United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1885

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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