Birth year roster
Top names in 1883
The 100 most common names on 1883 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.
Mary and John led the 1883 baby-name charts, the top names among late-19th-century births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 95 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.
Girls
- #1Mary Endangered8,012
- #2Anna Declining3,306
- #3Emma Declining2,367
- #4Elizabeth Stable2,255
- #5Minnie Endangered2,035
- #6Margaret Endangered1,881
- #7Bertha Endangered1,681
- #8Ida Endangered1,634
- #9Annie Rising1,589
- #10Clara Stable1,548
- #11Alice Stable1,488
- #12Sarah Endangered1,359
- #13Grace Declining1,307
- #14Florence Endangered1,298
- #15Martha Endangered1,255
- #16Ella Declining1,251
- #17Nellie Rising1,246
- #18Bessie Endangered1,241
- #19Laura Endangered1,183
- #20Ethel Endangered1,132
- #21Carrie Endangered1,108
- #22Maude Endangered1,096
- #23Mabel Rising1,086
- #24Cora Stable1,081
- #25Gertrude Endangered923
- #26Lillian Declining907
- #27Jennie Endangered904
- #28Hattie Rising895
- #29Pearl Endangered886
- #30Mattie Endangered883
- #31Edith Endangered881
- #32Eva Declining879
- #33Rose Stable877
- #34Julia Stable875
- #35Helen Endangered862
- #36Catherine Endangered853
- #37Myrtle Endangered851
- #38Louise Endangered847
- #39Lillie Stable837
- #40Jessie Endangered834
- #41Edna Endangered823
- #42Lena Stable800
- #43Lula Endangered790
- #44Ada Rising778
- #45Frances Endangered710
- #46Josephine Rising697
- #47Fannie Endangered696
- #48Lucy Stable663
- #49Maggie Stable663
- #50Daisy Rising659
- #51Dora Endangered640
- #52Agnes Endangered623
- #53Marie Endangered622
- #54Blanche Endangered610
- #55Nora Stable589
- #56Katherine Declining583
- #57May Rising532
- #58Mamie Endangered531
- #59Stella Stable529
- #60Effie Endangered507
- #61Rosa Stable507
- #62Ellen Endangered500
- #63Lizzie Rising496
- #64Nettie Endangered494
- #65Elsie Rising479
- #66Della Rising453
- #67Susie Endangered436
- #68Maud Declining425
- #69Sadie Stable425
- #70Mae Stable423
- #71Nancy Endangered412
- #72Sallie Endangered409
- #73Flora Rising387
- #74Ruth Endangered387
- #75Lydia Stable378
- #76Lottie Rising372
- #77Addie Stable362
- #78Katie Endangered361
- #79Alma Rising359
- #80Etta Stable352
- #81Emily Declining342
- #82Harriet Endangered341
- #83Viola Endangered331
- #84Georgia Rising325
- #85Susan Endangered322
- #86Caroline Declining321
- #87Nannie Extinct305
- #88Lulu Stable302
- #89Mollie Stable301
- #90Kate Declining294
- #91Olive Rising294
- #92Charlotte Stable291
- #93Kathryn Endangered290
- #94Amanda Endangered287
- #95Eliza Stable274
- #96Willie Endangered264
- #97Amelia Stable262
- #98Belle Stable262
- #99Esther Stable260
- #100Irene Endangered260
Boys
- #1John Past peak8,894
- #2William Declining8,387
- #3James Stable5,223
- #4Charles Stable4,826
- #5George Stable4,736
- #6Frank Endangered2,986
- #7Joseph Declining2,515
- #8Henry Stable2,383
- #9Robert Endangered2,334
- #10Thomas Stable2,316
- #11Edward Endangered2,250
- #12Harry Endangered2,110
- #13Walter Stable1,705
- #14Arthur Rising1,591
- #15Fred Endangered1,502
- #16Albert Endangered1,496
- #17Samuel Stable937
- #18Clarence Endangered837
- #19Louis Stable796
- #20David Past peak734
- #21Richard Endangered649
- #22Charlie Rising643
- #23Ernest Endangered641
- #24Andrew Declining623
- #25Daniel Declining615
- #26Joe Endangered607
- #27Oscar Stable607
- #28Jesse Stable584
- #29Will Declining576
- #30Roy Endangered556
- #31Benjamin Declining508
- #32Carl Endangered480
- #33Sam Stable476
- #34Willie Endangered474
- #35Alfred Endangered457
- #36Peter Stable450
- #37Frederick Stable438
- #38Lewis Rising431
- #39Howard Endangered429
- #40Elmer Endangered423
- #41Herbert Endangered422
- #42Earl Endangered389
- #43Lee Endangered388
- #44Tom Endangered386
- #45Ralph Endangered385
- #46Martin Stable377
- #47Herman Endangered359
- #48Paul Endangered358
- #49Jacob Declining356
- #50Clyde Stable336
- #51Eugene Endangered325
- #52Jim Endangered322
- #53Harvey Rising318
- #54Claude Endangered315
- #55Michael Past peak307
- #56Ben Stable306
- #57Edwin Stable299
- #58Edgar Declining292
- #59Chester Endangered290
- #60Francis Stable285
- #61Lawrence Endangered282
- #62Bert Endangered273
- #63Charley Stable254
- #64Ed Declining247
- #65Jack Stable242
- #66Otto Rising240
- #67Ira Stable239
- #68Raymond Endangered233
- #69Luther Endangered229
- #70Isaac Declining227
- #71Guy Endangered224
- #72Oliver Stable219
- #73Floyd Endangered217
- #74Hugh Stable215
- #75Patrick Declining213
- #76Homer Endangered210
- #77August Rising209
- #78Ray Endangered202
- #79Leonard Endangered200
- #80Alexander Declining187
- #81Theodore Rising185
- #82Allen Endangered175
- #83Horace Endangered167
- #84Archie Rising166
- #85Philip Endangered166
- #86Sidney Endangered165
- #87Marion Endangered163
- #88Julius Stable160
- #89Jessie Endangered151
- #90Milton Endangered149
- #91Warren Rising146
- #92Anthony Declining143
- #93Everett Stable143
- #94Leroy Endangered143
- #95Leo Rising142
- #96Bernard Endangered141
- #97Leon Rising140
- #98Stephen Endangered140
- #99Emil Stable139
- #100Clifford Endangered138