United States · 201,484 recorded births
Top baby names of 1880
Mary and John led the year.
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1879 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 7,065 | — |
| 2 | Anna | 2,604 | — |
| 3 | Emma | 2,003 | — |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 1,939 | — |
| 5 | Minnie | 1,746 | — |
| 6 | Margaret | 1,578 | — |
| 7 | Ida | 1,472 | — |
| 8 | Alice | 1,414 | — |
| 9 | Bertha | 1,320 | — |
| 10 | Sarah | 1,288 | — |
| 11 | Annie | 1,258 | — |
| 12 | Clara | 1,226 | — |
| 13 | Ella | 1,156 | — |
| 14 | Florence | 1,063 | — |
| 15 | Cora | 1,045 | — |
| 16 | Martha | 1,040 | — |
| 17 | Laura | 1,012 | — |
| 18 | Nellie | 995 | — |
| 19 | Grace | 982 | — |
| 20 | Carrie | 949 | — |
| 21 | Maude | 859 | — |
| 22 | Mabel | 808 | — |
| 23 | Bessie | 796 | — |
| 24 | Jennie | 793 | — |
| 25 | Gertrude | 787 | — |
| 26 | Julia | 783 | — |
| 27 | Hattie | 769 | — |
| 28 | Edith | 768 | — |
| 29 | Mattie | 704 | — |
| 30 | Rose | 700 | — |
| 31 | Catherine | 688 | — |
| 32 | Lillian | 672 | — |
| 33 | Ada | 652 | — |
| 34 | Lillie | 647 | — |
| 35 | Helen | 636 | — |
| 36 | Jessie | 635 | — |
| 37 | Louise | 635 | — |
| 38 | Ethel | 633 | — |
| 39 | Lula | 621 | — |
| 40 | Myrtle | 615 | — |
| 41 | Eva | 614 | — |
| 42 | Frances | 605 | — |
| 43 | Lena | 603 | — |
| 44 | Lucy | 590 | — |
| 45 | Edna | 588 | — |
| 46 | Maggie | 582 | — |
| 47 | Pearl | 569 | — |
| 48 | Daisy | 564 | — |
| 49 | Fannie | 560 | — |
| 50 | Josephine | 544 | — |
| 51 | Dora | 524 | — |
| 52 | Rosa | 507 | — |
| 53 | Katherine | 502 | — |
| 54 | Agnes | 473 | — |
| 55 | Marie | 471 | — |
| 56 | Nora | 471 | — |
| 57 | May | 462 | — |
| 58 | Mamie | 436 | — |
| 59 | Blanche | 427 | — |
| 60 | Stella | 414 | — |
| 61 | Ellen | 411 | — |
| 62 | Nancy | 410 | — |
| 63 | Effie | 406 | — |
| 64 | Sallie | 404 | — |
| 65 | Nettie | 403 | — |
| 66 | Della | 391 | — |
| 67 | Lizzie | 388 | — |
| 68 | Flora | 365 | — |
| 69 | Susie | 361 | — |
| 70 | Maud | 345 | — |
| 71 | Mae | 344 | — |
| 72 | Etta | 323 | — |
| 73 | Harriet | 319 | — |
| 74 | Sadie | 317 | — |
| 75 | Caroline | 306 | — |
| 76 | Katie | 303 | — |
| 77 | Lydia | 302 | — |
| 78 | Elsie | 301 | — |
| 79 | Kate | 299 | — |
| 80 | Susan | 286 | — |
| 81 | Mollie | 283 | — |
| 82 | Alma | 277 | — |
| 83 | Addie | 274 | — |
| 84 | Georgia | 259 | — |
| 85 | Eliza | 252 | — |
| 86 | Lulu | 249 | — |
| 87 | Nannie | 248 | — |
| 88 | Lottie | 245 | — |
| 89 | Amanda | 241 | — |
| 90 | Belle | 238 | — |
| 91 | Charlotte | 237 | — |
| 92 | Rebecca | 236 | — |
| 93 | Ruth | 234 | — |
| 94 | Viola | 229 | — |
| 95 | Olive | 224 | — |
| 96 | Amelia | 221 | — |
| 97 | Hannah | 221 | — |
| 98 | Jane | 215 | — |
| 99 | Virginia | 213 | — |
