Charlotte 257 #2
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1882, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 9,557 #23 2 William 9,298 #9 3 James 5,892 #6 4 George 5,193 #126 5 Charles 5,091 #48 6 Frank 3,176 #513 7 Joseph 2,670 #29 8 Thomas 2,610 #34 9 Henry 2,579 #5 10 Robert 2,500 #92 11 Edward 2,477 #224 12 Harry 2,232 #775 13 Walter 1,805 #251 14 Arthur 1,686 #87 15 Fred 1,641 #1,932 16 Albert 1,499 #614 17 Samuel 1,003 #18 18 Louis 852 #249 19 David 838 #35 20 Clarence 837 #1,499 21 Charlie 753 #145 22 Richard 746 #234 23 Joe 739 #991 24 Andrew 673 #73 25 Will 666 #1,193 26 Jesse 660 #184 27 Ernest 642 #1,038 28 Oscar 625 #223 29 Daniel 594 #22 30 Sam 555 #647 31 Willie 541 #1,315 32 Alfred 523 #840 33 Roy 521 #525 34 Benjamin 478 #11 34 Carl 478 #1,132 36 Peter 461 #187 37 Frederick 457 #435 38 Elmer 441 #1,222 38 Lewis 441 #433 40 Herbert 431 #2,641 41 Lee 427 #725 42 Howard 422 #1,002 43 Ralph 407 #1,046 44 Paul 397 #262 45 Jim 396 #3,128 46 Jacob 390 #43 46 Tom 390 #2,183 48 Martin 387 #335 49 Earl 377 #2,230 50 Claude 356 #3,036
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1882, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Herman 348 #2,363 52 Bert 341 #10,695 52 Eugene 341 #943 54 Ed 337 – 55 Ben 334 #843 56 Francis 327 #420 57 Michael 321 #21 58 Edgar 308 #486 59 Edwin 305 #398 60 Chester 300 #1,585 60 Harvey 300 #251 62 Clyde 293 #742 63 Lawrence 287 #518 64 Luther 284 #1,459 65 Isaac 278 #47 66 Jack 271 #15 67 Charley 262 #1,826 68 Guy 253 #1,634 69 Otto 252 #277 70 Patrick 249 #235 71 Ira 244 #819 71 Oliver 244 #3 73 Hugh 239 #732 74 August 234 #81 75 Theodore 232 #4 76 Floyd 231 #2,230 76 Leonard 231 #637 78 Raymond 230 #394 79 Alexander 225 #30 80 Allen 206 #578 81 Stephen 201 #383 82 Archie 195 #301 82 Ray 195 #791 84 Jessie 192 #1,425 85 Homer 190 #4,707 86 Warren 183 #240 87 Philip 182 #527 88 Horace 176 #6,143 89 Alex 172 #232 90 Eddie 169 #860 91 Julius 168 #424 92 Emil 157 #1,267 92 Marion 157 #2,480 94 Clifford 155 #1,352 94 Milton 155 #1,436 96 Leroy 152 #883 97 Dan 150 #1,959 98 Rufus 147 #3,949 99 Leo 146 #19 99 Sidney 146 #1,323
Entered the top 100 in 1882
