Names by year · United States
The names of 1888
In 1888, the SSA recorded 299,474 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 15 | 11,754 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 36 | 4,982 | #107 |
| 3 | Elizabeth1 in 55 | 3,224 | #17 |
| 4 | Emma1 in 58 | 3,087 | #3 |
| 5 | Margaret1 in 62 | 2,904 | #112 |
| 6 | Minnie1 in 67 | 2,654 | #3,060 |
| 7 | Bertha1 in 73 | 2,450 | #4,569 |
| 8 | Florence1 in 73 | 2,444 | #391 |
| 9 | Ethel1 in 75 | 2,374 | #4,211 |
| 10 | Bessie1 in 78 | 2,278 | #6,889 |
| 11 | Clara1 in 80 | 2,230 | #63 |
| 12 | Ida1 in 80 | 2,229 | #1,120 |
| 13 | Alice1 in 81 | 2,202 | #65 |
| 14 | Annie1 in 82 | 2,188 | #182 |
| 15 | Grace1 in 85 | 2,090 | #38 |
| 16 | Helen1 in 97 | 1,847 | #462 |
| 17 | Mabel1 in 98 | 1,830 | #201 |
| 18 | Ella1 in 101 | 1,774 | #29 |
| 19 | Martha1 in 101 | 1,769 | #713 |
| 20 | Sarah1 in 102 | 1,755 | #90 |
| 21 | Nellie1 in 103 | 1,736 | #533 |
| 22 | Edna1 in 106 | 1,687 | #2,463 |
| 23 | Lillian1 in 108 | 1,656 | #57 |
| 24 | Carrie1 in 108 | 1,647 | #2,726 |
| 25 | Laura1 in 110 | 1,624 | #379 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 13 | 9,247 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 14 | 8,705 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 5,562 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 25 | 4,912 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 26 | 4,591 | #48 |
| 6 | Frank1 in 35 | 3,459 | #514 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 40 | 2,993 | #29 |
| 8 | Robert1 in 43 | 2,814 | #92 |
| 9 | Harry1 in 44 | 2,759 | #775 |
| 10 | Henry1 in 47 | 2,596 | #5 |
| 11 | Edward1 in 49 | 2,470 | #224 |
| 12 | Thomas1 in 49 | 2,449 | #34 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 59 | 2,040 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 71 | 1,710 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 73 | 1,665 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 77 | 1,569 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 118 | 1,022 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Samuel1 in 130 | 931 | #18 |
| 19 | Louis1 in 137 | 884 | #249 |
| 20 | Roy1 in 141 | 856 | #525 |
| 21 | David1 in 151 | 801 | #35 |
| 22 | Charlie1 in 152 | 796 | #145 |
| 23 | Joe1 in 153 | 789 | #994 |
| 24 | Willie1 in 154 | 786 | #1,322 |
| 25 | Benjamin1 in 155 | 781 | #11 |
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