United States · 221,533 recorded births
Top baby names of 1882
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Rosie (up 28), Eleanor (up 25), Mack (up 55), Manuel (up 51).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1881 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 8,148 | · |
| 2 | Anna | 3,143 | · |
| 3 | Emma | 2,303 | · |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 2,186 | · |
| 5 | Minnie | 2,004 | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | Margaret | 1,821 | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | Ida | 1,673 | · |
| 8 | Alice | 1,542 | ▲ 2 |
| 9 | Bertha | 1,508 | · |
| 10 | Annie | 1,492 | ▼ 2 |
| 11 | Clara | 1,490 | · |
| 12 | Sarah | 1,410 | · |
| 13 | Florence | 1,322 | ▲ 3 |
| 14 | Martha | 1,229 | ▲ 3 |
| 15 | Ella | 1,206 | ▼ 2 |
| 16 | Grace | 1,195 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Laura | 1,151 | ▲ 2 |
| 18 | Bessie | 1,144 | ▲ 4 |
| 19 | Nellie | 1,138 | ▼ 5 |
| 20 | Maude | 1,089 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Cora | 1,076 | ▼ 3 |
| 22 | Carrie | 1,037 | ▼ 2 |
| 23 | Mabel | 997 | · |
| 24 | Ethel | 989 | ▲ 1 |
| 25 | Mattie | 966 | ▲ 4 |
| 26 | Gertrude | 939 | ▼ 2 |
| 27 | Jennie | 934 | ▼ 1 |
| 28 | Rose | 886 | ▲ 3 |
| 29 | Edith | 876 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Hattie | 859 | ▼ 2 |
| 31 | Helen | 838 | ▲ 12 |
| 32 | Lillian | 830 | · |
| 33 | Pearl | 824 | ▲ 5 |
| 34 | Louise | 813 | ▲ 8 |
| 35 | Julia | 811 | ▼ 5 |
| 36 | Lillie | 810 | ▼ 3 |
| 37 | Jessie | 806 | ▼ 2 |
| 38 | Myrtle | 803 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Edna | 783 | · |
| 40 | Lula | 780 | ▼ 4 |
| 41 | Eva | 765 | ▼ 7 |
| 42 | Catherine | 726 | ▼ 2 |
| 43 | Lena | 697 | ▲ 7 |
| 44 | Ada | 689 | ▼ 3 |
| 45 | Frances | 681 | · |
| 46 | Lucy | 673 | ▼ 2 |
| 47 | Fannie | 650 | · |
| 48 | Daisy | 648 | ▲ 1 |
| 49 | Josephine | 638 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Maggie | 627 | ▲ 1 |
| 51 | Dora | 594 | ▼ 5 |
| 52 | Katherine | 591 | · |
| 53 | Marie | 591 | ▲ 1 |
| 54 | Agnes | 565 | ▲ 7 |
| 55 | Effie | 561 | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Blanche | 547 | ▲ 1 |
| 57 | Rosa | 542 | ▼ 4 |
| 58 | Nora | 539 | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | May | 510 | ▼ 1 |
| 60 | Mamie | 508 | ▲ 6 |
| 61 | Stella | 506 | ▲ 3 |
| 62 | Lizzie | 495 | ▲ 5 |
| 63 | Sallie | 487 | · |
| 64 | Ellen | 452 | ▲ 1 |
| 65 | Elsie | 448 | ▲ 5 |
| 66 | Della | 447 | ▼ 6 |
| 67 | Nancy | 439 | ▼ 8 |
| 68 | Nettie | 439 | ▼ 6 |
| 69 | Maud | 432 | ▲ 2 |
| 70 | Susie | 412 | ▼ 2 |
| 71 | Mae | 406 | ▲ 4 |
| 72 | Sadie | 391 | ▼ 3 |
| 73 | Flora | 380 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Alma | 368 | ▲ 4 |
| 75 | Etta | 352 | ▼ 1 |
| 76 | Lydia | 342 | ▲ 1 |
| 77 | Addie | 341 | ▲ 4 |
| 78 | Katie | 327 | ▲ 5 |
| 79 | Susan | 326 | · |
| 80 | Ruth | 323 | ▲ 4 |
| 81 | Georgia | 320 | ▲ 8 |
| 82 | Lottie | 319 | ▼ 2 |
| 83 | Viola | 310 | ▲ 9 |
| 84 | Mollie | 305 | ▼ 2 |
| 85 | Caroline | 304 | ▼ 12 |
| 86 | Nannie | 299 | ▲ 2 |
| 87 | Kate | 293 | ▼ 1 |
| 88 | Olive | 291 | ▲ 12 |
| 89 | Willie | 291 | ▲ 5 |
| 90 | Harriet | 289 | ▼ 5 |
| 91 | Amanda | 288 | ▼ 4 |
| 92 | Eliza | 280 | ▼ 1 |
| 93 | Lulu | 279 | ▼ 17 |
| 94 | Virginia | 274 | ▲ 7 |
| 95 | Emily | 272 | ▼ 5 |
| 96 | Kathryn | 272 | ▲ 2 |
| 97 | Esther | 266 | ▲ 8 |
| 98 | Belle | 264 | ▼ 1 |
