Birth year roster
Top names in 1884
The 100 most common names on 1884 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.
Mary and John led the 1884 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, 97 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.
Girls
- #1Mary Endangered9,217
- #2Anna Declining3,860
- #3Emma Declining2,587
- #4Elizabeth Stable2,549
- #5Minnie Endangered2,243
- #6Margaret Endangered2,142
- #7Ida Endangered1,882
- #8Clara Stable1,852
- #9Bertha Endangered1,789
- #10Annie Rising1,739
- #11Alice Stable1,732
- #12Florence Endangered1,570
- #13Grace Declining1,525
- #14Sarah Endangered1,518
- #15Bessie Endangered1,451
- #16Martha Endangered1,443
- #17Nellie Rising1,417
- #18Ethel Endangered1,386
- #19Ella Declining1,374
- #20Mabel Rising1,270
- #21Laura Endangered1,246
- #22Carrie Endangered1,245
- #23Cora Stable1,244
- #24Maude Endangered1,225
- #25Pearl Endangered1,138
- #26Lillian Declining1,109
- #27Edith Endangered1,104
- #28Gertrude Endangered1,063
- #29Jennie Endangered1,063
- #30Rose Stable1,060
- #31Mattie Endangered1,007
- #32Hattie Rising993
- #33Helen Endangered986
- #34Myrtle Endangered979
- #35Louise Endangered962
- #36Edna Endangered957
- #37Julia Stable935
- #38Eva Declining929
- #39Lula Endangered916
- #40Lillie Stable911
- #41Lena Stable906
- #42Jessie Endangered888
- #43Catherine Endangered874
- #44Ada Rising854
- #45Josephine Rising800
- #46Frances Endangered789
- #47Lucy Stable787
- #48Maggie Stable749
- #49Marie Endangered746
- #50Fannie Endangered738
- #51Dora Endangered720
- #52Blanche Endangered711
- #53Agnes Endangered703
- #54Daisy Rising685
- #55Katherine Declining671
- #56Nora Stable648
- #57Mamie Endangered609
- #58Rosa Stable607
- #59Ellen Endangered597
- #60Stella Stable584
- #61May Rising564
- #62Effie Endangered558
- #63Elsie Rising549
- #64Mae Stable542
- #65Della Rising541
- #66Lizzie Rising523
- #67Nettie Endangered522
- #68Nancy Endangered520
- #69Sallie Endangered494
- #70Alma Rising480
- #71Sadie Stable466
- #72Maud Declining461
- #73Susie Endangered455
- #74Ruth Endangered442
- #75Etta Stable423
- #76Lottie Rising397
- #77Flora Rising393
- #78Caroline Declining380
- #79Mollie Stable374
- #80Lydia Stable369
- #81Emily Declining364
- #82Viola Endangered362
- #83Katie Endangered360
- #84Olive Rising360
- #85Addie Stable356
- #86Charlotte Stable344
- #87Kate Declining344
- #88Kathryn Endangered344
- #89Lulu Stable344
- #90Georgia Rising341
- #91Harriet Endangered339
- #92Amanda Endangered337
- #93Willie Endangered332
- #94Susan Endangered326
- #95Irene Endangered324
- #96Amelia Stable315
- #97Nannie Extinct314
- #98Jane Stable295
- #99Esther Stable291
- #100Belle Stable286
Boys
- #1John Past peak9,388
- #2William Declining8,897
- #3James Stable5,693
- #4George Stable4,961
- #5Charles Stable4,802
- #6Frank Endangered3,218
- #7Joseph Declining2,707
- #8Thomas Stable2,572
- #9Henry Stable2,474
- #10Robert Endangered2,468
- #11Edward Endangered2,439
- #12Harry Endangered2,323
- #13Walter Stable1,902
- #14Arthur Rising1,690
- #15Fred Endangered1,638
- #16Albert Endangered1,435
- #17Samuel Stable945
- #18Clarence Endangered889
- #19Louis Stable886
- #20Grover Endangered802
- #21David Past peak761
- #22Joe Endangered759
- #23Richard Endangered749
- #24Charlie Rising746
- #25Ernest Endangered690
- #26Roy Endangered680
- #27Jesse Stable670
- #28Will Declining650
- #29Andrew Declining616
- #30Oscar Stable615
- #31Willie Endangered578
- #32Daniel Declining573
- #33Sam Stable533
- #34Peter Stable524
- #35Elmer Endangered523
- #36Carl Endangered521
- #37Alfred Endangered520
- #38Benjamin Declining509
- #39Lewis Rising476
- #40Earl Endangered464
- #41Ralph Endangered464
- #42Frederick Stable454
- #43Lee Endangered435
- #44Howard Endangered432
- #45Paul Endangered422
- #46Herbert Endangered421
- #47Tom Endangered394
- #48Herman Endangered385
- #49Martin Stable385
- #50Jacob Declining381
- #51Michael Past peak373
- #52Ben Stable367
- #53Harvey Rising358
- #54Claude Endangered353
- #55Jim Endangered346
- #56Clyde Stable345
- #57Francis Stable340
- #58Chester Endangered338
- #59Eugene Endangered321
- #60Ed Declining314
- #61Edwin Stable308
- #62Raymond Endangered299
- #63Charley Stable290
- #64Edgar Declining290
- #65Otto Rising288
- #66Ira Stable284
- #67Bert Endangered280
- #68Jack Stable274
- #69Luther Endangered273
- #70Floyd Endangered263
- #71Lawrence Endangered262
- #72Guy Endangered260
- #73Hugh Stable246
- #74Oliver Stable245
- #75Isaac Declining243
- #76Alexander Declining236
- #77Ray Endangered232
- #78Patrick Declining222
- #79Homer Endangered216
- #80August Rising213
- #81Theodore Rising211
- #82Archie Rising206
- #83Leonard Endangered206
- #84Leo Rising192
- #85Harold Endangered191
- #86Marion Endangered184
- #87Allen Endangered182
- #88Anthony Declining179
- #89Eddie Endangered179
- #90Jessie Endangered177
- #91Emil Stable175
- #92Cleveland Endangered174
- #93Stephen Endangered165
- #94Warren Rising164
- #95Julius Stable162
- #96Philip Endangered161
- #97Dave Endangered159
- #98Horace Endangered154
- #99Leroy Endangered154
- #100Dan Endangered151