United States · 299,474 recorded births
Top baby names of 1888
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Bertie (up 30), Goldie (up 21), Harrison (up 78), Simon (up 45).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1887 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 11,754 | · |
| 2 | Anna | 4,982 | · |
| 3 | Elizabeth | 3,224 | · |
| 4 | Emma | 3,087 | · |
| 5 | Margaret | 2,904 | · |
| 6 | Minnie | 2,654 | · |
| 7 | Bertha | 2,450 | · |
| 8 | Florence | 2,444 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Ethel | 2,374 | ▲ 2 |
| 10 | Bessie | 2,278 | ▲ 3 |
| 11 | Clara | 2,230 | ▼ 3 |
| 12 | Ida | 2,229 | ▼ 2 |
| 13 | Alice | 2,202 | ▲ 1 |
| 14 | Annie | 2,188 | ▼ 2 |
| 15 | Grace | 2,090 | · |
| 16 | Helen | 1,847 | ▲ 5 |
| 17 | Mabel | 1,830 | ▲ 1 |
| 18 | Ella | 1,774 | ▼ 2 |
| 19 | Martha | 1,769 | ▼ 2 |
| 20 | Sarah | 1,755 | · |
| 21 | Nellie | 1,736 | ▼ 2 |
| 22 | Edna | 1,687 | ▲ 2 |
| 23 | Lillian | 1,656 | ▲ 3 |
| 24 | Carrie | 1,647 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Laura | 1,624 | ▼ 3 |
| 26 | Pearl | 1,591 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Rose | 1,590 | ▲ 3 |
| 28 | Gertrude | 1,468 | · |
| 29 | Edith | 1,453 | · |
| 30 | Frances | 1,452 | ▲ 4 |
| 31 | Cora | 1,433 | ▼ 4 |
| 32 | Maude | 1,396 | ▼ 1 |
| 33 | Louise | 1,334 | ▲ 2 |
| 34 | Eva | 1,329 | ▼ 1 |
| 35 | Myrtle | 1,310 | ▲ 1 |
| 36 | Hattie | 1,298 | ▼ 4 |
| 37 | Jennie | 1,298 | ▲ 1 |
| 38 | Julia | 1,292 | ▲ 1 |
| 39 | Mattie | 1,268 | ▲ 1 |
| 40 | Marie | 1,258 | ▲ 3 |
| 41 | Lillie | 1,249 | ▼ 4 |
| 42 | Catherine | 1,212 | ▲ 2 |
| 43 | Jessie | 1,200 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Lula | 1,173 | ▲ 3 |
| 45 | Lena | 1,162 | ▼ 3 |
| 46 | Ada | 1,116 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Elsie | 1,112 | ▲ 2 |
| 48 | Agnes | 1,046 | ▼ 2 |
| 49 | Josephine | 1,001 | ▲ 1 |
| 50 | Fannie | 991 | ▲ 2 |
| 51 | Lucy | 964 | · |
| 52 | Blanche | 942 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | Mamie | 917 | ▲ 4 |
| 54 | Dora | 898 | ▼ 6 |
| 55 | Hazel | 898 | ▲ 17 |
| 56 | Katherine | 893 | ▼ 3 |
| 57 | Maggie | 882 | ▼ 2 |
| 58 | Alma | 853 | ▲ 5 |
| 59 | Ruth | 850 | ▲ 3 |
| 60 | Mae | 836 | ▼ 2 |
| 61 | Nora | 832 | ▼ 5 |
| 62 | Rosa | 832 | ▼ 2 |
| 63 | May | 782 | ▼ 2 |
| 64 | Stella | 775 | ▼ 5 |
| 65 | Effie | 744 | ▼ 1 |
| 66 | Irene | 722 | ▲ 7 |
| 67 | Nettie | 692 | ▼ 2 |
| 68 | Ellen | 691 | ▼ 2 |
| 69 | Sadie | 691 | ▲ 1 |
| 70 | Sallie | 633 | ▼ 1 |
| 71 | Della | 621 | ▲ 3 |
| 72 | Susie | 621 | ▲ 3 |
| 73 | Daisy | 612 | ▼ 6 |
| 74 | Viola | 596 | ▲ 6 |
| 75 | Lizzie | 593 | ▼ 7 |
| 76 | Nancy | 582 | ▼ 5 |
| 77 | Esther | 572 | ▲ 2 |
| 78 | Flora | 541 | ▲ 4 |
| 79 | Willie | 522 | ▲ 9 |
| 80 | Katie | 516 | ▼ 3 |
| 81 | Lottie | 511 | · |
| 82 | Etta | 500 | ▼ 4 |
| 83 | Mildred | 499 | ▲ 6 |
| 84 | Georgia | 477 | ▲ 8 |
| 85 | Lydia | 472 | ▼ 9 |
| 86 | Maud | 469 | ▼ 3 |
| 87 | Olive | 465 | ▼ 2 |
| 88 | Charlotte | 464 | ▲ 3 |
| 89 | Caroline | 458 | ▼ 5 |
| 90 | Emily | 457 | ▲ 8 |
| 91 | Addie | 455 | ▼ 5 |
| 92 | Jane | 446 | ▲ 15 |
| 93 | Kathryn | 446 | ▼ 6 |
| 94 | Ruby | 445 | ▲ 11 |
| 95 | Beulah | 426 | ▼ 5 |
| 96 | Ollie | 411 | ▲ 1 |
| 97 | Amanda | 404 | ▼ 1 |
| 98 | Pauline | 393 | ▲ 6 |
| 99 | Harriet | 389 | ▼ 5 |
