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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#2,480Knox Knox is a boy's name of Scottish origin meaning "round hill."15 in the 1880s 2 of 10 years
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#2,493Gerard Gerard is a boy's name from Germanic elements meaning brave with the spear.14 in the 1880s 2 of 10 years
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#2,537Banks Banks is a boy's name of English origin meaning someone who lived by a slope or a riverbank.13 in the 1880s 2 of 10 years
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#2,540Keith Keith is a boy's name from a Scottish place name, probably from a Brittonic word for a wood.12 in the 1880s 2 of 10 years
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#2,548Ashton Ashton is a name of Old English origin meaning "ash tree settlement."12 in the 1880s 2 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.