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Baby Names from 1883

216,946 registered births | 104,625 boys | 112,321 girls

← 1882 1880s Overview 1884 →

Top 10 Baby Names of 1883

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
8,894 births
2 William
8,387 births
3 James
5,223 births
4 Charles
4,826 births
5 George
4,736 births
6 Frank
2,986 births
7 Joseph
2,515 births
8 Henry
2,383 births
9 Robert
2,334 births
10 Thomas
2,316 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
8,012 births
2 Anna
3,306 births
3 Emma
2,367 births
4 Elizabeth
2,255 births
5 Minnie
2,035 births
6 Margaret
1,881 births
7 Bertha
1,682 births
8 Ida
1,634 births
9 Annie
1,589 births
10 Clara
1,548 births

Top Unisex Names of 1883

Jessie
151 boys 834 girls
Willie
474 boys 264 girls
Lee
388 boys 55 girls
Marion
163 boys 184 girls
Francis
285 boys 54 girls

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

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1883

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

Biggest Risers

B Grover
#220 → #104 (+116)
G Linnie
#273 → #194 (+79)
G Hilda
#226 → #169 (+57)
B Orville
#254 → #198 (+56)
B Glenn
#233 → #182 (+51)

Biggest Fallers

B Jeff
#166 → #243 (-77)
G Eugenia
#190 → #261 (-71)
B Abraham
#151 → #208 (-57)
B Monroe
#179 → #234 (-55)
B Millard
#189 → #244 (-55)
G Lucille
#171 → #221 (-50)

New to the Top 200 in 1883

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

Grover #104 Glenn #182 Jean #183 Dock #186 Olga #188 Selma #189 Bob #190 Steve #191 Vera #193 Lois #195 Clayton #199
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