Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1885

John and Mary topped the list in 1885. The 10 most popular names went to 41% of boys and 23% of girls, from 1,096 boy names and 1,197 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1885

  1. John 8,756
  2. William 8,044
  3. James 5,175
  4. George 4,674
  5. Charles 4,599
  6. Frank 3,067
  7. Joseph 2,540
  8. Henry 2,406
  9. Robert 2,322
  10. Thomas 2,266
  11. Edward 2,220
  12. Harry 2,198
  13. Walter 1,808
  14. Fred 1,562
  15. Arthur 1,516
  16. Albert 1,429
  17. Clarence 906
  18. Samuel 888
  19. Louis 809
  20. Grover 768
  21. Ernest 718
  22. David 712
  23. Charlie 705
  24. Roy 691
  25. Joe 681
  26. Richard 672
  27. Will 625
  28. Oscar 623
  29. Willie 614
  30. Andrew 599
  31. Jesse 556
  32. Daniel 535
  33. Peter 516
  34. Carl 494
  35. Sam 492
  36. Earl 481
  37. Frederick 466
  38. Benjamin 464
  39. Alfred 446
  40. Elmer 443
  41. Howard 438
  42. Lewis 437
  43. Paul 428
  44. Ralph 422
  45. Herbert 388
  46. Jim 370
  47. Michael 370
  48. Tom 361
  49. Martin 357
  50. Lee 348
  51. Eugene 345
  52. Claude 343
  53. Jacob 343
  54. Ed 328
  55. Herman 326
  56. Francis 319
  57. Clyde 318
  58. Raymond 308
  59. Harvey 304
  60. Edgar 303
  61. Jack 295
  62. Ben 292
  63. Edwin 289
  64. Lawrence 288
  65. Charley 285
  66. Bert 276
  67. Chester 273
  68. Guy 266
  69. Otto 263
  70. Floyd 259
  71. Luther 259
  72. Oliver 258
  73. Hugh 257
  74. Ray 237
  75. Ira 235
  76. Homer 228
  77. Patrick 217
  78. Alexander 205
  79. Isaac 204
  80. Leonard 204
  81. Jessie 202
  82. Harold 201
  83. Leo 199
  84. Theodore 199
  85. Archie 196
  86. August 193
  87. Allen 184
  88. Sidney 170
  89. Philip 163
  90. Leroy 162
  91. Bernard 160
  92. Alex 159
  93. Stephen 158
  94. Horace 155
  95. Anthony 153
  96. Warren 151
  97. Julius 150
  98. Cleveland 147
  99. Leon 146
  100. Victor 143

Top girl names of 1885

  1. Mary 9,128
  2. Anna 3,994
  3. Emma 2,728
  4. Elizabeth 2,582
  5. Margaret 2,204
  6. Minnie 2,178
  7. Clara 1,910
  8. Bertha 1,860
  9. Ida 1,854
  10. Annie 1,703
  11. Alice 1,681
  12. Florence 1,667
  13. Bessie 1,588
  14. Grace 1,575
  15. Ethel 1,495
  16. Nellie 1,432
  17. Martha 1,425
  18. Sarah 1,424
  19. Ella 1,395
  20. Mabel 1,349
  21. Laura 1,325
  22. Carrie 1,283
  23. Cora 1,253
  24. Maude 1,222
  25. Rose 1,164
  26. Pearl 1,146
  27. Lillian 1,143
  28. Helen 1,134
  29. Gertrude 1,086
  30. Edna 1,077
  31. Edith 1,071
  32. Julia 1,062
  33. Jennie 1,045
  34. Myrtle 1,026
  35. Mattie 1,014
  36. Hattie 1,008
  37. Lillie 979
  38. Eva 971
  39. Louise 956
  40. Jessie 952
  41. Lula 949
  42. Marie 885
  43. Ada 876
  44. Lena 876
  45. Catherine 846
  46. Frances 844
  47. Fannie 783
  48. Josephine 783
  49. Dora 776
  50. Katherine 751
  51. Maggie 716
  52. Lucy 711
  53. Blanche 710
  54. Agnes 695
  55. Elsie 685
  56. Nora 670
  57. Stella 649
  58. Rosa 623
  59. Effie 613
  60. Daisy 607
  61. May 607
  62. Mamie 606
  63. Mae 578
  64. Ellen 555
  65. Lizzie 537
  66. Nettie 536
  67. Nancy 527
  68. Alma 515
  69. Sadie 514
  70. Ruth 506
  71. Della 500
  72. Susie 477
  73. Sallie 457
  74. Flora 445
  75. Maud 429
  76. Addie 406
  77. Lydia 404
  78. Caroline 399
  79. Mollie 396
  80. Lottie 393
  81. Katie 388
  82. Irene 376
  83. Etta 372
  84. Georgia 371
  85. Lulu 360
  86. Olive 349
  87. Emily 346
  88. Viola 345
  89. Harriet 342
  90. Amanda 339
  91. Jane 330
  92. Esther 320
  93. Kathryn 320
  94. Charlotte 317
  95. Willie 312
  96. Beulah 309
  97. Kate 309
  98. Ollie 305
  99. Rebecca 302
  100. Susan 302

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1885?
John was the #1 boy name in 1885 (8,756 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (9,128 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1885?
Social Security records list 240,854 babies born in 1885 with names given to at least 5 babies: 107,799 boys and 133,055 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.