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Baby Names from 1881

192,688 registered births | 100,735 boys | 91,953 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1881

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
8,768 births
2 William
8,524 births
3 James
5,441 births
4 George
4,664 births
5 Charles
4,636 births
6 Frank
2,834 births
7 Joseph
2,456 births
8 Henry
2,339 births
9 Thomas
2,282 births
10 Edward
2,177 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
6,919 births
2 Anna
2,698 births
3 Emma
2,034 births
4 Elizabeth
1,852 births
5 Margaret
1,658 births
6 Minnie
1,653 births
7 Ida
1,439 births
8 Annie
1,326 births
9 Bertha
1,324 births
10 Alice
1,308 births

Top Unisex Names of 1881

Jessie
143 boys 661 girls
Willie
498 boys 229 girls
Lee
342 boys 39 girls
Francis
259 boys 47 girls
Marion
162 boys 110 girls

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

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1881

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

B Lonnie
#223 → #158 (+65)
B Joel
#263 → #198 (+65)
B Clark
#237 → #176 (+61)
G Winnie
#222 → #162 (+60)
B Eli
#177 → #121 (+56)
B Max
#230 → #177 (+53)
G Linnie
#242 → #189 (+53)

Biggest Fallers

B Lon
#193 → #316 (-123)
B Mike
#143 → #231 (-88)
B Winfield
#122 → #183 (-61)
B Fredrick
#126 → #180 (-54)
B Elias
#189 → #243 (-54)

New to the Top 200 in 1881

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

Lonnie #158 Winnie #162 Austin #175 Clark #176 Max #177 Mose #184 Rudolph #186 Linnie #189 Orville #191 Irving #192 Andy #193 Ellis #194 Lemuel #195 Monroe #196 Adeline #196 Genevieve #197 Joel #198 Loretta #199 Lida #200
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