Names by year · United States
The names of 1881
In 1881, the SSA recorded 192,688 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 13 | 6,919 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 34 | 2,698 | #107 |
| 3 | Emma1 in 45 | 2,034 | #3 |
| 4 | Elizabeth1 in 50 | 1,852 | #17 |
| 5 | Margaret1 in 55 | 1,658 | #112 |
| 6 | Minnie1 in 56 | 1,653 | #3,060 |
| 7 | Ida1 in 64 | 1,439 | #1,120 |
| 8 | Annie1 in 69 | 1,326 | #182 |
| 9 | Bertha1 in 69 | 1,324 | #4,569 |
| 10 | Alice1 in 70 | 1,308 | #65 |
| 11 | Clara1 in 74 | 1,242 | #63 |
| 12 | Sarah1 in 75 | 1,226 | #90 |
| 13 | Ella1 in 80 | 1,148 | #29 |
| 14 | Nellie1 in 84 | 1,096 | #533 |
| 15 | Grace1 in 84 | 1,089 | #38 |
| 16 | Florence1 in 88 | 1,046 | #391 |
| 17 | Martha1 in 88 | 1,044 | #713 |
| 18 | Cora1 in 95 | 969 | #113 |
| 19 | Laura1 in 96 | 962 | #379 |
| 20 | Carrie1 in 96 | 958 | #2,726 |
| 21 | Maude1 in 100 | 923 | #3,367 |
| 22 | Bessie1 in 102 | 903 | #6,889 |
| 23 | Mabel1 in 103 | 893 | #201 |
| 24 | Gertrude1 in 116 | 791 | #6,632 |
| 25 | Ethel1 in 117 | 788 | #4,211 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 11 | 8,768 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 12 | 8,524 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 19 | 5,441 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 22 | 4,664 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 22 | 4,636 | #48 |
| 6 | Frank1 in 36 | 2,834 | #514 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 41 | 2,456 | #29 |
| 8 | Henry1 in 43 | 2,339 | #5 |
| 9 | Thomas1 in 44 | 2,282 | #34 |
| 10 | Edward1 in 46 | 2,177 | #224 |
| 11 | Robert1 in 47 | 2,140 | #92 |
| 12 | Harry1 in 50 | 2,002 | #775 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 60 | 1,670 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 64 | 1,575 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 71 | 1,418 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 76 | 1,319 | #614 |
| 17 | Samuel1 in 110 | 919 | #18 |
| 18 | David1 in 134 | 750 | #35 |
| 19 | Louis1 in 135 | 746 | #249 |
| 20 | Charlie1 in 151 | 668 | #145 |
| 21 | Clarence1 in 151 | 668 | #1,500 |
| 22 | Richard1 in 157 | 641 | #234 |
| 23 | Joe1 in 158 | 639 | #994 |
| 24 | Andrew1 in 171 | 588 | #73 |
| 25 | Ernest1 in 176 | 571 | #1,040 |
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