Popular Names of 1883

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1883, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1883
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	8,012	125
2	Anna	3,306	107
3	Emma	2,367	3
4	Elizabeth	2,255	17
5	Minnie	2,035	3,060
6	Margaret	1,881	112
7	Bertha	1,681	4,569
8	Ida	1,634	1,120
9	Annie	1,589	182
10	Clara	1,548	63
11	Alice	1,488	65
12	Sarah	1,359	90
13	Grace	1,307	38
14	Florence	1,298	391
15	Martha	1,255	713
16	Ella	1,251	29
17	Nellie	1,246	533
18	Bessie	1,241	6,889
19	Laura	1,183	379
20	Ethel	1,132	4,211

Table 2. Male names, 1883
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	8,894	23
2	William	8,387	9
3	James	5,223	6
4	Charles	4,826	48
5	George	4,736	126
6	Frank	2,986	514
7	Joseph	2,515	29
8	Henry	2,383	5
9	Robert	2,334	92
10	Thomas	2,316	34
11	Edward	2,250	224
12	Harry	2,110	775
13	Walter	1,705	252
14	Arthur	1,591	87
15	Fred	1,502	1,936
16	Albert	1,496	614
17	Samuel	937	18
18	Clarence	837	1,500
19	Louis	796	249
20	David	734	35

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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.