Top names of 1888

Girls

1Mary11,754– 2Anna4,982– 3Elizabeth3,224– 4Emma3,087– 5Margaret2,904– 6Minnie2,654– 7Bertha2,450– 8Florence2,444▲ 1 9Ethel2,374▲ 2 10Bessie2,278▲ 3 11Clara2,230▼ 3 12Ida2,229▼ 2 13Alice2,202▲ 1 14Annie2,188▼ 2 15Grace2,090– 16Helen1,847▲ 5 17Mabel1,830▲ 1 18Ella1,774▼ 2 19Martha1,769▼ 2 20Sarah1,755– 21Nellie1,736▼ 2 22Edna1,687▲ 2 23Lillian1,656▲ 3 24Carrie1,647▼ 1 25Laura1,624▼ 3 26Pearl1,591▼ 1 27Rose1,590▲ 3 28Gertrude1,468– 29Edith1,453– 30Frances1,452▲ 4 31Cora1,433▼ 4 32Maude1,396▼ 1 33Louise1,334▲ 2 34Eva1,329▼ 1 35Myrtle1,310▲ 1 36Hattie1,298▼ 4 37Jennie1,298▲ 1 38Julia1,292▲ 1 39Mattie1,268▲ 1 40Marie1,258▲ 3 41Lillie1,249▼ 4 42Catherine1,212▲ 2 43Jessie1,200▼ 2 44Lula1,173▲ 3 45Lena1,162▼ 3 46Ada1,116▼ 1 47Elsie1,112▲ 2 48Agnes1,046▼ 2 49Josephine1,001▲ 1 50Fannie991▲ 2 51Lucy964– 52Blanche942▲ 2 53Mamie917▲ 4 54Dora898▼ 6 55Hazel898▲ 17 56Katherine893▼ 3 57Maggie882▼ 2 58Alma853▲ 5 59Ruth850▲ 3 60Mae836▼ 2 61Nora832▼ 5 62Rosa832▼ 2 63May782▼ 2 64Stella775▼ 5 65Effie744▼ 1 66Irene722▲ 6 67Nettie692▼ 2 68Ellen691▼ 2 69Sadie691▲ 1 70Sallie633▼ 2 71Della621▲ 3 72Susie621▲ 3 73Daisy612▼ 6 74Viola596▲ 6 75Lizzie593▼ 7 76Nancy582▼ 5 77Esther572▲ 2 78Flora541▲ 4 79Willie522▲ 9 80Katie516▼ 3 81Lottie511– 82Etta500▼ 4 83Mildred499▲ 6 84Georgia477▲ 7 85Lydia472▼ 9 86Maud469▼ 3 87Olive465▼ 2 88Charlotte464▲ 3 89Caroline458▼ 5 90Emily457▲ 8 91Addie455▼ 5 92Jane446▲ 15 93Kathryn446▼ 6 94Ruby445▲ 11 95Beulah426▼ 5 96Ollie411– 97Amanda404▼ 1 98Pauline393▲ 6 99Harriet389▼ 5 100Virginia385▲ 1

Boys

1John9,247– 2William8,705– 3James5,562– 4George4,912– 5Charles4,591– 6Frank3,459– 7Joseph2,993– 8Robert2,814▲ 2 9Harry2,759▲ 3 10Henry2,596▼ 2 11Edward2,470▼ 1 12Thomas2,449▼ 3 13Walter2,040– 14Arthur1,710– 15Fred1,665– 16Albert1,569– 17Clarence1,022– 18Samuel931– 19Louis884– 20Roy856– 21David801▲ 1 22Charlie796▲ 2 23Joe789▼ 2 24Willie786▲ 3 25Benjamin781▲ 9 26Richard772▼ 1 27Ernest766▼ 4 28Will707▲ 2 29Carl675▼ 1 30Earl675▲ 2 31Oscar647▼ 2 32Jesse637▼ 6 33Andrew615– 34Sam607▲ 4 35Daniel566▼ 4 36Ralph547▲ 2 37Alfred536▼ 2 38Paul529▲ 2 39Elmer527▼ 3 40Howard513▲ 2 41Peter498▲ 2 42Frederick496▼ 5 43Herbert485▼ 2 44Grover474▲ 15 45Raymond469▲ 2 46Michael466▲ 2 47Ben463▲ 11 48Lee430▼ 4 49Tom416▲ 3 50Lewis412▼ 1 51Herman403▼ 6 52Harrison400▲ 77 53Eugene398– 54Martin378▼ 3 55Claude374▼ 9 56Jim362▼ 6 57Francis353▼ 4 58Jacob353▼ 2 59Leo353▲ 14 60Clyde344▼ 5 61Lawrence343▼ 1 62Harvey334▲ 3 63Ray331▲ 3 64Jack329▲ 4 65Edgar321▼ 1 66Otto312▲ 1 67Floyd302▲ 6 68Ed301▼ 6 69Edwin298▼ 12 70Harold298▼ 9 71Guy297– 72Chester288▲ 6 73Bert282▼ 1 74Luther275▼ 11 75Allen260▲ 6 76Homer256▼ 6 77Charley254▼ 2 78Jessie254▲ 8 79Hugh253▼ 10 80Theodore249▲ 2 81Patrick245▼ 5 82Alexander237▲ 5 83Leonard225▼ 5 84Ira222▼ 7 85Isaac221▼ 2 86August213▼ 3 87Bernard207▲ 10 88Oliver206▼ 8 89Julius197▲ 4 90Leon196▲ 9 91Philip196▲ 4 92Clifford194▼ 1 93Anthony193▲ 5 94Eddie193▲ 12 95Leroy192▼ 7 96Archie191▼ 11 97Lester189▼ 8 98Stephen187▼ 7 99Leslie175▼ 9 100Lloyd175▲ 8