| 99 | Rebecca | 259 | ▼ 3 |
| 100 | Charlotte | 257 | ▼ 5 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1881 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,557 | · |
| 2 | William | 9,298 | · |
| 3 | James | 5,892 | · |
| 4 | George | 5,193 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 5,091 | · |
| 6 | Frank | 3,176 | · |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,670 | · |
| 8 | Thomas | 2,610 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,579 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Robert | 2,500 | ▲ 1 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,477 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Harry | 2,232 | · |
| 13 | Walter | 1,805 | · |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,686 | · |
| 15 | Fred | 1,641 | · |
| 16 | Albert | 1,499 | · |
| 17 | Samuel | 1,003 | · |
| 18 | Louis | 852 | ▲ 1 |
| 19 | David | 838 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Clarence | 837 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Charlie | 753 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Richard | 746 | · |
| 23 | Joe | 739 | · |
| 24 | Andrew | 673 | · |
| 25 | Will | 666 | ▲ 1 |
| 26 | Jesse | 660 | ▲ 1 |
| 27 | Ernest | 642 | ▼ 2 |
| 28 | Oscar | 625 | · |
| 29 | Daniel | 594 | · |
| 30 | Sam | 555 | ▲ 2 |
| 31 | Willie | 541 | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | Alfred | 523 | ▲ 1 |
| 33 | Roy | 521 | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 478 | ▼ 3 |
| 35 | Carl | 478 | ▲ 6 |
| 36 | Peter | 461 | ▲ 1 |
| 37 | Frederick | 457 | ▼ 1 |
| 38 | Elmer | 441 | · |
| 39 | Lewis | 441 | ▼ 4 |
| 40 | Herbert | 431 | · |
| 41 | Lee | 427 | ▲ 3 |
| 42 | Howard | 422 | · |
| 43 | Ralph | 407 | ▲ 2 |
| 44 | Paul | 397 | ▲ 11 |
| 45 | Jim | 396 | ▲ 2 |
| 46 | Jacob | 390 | ▼ 7 |
| 47 | Tom | 390 | ▼ 4 |
| 48 | Martin | 387 | ▼ 2 |
| 49 | Earl | 377 | ▼ 1 |
| 50 | Claude | 356 | ▲ 3 |
| 51 | Herman | 348 | ▲ 1 |
| 52 | Bert | 341 | ▼ 2 |
| 53 | Eugene | 341 | ▼ 4 |
| 54 | Ed | 337 | ▲ 7 |
| 55 | Ben | 334 | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Francis | 327 | ▲ 7 |
| 57 | Michael | 321 | ▼ 3 |
| 58 | Edgar | 308 | ▼ 7 |
| 59 | Edwin | 305 | ▲ 1 |
| 60 | Chester | 300 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Harvey | 300 | ▼ 3 |
| 62 | Clyde | 293 | ▲ 6 |
| 63 | Lawrence | 287 | ▲ 3 |
| 64 | Luther | 284 | ▲ 1 |
| 65 | Isaac | 278 | ▼ 1 |
| 66 | Jack | 271 | ▲ 7 |
| 67 | Charley | 262 | ▼ 5 |
| 68 | Guy | 253 | ▲ 8 |
| 69 | Otto | 252 | · |
| 70 | Patrick | 249 | ▲ 5 |
| 71 | Ira | 244 | ▼ 14 |
| 72 | Oliver | 244 | ▼ 5 |
| 73 | Hugh | 239 | ▼ 3 |
| 74 | August | 234 | ▲ 7 |
| 75 | Theodore | 232 | ▲ 4 |
| 76 | Floyd | 231 | ▲ 2 |
| 77 | Leonard | 231 | ▼ 5 |
| 78 | Raymond | 230 | ▼ 4 |
| 79 | Alexander | 225 | ▼ 8 |
| 80 | Allen | 206 | · |
| 81 | Stephen | 201 | ▲ 8 |
| 82 | Archie | 195 | ▲ 19 |
| 83 | Ray | 195 | ▲ 4 |
| 84 | Jessie | 192 | ▲ 7 |
| 85 | Homer | 190 | ▼ 8 |
| 86 | Warren | 183 | ▼ 2 |
| 87 | Philip | 182 | ▼ 4 |
| 88 | Horace | 176 | ▼ 3 |
| 89 | Alex | 172 | ▲ 20 |
| 90 | Eddie | 169 | ▲ 24 |
| 91 | Julius | 168 | ▲ 6 |
| 92 | Emil | 157 | ▼ 2 |
| 93 | Marion | 157 | ▼ 11 |
| 94 | Clifford | 155 | ▲ 18 |
| 95 | Milton | 155 | ▼ 3 |
| 96 | Leroy | 152 | ▲ 2 |
| 97 | Dan | 150 | ▼ 11 |
| 98 | Rufus | 147 | ▲ 7 |
| 99 | Leo | 146 | ▲ 4 |
| 100 | Sidney | 146 | ▼ 1 |