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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#1,113Gail 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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#1,117Freddie Freddie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "peaceful ruler."126 in the 1880s 9 of 10 years
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#1,120Carol 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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#1,133Eric 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
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.