Popular Baby Names in 1888
The most popular baby names in 1888.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 11,754 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 9,247 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 8,705 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 5,562 |
| 2 | Anna | Girl | 4,982 |
| 4 | George | Boy | 4,912 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 4,591 |
| 6 | Frank | Boy | 3,459 |
| 3 | Elizabeth | Girl | 3,224 |
| 4 | Emma | Girl | 3,087 |
| 7 | Joseph | Boy | 2,993 |
| 5 | Margaret | Girl | 2,904 |
| 8 | Robert | Boy | 2,814 |
| 9 | Harry | Boy | 2,759 |
| 6 | Minnie | Girl | 2,654 |
| 10 | Henry | Boy | 2,596 |
| 11 | Edward | Boy | 2,470 |
| 7 | Bertha | Girl | 2,450 |
| 12 | Thomas | Boy | 2,449 |
| 8 | Florence | Girl | 2,444 |
| 9 | Ethel | Girl | 2,374 |
| 10 | Bessie | Girl | 2,278 |
| 11 | Clara | Girl | 2,230 |
| 12 | Ida | Girl | 2,229 |
| 13 | Alice | Girl | 2,202 |
| 14 | Annie | Girl | 2,188 |
| 15 | Grace | Girl | 2,090 |
| 13 | Walter | Boy | 2,040 |
| 16 | Helen | Girl | 1,847 |
| 17 | Mabel | Girl | 1,830 |
| 18 | Ella | Girl | 1,774 |
| 19 | Martha | Girl | 1,769 |
| 20 | Sarah | Girl | 1,755 |
| 21 | Nellie | Girl | 1,736 |
| 14 | Arthur | Boy | 1,710 |
| 22 | Edna | Girl | 1,687 |
| 15 | Fred | Boy | 1,665 |
| 23 | Lillian | Girl | 1,656 |
| 24 | Carrie | Girl | 1,647 |
| 25 | Laura | Girl | 1,624 |
| 26 | Pearl | Girl | 1,591 |
| 27 | Rose | Girl | 1,590 |
| 16 | Albert | Boy | 1,569 |
| 28 | Gertrude | Girl | 1,468 |
| 29 | Edith | Girl | 1,453 |
| 30 | Frances | Girl | 1,452 |
| 31 | Cora | Girl | 1,433 |
| 32 | Maude | Girl | 1,396 |
| 33 | Louise | Girl | 1,334 |
| 34 | Eva | Girl | 1,329 |
| 35 | Myrtle | Girl | 1,310 |
| 36 | Hattie | Girl | 1,298 |
| 37 | Jennie | Girl | 1,298 |
| 38 | Julia | Girl | 1,292 |
| 39 | Mattie | Girl | 1,268 |
| 40 | Marie | Girl | 1,258 |
| 41 | Lillie | Girl | 1,249 |
| 42 | Catherine | Girl | 1,212 |
| 43 | Jessie | Girl | 1,200 |
| 44 | Lula | Girl | 1,173 |
| 45 | Lena | Girl | 1,162 |
| 46 | Ada | Girl | 1,116 |
| 47 | Elsie | Girl | 1,112 |
| 48 | Agnes | Girl | 1,046 |
| 17 | Clarence | Boy | 1,022 |
| 49 | Josephine | Girl | 1,001 |
| 50 | Fannie | Girl | 991 |
| 51 | Lucy | Girl | 964 |
| 52 | Blanche | Girl | 942 |
| 18 | Samuel | Boy | 931 |
| 53 | Mamie | Girl | 917 |
| 54 | Dora | Girl | 898 |
| 55 | Hazel | Girl | 898 |
| 56 | Katherine | Girl | 893 |
| 19 | Louis | Boy | 884 |
| 57 | Maggie | Girl | 882 |
| 20 | Roy | Boy | 856 |
| 58 | Alma | Girl | 853 |
| 59 | Ruth | Girl | 850 |
| 60 | Mae | Girl | 836 |
| 62 | Rosa | Girl | 832 |
| 61 | Nora | Girl | 832 |
| 21 | David | Boy | 801 |
| 22 | Charlie | Boy | 796 |
| 23 | Joe | Boy | 789 |
| 24 | Willie | Boy | 786 |
| 63 | May | Girl | 782 |
| 25 | Benjamin | Boy | 781 |
| 64 | Stella | Girl | 775 |
| 26 | Richard | Boy | 772 |
| 27 | Ernest | Boy | 766 |
| 65 | Effie | Girl | 744 |
| 66 | Irene | Girl | 722 |
| 28 | Will | Boy | 707 |
| 67 | Nettie | Girl | 692 |
| 68 | Ellen | Girl | 691 |
| 69 | Sadie | Girl | 691 |
| 30 | Earl | Boy | 675 |
| 29 | Carl | Boy | 675 |
| 31 | Oscar | Boy | 647 |