Top Baby Names of 1884
United States · 243,460 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration
Top 100 — Girls
| Rank | Name | Births | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mary | 9,217 | — |
| #2 | Anna | 3,860 | — |
| #3 | Emma | 2,587 | — |
| #4 | Elizabeth | 2,549 | — |
| #5 | Minnie | 2,243 | — |
| #6 | Margaret | 2,142 | — |
| #7 | Ida | 1,882 | ↑1 |
| #8 | Clara | 1,852 | ↑2 |
| #9 | Bertha | 1,789 | ↓2 |
| #10 | Annie | 1,739 | ↓1 |
| #11 | Alice | 1,732 | — |
| #12 | Florence | 1,570 | ↑2 |
| #13 | Grace | 1,525 | — |
| #14 | Sarah | 1,518 | ↓2 |
| #15 | Bessie | 1,451 | ↑3 |
| #16 | Martha | 1,443 | ↓1 |
| #17 | Nellie | 1,417 | — |
| #18 | Ethel | 1,386 | ↑2 |
| #19 | Ella | 1,374 | ↓3 |
| #20 | Mabel | 1,270 | ↑3 |
| #21 | Laura | 1,246 | ↓2 |
| #22 | Carrie | 1,245 | ↓1 |
| #23 | Cora | 1,244 | ↑1 |
| #24 | Maude | 1,225 | ↓2 |
| #25 | Pearl | 1,138 | ↑4 |
| #26 | Lillian | 1,109 | — |
| #27 | Edith | 1,104 | ↑4 |
| #28 | Gertrude | 1,063 | ↓3 |
| #28 | Jennie | 1,063 | ↓1 |
| #30 | Rose | 1,060 | ↑3 |
| #31 | Mattie | 1,007 | ↓1 |
| #32 | Hattie | 993 | ↓4 |
| #33 | Helen | 986 | ↑2 |
| #34 | Myrtle | 979 | ↑3 |
| #35 | Louise | 962 | ↑3 |
| #36 | Edna | 957 | ↑5 |
| #37 | Julia | 935 | ↓3 |
| #38 | Eva | 929 | ↓6 |
| #39 | Lula | 916 | ↑4 |
| #40 | Lillie | 911 | ↓1 |
| #41 | Lena | 906 | ↑1 |
| #42 | Jessie | 888 | ↓2 |
| #43 | Catherine | 874 | ↓7 |
| #44 | Ada | 854 | — |
| #45 | Josephine | 800 | ↑1 |
| #46 | Frances | 789 | ↓1 |
| #47 | Lucy | 787 | ↑1 |
| #48 | Maggie | 749 | — |
| #49 | Marie | 746 | ↑4 |
| #50 | Fannie | 738 | ↓3 |
| #51 | Dora | 720 | — |
| #52 | Blanche | 711 | ↑2 |
| #53 | Agnes | 703 | ↓1 |
| #54 | Daisy | 685 | ↓4 |
| #55 | Katherine | 671 | ↑1 |
| #56 | Nora | 648 | ↓1 |
| #57 | Mamie | 609 | ↑1 |
| #58 | Rosa | 607 | ↑2 |
| #59 | Ellen | 597 | ↑3 |
| #60 | Stella | 584 | ↓1 |
| #61 | May | 564 | ↓4 |
| #62 | Effie | 558 | ↓2 |
| #63 | Elsie | 549 | ↑2 |
| #64 | Mae | 542 | ↑6 |
| #65 | Della | 541 | ↑1 |
| #66 | Lizzie | 523 | ↓3 |
| #67 | Nettie | 522 | ↓3 |
| #68 | Nancy | 520 | ↑3 |
| #69 | Sallie | 494 | ↑3 |
| #70 | Alma | 480 | ↑9 |
| #71 | Sadie | 466 | ↓3 |
| #72 | Maud | 461 | ↓4 |
| #73 | Susie | 455 | ↓6 |
| #74 | Ruth | 442 | ↓1 |
| #75 | Etta | 423 | ↑5 |
| #76 | Lottie | 397 | — |
| #77 | Flora | 393 | ↓4 |
| #78 | Caroline | 380 | ↑8 |
| #79 | Mollie | 374 | ↑10 |
| #80 | Lydia | 369 | ↓5 |
| #81 | Emily | 364 | — |
| #82 | Viola | 362 | ↑1 |
| #83 | Katie | 360 | ↓5 |
| #83 | Olive | 360 | ↑7 |
| #85 | Addie | 356 | ↓8 |
| #86 | Charlotte | 344 | ↑6 |
| #86 | Kate | 344 | ↑4 |
| #86 | Kathryn | 344 | ↑7 |
| #86 | Lulu | 344 | ↑2 |
| #90 | Georgia | 341 | ↓6 |
| #91 | Harriet | 339 | ↓9 |
| #92 | Amanda | 337 | ↑2 |
| #93 | Willie | 332 | ↑3 |
| #94 | Susan | 326 | ↓9 |
| #95 | Irene | 324 | ↑4 |
| #96 | Amelia | 315 | ↑1 |
| #97 | Nannie | 314 | ↓10 |
