1880s Baby Names
1,426 names were given to children in the United States between 1880 and 1889, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#1,393Gideon Gideon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "hewer" or "one who cuts down".81 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,405Jonah Jonah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dove," from Yonah.79 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,422Santiago Santiago is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "Saint James."77 in the 1880s 8 of 10 years
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#1,425Andres Andres is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "manly" or "brave."77 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,430Roman Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome," from Romanus.76 in the 1880s 7 of 10 years
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#1,433Reed Reed is a boy's name of English origin meaning "red" — a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.76 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,434Oran Oran is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little dun one," the anglicized spelling of Odhrán, whose saint was the first buried at Iona.76 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,440Travis Travis is a boy's name from an occupational surname meaning a toll collector, one who worked at a crossing.76 in the 1880s 8 of 10 years
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#1,443Dexter Dexter is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "right-handed" or "skilful."75 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,480Maxwell Maxwell is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "Mack's pool."72 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
What made a 1880s name
Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 1880 and 1889, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "1880s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.