The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1882

1,028 different girls’ names were recorded in 1882, covering 107,847 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	8,148
2	Anna	3,143
3	Emma	2,303
4	Elizabeth	2,186
5	Minnie	2,004
6	Margaret	1,821
7	Ida	1,673
8	Alice	1,542
9	Bertha	1,508
10	Annie	1,492
11	Clara	1,490
12	Sarah	1,410
13	Florence	1,322
14	Martha	1,229
15	Ella	1,206
16	Grace	1,195
17	Laura	1,151
18	Bessie	1,144
19	Nellie	1,138
20	Maude	1,089
21	Cora	1,076
22	Carrie	1,037
23	Mabel	997
24	Ethel	989
25	Mattie	966
26	Gertrude	939
27	Jennie	934
28	Rose	886
29	Edith	876
30	Hattie	859
31	Helen	838
32	Lillian	830
33	Pearl	824
34	Louise	813
35	Julia	811
36	Lillie	810
37	Jessie	806
38	Myrtle	803
39	Edna	783
40	Lula	780
41	Eva	765
42	Catherine	726
43	Lena	697
44	Ada	689
45	Frances	681
46	Lucy	673
47	Fannie	650
48	Daisy	648
49	Josephine	638
50	Maggie	627
51	Dora	594
52	Katherine	591
52	Marie	591
54	Agnes	565
55	Effie	561
56	Blanche	547
57	Rosa	542
58	Nora	539
59	May	510
60	Mamie	508
61	Stella	506
62	Lizzie	495
63	Sallie	487
64	Ellen	452
65	Elsie	448
66	Della	447
67	Nancy	439
67	Nettie	439
69	Maud	432
70	Susie	412
71	Mae	406
72	Sadie	391
73	Flora	380
74	Alma	368
75	Etta	352
76	Lydia	342
77	Addie	341
78	Katie	327
79	Susan	326
80	Ruth	323
81	Georgia	320
82	Lottie	319
83	Viola	310
84	Mollie	305
85	Caroline	304
86	Nannie	299
87	Kate	293
88	Olive	291
88	Willie	291
90	Harriet	289
91	Amanda	288
92	Eliza	280
93	Lulu	279
94	Virginia	274
95	Emily	272
95	Kathryn	272
97	Esther	266
98	Belle	264
99	Rebecca	259
100	Charlotte	257
101	Jane	254
102	Amelia	252
103	Matilda	242
104	Irene	232
105	Ollie	218
106	Hannah	214
107	Henrietta	211
108	Pauline	204
109	Rachel	203
110	Estella	198
111	Amy	196
112	Beulah	190
113	Augusta	183
114	Ora	181
115	Sara	180
116	Sophia	179
117	Lola	174
117	Eleanor	174
119	Mildred	172
120	Nina	171
121	Theresa	170
122	Josie	169
123	Anne	168
124	Leona	163
125	Ann	150
126	Delia	143
126	Lela	143
128	Marion	141
129	Mayme	140
129	Rosie	140
131	Bettie	136
131	Ruby	136
133	Iva	134
133	Janie	134
135	Estelle	133
136	Victoria	132
137	Lou	131
138	Barbara	130
139	Callie	129
140	Louisa	128
141	Celia	126
142	Evelyn	125
142	Mable	125
144	Betty	123
144	Beatrice	123
146	Millie	122
147	Maria	121
148	Alta	119
149	Luella	117
150	Dorothy	115
151	Allie	113
151	Birdie	113
151	Essie	113
151	Ola	113
155	Sophie	110
156	Inez	106
157	Tillie	104
157	Ina	104
159	Nell	103
159	Rena	103
161	Dollie	99
162	Bertie	96
163	Sally	95
163	Eula	95
163	Lelia	95
166	Lucinda	93
167	Cornelia	91
167	Harriett	91
169	Alberta	90
170	Myra	89
171	Lucille	85
172	Sue	84
173	Winifred	83
173	Leila	83
175	Katharine	82
176	Isabelle	81
177	Abbie	80
178	Sylvia	79
178	Rhoda	79
180	Mina	76
180	Bess	76
180	Verna	76
183	Christine	75
183	Eunice	75
183	Elva	75
186	Adelaide	74
186	Johanna	74
186	Genevieve	74
186	Winnie	74
190	Hettie	73
190	Lida	73
190	Eugenia	73
190	Hazel	73
194	Isabel	72
194	Roxie	72
194	Loretta	72
197	Lenora	70
197	Lilly	70
197	Adeline	70
197	Gussie	70

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1882 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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