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1880 U.S. baby name rankings

Compare the names recorded most often for boys and girls born in this year.

Leading boy name John

9,655 recorded births

Leading girl name Mary

7,065 recorded births

Annual rankings show what parents chose in 1880. Compare this view with generation rankings to separate a single-year spike from a lasting era.

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Boy names

Name Rank Recorded births
John 1 9,655
William 2 9,532
James 3 5,927
Charles 4 5,348
George 5 5,126
Frank 6 3,242
Joseph 7 2,632
Thomas 8 2,534
Henry 9 2,444
Robert 10 2,415
Edward 11 2,364
Harry 12 2,152
Walter 13 1,755
Arthur 14 1,599
Fred 15 1,569
Albert 16 1,493
Samuel 17 1,024
David 18 869
Louis 19 828
Joe 20 731
Charlie 21 730
Clarence 21 730
Richard 23 728
Andrew 24 644
Daniel 25 643
Ernest 26 615
Will 27 588
Jesse 28 569
Oscar 29 544
Lewis 30 517
Peter 31 496
Benjamin 32 490
Frederick 33 483
Willie 34 476
Alfred 35 469
Sam 36 457
Roy 37 440
Herbert 38 424
Jacob 39 404
Tom 40 399
Elmer 41 373
Carl 42 372
Lee 43 361
Howard 44 357
Martin 44 357
Michael 46 354
Bert 47 348
Herman 48 347
Jim 49 345
Francis 50 344

Girl names

Name Rank Recorded births
Mary 1 7,065
Anna 2 2,604
Emma 3 2,003
Elizabeth 4 1,939
Minnie 5 1,746
Margaret 6 1,578
Ida 7 1,472
Alice 8 1,414
Bertha 9 1,320
Sarah 10 1,288
Annie 11 1,258
Clara 12 1,226
Ella 13 1,156
Florence 14 1,063
Cora 15 1,045
Martha 16 1,040
Laura 17 1,012
Nellie 18 995
Grace 19 982
Carrie 20 949
Maude 21 859
Mabel 22 808
Bessie 23 796
Jennie 24 793
Gertrude 25 787
Julia 26 783
Hattie 27 769
Edith 28 768
Mattie 29 704
Rose 30 700
Catherine 31 688
Lillian 32 672
Ada 33 652
Lillie 34 647
Helen 35 636
Jessie 36 635
Louise 36 635
Ethel 38 633
Lula 39 621
Myrtle 40 615
Eva 41 614
Frances 42 605
Lena 43 603
Lucy 44 590
Edna 45 588
Maggie 46 582
Pearl 47 569
Daisy 48 564
Fannie 49 560
Josephine 50 544