The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1883

1,054 different girls’ names were recorded in 1883, covering 112,320 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	8,012
2	Anna	3,306
3	Emma	2,367
4	Elizabeth	2,255
5	Minnie	2,035
6	Margaret	1,881
7	Bertha	1,681
8	Ida	1,634
9	Annie	1,589
10	Clara	1,548
11	Alice	1,488
12	Sarah	1,359
13	Grace	1,307
14	Florence	1,298
15	Martha	1,255
16	Ella	1,251
17	Nellie	1,246
18	Bessie	1,241
19	Laura	1,183
20	Ethel	1,132
21	Carrie	1,108
22	Maude	1,096
23	Mabel	1,086
24	Cora	1,081
25	Gertrude	923
26	Lillian	907
27	Jennie	904
28	Hattie	895
29	Pearl	886
30	Mattie	883
31	Edith	881
32	Eva	879
33	Rose	877
34	Julia	875
35	Helen	862
36	Catherine	853
37	Myrtle	851
38	Louise	847
39	Lillie	837
40	Jessie	834
41	Edna	823
42	Lena	800
43	Lula	790
44	Ada	778
45	Frances	710
46	Josephine	697
47	Fannie	696
48	Lucy	663
48	Maggie	663
50	Daisy	659
51	Dora	640
52	Agnes	623
53	Marie	622
54	Blanche	610
55	Nora	589
56	Katherine	583
57	May	532
58	Mamie	531
59	Stella	529
60	Rosa	507
60	Effie	507
62	Ellen	500
63	Lizzie	496
64	Nettie	494
65	Elsie	479
66	Della	453
67	Susie	436
68	Maud	425
68	Sadie	425
70	Mae	423
71	Nancy	412
72	Sallie	409
73	Flora	387
73	Ruth	387
75	Lydia	378
76	Lottie	372
77	Addie	362
78	Katie	361
79	Alma	359
80	Etta	352
81	Emily	342
82	Harriet	341
83	Viola	331
84	Georgia	325
85	Susan	322
86	Caroline	321
87	Nannie	305
88	Lulu	302
89	Mollie	301
90	Kate	294
90	Olive	294
92	Charlotte	291
93	Kathryn	290
94	Amanda	287
95	Eliza	274
96	Willie	264
97	Belle	262
97	Amelia	262
99	Irene	260
99	Esther	260
101	Ollie	249
102	Jane	247
103	Rebecca	244
104	Theresa	241
105	Virginia	234
106	Estella	233
107	Beulah	217
108	Augusta	213
109	Ora	212
110	Hannah	209
110	Amy	209
112	Henrietta	203
113	Pauline	198
114	Eleanor	185
115	Marion	184
116	Sara	183
116	Anne	183
116	Mildred	183
119	Leona	178
120	Nina	177
121	Rachel	174
122	Lola	172
123	Iva	170
124	Matilda	167
124	Ann	167
126	Lela	163
126	Ruby	163
128	Delia	162
129	Sophia	159
130	Mayme	157
131	Millie	155
132	Estelle	151
133	Josie	148
134	Allie	146
135	Louisa	143
136	Lou	142
137	Maria	141
137	Dorothy	141
137	Inez	141
140	Evelyn	139
140	Essie	139
142	Callie	135
142	Barbara	135
142	Janie	135
145	Bettie	130
146	Beatrice	126
146	Ola	126
148	Winifred	125
149	Hazel	123
150	Betty	120
150	Luella	120
150	Mable	120
153	Cornelia	116
153	Nell	116
155	Rosie	115
156	Alta	114
156	Tillie	114
158	Ina	113
159	Victoria	110
160	Bertie	106
160	Eunice	106
162	Rena	105
163	Christine	103
163	Sophie	103
163	Verna	103
166	Celia	101
167	Mathilda	100
167	Dollie	100
169	Hilda	99
170	Bess	94
171	Birdie	93
171	Rhoda	93
171	Eula	93
174	Lucinda	92
175	Harriett	91
175	Isabelle	91
177	Leila	90
178	Mina	89
179	Adelaide	85
179	Johanna	85
181	Lelia	84
182	Isabel	83
182	Jean	83
184	Lettie	82
184	Adeline	82
186	Myra	81
186	Genevieve	81
186	Olga	81
189	Selma	80
190	Sylvia	79
190	Katharine	79
190	Abbie	79
193	Vera	77
194	Lora	76
194	Nelle	76
194	Lois	76
194	Linnie	76
194	Loretta	76
199	Hettie	75
199	Roxie	75

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1883 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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