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Baby Names from 1884

243,461 registered births | 114,442 boys | 129,019 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1884

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
9,388 births
2 William
8,897 births
3 James
5,693 births
4 George
4,961 births
5 Charles
4,802 births
6 Frank
3,218 births
7 Joseph
2,707 births
8 Thomas
2,572 births
9 Henry
2,474 births
10 Robert
2,468 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
9,217 births
2 Anna
3,860 births
3 Emma
2,587 births
4 Elizabeth
2,549 births
5 Minnie
2,243 births
6 Margaret
2,142 births
7 Ida
1,882 births
8 Clara
1,852 births
9 Bertha
1,789 births
10 Annie
1,739 births

Top Unisex Names of 1884

Jessie
177 boys 888 girls
Willie
578 boys 332 girls
Lee
435 boys 48 girls
Francis
340 boys 56 girls
Marion
184 boys 181 girls

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

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1884

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

Biggest Risers

B Cleveland
#280 → #92 (+188)
G Goldie
#254 → #153 (+101)
B Grover
#104 → #20 (+84)
B Pete
#251 → #175 (+76)
B Jeff
#243 → #185 (+58)
B Irving
#233 → #176 (+57)
B Austin
#247 → #192 (+55)

Biggest Fallers

G Mina
#178 → #262 (-84)
B Newton
#197 → #267 (-70)
B Asa
#193 → #260 (-67)
G Selma
#189 → #243 (-54)
B Christopher
#144 → #196 (-52)
B Bob
#190 → #240 (-50)

New to the Top 200 in 1884

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

Cleveland #92 Goldie #153 Cecelia #169 Bill #171 Pete #175 Marguerite #184 Cecil #186 Gladys #193 Sherman #195
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