1880s Baby Names
351 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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#1,346Finley Finley is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "fair-haired warrior."86 in the 1880s
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#1,385Reese Reese is a name of Welsh origin meaning "ardour" or "enthusiasm."81 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,479Quincy Quincy is a unisex name of Norman French origin meaning "estate of Quintus".72 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,489Drew Drew shortens Andrew, meaning manly, and there is a second unrelated Drew from a Germanic word for a ghost or phantom.71 in the 1880s 8 of 10 years
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#1,498Jo Jo is a name serving as the short form of Joanne, Josephine and Joan for women and Joseph for men.69 in the 1880s 8 of 10 years
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#1,511Robbie Robbie is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," a diminutive of Robert.68 in the 1880s 6 of 10 years
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#1,516Courtney Courtney is a name from a Norman family whose surname is usually read as short nose, though a place-name derivation competes.67 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.