1880s Baby Names
1,788 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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#1,432Thelma Thelma is a girl's name invented for a novel in 1887, and the Greek word it was probably built from means "will" or "volition."76 in the 1880s 7 of 10 years
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#1,444Juliette Juliette is a girl's name of Latin origin, the French diminutive of Julie and so of Julia, from the Roman family name Julius.75 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,449Elena Elena is a girl's name of Greek origin, the Italian, Spanish, and Russian form of Helen.74 in the 1880s 8 of 10 years
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#1,468Rosemary Rosemary is not Rose and Mary joined together — it is the herb, from a Latin phrase meaning dew of the sea.73 in the 1880s 8 of 10 years
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#1,480Hollie Hollie is a girl's name from the holly tree, whose name comes from a word meaning "prickly" rather than anything festive.72 in the 1880s 8 of 10 years
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#1,491Miranda Miranda was coined by Shakespeare for The Tempest around 1611, from the Latin for to be wondered at.70 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,492Allison Allison is a girl's name of Norman French origin, from Alis — the medieval form of Alice — plus a diminutive ending.70 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,493Suzanne Suzanne is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "lily," from shoshannah.70 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,502Alicia Alicia is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," a Latinate form of Alice.69 in the 1880s 8 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.