| 100 | Virginia | 385 | ▲ 1 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1887 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 9,247 | · |
| 2 | William | 8,705 | · |
| 3 | James | 5,562 | · |
| 4 | George | 4,912 | · |
| 5 | Charles | 4,591 | · |
| 6 | Frank | 3,459 | · |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,993 | · |
| 8 | Robert | 2,814 | ▲ 3 |
| 9 | Harry | 2,759 | ▲ 3 |
| 10 | Henry | 2,596 | ▼ 2 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,470 | ▼ 1 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,449 | ▼ 3 |
| 13 | Walter | 2,040 | · |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,710 | · |
| 15 | Fred | 1,665 | · |
| 16 | Albert | 1,569 | · |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,022 | · |
| 18 | Samuel | 931 | · |
| 19 | Louis | 884 | · |
| 20 | Roy | 856 | · |
| 21 | David | 801 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Charlie | 796 | ▲ 2 |
| 23 | Joe | 789 | ▼ 2 |
| 24 | Willie | 786 | ▲ 3 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 781 | ▲ 9 |
| 26 | Richard | 772 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Ernest | 766 | ▼ 4 |
| 28 | Will | 707 | ▲ 2 |
| 29 | Carl | 675 | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Earl | 675 | ▲ 2 |
| 31 | Oscar | 647 | ▼ 2 |
| 32 | Jesse | 637 | ▼ 6 |
| 33 | Andrew | 615 | · |
| 34 | Sam | 607 | ▲ 5 |
| 35 | Daniel | 566 | ▼ 4 |
| 36 | Ralph | 547 | ▲ 2 |
| 37 | Alfred | 536 | ▼ 2 |
| 38 | Paul | 529 | ▲ 2 |
| 39 | Elmer | 527 | ▼ 3 |
| 40 | Howard | 513 | ▲ 2 |
| 41 | Peter | 498 | ▲ 2 |
| 42 | Frederick | 496 | ▼ 5 |
| 43 | Herbert | 485 | ▼ 2 |
| 44 | Grover | 474 | ▲ 15 |
| 45 | Raymond | 469 | ▲ 2 |
| 46 | Michael | 466 | ▲ 2 |
| 47 | Ben | 463 | ▲ 11 |
| 48 | Lee | 430 | ▼ 4 |
| 49 | Tom | 416 | ▲ 3 |
| 50 | Lewis | 412 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Herman | 403 | ▼ 6 |
| 52 | Harrison | 400 | ▲ 78 |
| 53 | Eugene | 398 | · |
| 54 | Martin | 378 | ▼ 3 |
| 55 | Claude | 374 | ▼ 9 |
| 56 | Jim | 362 | ▼ 6 |
| 57 | Francis | 353 | ▼ 3 |
| 58 | Jacob | 353 | ▼ 2 |
| 59 | Leo | 353 | ▲ 15 |
| 60 | Clyde | 344 | ▼ 5 |
| 61 | Lawrence | 343 | ▼ 1 |
| 62 | Harvey | 334 | ▲ 3 |
| 63 | Ray | 331 | ▲ 3 |
| 64 | Jack | 329 | ▲ 4 |
| 65 | Edgar | 321 | ▼ 1 |
| 66 | Otto | 312 | ▲ 1 |
| 67 | Floyd | 302 | ▲ 6 |
| 68 | Ed | 301 | ▼ 6 |
| 69 | Edwin | 298 | ▼ 12 |
| 70 | Harold | 298 | ▼ 9 |
| 71 | Guy | 297 | · |
| 72 | Chester | 288 | ▲ 6 |
| 73 | Bert | 282 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Luther | 275 | ▼ 11 |
| 75 | Allen | 260 | ▲ 6 |
| 76 | Homer | 256 | ▼ 6 |
| 77 | Charley | 254 | ▼ 2 |
| 78 | Jessie | 254 | ▲ 8 |
| 79 | Hugh | 253 | ▼ 10 |
| 80 | Theodore | 249 | ▲ 2 |
| 81 | Patrick | 245 | ▼ 5 |
| 82 | Alexander | 237 | ▲ 5 |
| 83 | Leonard | 225 | ▼ 4 |
| 84 | Ira | 222 | ▼ 7 |
| 85 | Isaac | 221 | ▼ 1 |
| 86 | August | 213 | ▼ 3 |
| 87 | Bernard | 207 | ▲ 10 |
| 88 | Oliver | 206 | ▼ 8 |
| 89 | Julius | 197 | ▲ 4 |
| 90 | Leon | 196 | ▲ 9 |
| 91 | Philip | 196 | ▲ 4 |
| 92 | Clifford | 194 | ▼ 1 |
| 93 | Anthony | 193 | ▲ 5 |
| 94 | Eddie | 193 | ▲ 12 |
| 95 | Leroy | 192 | ▼ 7 |
| 96 | Archie | 191 | ▼ 11 |
| 97 | Lester | 189 | ▼ 8 |
| 98 | Stephen | 187 | ▼ 6 |
| 99 | Leslie | 175 | ▼ 9 |
| 100 | Lloyd | 175 | ▲ 8 |