The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1884

1,172 different girls’ names were recorded in 1884, covering 129,019 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	9,217
2	Anna	3,860
3	Emma	2,587
4	Elizabeth	2,549
5	Minnie	2,243
6	Margaret	2,142
7	Ida	1,882
8	Clara	1,852
9	Bertha	1,789
10	Annie	1,739
11	Alice	1,732
12	Florence	1,570
13	Grace	1,525
14	Sarah	1,518
15	Bessie	1,451
16	Martha	1,443
17	Nellie	1,417
18	Ethel	1,386
19	Ella	1,374
20	Mabel	1,270
21	Laura	1,246
22	Carrie	1,245
23	Cora	1,244
24	Maude	1,225
25	Pearl	1,138
26	Lillian	1,109
27	Edith	1,104
28	Jennie	1,063
28	Gertrude	1,063
30	Rose	1,060
31	Mattie	1,007
32	Hattie	993
33	Helen	986
34	Myrtle	979
35	Louise	962
36	Edna	957
37	Julia	935
38	Eva	929
39	Lula	916
40	Lillie	911
41	Lena	906
42	Jessie	888
43	Catherine	874
44	Ada	854
45	Josephine	800
46	Frances	789
47	Lucy	787
48	Maggie	749
49	Marie	746
50	Fannie	738
51	Dora	720
52	Blanche	711
53	Agnes	703
54	Daisy	685
55	Katherine	671
56	Nora	648
57	Mamie	609
58	Rosa	607
59	Ellen	597
60	Stella	584
61	May	564
62	Effie	558
63	Elsie	549
64	Mae	542
65	Della	541
66	Lizzie	523
67	Nettie	522
68	Nancy	520
69	Sallie	494
70	Alma	480
71	Sadie	466
72	Maud	461
73	Susie	455
74	Ruth	442
75	Etta	423
76	Lottie	397
77	Flora	393
78	Caroline	380
79	Mollie	374
80	Lydia	369
81	Emily	364
82	Viola	362
83	Katie	360
83	Olive	360
85	Addie	356
86	Kate	344
86	Lulu	344
86	Charlotte	344
86	Kathryn	344
90	Georgia	341
91	Harriet	339
92	Amanda	337
93	Willie	332
94	Susan	326
95	Irene	324
96	Amelia	315
97	Nannie	314
98	Jane	295
99	Esther	291
100	Belle	286
101	Eliza	280
102	Rebecca	278
103	Hannah	275
103	Ollie	275
105	Virginia	263
106	Ora	251
107	Mildred	247
108	Matilda	244
108	Ruby	244
110	Anne	242
111	Henrietta	240
111	Theresa	240
113	Beulah	233
114	Rachel	230
114	Pauline	230
116	Estella	222
117	Augusta	217
118	Ann	214
119	Iva	213
119	Lela	213
121	Leona	210
122	Hazel	209
123	Amy	205
124	Josie	198
124	Eleanor	198
126	Sara	197
126	Lola	197
128	Barbara	193
129	Maria	190
129	Mayme	190
131	Nina	187
132	Estelle	182
133	Marion	181
134	Sophia	170
134	Evelyn	170
136	Beatrice	167
137	Dorothy	163
138	Callie	161
139	Luella	158
140	Rosie	152
141	Inez	148
141	Allie	148
141	Essie	148
144	Louisa	147
145	Lou	146
145	Winifred	146
147	Delia	145
147	Tillie	145
149	Betty	144
149	Millie	144
151	Alta	140
152	Mable	139
153	Goldie	135
154	Ina	134
155	Christine	129
156	Birdie	128
157	Hilda	125
158	Victoria	124
159	Janie	122
159	Celia	122
161	Ola	121
162	Sophie	120
162	Nell	120
164	Bettie	118
165	Isabelle	115
166	Eunice	112
166	Adeline	112
168	Eula	111
169	Cecelia	109
170	Harriett	105
170	Hettie	105
170	Bess	105
173	Leila	103
173	Jean	103
175	Isabel	102
175	Alberta	102
175	Lelia	102
178	Roxie	100
179	Bertie	99
179	Olga	99
181	Myra	98
181	Abbie	98
181	Adelaide	98
184	Sally	95
184	Mathilda	95
184	Marguerite	95
187	Cornelia	94
187	Rena	94
187	Loretta	94
187	Lucille	94
191	Rhoda	93
191	Dollie	93
193	Nelle	92
193	Sue	92
193	Winnie	92
193	Gladys	92
197	Vera	91
198	Genevieve	89
199	Sylvia	87
199	Verna	87

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1884 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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