Names by year · United States
The names of 1884
In 1884, the SSA recorded 243,460 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 | 9,217 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 33 | 3,860 | #107 |
| 3 | Emma1 in 50 | 2,587 | #3 |
| 4 | Elizabeth1 in 51 | 2,549 | #17 |
| 5 | Minnie1 in 58 | 2,243 | #3,060 |
| 6 | Margaret1 in 60 | 2,142 | #112 |
| 7 | Ida1 in 69 | 1,882 | #1,120 |
| 8 | Clara1 in 70 | 1,852 | #63 |
| 9 | Bertha1 in 72 | 1,789 | #4,569 |
| 10 | Annie1 in 74 | 1,739 | #182 |
| 11 | Alice1 in 74 | 1,732 | #65 |
| 12 | Florence1 in 82 | 1,570 | #391 |
| 13 | Grace1 in 85 | 1,525 | #38 |
| 14 | Sarah1 in 85 | 1,518 | #90 |
| 15 | Bessie1 in 89 | 1,451 | #6,889 |
| 16 | Martha1 in 89 | 1,443 | #713 |
| 17 | Nellie1 in 91 | 1,417 | #533 |
| 18 | Ethel1 in 93 | 1,386 | #4,211 |
| 19 | Ella1 in 94 | 1,374 | #29 |
| 20 | Mabel1 in 102 | 1,270 | #201 |
| 21 | Laura1 in 104 | 1,246 | #379 |
| 22 | Carrie1 in 104 | 1,245 | #2,726 |
| 23 | Cora1 in 104 | 1,244 | #113 |
| 24 | Maude1 in 105 | 1,225 | #3,367 |
| 25 | Pearl1 in 113 | 1,138 | #777 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 12 | 9,388 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 13 | 8,897 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 20 | 5,693 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 23 | 4,961 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 24 | 4,802 | #48 |
| 6 | Frank1 in 36 | 3,218 | #514 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 42 | 2,707 | #29 |
| 8 | Thomas1 in 44 | 2,572 | #34 |
| 9 | Henry1 in 46 | 2,474 | #5 |
| 10 | Robert1 in 46 | 2,468 | #92 |
| 11 | Edward1 in 47 | 2,439 | #224 |
| 12 | Harry1 in 49 | 2,323 | #775 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 60 | 1,902 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 68 | 1,690 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 70 | 1,638 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 80 | 1,435 | #614 |
| 17 | Samuel1 in 121 | 945 | #18 |
| 18 | Clarence1 in 129 | 889 | #1,500 |
| 19 | Louis1 in 129 | 886 | #249 |
| 20 | Grover1 in 143 | 802 | #4,298 |
| 21 | David1 in 150 | 761 | #35 |
| 22 | Joe1 in 151 | 759 | #994 |
| 23 | Richard1 in 153 | 749 | #234 |
| 24 | Charlie1 in 153 | 746 | #145 |
| 25 | Ernest1 in 166 | 690 | #1,040 |
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