United States · 243,460 recorded births
Top baby names of 1884
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Hazel (up 27), Hettie (up 27), Grover (up 84), Russell (up 45).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1883 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | Clara | 1,852 | ▲ 2 |
| 9 | Bertha | 1,789 | ▼ 2 |
| 10 | Annie | 1,739 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Alice | 1,732 | · |
| 12 | Florence | 1,570 | ▲ 2 |
| 13 | Grace | 1,525 | · |
| 14 | Sarah | 1,518 | ▼ 2 |
| 15 | Bessie | 1,451 | ▲ 3 |
| 16 | Martha | 1,443 | ▼ 1 |
| 17 | Nellie | 1,417 | · |
| 18 | Ethel | 1,386 | ▲ 2 |
| 19 | Ella | 1,374 | ▼ 3 |
| 20 | Mabel | 1,270 | ▲ 3 |
| 21 | Laura | 1,246 | ▼ 2 |
| 22 | Carrie | 1,245 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Cora | 1,244 | ▲ 1 |
| 24 | Maude | 1,225 | ▼ 2 |
| 25 | Pearl | 1,138 | ▲ 4 |
| 26 | Lillian | 1,109 | · |
| 27 | Edith | 1,104 | ▲ 4 |
| 28 | Gertrude | 1,063 | ▼ 3 |
| 29 | Jennie | 1,063 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Rose | 1,060 | ▲ 3 |
| 31 | Mattie | 1,007 | ▼ 1 |
| 32 | Hattie | 993 | ▼ 4 |
| 33 | Helen | 986 | ▲ 2 |
| 34 | Myrtle | 979 | ▲ 3 |
| 35 | Louise | 962 | ▲ 3 |
| 36 | Edna | 957 | ▲ 5 |
| 37 | Julia | 935 | ▼ 3 |
| 38 | Eva | 929 | ▼ 6 |
| 39 | Lula | 916 | ▲ 4 |
| 40 | Lillie | 911 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Lena | 906 | ▲ 1 |
| 42 | Jessie | 888 | ▼ 2 |
| 43 | Catherine | 874 | ▼ 7 |
| 44 | Ada | 854 | · |
| 45 | Josephine | 800 | ▲ 1 |
| 46 | Frances | 789 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Lucy | 787 | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Maggie | 749 | ▲ 1 |
| 49 | Marie | 746 | ▲ 4 |
| 50 | Fannie | 738 | ▼ 3 |
| 51 | Dora | 720 | · |
| 52 | Blanche | 711 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | Agnes | 703 | ▼ 1 |
| 54 | Daisy | 685 | ▼ 4 |
| 55 | Katherine | 671 | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Nora | 648 | ▼ 1 |
| 57 | Mamie | 609 | ▲ 1 |
| 58 | Rosa | 607 | ▲ 3 |
| 59 | Ellen | 597 | ▲ 3 |
| 60 | Stella | 584 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | May | 564 | ▼ 4 |
| 62 | Effie | 558 | ▼ 2 |
| 63 | Elsie | 549 | ▲ 2 |
| 64 | Mae | 542 | ▲ 6 |
| 65 | Della | 541 | ▲ 1 |
| 66 | Lizzie | 523 | ▼ 3 |
| 67 | Nettie | 522 | ▼ 3 |
| 68 | Nancy | 520 | ▲ 3 |
| 69 | Sallie | 494 | ▲ 3 |
| 70 | Alma | 480 | ▲ 9 |
| 71 | Sadie | 466 | ▼ 2 |
| 72 | Maud | 461 | ▼ 4 |
| 73 | Susie | 455 | ▼ 6 |
| 74 | Ruth | 442 | · |
| 75 | Etta | 423 | ▲ 5 |
| 76 | Lottie | 397 | · |
| 77 | Flora | 393 | ▼ 4 |
| 78 | Caroline | 380 | ▲ 8 |
| 79 | Mollie | 374 | ▲ 10 |
| 80 | Lydia | 369 | ▼ 5 |
| 81 | Emily | 364 | · |
| 82 | Viola | 362 | ▲ 1 |
| 83 | Katie | 360 | ▼ 5 |
| 84 | Olive | 360 | ▲ 7 |
| 85 | Addie | 356 | ▼ 8 |
| 86 | Charlotte | 344 | ▲ 6 |
| 87 | Kate | 344 | ▲ 3 |
| 88 | Kathryn | 344 | ▲ 5 |
| 89 | Lulu | 344 | ▼ 1 |
| 90 | Georgia | 341 | ▼ 6 |
| 91 | Harriet | 339 | ▼ 9 |
| 92 | Amanda | 337 | ▲ 2 |
| 93 | Willie | 332 | ▲ 3 |
| 94 | Susan | 326 | ▼ 9 |
| 95 | Irene | 324 | ▲ 5 |
| 96 | Amelia | 315 | ▲ 1 |
| 97 | Nannie | 314 | ▼ 10 |
| 98 | Jane | 295 | ▲ 4 |
| 99 | Esther | 291 | · |
