Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1885

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
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
43	Lena	876
45	Catherine	846
46	Frances	844
47	Fannie	783
47	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
60	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
92	Kathryn	320
94	Charlotte	317
95	Willie	312
96	Beulah	309
96	Kate	309
98	Ollie	305
99	Rebecca	302
99	Susan	302

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
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
46	Michael	370
48	Tom	361
49	Martin	357
50	Lee	348
51	Eugene	345
52	Claude	343
52	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
70	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
79	Leonard	204
81	Jessie	202
82	Harold	201
83	Leo	199
83	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