Popular Male Names- John2351 William1804 James1410 George1048 Charles687 Thomas655 Henry653 Joseph562 Samuel496 David402 Robert351 Daniel276 Edward251 Benjamin245 Jacob245 Isaac230 Andrew220 Francis194 Richard170 Lewis165.

Popular names from the 1800s. Rufus is the perfect quirky boy name from the 1800s that is super cute and different. Both Ella and Nora were also popular in the 1800s but have become even more popular since the turn of the 21st century. Popular Given Names US 1801-1999.

William for example -- the second most popular boy name -- was given to 157125 baby boys in the 1880s and 1890s whereas the second most popular girl name Anna was only given to 93420 baby girls. Names separated by sex are listed in descending order of popularity. It comes from the Germanic and means fame and wolf.

These names from the 18th century and Colonial Period saw a favoring of Biblical names such as Virtue names used by the Puritans. In this decade only one boy took the name Albert 1852 made popular by Queen Victorias beloved consort Prince Albert. Although Rudolph is commonly associated with a flying reindeer it was a popular name in the 1800s.

The tables below provide links to text files of GINAP version 1 standardized given names. Ada and Pearl were both popular names though they declined in the following decades. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

Rufus is a Latin baby name which means red headed. If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s youd probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer or Eula and Blanche. These girl names were at the apex of their popularity 78 years ago USAGE OF 819 and have become much less widespread since USAGE 207 75 with names like Maria going out of style.

Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year. Total registered births - 1226. If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s youd probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer or Eula and Blanche.