List of the most popular names in the 1880s in the United States

These are the most popular given names in the United States of America for all years of the 1880s.

1880

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. Charles
  4. George
  5. James
  6. Joseph
  7. Frank
  8. Henry
  9. Thomas
  10. Harry

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Margaret
  5. Minnie
  6. Emma
  7. Martha
  8. Alice
  9. Marie
  10. Annie; Sarah (tie)

1881

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. Charles
  4. James
  5. George
  6. Joseph
  7. Frank
  8. Henry
  9. Edward; Harry; Thomas (tie)
  10. -----

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Margaret
  5. Emma
  6. Minnie
  7. Sarah
  8. Alice
  9. Bertha
  10. Grace

1882

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. Charles
  4. James
  5. George
  6. Frank
  7. Joseph
  8. Henry
  9. Thomas
  10. Harry

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Emma; Margaret (tie)
  5. -----
  6. Minnie
  7. Bertha
  8. Mabel
  9. Florence; Ida (tie)
  10. -----

1883

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. Charles
  4. George
  5. James
  6. Joseph
  7. Frank
  8. Harry; Henry (tie)
  9. -----
  10. -----

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Margaret
  4. Emma
  5. Elizabeth
  6. Florence
  7. Bertha
  8. Alice
  9. Sarah
  10. Clara; Rose (tie)

1884

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. George
  4. Charles
  5. James
  6. Frank
  7. Joseph
  8. Harry
  9. Henry
  10. Thomas

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Emma
  5. Margaret
  6. Minnie
  7. Alice; Florence (tie)
  8. -----
  9. Clara
  10. Bertha; Rose (tie)

1885

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. Charles
  4. Joseph
  5. George; James (tie)
  6. -----
  7. Frank
  8. Robert
  9. Henry
  10. Edward

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Margaret
  5. Emma
  6. Ida
  7. Rose
  8. Minnie
  9. Bertha
  10. Annie

1886

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. George
  4. James
  5. Charles
  6. Joseph
  7. Frank
  8. Henry
  9. Thomas
  10. Edward; Walter (tie)

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Emma
  5. Clara
  6. Margaret
  7. Minnie
  8. Bertha
  9. Rose
  10. Ida; Sarah (tie)

1887

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. George
  4. Charles
  5. James
  6. Frank; Joseph (tie)
  7. Harry
  8. Robert
  9. Thomas
  10. -----

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Emma
  4. Margaret
  5. Bertha
  6. Elizabeth; Minnie (tie)
  7. -----
  8. Florence
  9. Mabel
  10. Bessie; Helen; Jennie (tie)

1888

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. George
  4. Joseph
  5. James
  6. Charles
  7. Frank
  8. Harry
  9. Robert
  10. Thomas

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Margaret
  4. Elizabeth
  5. Bertha
  6. Emma
  7. Ethel
  8. Rose
  9. Bessie
  10. Ida; Minnie (tie)

1889

• Males
  1. John
  2. William
  3. George
  4. James
  5. Charles
  6. Joseph
  7. Frank
  8. Harry
  9. Edward
  10. Robert

• Females
  1. Mary
  2. Anna
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Margaret
  5. Minnie
  6. Helen; Rose (tie)
  7. -----
  8. Bertha
  9. Alice; Emma (tie)
  10. -----

References

• http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/index.html
• http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/names1880s.html