| #98 | Jane | 295 | |
| #99 | Esther | 291 | — |
| #100 | Belle | 286 | ↓3 |
Top 100 — Boys
| Rank | Name | Births | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | John | 9,388 | — |
| #2 | William | 8,897 | — |
| #3 | James | 5,693 | — |
| #4 | George | 4,961 | ↑1 |
| #5 | Charles | 4,802 | ↓1 |
| #6 | Frank | 3,218 | — |
| #7 | Joseph | 2,707 | — |
| #8 | Thomas | 2,572 | ↑2 |
| #9 | Henry | 2,474 | ↓1 |
| #10 | Robert | 2,468 | ↓1 |
| #11 | Edward | 2,439 | — |
| #12 | Harry | 2,323 | — |
| #13 | Walter | 1,902 | — |
| #14 | Arthur | 1,690 | — |
| #15 | Fred | 1,638 | — |
| #16 | Albert | 1,435 | — |
| #17 | Samuel | 945 | — |
| #18 | Clarence | 889 | — |
| #19 | Louis | 886 | — |
| #20 | Grover | 802 | |
| #21 | David | 761 | ↓1 |
| #22 | Joe | 759 | ↑4 |
| #23 | Richard | 749 | ↓2 |
| #24 | Charlie | 746 | ↓2 |
| #25 | Ernest | 690 | ↓2 |
| #26 | Roy | 680 | ↑4 |
| #27 | Jesse | 670 | ↑1 |
| #28 | Will | 650 | ↑1 |
| #29 | Andrew | 616 | ↓5 |
| #30 | Oscar | 615 | ↓4 |
| #31 | Willie | 578 | ↑3 |
| #32 | Daniel | 573 | ↓7 |
| #33 | Sam | 533 | — |
| #34 | Peter | 524 | ↑2 |
| #35 | Elmer | 523 | ↑5 |
| #36 | Carl | 521 | ↓4 |
| #37 | Alfred | 520 | ↓2 |
| #38 | Benjamin | 509 | ↓7 |
| #39 | Lewis | 476 | ↓1 |
| #40 | Earl | 464 | ↑2 |
| #40 | Ralph | 464 | ↑5 |
| #42 | Frederick | 454 | ↓5 |
| #43 | Lee | 435 | — |
| #44 | Howard | 432 | ↓5 |
| #45 | Paul | 422 | ↑3 |
| #46 | Herbert | 421 | ↓5 |
| #47 | Tom | 394 | ↓3 |
| #48 | Herman | 385 | ↓1 |
| #48 | Martin | 385 | ↓2 |
| #50 | Jacob | 381 | ↓1 |
| #51 | Michael | 373 | ↑4 |
| #52 | Ben | 367 | ↑4 |
| #53 | Harvey | 358 | — |
| #54 | Claude | 353 | — |
| #55 | Jim | 346 | ↓3 |
| #56 | Clyde | 345 | ↓6 |
| #57 | Francis | 340 | ↑3 |
| #58 | Chester | 338 | ↑1 |
| #59 | Eugene | 321 | ↓8 |
| #60 | Ed | 314 | ↑4 |
| #61 | Edwin | 308 | ↓4 |
| #62 | Raymond | 299 | ↑6 |
| #63 | Charley | 290 | — |
| #63 | Edgar | 290 | ↓5 |
| #65 | Otto | 288 | ↑1 |
| #66 | Ira | 284 | ↑1 |
| #67 | Bert | 280 | ↓5 |
| #68 | Jack | 274 | ↓3 |
| #69 | Luther | 273 | — |
| #70 | Floyd | 263 | ↑3 |
| #71 | Lawrence | 262 | ↓10 |
| #72 | Guy | 260 | ↓1 |
| #73 | Hugh | 246 | ↑1 |
| #74 | Oliver | 245 | ↓2 |
| #75 | Isaac | 243 | ↓5 |
| #76 | Alexander | 236 | ↑4 |
| #77 | Ray | 232 | ↑1 |
| #78 | Patrick | 222 | ↓3 |
| #79 | Homer | 216 | ↓3 |
| #80 | August | 213 | ↓3 |
| #81 | Theodore | 211 | — |
| #82 | Archie | 206 | ↑2 |
| #82 | Leonard | 206 | ↓3 |
| #84 | Leo | 192 | ↑11 |
| #85 | Harold | 191 | |
| #86 | Marion | 184 | ↑1 |
| #87 | Allen | 182 | ↓5 |
| #88 | Anthony | 179 | ↑4 |
| #88 | Eddie | 179 | |
| #90 | Jessie | 177 | ↓1 |
| #91 | Emil | 175 | ↑8 |
| #92 | Cleveland | 174 | |
| #93 | Stephen | 165 | ↑4 |
| #94 | Warren | 164 | ↓3 |
| #95 | Julius | 162 | ↓7 |
| #96 | Philip | 161 | ↓12 |
| #97 | Dave | 159 | |
| #98 | Horace | 154 | ↓15 |
| #98 | Leroy | 154 | ↓6 |
| #100 | Dan | 151 |