Name.Baby Names by year 1880s 1884 Most Popular Baby Names of 1884 Social Security has card records for 260,323 people born in the U.S. in 1884. Mary was the top girl name (9,217 babies) and John the top boy name (9,388).
Top 100 names of 1884 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1884, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 9,217 #125 2 Anna 3,860 #107 3 Emma 2,587 #3 4 Elizabeth 2,549 #17 5 Minnie 2,243 #3,028 6 Margaret 2,142 #112 7 Ida 1,882 #1,120 8 Clara 1,852 #63 9 Bertha 1,789 #4,546 10 Annie 1,739 #182 11 Alice 1,732 #65 12 Florence 1,570 #391 13 Grace 1,525 #38 14 Sarah 1,518 #90 15 Bessie 1,451 #6,838 16 Martha 1,443 #712 17 Nellie 1,417 #533 18 Ethel 1,386 #4,172 19 Ella 1,374 #29 20 Mabel 1,270 #201 21 Laura 1,246 #379 22 Carrie 1,245 #2,719 23 Cora 1,244 #113 24 Maude 1,225 #3,342 25 Pearl 1,138 #776 26 Lillian 1,109 #57 27 Edith 1,104 #499 28 Gertrude 1,063 #6,546 28 Jennie 1,063 #2,298 30 Rose 1,060 #114 31 Mattie 1,007 #1,004 32 Hattie 993 #334 33 Helen 986 #461 34 Myrtle 979 #10,917 35 Louise 962 #514 36 Edna 957 #2,458 37 Julia 935 #131 38 Eva 929 #134 39 Lula 916 #1,927 40 Lillie 911 #675 41 Lena 906 #279 42 Jessie 888 #823 43 Catherine 874 #313 44 Ada 854 #219 45 Josephine 800 #53 46 Frances 789 #318 47 Lucy 787 #24 48 Maggie 749 #294 49 Marie 746 #617 50 Fannie 738 #3,342
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1884, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Dora 720 #2,387 52 Blanche 711 #6,838 53 Agnes 703 #1,016 54 Daisy 685 #75 55 Katherine 671 #186 56 Nora 648 #20 57 Mamie 609 #6,116 58 Rosa 607 #652 59 Ellen 597 #1,062 60 Stella 584 #52 61 May 564 #1,229 62 Effie 558 #2,239 63 Elsie 549 #123 64 Mae 542 #500 65 Della 541 #563 66 Lizzie 523 #2,139 67 Nettie 522 #5,554 68 Nancy 520 #965 69 Sallie 494 #4,265 70 Alma 480 #449 71 Sadie 466 #50 72 Maud 461 – 73 Susie 455 #1,911 74 Ruth 442 #173 75 Etta 423 #928 76 Lottie 397 #527 77 Flora 393 #607 78 Caroline 380 #96 79 Mollie 374 #1,113 80 Lydia 369 #92 81 Emily 364 #34 82 Viola 362 #1,013 83 Katie 360 #646 83 Olive 360 #197 85 Addie 356 #1,272 86 Charlotte 344 #2 86 Kate 344 #520 86 Kathryn 344 #729 86 Lulu 344 #3,167 90 Georgia 341 #99 91 Harriet 339 #1,071 92 Amanda 337 #493 93 Willie 332 #10,107 94 Susan 326 #1,085 95 Irene 324 #651 96 Amelia 315 #4 97 Nannie 314 – 98 Jane 295 #221 99 Esther 291 #119 100 Belle 286 #1,013
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1884, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 9,388 #23 2 William 8,897 #9 3 James 5,693 #6 4 George 4,961 #126 5 Charles 4,802 #48 6 Frank 3,218 #513 7 Joseph 2,707 #29 8 Thomas 2,572 #34 9 Henry 2,474 #5 10 Robert 2,468 #92 11 Edward 2,439 #224 12 Harry 2,323 #775 13 Walter 1,902 #251 14 Arthur 1,690 #87 15 Fred 1,638 #1,932 16 Albert 1,435 #614 17 Samuel 945 #18 18 Clarence 889 #1,499 19 Louis 886 #249 20 Grover 802 #4,249 21 David 761 #35 22 Joe 759 #991 23 Richard 749 #234 24 Charlie 746 #145 25 Ernest 690 #1,038 26 Roy 680 #525 27 Jesse 670 #184 28 Will 650 #1,193 29 Andrew 616 #73 30 Oscar 615 #223 31 Willie 578 #1,315 32 Daniel 573 #22 33 Sam 533 #647 34 Peter 524 #187 35 Elmer 523 #1,222 36 Carl 521 #1,132 37 Alfred 520 #840 38 Benjamin 509 #11 39 Lewis 476 #433 40 Earl 464 #2,230 40 Ralph 464 #1,046 42 Frederick 454 #435 43 Lee 435 #725 44 Howard 432 #1,002 45 Paul 422 #262 46 Herbert 421 #2,641 47 Tom 394 #2,183 48 Herman 385 #2,363 48 Martin 385 #335 50 Jacob 381 #43
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1884, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Michael 373 #21 52 Ben 367 #843 53 Harvey 358 #251 54 Claude 353 #3,036 55 Jim 346 #3,128 56 Clyde 345 #742 57 Francis 340 #420 58 Chester 338 #1,585 59 Eugene 321 #943 60 Ed 314 – 61 Edwin 308 #398 62 Raymond 299 #394 63 Charley 290 #1,826 63 Edgar 290 #486 65 Otto 288 #277 66 Ira 284 #819 67 Bert 280 #10,695 68 Jack 274 #15 69 Luther 273 #1,459 70 Floyd 263 #2,230 71 Lawrence 262 #518 72 Guy 260 #1,634 73 Hugh 246 #732 74 Oliver 245 #3 75 Isaac 243 #47 76 Alexander 236 #30 77 Ray 232 #791 78 Patrick 222 #235 79 Homer 216 #4,707 80 August 213 #81 81 Theodore 211 #4 82 Archie 206 #301 82 Leonard 206 #637 84 Leo 192 #19 85 Harold 191 #991 86 Marion 184 #2,480 87 Allen 182 #578 88 Anthony 179 #46 88 Eddie 179 #860 90 Jessie 177 #1,425 91 Emil 175 #1,267 92 Cleveland 174 #7,194 93 Stephen 165 #383 94 Warren 164 #240 95 Julius 162 #424 96 Philip 161 #527 97 Dave 159 #2,451 98 Horace 154 #6,143 98 Leroy 154 #883 100 Dan 151 #1,959 100 Willis 151 #2,539
Entered the top 100 in 1884
