More than 1800 newborn boys were given the name that year.

Uncommon names in the 1800s. The Most Popular Baby Names of the 1800s. Female Victorian Era First Names. All the P names are male Pacificus.

Malinda Malissa Phebe. The most uncommon names on our list are those that have been given to newborn babies between five and 25 times in every decade between 1919 and 2019. ARAMINTA and ARMINTA Old English name fallen into disuse but was used in surprising number of forms including Arminta Araminta and Mintie in 1880.

CELESTIA Now rare feminine form of a late Roman name that means heavenly. Male Victorian First Names. Luckily the Social Security Administration publishes annual lists of the most popular names each year dating back to the 1800s.

Walter Babies named 1880-1899. Between the years 1880 and 1899 the name Arthur was most prevalent in 1896. The Welsh Ynyr from the list fits in that rarefied category as does Nephele and Morven among others on this list.

This period is covered much more across the records hence the larger number of names listed below. Was also the birth name of abolitionist Harriet Tubman. John and Mary Austin had these children between 1739 and 1755.

203 rows Name Number Name Number. There are those baby names that are literally unique absent not only from the US Top 1000 baby names but from the official extended list of every name given to five or more babies. Plevus Pavis Paulus Prisimus Parvis Picus Anstis Lettice Polepas Phineas and Percius all in one family.