United States · 1883
Baby names of 1883
Mary and John topped 1883.
Top girls' names of 1883
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 8,012 |
| 2 | Anna | 3,306 |
| 3 | Emma | 2,367 |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 2,255 |
| 5 | Minnie | 2,035 |
| 6 | Margaret | 1,881 |
| 7 | Bertha | 1,681 |
| 8 | Ida | 1,634 |
| 9 | Annie | 1,589 |
| 10 | Clara | 1,548 |
| 11 | Alice | 1,488 |
| 12 | Sarah | 1,359 |
| 13 | Grace | 1,307 |
| 14 | Florence | 1,298 |
| 15 | Martha | 1,255 |
| 16 | Ella | 1,251 |
| 17 | Nellie | 1,246 |
| 18 | Bessie | 1,241 |
| 19 | Laura | 1,183 |
| 20 | Ethel | 1,132 |
| 21 | Carrie | 1,108 |
| 22 | Maude | 1,096 |
| 23 | Mabel | 1,086 |
| 24 | Cora | 1,081 |
| 25 | Gertrude | 923 |
| 26 | Lillian | 907 |
| 27 | Jennie | 904 |
| 28 | Hattie | 895 |
| 29 | Pearl | 886 |
| 30 | Mattie | 883 |
| 31 | Edith | 881 |
| 32 | Eva | 879 |
| 33 | Rose | 877 |
| 34 | Julia | 875 |
| 35 | Helen | 862 |
| 36 | Catherine | 853 |
| 37 | Myrtle | 851 |
| 38 | Louise | 847 |
| 39 | Lillie | 837 |
| 40 | Jessie | 834 |
| 41 | Edna | 823 |
| 42 | Lena | 800 |
| 43 | Lula | 790 |
| 44 | Ada | 778 |
| 45 | Frances | 710 |
| 46 | Josephine | 697 |
| 47 | Fannie | 696 |
| 48 | Lucy | 663 |
| 48 | Maggie | 663 |
| 50 | Daisy | 659 |
Top boys' names of 1883
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,894 |
| 2 | William | 8,387 |
| 3 | James | 5,223 |
| 4 | Charles | 4,826 |
| 5 | George | 4,736 |
| 6 | Frank | 2,986 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,515 |
| 8 | Henry | 2,383 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,334 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,316 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,250 |
| 12 | Harry | 2,110 |
| 13 | Walter | 1,705 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,591 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,502 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,496 |
| 17 | Samuel | 937 |
| 18 | Clarence | 837 |
| 19 | Louis | 796 |
| 20 | David | 734 |
| 21 | Richard | 649 |
| 22 | Charlie | 643 |
| 23 | Ernest | 641 |
| 24 | Andrew | 623 |
| 25 | Daniel | 615 |
| 26 | Joe | 607 |
| 26 | Oscar | 607 |
| 28 | Jesse | 584 |
| 29 | Will | 576 |
| 30 | Roy | 556 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 508 |
| 32 | Carl | 480 |
| 33 | Sam | 476 |
| 34 | Willie | 474 |
| 35 | Alfred | 457 |
| 36 | Peter | 450 |
| 37 | Frederick | 438 |
| 38 | Lewis | 431 |
| 39 | Howard | 429 |
| 40 | Elmer | 423 |
| 41 | Herbert | 422 |
| 42 | Earl | 389 |
| 43 | Lee | 388 |
| 44 | Tom | 386 |
| 45 | Ralph | 385 |
| 46 | Martin | 377 |
| 47 | Herman | 359 |
| 48 | Paul | 358 |
| 49 | Jacob | 356 |
| 50 | Clyde | 336 |
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026