Top names of 1881

Girls

1Mary6,919– 2Anna2,698– 3Emma2,034– 4Elizabeth1,852– 5Margaret1,658▲ 1 6Minnie1,653▼ 1 7Ida1,439– 8Annie1,326▲ 3 9Bertha1,324– 10Alice1,308▼ 2 11Clara1,242▲ 1 12Sarah1,226▼ 2 13Ella1,148– 14Nellie1,096▲ 4 15Grace1,089▲ 4 16Florence1,046▼ 2 17Martha1,044▼ 1 18Cora969▼ 3 19Laura962▼ 2 20Carrie958– 21Maude923– 22Bessie903▲ 1 23Mabel893▼ 1 24Gertrude791▲ 1 25Ethel788▲ 13 26Jennie784▼ 2 27Edith778▲ 1 28Hattie775▼ 1 29Mattie754– 30Julia737▼ 4 31Rose734▼ 1 32Lillian723– 33Lillie678▲ 1 34Eva661▲ 7 35Jessie661▲ 1 36Lula655▲ 3 37Myrtle643▲ 3 38Pearl641▲ 9 39Edna637▲ 6 40Catherine635▼ 9 41Ada628▼ 8 42Louise617▼ 6 43Helen612▼ 8 44Lucy611– 45Frances586▼ 3 46Dora585▲ 5 47Fannie565▲ 2 48Josephine563▲ 2 49Daisy562▼ 1 50Lena555▼ 7 51Maggie532▼ 5 52Katherine504▲ 1 53Rosa500▼ 1 54Marie499▲ 1 55Nora498– 56Effie463▲ 7 57Blanche456▲ 2 58May451▼ 1 59Nancy429▲ 3 60Della428▲ 6 61Agnes424▼ 7 62Nettie419▲ 3 63Sallie416▲ 1 64Stella416▼ 4 65Ellen413▼ 4 66Mamie412▼ 8 67Lizzie396– 68Susie367▲ 1 69Sadie366▲ 5 70Elsie344▲ 8 71Maud328▼ 1 72Flora317▼ 4 73Caroline316▲ 2 74Etta316▼ 2 75Mae314▼ 4 76Lulu313▲ 10 77Lydia299– 78Alma293▲ 4 79Susan292▲ 1 80Lottie289▲ 8 81Addie287▲ 2 82Mollie281▼ 1 83Katie279▼ 7 84Ruth275▲ 9 85Harriet270▼ 12 86Kate267▼ 7 87Amanda263▲ 2 88Nannie258▼ 1 89Georgia256▼ 5 90Emily244▲ 10 91Eliza238▼ 6 92Viola237▲ 2 93Amelia235▲ 3 94Willie229▲ 11 95Charlotte227▼ 4 96Rebecca226▼ 4 97Belle219▼ 7 98Kathryn218▲ 4 99Jane216▼ 1 100Olive211▼ 5

Boys

1John8,768– 2William8,524– 3James5,441– 4George4,664▲ 1 5Charles4,636▼ 1 6Frank2,834– 7Joseph2,456– 8Henry2,339▲ 1 9Thomas2,282▼ 1 10Edward2,177▲ 1 11Robert2,140▼ 1 12Harry2,002– 13Walter1,670– 14Arthur1,575– 15Fred1,418– 16Albert1,319– 17Samuel919– 18David750– 19Louis746– 20Charlie668▲ 1 21Clarence668– 22Richard641▲ 1 23Joe639▼ 3 24Andrew588– 25Ernest571▲ 1 26Will550▲ 1 27Jesse536▲ 1 28Oscar530▲ 1 29Daniel527▼ 4 30Willie498▲ 4 31Benjamin481▲ 1 32Sam481▲ 4 33Alfred466▲ 2 34Roy440▲ 3 35Lewis439▼ 5 36Frederick433▼ 3 37Peter428▼ 6 38Elmer388▲ 3 39Jacob381– 40Herbert369▼ 2 41Carl359▲ 1 42Howard359▲ 2 43Tom349▼ 3 44Lee342▼ 1 45Ralph329▲ 9 46Martin327▼ 2 47Jim323▲ 2 48Earl314▲ 4 49Eugene314▲ 4 50Bert312▼ 3 51Edgar312▲ 10 52Herman304▼ 4 53Claude302▲ 3 54Michael298▼ 8 55Paul291▲ 5 56Ben289▲ 2 57Ira286▲ 9 58Harvey282▼ 8 59Chester274▲ 26 60Edwin274▼ 4 61Ed272▼ 6 62Charley266▼ 4 63Francis259▼ 13 64Isaac258▼ 2 65Luther249▼ 1 66Lawrence244▼ 1 67Oliver238▲ 2 68Clyde232▲ 4 69Otto221▼ 6 70Hugh219▲ 1 71Alexander209▲ 2 72Leonard206▲ 6 73Jack197▲ 4 74Raymond195▲ 13 75Patrick188▼ 8 76Guy186▼ 8 77Homer181▼ 1 78Floyd178▼ 3 79Theodore178▼ 9 80Allen172▲ 2 81August172▼ 7 82Marion162▼ 2 83Philip156▼ 2 84Warren156▲ 5 85Horace152▼ 6 86Dan148▲ 11 87Ray148▲ 8 88Garfield147▲ 22 89Stephen147▼ 5 90Emil145▲ 23 91Jessie143▼ 1 92Milton143▼ 1 93Willis142▼ 7 94Calvin138▲ 6 95Dave135▲ 7 96Bernard130▲ 1 97Julius129▼ 3 98Leroy129▲ 10 99Sidney129▼ 4 100Anthony128▲ 3