Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1895

John and Mary topped the list in 1895. The 10 most popular names went to 36% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,240 boy names and 1,808 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1895

  1. John 8,320
  2. William 7,277
  3. James 5,335
  4. George 4,289
  5. Charles 3,633
  6. Frank 3,012
  7. Joseph 2,992
  8. Robert 2,635
  9. Henry 2,221
  10. Edward 2,203
  11. Thomas 2,153
  12. Harry 2,128
  13. Walter 2,015
  14. Arthur 1,666
  15. Fred 1,483
  16. Albert 1,391
  17. Clarence 1,326
  18. Willie 1,071
  19. Roy 1,028
  20. Paul 933
  21. Louis 913
  22. Carl 851
  23. Earl 851
  24. Ernest 834
  25. Samuel 814
  26. Raymond 806
  27. Charlie 767
  28. Joe 763
  29. Harold 753
  30. Ralph 736
  31. Richard 727
  32. David 707
  33. Howard 641
  34. Elmer 610
  35. Jesse 577
  36. Herbert 569
  37. Andrew 562
  38. Alfred 551
  39. Oscar 549
  40. Daniel 516
  41. Lawrence 509
  42. Leo 509
  43. Sam 487
  44. Will 485
  45. Francis 480
  46. Jack 479
  47. Lee 478
  48. Benjamin 452
  49. Herman 439
  50. Eugene 430
  51. Floyd 427
  52. Michael 413
  53. Peter 412
  54. Frederick 406
  55. Claude 389
  56. Ray 380
  57. Chester 377
  58. Lewis 377
  59. Clyde 370
  60. Edwin 346
  61. Leonard 342
  62. Tom 335
  63. Ben 324
  64. Edgar 323
  65. Martin 317
  66. Russell 300
  67. Homer 296
  68. Lester 295
  69. Otto 283
  70. Harvey 282
  71. Jim 278
  72. Clifford 272
  73. Luther 269
  74. Jacob 266
  75. Lloyd 263
  76. Guy 261
  77. Bernard 259
  78. Leroy 249
  79. Jessie 245
  80. Hugh 243
  81. Leslie 235
  82. Patrick 233
  83. Stanley 233
  84. Ed 229
  85. Eddie 228
  86. Anthony 221
  87. Leon 219
  88. Oliver 216
  89. Archie 212
  90. Horace 211
  91. Norman 211
  92. Philip 211
  93. Theodore 208
  94. Everett 207
  95. Ira 207
  96. Donald 203
  97. Alexander 199
  98. Allen 196
  99. Victor 196
  100. Cecil 192

Top girl names of 1895

  1. Mary 13,447
  2. Anna 5,950
  3. Helen 4,023
  4. Margaret 3,931
  5. Elizabeth 3,603
  6. Ruth 3,551
  7. Florence 3,471
  8. Ethel 3,391
  9. Marie 3,011
  10. Emma 2,952
  11. Bertha 2,626
  12. Clara 2,613
  13. Minnie 2,567
  14. Edna 2,560
  15. Bessie 2,542
  16. Lillian 2,495
  17. Alice 2,457
  18. Grace 2,448
  19. Annie 2,390
  20. Mabel 2,359
  21. Rose 2,262
  22. Hazel 2,252
  23. Ida 2,170
  24. Gertrude 2,129
  25. Martha 2,096
  26. Pearl 1,958
  27. Edith 1,940
  28. Myrtle 1,938
  29. Frances 1,833
  30. Nellie 1,833
  31. Esther 1,803
  32. Elsie 1,795
  33. Sarah 1,777
  34. Eva 1,767
  35. Ella 1,692
  36. Laura 1,643
  37. Louise 1,582
  38. Catherine 1,514
  39. Mildred 1,474
  40. Agnes 1,466
  41. Gladys 1,464
  42. Carrie 1,463
  43. Irene 1,428
  44. Lillie 1,414
  45. Julia 1,380
  46. Hattie 1,338
  47. Josephine 1,334
  48. Jessie 1,300
  49. Cora 1,295
  50. Lena 1,289
  51. Mattie 1,276
  52. Mae 1,193
  53. Jennie 1,177
  54. Blanche 1,156
  55. Alma 1,144
  56. Maude 1,136
  57. Dorothy 1,127
  58. Ada 1,124
  59. Mamie 1,119
  60. Stella 1,026
  61. Lucy 1,016
  62. Fannie 1,012
  63. Viola 1,010
  64. Lula 987
  65. Katherine 968
  66. Ruby 954
  67. Maggie 890
  68. Dora 884
  69. Marion 856
  70. Nora 846
  71. Rosa 832
  72. Sadie 829
  73. Beatrice 814
  74. Beulah 760
  75. Ellen 746
  76. Pauline 734
  77. Vera 729
  78. Willie 724
  79. Effie 708
  80. May 691
  81. Marguerite 680
  82. Nettie 677
  83. Susie 674
  84. Daisy 665
  85. Lydia 656
  86. Della 648
  87. Evelyn 630
  88. Virginia 628
  89. Emily 605
  90. Kathryn 585
  91. Olive 577
  92. Sallie 573
  93. Nancy 566
  94. Georgia 562
  95. Lottie 553
  96. Flora 552
  97. Ann 551
  98. Eleanor 544
  99. Lizzie 543
  100. Katie 536

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1895?
John was the #1 boy name in 1895 (8,320 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (13,447 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1895?
Social Security records list 351,020 babies born in 1895 with names given to at least 5 babies: 117,393 boys and 233,627 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.