| 100 | Emily | 210 | — |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1879 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,655 | — |
| 2 | William | 9,532 | — |
| 3 | James | 5,927 | — |
| 4 | Charles | 5,348 | — |
| 5 | George | 5,126 | — |
| 6 | Frank | 3,242 | — |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,632 | — |
| 8 | Thomas | 2,534 | — |
| 9 | Henry | 2,444 | — |
| 10 | Robert | 2,415 | — |
| 11 | Edward | 2,364 | — |
| 12 | Harry | 2,152 | — |
| 13 | Walter | 1,755 | — |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,599 | — |
| 15 | Fred | 1,569 | — |
| 16 | Albert | 1,493 | — |
| 17 | Samuel | 1,024 | — |
| 18 | David | 869 | — |
| 19 | Louis | 828 | — |
| 20 | Joe | 731 | — |
| 21 | Charlie | 730 | — |
| 22 | Clarence | 730 | — |
| 23 | Richard | 728 | — |
| 24 | Andrew | 644 | — |
| 25 | Daniel | 643 | — |
| 26 | Ernest | 615 | — |
| 27 | Will | 588 | — |
| 28 | Jesse | 569 | — |
| 29 | Oscar | 544 | — |
| 30 | Lewis | 517 | — |
| 31 | Peter | 496 | — |
| 32 | Benjamin | 490 | — |
| 33 | Frederick | 483 | — |
| 34 | Willie | 476 | — |
| 35 | Alfred | 469 | — |
| 36 | Sam | 457 | — |
| 37 | Roy | 440 | — |
| 38 | Herbert | 424 | — |
| 39 | Jacob | 404 | — |
| 40 | Tom | 399 | — |
| 41 | Elmer | 373 | — |
| 42 | Carl | 372 | — |
| 43 | Lee | 361 | — |
| 44 | Howard | 357 | — |
| 45 | Martin | 357 | — |
| 46 | Michael | 354 | — |
| 47 | Bert | 348 | — |
| 48 | Herman | 347 | — |
| 49 | Jim | 345 | — |
| 50 | Francis | 344 | — |
| 51 | Harvey | 344 | — |
| 52 | Earl | 335 | — |
| 53 | Eugene | 328 | — |
| 54 | Ralph | 317 | — |
| 55 | Ed | 310 | — |
| 56 | Claude | 309 | — |
| 57 | Edwin | 309 | — |
| 58 | Ben | 305 | — |
| 59 | Charley | 305 | — |
| 60 | Paul | 301 | — |
| 61 | Edgar | 283 | — |
| 62 | Isaac | 274 | — |
| 63 | Otto | 271 | — |
| 64 | Luther | 260 | — |
| 65 | Lawrence | 257 | — |
| 66 | Ira | 249 | — |
| 67 | Patrick | 248 | — |
| 68 | Guy | 239 | — |
| 69 | Oliver | 234 | — |
| 70 | Theodore | 232 | — |
| 71 | Hugh | 224 | — |
| 72 | Clyde | 221 | — |
| 73 | Alexander | 211 | — |
| 74 | August | 210 | — |
| 75 | Floyd | 206 | — |
| 76 | Homer | 205 | — |
| 77 | Jack | 204 | — |
| 78 | Leonard | 200 | — |
| 79 | Horace | 199 | — |
| 80 | Marion | 189 | — |
| 81 | Philip | 186 | — |
| 82 | Allen | 184 | — |
| 83 | Archie | 183 | — |
| 84 | Stephen | 176 | — |
| 85 | Chester | 168 | — |
| 86 | Willis | 166 | — |
| 87 | Raymond | 165 | — |
| 88 | Rufus | 163 | — |
| 89 | Warren | 158 | — |
| 90 | Jessie | 154 | — |
| 91 | Milton | 149 | — |
| 92 | Alex | 147 | — |
| 93 | Leo | 147 | — |
| 94 | Julius | 143 | — |
| 95 | Ray | 142 | — |
| 96 | Sidney | 142 | — |
| 97 | Bernard | 140 | — |
| 98 | Dan | 140 | — |
| 99 | Jerry | 136 | — |
| 100 | Calvin | 134 | — |