| 100 | Belle | 286 | ▼ 2 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1883 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,388 | · |
| 2 | William | 8,897 | · |
| 3 | James | 5,693 | · |
| 4 | George | 4,961 | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | Charles | 4,802 | ▼ 1 |
| 6 | Frank | 3,218 | · |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,707 | · |
| 8 | Thomas | 2,572 | ▲ 2 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,474 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Robert | 2,468 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,439 | · |
| 12 | Harry | 2,323 | · |
| 13 | Walter | 1,902 | · |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,690 | · |
| 15 | Fred | 1,638 | · |
| 16 | Albert | 1,435 | · |
| 17 | Samuel | 945 | · |
| 18 | Clarence | 889 | · |
| 19 | Louis | 886 | · |
| 20 | Grover | 802 | ▲ 84 |
| 21 | David | 761 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Joe | 759 | ▲ 4 |
| 23 | Richard | 749 | ▼ 2 |
| 24 | Charlie | 746 | ▼ 2 |
| 25 | Ernest | 690 | ▼ 2 |
| 26 | Roy | 680 | ▲ 4 |
| 27 | Jesse | 670 | ▲ 1 |
| 28 | Will | 650 | ▲ 1 |
| 29 | Andrew | 616 | ▼ 5 |
| 30 | Oscar | 615 | ▼ 3 |
| 31 | Willie | 578 | ▲ 3 |
| 32 | Daniel | 573 | ▼ 7 |
| 33 | Sam | 533 | · |
| 34 | Peter | 524 | ▲ 2 |
| 35 | Elmer | 523 | ▲ 5 |
| 36 | Carl | 521 | ▼ 4 |
| 37 | Alfred | 520 | ▼ 2 |
| 38 | Benjamin | 509 | ▼ 7 |
| 39 | Lewis | 476 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Earl | 464 | ▲ 2 |
| 41 | Ralph | 464 | ▲ 4 |
| 42 | Frederick | 454 | ▼ 5 |
| 43 | Lee | 435 | · |
| 44 | Howard | 432 | ▼ 5 |
| 45 | Paul | 422 | ▲ 3 |
| 46 | Herbert | 421 | ▼ 5 |
| 47 | Tom | 394 | ▼ 3 |
| 48 | Herman | 385 | ▼ 1 |
| 49 | Martin | 385 | ▼ 3 |
| 50 | Jacob | 381 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Michael | 373 | ▲ 4 |
| 52 | Ben | 367 | ▲ 4 |
| 53 | Harvey | 358 | · |
| 54 | Claude | 353 | · |
| 55 | Jim | 346 | ▼ 3 |
| 56 | Clyde | 345 | ▼ 6 |
| 57 | Francis | 340 | ▲ 3 |
| 58 | Chester | 338 | ▲ 1 |
| 59 | Eugene | 321 | ▼ 8 |
| 60 | Ed | 314 | ▲ 4 |
| 61 | Edwin | 308 | ▼ 4 |
| 62 | Raymond | 299 | ▲ 6 |
| 63 | Charley | 290 | · |
| 64 | Edgar | 290 | ▼ 6 |
| 65 | Otto | 288 | ▲ 1 |
| 66 | Ira | 284 | ▲ 1 |
| 67 | Bert | 280 | ▼ 5 |
| 68 | Jack | 274 | ▼ 3 |
| 69 | Luther | 273 | · |
| 70 | Floyd | 263 | ▲ 3 |
| 71 | Lawrence | 262 | ▼ 10 |
| 72 | Guy | 260 | ▼ 1 |
| 73 | Hugh | 246 | ▲ 1 |
| 74 | Oliver | 245 | ▼ 2 |
| 75 | Isaac | 243 | ▼ 5 |
| 76 | Alexander | 236 | ▲ 4 |
| 77 | Ray | 232 | ▲ 1 |
| 78 | Patrick | 222 | ▼ 3 |
| 79 | Homer | 216 | ▼ 3 |
| 80 | August | 213 | ▼ 3 |
| 81 | Theodore | 211 | · |
| 82 | Archie | 206 | ▲ 2 |
| 83 | Leonard | 206 | ▼ 4 |
| 84 | Leo | 192 | ▲ 11 |
| 85 | Harold | 191 | ▲ 32 |
| 86 | Marion | 184 | ▲ 1 |
| 87 | Allen | 182 | ▼ 5 |
| 88 | Anthony | 179 | ▲ 4 |
| 89 | Eddie | 179 | ▲ 16 |
| 90 | Jessie | 177 | ▼ 1 |
| 91 | Emil | 175 | ▲ 8 |
| 92 | Cleveland | 174 | new |
| 93 | Stephen | 165 | ▲ 5 |
| 94 | Warren | 164 | ▼ 3 |
| 95 | Julius | 162 | ▼ 7 |
| 96 | Philip | 161 | ▼ 11 |
| 97 | Dave | 159 | ▲ 4 |
| 98 | Horace | 154 | ▼ 15 |
| 99 | Leroy | 154 | ▼ 5 |
| 100 | Dan | 151 | ▲ 9 |