Below is a (somewhat random) collection of historically significant baby names that saw higher usage in the years prior to 1880.
Inside the United States
Names used mostly or entirely inside the U.S.:
- Aaron Burr
- Ambrose Burnside
- Antietam
- Capitola
- Captivity
- Dorcasina
- Elbridge Gerry
- Elmer Ellsworth
- Flavilla
- Fort Sumter
- Frederick Douglass
- George B. McClellan
- Gettysburg
- Hally
- Horatio Alger
- Malaeksa
- Malvern Hill
- Omoo
- States Rights
- Sterling Price
- Telegraph
- Theodosia Burr
- Ulysses S. Grant
- William Tecumseh Sherman
- Zachary Taylor, Old Rough and Ready
(You might also be interested in checking out posts about individual babies named Emancipation Proclamation, Oregon Territory, Annexation, Federal Constitution, Independence & Liberty (twins), Providence, and Virginia.)
Outside the United States
Names used mostly or entirely outside the U.S.:
- Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
- Boer War-inspired names
- French Revolution-inspired names
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
- Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Guy Fawkes
- Napoléon Bonaparte
- In the Faroes specifically
- Oscar
- Russian Revolution-inspired names
- Waterloo
If you want to check out other years on the timeline, here’s the baby name timeline main page.