Popular Names of 1880

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1880, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Alice peaked among human females this year, at 8th.

Table 1. Female names, 1880
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	7,065	125
2	Anna	2,604	107
3	Emma	2,003	3
4	Elizabeth	1,939	17
5	Minnie	1,746	3,060
6	Margaret	1,578	112
7	Ida	1,472	1,120
8	Alice	1,414	65
9	Bertha	1,320	4,569
10	Sarah	1,288	90
11	Annie	1,258	182
12	Clara	1,226	63
13	Ella	1,156	29
14	Florence	1,063	391
15	Cora	1,045	113
16	Martha	1,040	713
17	Laura	1,012	379
18	Nellie	995	533
19	Grace	982	38
20	Carrie	949	2,726

Table 2. Male names, 1880
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	9,655	23
2	William	9,532	9
3	James	5,927	6
4	Charles	5,348	48
5	George	5,126	126
6	Frank	3,242	514
7	Joseph	2,632	29
8	Thomas	2,534	34
9	Henry	2,444	5
10	Robert	2,415	92
11	Edward	2,364	224
12	Harry	2,152	775
13	Walter	1,755	252
14	Arthur	1,599	87
15	Fred	1,569	1,936
16	Albert	1,493	614
17	Samuel	1,024	18
18	David	869	35
19	Louis	828	249
20	Joe	731	994

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.