1880s Baby Names
1,407 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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#2,186Rudy Rudy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous wolf."23 in the 1880s 4 of 10 years
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#2,189Benson Benson is a boy's name of English origin meaning "son of Ben", where Ben is a medieval short form of Benedict rather than of Benjamin.23 in the 1880s 3 of 10 years
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#2,193Matthias Matthias is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God".23 in the 1880s 4 of 10 years
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#2,195Emilio Emilio is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "rival" or "eager."23 in the 1880s 4 of 10 years
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#2,223Leonidas Leonidas is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "son of the lion."22 in the 1880s 4 of 10 years
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#2,311Kyle Kyle is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "narrow strait," taken from a district of Ayrshire.19 in the 1880s 3 of 10 years
What Made a 1880s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 1880 and 1889. A name's position here is how many of them were.
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.