Top baby names of 1888
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4James85,626
- 5George75,620
- 6Charles70,678
- 7Frank53,250
- 8Anna52,592
- 9Joseph46,076
- 10Robert43,336
- 11Harry42,474
- 12Henry39,964
- 13Edward38,026
- 14Thomas37,718
- 15Elizabeth34,034
- 16Emma32,588
- 17Walter31,406
- 18Margaret30,656
- 19Minnie28,018
- 20Arthur26,326
- 21Bertha25,864
- 22Florence25,800
- 23Fred25,632
- 24Ethel25,062
- 25Albert24,140
- 26Bessie24,058
- 27Clara23,542
- 28Ida23,530
- 29Alice23,246
- 30Annie23,098
- 31Grace22,064
- 32Helen19,498
- 33Mabel19,318
- 34Ella18,728
- 35Martha18,674
- 36Sarah18,526
- 37Nellie18,326
- 38Edna17,808
- 39Lillian17,482
- 40Carrie17,386
- 41Laura17,144
- 42Pearl16,796
- 43Rose16,784
- 44Clarence15,748
- 45Gertrude15,498
- 46Edith15,338
- 47Frances15,338
- 48Cora15,128
- 49Maude14,738
- 50Samuel14,332
- 51Louise14,082
- 52Eva14,030
- 53Myrtle13,830
- 54Hattie13,702
- 55Jennie13,702
- 56Julia13,640
- 57Louis13,610
- 58Mattie13,386
- 59Marie13,280
- 60Lillie13,186
- 61Roy13,178
- 62Catherine12,794
- 63Jessie12,668
- 64Lula12,382
- 65David12,332
- 66Lena12,266
- 67Charlie12,254
- 68Joe12,146
- 69Willie12,100
- 70Benjamin12,024
- 71Richard11,884
- 72Ernest11,792
- 73Ada11,782
- 74Elsie11,738
- 75Agnes11,042
- 76Will10,884
- 77Josephine10,568
- 78Fannie10,462
- 79Carl10,392
- 80Earl10,392
- 81Oscar9,960
- 82Jesse9,806
- 83Andrew9,468
- 84Sam9,344
- 85Daniel8,714
- 86Ralph8,420
- 87Alfred8,252
- 88Paul8,144
- 89Elmer8,114
- 90Howard7,898
- 91Peter7,666
- 92Frederick7,636
- 93Herbert7,466
- 94Grover7,298
- 95Raymond7,220
- 96Michael7,174
- 97Ben7,112
- 98Lee6,620
- 99Tom6,404
- 100Lewis6,342