Popular Names of 1882

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1882, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Cornelius peaked among human males this year, at 130th.

Table 1. Female names, 1882
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	8,148	125
2	Anna	3,143	107
3	Emma	2,303	3
4	Elizabeth	2,186	17
5	Minnie	2,004	3,060
6	Margaret	1,821	112
7	Ida	1,673	1,120
8	Alice	1,542	65
9	Bertha	1,508	4,569
10	Annie	1,492	182
11	Clara	1,490	63
12	Sarah	1,410	90
13	Florence	1,322	391
14	Martha	1,229	713
15	Ella	1,206	29
16	Grace	1,195	38
17	Laura	1,151	379
18	Bessie	1,144	6,889
19	Nellie	1,138	533
20	Maude	1,089	3,367

Table 2. Male names, 1882
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	9,557	23
2	William	9,298	9
3	James	5,892	6
4	George	5,193	126
5	Charles	5,091	48
6	Frank	3,176	514
7	Joseph	2,670	29
8	Thomas	2,610	34
9	Henry	2,579	5
10	Robert	2,500	92
11	Edward	2,477	224
12	Harry	2,232	775
13	Walter	1,805	252
14	Arthur	1,686	87
15	Fred	1,641	1,936
16	Albert	1,499	614
17	Samuel	1,003	18
18	Louis	852	249
19	David	838	35
20	Clarence	837	1,500

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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.