This month Im looking at the top fifty male names in 1800.

Male names from early 1800s. This list of the 200 most popular names for girls and boys included data from 1177165 male births and 1399569 female births. Bab Babbie Barbara. Emmett was originally an English surname.

Abed Abel Able Abiel Abanese Aban Abijah Abinago Abiram Abiran Abner Absolom Achsah Acharis Achsa Ackley Adoniram Adonyah. Addie Addy Adelaide Adeline. They are as follows.

For inspiration I reviewed the top names of the 1880s list from the Social Security Administration. Ernest from from the Germanic name and means serious. 203 rows Name Number Name Number.

Eugene means well born. It is the English version of an old Greek name. Annie Ann Anna.

Bert Albert Cuthbert. Abe Abram Abraham. Unlike many of the most popular names from the 19th century the name Charles had its peak at the beginning of the decade with 5348 boys given the name in 1880.

Arch Archie Archibald. This is one of my favorite old fashioned boy names. The tables below provide links to text files of GINAP version 1 standardized given names.