Have you ever wondered what names were used in 1880?

Have you ever wondered what baby names were used in 1880?

It is interesting to see if the same popular baby names used today were used back then.

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Popular Boy Names in 1880

1. John
2. William
3. James
4. Charles
5. George
6. Frank
7. Joseph
8. Thomas
9. Henry
10. Robert
11. Edward
12. Harry

Popular Girl Names in 1880

1. Mary
2. Anna
3. Emma
4. Elizabeth
5. Minnie
6. Margaret
7. Ida
8. Alice
9. Bertha
10. Sarah
11. Annie 
12. Clara

Would you like to know what other names were popular in this year? Click here.

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Note: Images belong to Microsoft.com and the information on the names were obtained from ssa.gov.

Popular Baby Names...in 1911 for a Girl

I haven't posted on here in a long time. So I got to thinking....Has the 2011 popular baby names been posted to a site called social security online?

The answer is no. :(

But I started browsing through the site and came across the Popular Names by Year...

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An idea came to mind.

So I thought it would be interesting to let others know what I found. The link to the original posting is here.

1. Mary

2. Helen

3. Margaret

4. Dorothy

5. Ruth

Hope you enjoyed!