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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#2,326Cash Cash is a boy's name of English origin meaning a maker of boxes or cases.18 in the 1880s 3 of 10 years
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#2,336Cody Cody is a boy's name of Irish origin, anglicising Ó Cuidighthigh, meaning "descendant of the helpful one."18 in the 1880s 3 of 10 years
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#2,349Todd Todd is a boy's name from a northern English dialect word for a fox, given as a nickname to someone crafty or red-haired.18 in the 1880s 3 of 10 years
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#2,351Myles Myles is a boy's name and a variant spelling of Miles, whose origin is disputed.18 in the 1880s 2 of 10 years
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#2,364Augustin Augustin is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," the French form of Augustine.17 in the 1880s 3 of 10 years
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#2,382Craig Craig is a boy's name from the Gaelic word for a rock or crag, and one of the few names that is a plain landscape noun rather than a compound.17 in the 1880s 3 of 10 years
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#2,396Shepherd Shepherd is a boy's name of English origin, the occupational surname for someone who tended sheep.16 in the 1880s 3 of 10 years
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#2,415Dominic Dominic is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "of the Lord," from dominus.16 in the 1880s 3 of 10 years
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#2,431Wells Wells is a boy's name of English origin meaning someone who lived by a spring.16 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.