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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#1,727Karen Karen is a girl's name, the Danish form of Katherine, and it inherits that name's unknown meaning.49 in the 1880s 6 of 10 years
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#1,733Macie Macie is a girl's name of Norman French origin, a respelling of Macy.48 in the 1880s 7 of 10 years
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#1,740Adelina Adelina is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble".47 in the 1880s 6 of 10 years
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#1,765Nathalie Nathalie is a girl's name meaning birthday of the Lord, given to children born at Christmas.46 in the 1880s 6 of 10 years
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#1,767Amber Amber is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "ambergris."46 in the 1880s 6 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.