100 Most Popular Baby Names of the 1880's (Boys)

brittberry · August 5, 2012, 10:53pm

I decided to post the top 100 names given to baby boys during the 1880’s for any berries who want to make a vintage choice or love this era as much as I do

I know it’s pretty easy to find a site online to generate this same list, but I felt it would be nice to have it right here at home on Namberry haha

[name]Feel[/name] free to comment and talk about your favorites from this decade!

#1: [name]John[/name]
#2: [name]William[/name]
#3: [name]James[/name]
#4: [name]George[/name]
#5: [name]Charles[/name]
#6: [name]Frank[/name]
#7: [name]Joseph[/name]
#8: [name]Henry[/name]
#9: [name]Robert[/name]
#10: [name]Thomas[/name]
#11: [name]Edward[/name]
#12: [name]Harry[/name]
#13: [name]Walter[/name]
#14: [name]Arthur[/name]
#15: [name]Fred[/name]
#16: [name]Albert[/name]
#17: [name]Samuel[/name]
#18: [name]Clarence[/name]
#19: [name]Louis[/name]
#20: [name]David[/name]
#21: [name]Joe[/name]
#22: [name]Charlie[/name]
#23: [name]Richard[/name]
#24: [name]Ernest[/name]
#25: [name]Roy[/name]
#26: [name]Will[/name]
#27: [name]Andrew[/name]
#28: [name]Jesse[/name]
#29: [name]Oscar[/name]
#30: [name]Willie[/name]
#31: [name]Daniel[/name]
#32: [name]Benjamin[/name]
#33: [name]Carl[/name]
#34: [name]Sam[/name]
#35: [name]Alfred[/name]
#36: [name]Earl[/name]
#37: [name]Peter[/name]
#38: [name]Elmer[/name]
#39: [name]Frederick[/name]
#40: [name]Howard[/name]
#41: [name]Lewis[/name]
#42: [name]Ralph[/name]
#43: [name]Herbert[/name]
#44: [name]Paul[/name]
#45: [name]Lee[/name]
#46: [name]Tom[/name]
#47: [name]Herman[/name]
#48: [name]Martin[/name]
#49: [name]Jacob[/name]
#50: [name]Michael[/name]
#51: [name]Jim[/name]
#52: [name]Claude[/name]
#53: [name]Ben[/name]
#54: [name]Eugene[/name]
#55: [name]Francis[/name]
#56: [name]Grover[/name]
#57: [name]Raymond[/name]
#58: [name]Harvey[/name]
#59: [name]Clyde[/name]
#60: [name]Edwin[/name]
#61: [name]Edgar[/name]
#62: [name]Ed[/name]
#63: [name]Lawrence[/name]
#64: [name]Bert[/name]
#65: [name]Chester[/name]
#66: [name]Jack[/name]
#67: [name]Otto[/name]
#68: [name]Luther[/name]
#69: [name]Charley[/name]
#70: [name]Guy[/name]
#71: [name]Floyd[/name]
#72: [name]Ira[/name]
#73: [name]Ray[/name]
#74: [name]Hugh[/name]
#75: [name]Isaac[/name]
#76: [name]Oliver[/name]
#77: [name]Patrick[/name]
#78: [name]Homer[/name]
#79: [name]Theodore[/name]
#80: [name]Leonard[/name]
#81: [name]Leo[/name]
#82: [name]Alexander[/name]
#83: [name]August[/name]
#84: [name]Harold[/name]
#85 [name]Allen[/name]
#86: [name]Jessie[/name]
#87: [name]Archie[/name]
#88: [name]Philip[/name]
#89: [name]Stephen[/name]
#90: [name]Horace[/name]
#91: [name]Marion[/name]
#92: [name]Bernard[/name]
#93: [name]Anthony[/name]
#94:[name]Julius[/name]
#95: [name]Warren[/name]
#96: [name]Leroy[/name]
#97: [name]Clifford[/name]
#98: [name]Eddie[/name]
#99: [name]Sidney[/name]
#100: [name]Milton[/name]

stripedsocks · August 5, 2012, 11:14pm

My husband, my father, my brother, and both my grandfathers are on this list, as are my husband’s father and grandfather. As far as timeless I guess they’re that.

The only one of the top ten that I’d use myself as a first name for a baby is #8, [name]Henry[/name].

