Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1886

John and Mary topped the list in 1886. The 10 most popular names went to 40% of boys and 22% of girls, from 1,110 boy names and 1,281 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1886

  1. John 9,026
  2. William 8,252
  3. James 5,355
  4. George 4,671
  5. Charles 4,533
  6. Frank 3,127
  7. Joseph 2,594
  8. Robert 2,443
  9. Henry 2,404
  10. Thomas 2,337
  11. Edward 2,312
  12. Harry 2,257
  13. Walter 1,880
  14. Arthur 1,656
  15. Fred 1,599
  16. Albert 1,488
  17. Clarence 995
  18. Samuel 870
  19. Louis 846
  20. Roy 767
  21. Joe 759
  22. Charlie 723
  23. Richard 720
  24. David 674
  25. Ernest 668
  26. Oscar 645
  27. Will 642
  28. Willie 641
  29. Andrew 614
  30. Jesse 614
  31. Earl 570
  32. Carl 556
  33. Daniel 555
  34. Sam 519
  35. Elmer 485
  36. Alfred 480
  37. Howard 467
  38. Paul 466
  39. Benjamin 463
  40. Frederick 461
  41. Ralph 440
  42. Peter 437
  43. Lewis 431
  44. Herman 418
  45. Grover 407
  46. Herbert 400
  47. Lee 399
  48. Claude 391
  49. Jim 389
  50. Tom 383
  51. Eugene 362
  52. Raymond 353
  53. Michael 348
  54. Jacob 346
  55. Francis 344
  56. Ben 335
  57. Lawrence 331
  58. Martin 329
  59. Edwin 313
  60. Harvey 310
  61. Edgar 309
  62. Clyde 307
  63. Ed 303
  64. Jack 299
  65. Chester 287
  66. Floyd 275
  67. Ray 271
  68. Otto 270
  69. Theodore 258
  70. Guy 255
  71. Luther 253
  72. Patrick 249
  73. Leo 240
  74. Leonard 236
  75. Oliver 230
  76. Bert 228
  77. Hugh 227
  78. Harold 224
  79. Homer 224
  80. Isaac 224
  81. Charley 214
  82. Allen 211
  83. Alexander 206
  84. August 203
  85. Ira 198
  86. Eddie 197
  87. Philip 187
  88. Marion 182
  89. Jessie 181
  90. Stephen 181
  91. Bernard 180
  92. Archie 175
  93. Anthony 174
  94. Julius 173
  95. Clifford 172
  96. Alex 161
  97. Norman 161
  98. Lester 160
  99. Horace 156
  100. Leroy 155

Top girl names of 1886

  1. Mary 9,889
  2. Anna 4,283
  3. Emma 2,764
  4. Elizabeth 2,680
  5. Minnie 2,372
  6. Margaret 2,275
  7. Ida 2,049
  8. Bertha 2,001
  9. Clara 1,916
  10. Florence 1,860
  11. Alice 1,811
  12. Bessie 1,791
  13. Annie 1,765
  14. Grace 1,723
  15. Ethel 1,699
  16. Sarah 1,569
  17. Nellie 1,492
  18. Martha 1,491
  19. Ella 1,464
  20. Mabel 1,422
  21. Carrie 1,396
  22. Laura 1,372
  23. Edna 1,314
  24. Lillian 1,282
  25. Helen 1,267
  26. Rose 1,261
  27. Gertrude 1,249
  28. Cora 1,231
  29. Pearl 1,204
  30. Maude 1,189
  31. Edith 1,184
  32. Eva 1,155
  33. Hattie 1,139
  34. Jennie 1,100
  35. Myrtle 1,094
  36. Julia 1,061
  37. Louise 1,061
  38. Frances 1,059
  39. Mattie 1,044
  40. Lula 1,040
  41. Jessie 1,003
  42. Lillie 995
  43. Lena 992
  44. Marie 988
  45. Catherine 916
  46. Ada 915
  47. Josephine 844
  48. Fannie 837
  49. Dora 827
  50. Lucy 817
  51. Blanche 787
  52. Agnes 779
  53. Maggie 756
  54. Katherine 744
  55. Mamie 712
  56. Nora 708
  57. Stella 702
  58. Elsie 698
  59. Rosa 673
  60. Effie 672
  61. Mae 641
  62. Alma 603
  63. Daisy 602
  64. May 602
  65. Nettie 591
  66. Ruth 581
  67. Della 565
  68. Sadie 562
  69. Susie 559
  70. Ellen 551
  71. Lizzie 512
  72. Nancy 492
  73. Sallie 490
  74. Maud 478
  75. Lottie 450
  76. Flora 443
  77. Viola 440
  78. Irene 437
  79. Etta 433
  80. Katie 431
  81. Hazel 429
  82. Mollie 421
  83. Addie 417
  84. Olive 404
  85. Esther 396
  86. Georgia 395
  87. Lydia 392
  88. Willie 388
  89. Kathryn 383
  90. Lulu 376
  91. Amanda 370
  92. Caroline 370
  93. Emily 369
  94. Charlotte 368
  95. Rebecca 355
  96. Virginia 353
  97. Nannie 347
  98. Beulah 345
  99. Harriet 341
  100. Kate 335

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1886?
John was the #1 boy name in 1886 (9,026 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (9,889 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1886?
Social Security records list 255,316 babies born in 1886 with names given to at least 5 babies: 110,783 boys and 144,533 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.