1880s Baby Names
3,546 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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#1,112Gail Gail is a girl's name meaning my father rejoices, clipped from Abigail.127 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,116Freddie Freddie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "peaceful ruler."126 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,121Carol Carol is a girl's name with two independent sources: a short form of Caroline, and the word for a joyful song.125 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,124Omar Omar is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "flourishing" or "long-lived."124 in the 1880s
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#1,131Eric Eric is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning "eternal ruler" or "sole ruler."122 in the 1880s
What made a 1880s name
Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 1880 and 1889, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "1880s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.