Was surprised two different spellings of [name]Jesse[/name]/[name]Jessie[/name] ranked. I [name]ADORE[/name] [name]Jesse[/name].

I’m not especially fond of [name]John[/name]. I do love [name]Jonathan[/name], but [name]Jonathan[/name] (despite being Biblical) didn’t really become popular until many decades later and isn’t really directed related.

I see [name]Allen[/name] is on the list. I prefer the spelling [name]Alan[/name], but [name]Allen[/name] is nice too. I could see one of them coming back in the wake of [name]Aidan[/name]? Maybe?

danishnames · August 6, 2012, 3:30am

I think they are fantastic

Here are the ones I’d use - and many of them are in my top list! [name]Walter[/name], [name]Harry[/name], [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Alfred[/name], [name]August[/name], [name]Harold[/name], [name]Henry[/name] are my favorites.

#2: [name]William[/name]
#3: [name]James[/name]
#8: [name]Henry[/name]
#9: [name]Robert[/name]
#12: [name]Harry[/name]
#13: [name]Walter[/name]
#14: [name]Arthur[/name]
#16: [name]Albert[/name]
#24: [name]Ernest[/name]
#29: [name]Oscar[/name]
#33: [name]Carl[/name]
#35: [name]Alfred[/name]
#39: [name]Frederick[/name]
#60: [name]Edwin[/name]
#67: [name]Otto[/name]
#76: [name]Oliver[/name]
#83: [name]August[/name]
#84: [name]Harold[/name]
#94:[name]Julius[/name]

Dantea · August 6, 2012, 5:07am

I loved old fashioned names

I love these off the list:

[name]William[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Lewis[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]Luther[/name]
[name]Homer[/name]
[name]Leo[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Bernard[/name]
[name]Julius[/name]
[name]Warren[/name]
[name]Milton[/name]

ashthedreamer · August 6, 2012, 6:39am

I love these! A lot of them are so timeless, too. I would consider these, as either FNs or MNs:

#1: [name]John[/name]
#2: [name]William[/name]
#4: [name]George[/name]
#5: [name]Charles[/name]
#7: [name]Joseph[/name]
#8: [name]Henry[/name]
#10: [name]Thomas[/name]
#17: [name]Samuel[/name]
#19: [name]Louis[/name]
#29: [name]Oscar[/name]
#31: [name]Daniel[/name]
#32: [name]Benjamin[/name]
#36: [name]Earl[/name]
#37: [name]Peter[/name]
#39: [name]Frederick[/name]
#41: [name]Lewis[/name]
#49: [name]Jacob[/name]
#56: [name]Grover[/name]
#66: [name]Jack[/name]
#74: [name]Hugh[/name]
#75: [name]Isaac[/name]
#76: [name]Oliver[/name]
#77: [name]Patrick[/name]
#79: [name]Theodore[/name]
#81: [name]Leo[/name]
#82: [name]Alexander[/name]
#83: [name]August[/name]
#88: [name]Philip[/name]
#94:[name]Julius[/name]

But as FNs, I really love [name]Isaac[/name], [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Benjamin[/name], [name]Daniel[/name] ([name]Daniel[/name]!), [name]August[/name], [name]Jack[/name], and [name]Louis[/name]/[name]Lewis[/name].

brittberry · August 17, 2012, 3:31am

Loving all the comments here! i love a lot of these and have [name]Oliver[/name] and [name]Harvey[/name] on my list currently. i have a real connection and attachment to this time period so naturally my names are all from this era

pam · August 17, 2012, 4:05am

Thanks for doing this! I hope we can have all the historic lists as well as state lists and lists from other countries up on the site soon.

maggiemary · August 17, 2012, 4:26am

Such a great list, I particularly love these ones:

#1: [name]John[/name]
#2: [name]William[/name]
#3: [name]James[/name]
#5: [name]Charles[/name]
#7: [name]Joseph[/name]
#8: [name]Henry[/name]
#11: [name]Edward[/name]
#13: [name]Walter[/name]
#14: [name]Arthur[/name]
#16: [name]Albert[/name]
#17: [name]Samuel[/name]
#19: [name]Louis[/name]
#24: [name]Ernest[/name]
#28: [name]Jesse[/name]
#29: [name]Oscar[/name]
#35: [name]Alfred[/name]
#37: [name]Peter[/name]
#39: [name]Frederick[/name]
#43: [name]Herbert[/name]
#49: [name]Jacob[/name]
#55: [name]Francis[/name]
#61: [name]Edgar[/name]
#64: [name]Bert[/name]
#66: [name]Jack[/name]
#67: [name]Otto[/name]
#74: [name]Hugh[/name]
#75: [name]Isaac[/name]
#76: [name]Oliver[/name]
#79: [name]Theodore[/name]
#81: [name]Leo[/name]
#82: [name]Alexander[/name]
#83: [name]August[/name]
#92: [name]Bernard[/name]
#99: [name]Sidney[/name]

