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Baby Names from 1882

221,533 registered births | 113,686 boys | 107,847 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1882

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
9,557 births
2 William
9,298 births
3 James
5,892 births
4 George
5,193 births
5 Charles
5,091 births
6 Frank
3,176 births
7 Joseph
2,670 births
8 Thomas
2,610 births
9 Henry
2,579 births
10 Robert
2,500 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
8,148 births
2 Anna
3,143 births
3 Emma
2,303 births
4 Elizabeth
2,186 births
5 Minnie
2,004 births
6 Margaret
1,821 births
7 Ida
1,673 births
8 Alice
1,542 births
9 Bertha
1,508 births
10 Annie
1,492 births

Top Unisex Names of 1882

Jessie
192 boys 806 girls
Willie
541 boys 291 girls
Lee
427 boys 43 girls
Francis
327 boys 54 girls
Marion
157 boys 141 girls

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

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1882

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

Biggest Risers

G Verna
#288 → #182 (+106)
B Bruce
#270 → #193 (+77)
B Millard
#265 → #189 (+76)
B Mike
#231 → #156 (+75)
G Eugenia
#252 → #190 (+62)
B Mack
#156 → #101 (+55)
B Ollie
#228 → #174 (+54)
G Lucille
#224 → #171 (+53)

Biggest Fallers

B Garfield
#88 → #190 (-102)
B Winfield
#183 → #276 (-93)
G Linnie
#189 → #273 (-84)
B Lemuel
#195 → #264 (-69)
G Lora
#169 → #234 (-65)
B Orville
#191 → #254 (-63)
B Irvin
#140 → #195 (-55)
B Roscoe
#118 → #168 (-50)

New to the Top 200 in 1882

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

Lucille #171 Bess #180 Verna #182 Elva #184 Millard #189 Eugenia #190 Ike #191 Hazel #191 Bruce #193 Byron #194 Gussie #198
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