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› GirlsThe 200 most popular girls’ names of 1881
938 different girls’ names were
recorded in 1881, covering
91,953 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 Mary 6,919 2 Anna 2,698 3 Emma 2,034 4 Elizabeth 1,852 5 Margaret 1,658 6 Minnie 1,653 7 Ida 1,439 8 Annie 1,326 9 Bertha 1,324 10 Alice 1,308 11 Clara 1,242 12 Sarah 1,226 13 Ella 1,148 14 Nellie 1,096 15 Grace 1,089 16 Florence 1,046 17 Martha 1,044 18 Cora 969 19 Laura 962 20 Carrie 958 21 Maude 923 22 Bessie 903 23 Mabel 893 24 Gertrude 791 25 Ethel 788 26 Jennie 784 27 Edith 778 28 Hattie 775 29 Mattie 754 30 Julia 737 31 Rose 734 32 Lillian 723 33 Lillie 678 34 Jessie 661 34 Eva 661 36 Lula 655 37 Myrtle 643 38 Pearl 641 39 Edna 637 40 Catherine 635 41 Ada 628 42 Louise 617 43 Helen 612 44 Lucy 611 45 Frances 586 46 Dora 585 47 Fannie 565 48 Josephine 563 49 Daisy 562 50 Lena 555 51 Maggie 532 52 Katherine 504 53 Rosa 500 54 Marie 499 55 Nora 498 56 Effie 463 57 Blanche 456 58 May 451 59 Nancy 429 60 Della 428 61 Agnes 424 62 Nettie 419 63 Stella 416 63 Sallie 416 65 Ellen 413 66 Mamie 412 67 Lizzie 396 68 Susie 367 69 Sadie 366 70 Elsie 344 71 Maud 328 72 Flora 317 73 Etta 316 73 Caroline 316 75 Mae 314 76 Lulu 313 77 Lydia 299 78 Alma 293 79 Susan 292 80 Lottie 289 81 Addie 287 82 Mollie 281 83 Katie 279 84 Ruth 275 85 Harriet 270 86 Kate 267 87 Amanda 263 88 Nannie 258 89 Georgia 256 90 Emily 244 91 Eliza 238 92 Viola 237 93 Amelia 235 94 Willie 229 95 Charlotte 227 96 Rebecca 226 97 Belle 219 98 Kathryn 218 99 Jane 216 100 Olive 211 101 Virginia 210 102 Irene 206 103 Hannah 196 104 Ora 191 105 Esther 189 106 Matilda 187 107 Henrietta 181 108 Theresa 173 109 Ollie 169 110 Pauline 166 111 Estella 163 112 Beulah 162 113 Rachel 157 113 Augusta 157 115 Mildred 154 116 Josie 149 117 Sara 147 118 Amy 145 119 Louisa 142 120 Luella 141 121 Leona 138 122 Anne 131 123 Ann 130 123 Barbara 130 125 Lola 129 126 Estelle 127 127 Lela 125 128 Millie 124 129 Nina 123 130 Sophia 122 130 Iva 122 132 Maria 120 133 Ruby 119 134 Victoria 117 135 Evelyn 116 136 Mayme 115 137 Lou 114 137 Alta 114 139 Janie 113 140 Betty 112 141 Delia 111 142 Eleanor 110 142 Marion 110 144 Dorothy 109 145 Ina 108 146 Celia 107 147 Callie 104 148 Bettie 103 149 Allie 98 150 Inez 95 151 Dollie 90 151 Ola 90 153 Mable 88 153 Rena 88 153 Lucinda 88 156 Beatrice 87 157 Harriett 86 158 Rosie 85 159 Birdie 84 159 Rhoda 84 159 Eula 84 159 Winnie 84 163 Tillie 82 163 Isabelle 82 163 Christina 82 166 Winifred 81 166 Abbie 81 168 Essie 80 168 Lora 80 170 Sally 79 171 Sophie 78 172 Leila 77 172 Eunice 77 174 Isabel 76 175 Nell 75 176 Lelia 74 177 Myra 72 177 Nelle 72 177 Roxie 72 180 Mathilda 69 181 Bertie 68 181 Katharine 68 181 Lenora 68 181 Lettie 68 185 Christine 67 185 Sylvia 67 185 Sue 67 188 Cornelia 66 189 Linnie 65 190 Alberta 64 190 Hettie 64 192 Mina 62 192 Adelaide 62 194 Helena 61 195 Carolyn 60 196 Johanna 58 196 Genevieve 58 196 Adeline 58 196 Loretta 58 200 Lida 57
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five girls in
1881 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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