Click on each year to see a full list of the top boys and girls names.

Popular boy names in 1800s. In this decade only one boy took the name Albert 1852 made popular by Queen Victorias beloved consort Prince Albert. While boys names tended to be traditional some mothers liked to experiment with more exotic names for their baby daughters such as Marina 1854. These include Addison Elisha Ellis Emery Loren Madison and Marion.

Classic names like Ada Ella Maggie and Pearl have also seen a recent rise in popularity along with Biblical names like Jacob. Names in common use for boys from 1800 to 1850 include several choices now found more often for girls. If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s youd probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer or Eula and Blanche.

29 rows Popular Given Names US 1801-1999. If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s youd probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer or Eula. 203 rows The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies.

Walter Aaron Jeremy Joshua Alexander Adam Hugh Laurence Owen Harry These come from research into parish records undertaken by the Names Society who also researched the fifty most popular names for 1700. To give you a little preview weve provided a sampling of each years favorites. What is interesting is that the very same names from 1800 are also in the top fifty for 1700 though the order changed slightly.

Hottest names in recent years. Abiel Abial Able Abel Abiram Abram Abraham or Abel. 2019 Sophia Olivia and Emma.

Both Ella and Nora were also popular in the 1800s but have become even more popular since the turn of the 21st century. Ada and Pearl were both popular names though they declined in the following decades. The tables below provide links to text files of GINAP version.