Names by year · United States
The names of 1883
In 1883, the SSA recorded 216,945 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 14 | 8,012 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 34 | 3,306 | #107 |
| 3 | Emma1 in 47 | 2,367 | #3 |
| 4 | Elizabeth1 in 50 | 2,255 | #17 |
| 5 | Minnie1 in 55 | 2,035 | #3,060 |
| 6 | Margaret1 in 60 | 1,881 | #112 |
| 7 | Bertha1 in 67 | 1,681 | #4,569 |
| 8 | Ida1 in 69 | 1,634 | #1,120 |
| 9 | Annie1 in 71 | 1,589 | #182 |
| 10 | Clara1 in 73 | 1,548 | #63 |
| 11 | Alice1 in 75 | 1,488 | #65 |
| 12 | Sarah1 in 83 | 1,359 | #90 |
| 13 | Grace1 in 86 | 1,307 | #38 |
| 14 | Florence1 in 87 | 1,298 | #391 |
| 15 | Martha1 in 89 | 1,255 | #713 |
| 16 | Ella1 in 90 | 1,251 | #29 |
| 17 | Nellie1 in 90 | 1,246 | #533 |
| 18 | Bessie1 in 91 | 1,241 | #6,889 |
| 19 | Laura1 in 95 | 1,183 | #379 |
| 20 | Ethel1 in 99 | 1,132 | #4,211 |
| 21 | Carrie1 in 101 | 1,108 | #2,726 |
| 22 | Maude1 in 102 | 1,096 | #3,367 |
| 23 | Mabel1 in 103 | 1,086 | #201 |
| 24 | Cora1 in 104 | 1,081 | #113 |
| 25 | Gertrude1 in 122 | 923 | #6,632 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 12 | 8,894 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 12 | 8,387 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 20 | 5,223 | #6 |
| 4 | Charles1 in 22 | 4,826 | #48 |
| 5 | George1 in 22 | 4,736 | #126 |
| 6 | Frank1 in 35 | 2,986 | #514 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 42 | 2,515 | #29 |
| 8 | Henry1 in 44 | 2,383 | #5 |
| 9 | Robert1 in 45 | 2,334 | #92 |
| 10 | Thomas1 in 45 | 2,316 | #34 |
| 11 | Edward1 in 47 | 2,250 | #224 |
| 12 | Harry1 in 50 | 2,110 | #775 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 61 | 1,705 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 66 | 1,591 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 70 | 1,502 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 70 | 1,496 | #614 |
| 17 | Samuel1 in 112 | 937 | #18 |
| 18 | Clarence1 in 125 | 837 | #1,500 |
| 19 | Louis1 in 131 | 796 | #249 |
| 20 | David1 in 143 | 734 | #35 |
| 21 | Richard1 in 161 | 649 | #234 |
| 22 | Charlie1 in 163 | 643 | #145 |
| 23 | Ernest1 in 163 | 641 | #1,040 |
| 24 | Andrew1 in 168 | 623 | #73 |
| 25 | Daniel1 in 170 | 615 | #22 |
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