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Baby Names from 1880

201,484 registered births | 110,490 boys | 90,994 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1880

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
9,655 births
2 William
9,532 births
3 James
5,927 births
4 Charles
5,348 births
5 George
5,126 births
6 Frank
3,242 births
7 Joseph
2,632 births
8 Thomas
2,534 births
9 Henry
2,444 births
10 Robert
2,415 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
7,065 births
2 Anna
2,604 births
3 Emma
2,003 births
4 Elizabeth
1,939 births
5 Minnie
1,746 births
6 Margaret
1,578 births
7 Ida
1,472 births
8 Alice
1,414 births
9 Bertha
1,320 births
10 Sarah
1,288 births
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Top Unisex Names of 1880

Jessie
154 boys 635 girls
Willie
476 boys 192 girls
Pearl
62 boys 569 girls
Francis
344 boys 55 girls
Marion
189 boys 115 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

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New to the Top 200 in 1880

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

John #1 Mary #1 William #2 Anna #2 James #3 Emma #3 Charles #4 Elizabeth #4 George #5 Minnie #5 Frank #6 Margaret #6 Joseph #7 Ida #7 Thomas #8 Alice #8 Henry #9 Bertha #9 Robert #10 Sarah #10
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