Popular Names of 1884

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1884, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Edith peaked among human females this year, at 27th.

Table 1. Female names, 1884
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	9,217	125
2	Anna	3,860	107
3	Emma	2,587	3
4	Elizabeth	2,549	17
5	Minnie	2,243	3,060
6	Margaret	2,142	112
7	Ida	1,882	1,120
8	Clara	1,852	63
9	Bertha	1,789	4,569
10	Annie	1,739	182
11	Alice	1,732	65
12	Florence	1,570	391
13	Grace	1,525	38
14	Sarah	1,518	90
15	Bessie	1,451	6,889
16	Martha	1,443	713
17	Nellie	1,417	533
18	Ethel	1,386	4,211
19	Ella	1,374	29
20	Mabel	1,270	201

Table 2. Male names, 1884
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	9,388	23
2	William	8,897	9
3	James	5,693	6
4	George	4,961	126
5	Charles	4,802	48
6	Frank	3,218	514
7	Joseph	2,707	29
8	Thomas	2,572	34
9	Henry	2,474	5
10	Robert	2,468	92
11	Edward	2,439	224
12	Harry	2,323	775
13	Walter	1,902	252
14	Arthur	1,690	87
15	Fred	1,638	1,936
16	Albert	1,435	614
17	Samuel	945	18
18	Clarence	889	1,500
19	Louis	886	249
20	Grover	802	4,298

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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.