Heres a fascinating look at the most popular baby names through time all the way back to the 1800s.

Popular boy names in 1800s. Names in common use for boys from 1800 to 1850 include several choices now found more often for girls. Click on each year to see a full list of the top boys and girls names. These include Addison Elisha Ellis Emery Loren Madison and Marion.

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. Both Ella and Nora were also popular in the 1800s but have become even more popular since the turn of the 21st century. Classic names like Ada Ella Maggie and Pearl have also seen a recent rise in popularity along with Biblical names like Jacob.

Boys Male Victorian Nicknames baby Names Biblical Names. 203 rows The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies. 29 rows Popular Given Names US 1801-1999.

While boys names tended to be traditional some mothers liked to experiment with more exotic names for their baby daughters such as Marina 1854. What is interesting is that the very same names from 1800 are also in the top fifty for 1700 though the order changed slightly. In this decade only one boy took the name Albert 1852 made popular by Queen Victorias beloved consort Prince Albert.

Abiel Abial Able Abel Abiram Abram Abraham or Abel. If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s youd probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer or Eula and Blanche. Hottest names in recent years.

The tables below provide links to text files of GINAP version. To give you a little preview weve provided a sampling of each years favorites. If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s youd probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer or Eula.