Government draws from Social Security Administration records to provide an official list of baby names and their popularity across the country.

Common female names of the 1880s. CELESTIA Now rare feminine form of a late Roman name that means heavenly. Popular names of the 1880s Males Females. Rank Name -Quantity Add.

Rank Name Number Name Number. What is different is the declining number of children given these names over that time period. Forest Park 16 85 98 Ackerman Paul W 45 Carpenter r.

17801880 1969 online at Questia. If you were alive in the 1980s it shouldnt surprise you to hear that the hottest baby names during that decade included Jessica Jennifer Joshua and Ashley. The SSA website gives the top 1000 boy and girl names as reported on social security card applications for each year from 1880 onward.

Top 100 Baby Girl Names From the 1880s Mary Anna Emma Elizabeth Margaret Minnie Ida Bertha Clara Alice Annie Florence Bessie Grace Ethel Sarah Ella Martha Nellie Mabel Laura Carrie Cora Helen Maude Lillian Gertrude Rose Edna Pearl Edith Jennie Hattie Mattie Eva Julia Myrtle Louise Lillie Jessie. Victorian names were often fairly plain but yet impressive names such as John and Mary. For each rank and sex the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name.

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1880s. So much better than Nevaeh. The Origins of Modern English Society.

Forest Park 16 98 Ackerman Rudolph Son W 8 r. Rank Male Name Female Name. ARAMINTA and ARMINTA Old English name fallen into disuse but was used in surprising number of forms including Arminta Araminta and Mintie in 1880.