system · August 17, 2012, 5:11am

I really like [name]Earl[/name], but unfortunatey it’s a no go in Australia as it is the title of a minor noble, and we can’t use title names here

jennipea382 · August 17, 2012, 7:08am

I like:

[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]
[name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]

southern.maple · August 17, 2012, 7:25am

These are my favorites:

#3: [name]James[/name]
#4: [name]George[/name]
#5: [name]Charles[/name]
#6: [name]Frank[/name]
#7: [name]Joseph[/name]
#10: [name]Thomas[/name]
#11: [name]Edward[/name]
#14: [name]Arthur[/name]
#17: [name]Samuel[/name]
#24: [name]Ernest[/name]
#28: [name]Jesse[/name]
#32: [name]Benjamin[/name]
#52: [name]Claude[/name]
#56: [name]Grover[/name]
#58: [name]Harvey[/name]
#61: [name]Edgar[/name]
#67: [name]Otto[/name]
#72: [name]Ira[/name]
#78: [name]Homer[/name]
#89: [name]Stephen[/name]

I wonder how wearable [name]Elmer[/name] would be if it weren’t for Fudd. [name]Elmer[/name] has two very trendy sounds: “el” and “er.”

leonielee · August 17, 2012, 4:58pm

I haven’t seen much love for [name]Clyde[/name], which is sad cause it’s one of my faves!

emic88 · August 17, 2012, 5:15pm

I am loving old names I have [name]Indiana[/name] [name]Maisie[/name], [name]Charlie[/name] [name]Richard[/name] and [name]Eli[/name] [name]James[/name]. Trying to decide on baby no fours name! chosen a girls just working on a boys

minnieabby · August 17, 2012, 6:03pm

I was surprised to see [name]Grover[/name] and [name]Homer[/name]!

brittberry · August 17, 2012, 8:45pm

@[name]Pam[/name] no problem! I think i’ll put up the girl’s list as well it would be really interesting to see other countries popular names from way back when

brittberry · August 17, 2012, 8:48pm

@southern.maple interestingly enough i actually know an [name]Elmer[/name] he’s 16 now and when we first met i would call him [name]Elmo[/name] to break the ice haha

ottilie · August 18, 2012, 4:21am

Oooh [name]Clyde[/name] is in the list! Here are the others i like:

[name]Joseph[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Fred[/name]
[name]Louis[/name]
[name]Joe[/name]
[name]Will[/name]
[name]Jesse[/name]
[name]Lewis[/name]
[name]Jim[/name]
[name]Ben[/name]
[name]Lawrence[/name]
[name]Guy[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Sidney[/name]

stripedsocks · August 18, 2012, 5:04am

I made a list of all the ones on the girls’ list I could see using myself. The boy’s list is a good bit shorter.

#8: [name]Henry[/name] - [name]Love[/name] this one.
#14: [name]Arthur[/name] - Really warming up to [name]Arthur[/name].
#25: [name]Roy[/name] - A bit cowboy, but I find it warm and approachable.
#28: [name]Jesse[/name] - [name]Adore[/name] [name]Jesse[/name]. I like Biblical names a lot though and didn’t see that many on this list.
#50: [name]Michael[/name] - Couldn’t really use it but I like it a lot.
#58: [name]Harvey[/name] - Like [name]Harvey[/name], not sure if I’d really be brave enough to use it but it was my grandfather’s name.
#74: [name]Hugh[/name] - I like [name]Hugh[/name].
#75: [name]Isaac[/name] - I didn’t used to find this a favourite, but my husband’s love for it has done something for me, too.
#77: [name]Patrick[/name] - I like [name]Patrick[/name] very much, husband nixed it though.
#83: [name]August[/name] - [name]August[/name] is wonderful, but the NN [name]Gus[/name] is not a big plus for me.