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Social Security Baby Names

The Social Security Association created the top 10 social security baby names for the 1880's from much sparse data than is available today. In some cases buildings of record weren't well organized until even into the early 1900's. Paper birth records were sometimes totally lost in fires.

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The Biblical baby names John and Mary maintained the highest spot on all the Top 10 Social Security Baby Names list during each year of the 1880's. William and Anna remained in second spot for each year.

In 120 years the Social Security baby names have not changed much at all. Some parents are even choosing to name their children some of those older names, such as the popular boy name "George" and the popular girl name "Helen".

**1880**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	464	Mary	176
2	William	330	Anna	77
3	Charles	218	Elizabeth	53
4	George	214	Margaret	49
5	James	199	Minnie	42
6	Joseph	189	Emma	41
7	Frank	149	Martha	38
8	Henry	116	Alice	37
9	Thomas	102	Marie	33
10	Harry	89	Annie, Sarah (tie)	30
Total sample size in 1880: 4770 males, 2360 females

**1881**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	390	Mary	201
2	William	303	Anna	87
3	Charles	220	Elizabeth	55
4	James	216	Margaret	54
5	George	203	Emma	48
6	Joseph	157	Minnie	44
7	Frank	148	Sarah	40
8	Henry	109	Alice	37
9	Edward, Harry, Thomas (tie)	95	Bertha	36
10			Grace	34
Total sample size in 1881: 4563 males, 2509 females

**1882**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	463	Mary	218
2	William	406	Anna	115
3	Charles	214	Elizabeth	65
4	James	202	Emma, Margaret (tie)	57
5	George	198
6	Frank	188	Minnie	54
7	Joseph	182	Bertha	46
8	Henry	109	Mabel	43
9	Thomas	105	Florence, Ida (tie)	42
10	Harry	97
Total sample size in 1882: 5267 males, 3051 females

**1883**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	404	Mary	240
2	William	391	Anna	147
3	Charles	238	Margaret	65
4	George	210	Emma	53
5	James	204	Elizabeth	50
6	Joseph	186	Florence	47
7	Frank	181	Bertha	45
8	Harry, Henry (tie)	110	Alice	41
9			Sarah	40
10			Clara, Rose (tie)	39
Total sample size in 1883: 5138 males, 3143 females

**1884**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	534	Mary	298
2	William	407	Anna	136
3	George	256	Elizabeth	93
4	Charles	247	Emma	68
5	James	236	Margaret	65
6	Frank	207	Minnie	63
7	Joseph	198	Alice, Florence (tie)	50
8	Harry	147
9	Henry	131	Clara	47
10	Thomas	120	Bertha, Rose (tie)	46
Total sample size in 1884: 5918 males, 3745 females

**1885**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	515	Mary	302
2	William	394	Anna	161
3	Charles	258	Elizabeth	85
4	Joseph	236	Margaret	74
5	George, James (tie)	234	Emma	73
6			Ida	66
7	Frank	174	Rose	61
8	Robert	127	Minnie	57
9	Henry	122	Bertha	56
10	Edward	118	Annie	54
Total sample size in 1885: 6032 males, 4001 females

**1886**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	574	Mary	268
2	William	463	Anna	171
3	George	287	Elizabeth	91
4	James	249	Emma	80
5	Charles	234	Clara	66
6	Joseph	232	Margaret	65
7	Frank	204	Minnie	63
8	Henry	129	Bertha	62
9	Thomas	128	Rose	55
10	Edward, Walter (tie)	118	Ida, Sarah (tie)	54
Total sample size in 1886: 6298 males, 4256 females

**1887**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	494	Mary	328
2	William	399	Anna	190
3	George	249	Emma	79
4	Charles	237	Margaret	74
5	James	234	Bertha	72
6	Frank, Joseph (tie)	208	Elizabeth, Minnie (tie)	70
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8	Harry	137	Florence	55
9	Robert	122	Mabel	54
10	Thomas	114	Bessie, Helen, Jennie (tie)	53
Total sample size in 1887: 6143 males, 4511 females

**1888**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	630	Mary	367
2	William	438	Anna	189
3	George	313	Margaret	102
4	Joseph	285	Elizabeth	94
5	James	283	Bertha	89
6	Charles	258	Emma	84
7	Frank	222	Ethel	74
8	Harry	173	Rose	73
9	Robert	141	Bessie	72
10	Thomas	139	Ida, Minnie (tie)	63
Total sample size in 1888: 7424 males, 5385 females

**1889**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	581	Mary	371
2	William	446	Anna	204
3	George	280	Elizabeth	108
4	James	277	Margaret	96
5	Charles	264	Minnie	79
6	Joseph	250	Helen, Rose (tie)	72
7	Frank	231
8	Harry	148	Bertha	71
9	Edward	142	Alice, Emma (tie)	70
10	Robert	136
Total sample size in 1889: 6992 males, 5429 females

**1890**
**Top 10 Social Security Baby Names**
Rank	Male	Number	Female	Number
1	John	557	Mary	400
2	William	402	Anna	188
3	James	274	Elizabeth	113
4	George	265	Emma	95
5	Charles	262	Margaret	93
6	Joseph	258	Rose	89
7	Frank	206	Ethel	86
8	Harry	180	Florence	84
9	Henry	152	Ida	77
10	Edward	130	Bertha, Helen (tie)	75
Total sample size in 1890: 7204 males, 5847 females

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