Top names by year
Top baby names of 1885
One birth year · Mary · John lead
The 100 most-chosen girl and boy names in the US in 1885, from official Social Security birth records. Every name links to its full history and popularity chart. See also the whole 1880s. Then see which names rose and fell after 1885 and what is climbing now.
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The 1885 lists
Ranked by babies given each name
Girls100
- 1Mary9,128
- 2Anna3,994
- 3Emma2,728
- 4Elizabeth2,582
- 5Margaret2,204
- 6Minnie2,178
- 7Clara1,910
- 8Bertha1,860
- 9Ida1,854
- 10Annie1,703
- 11Alice1,681
- 12Florence1,667
- 13Bessie1,588
- 14Grace1,575
- 15Ethel1,495
- 16Nellie1,432
- 17Martha1,425
- 18Sarah1,424
- 19Ella1,395
- 20Mabel1,349
- 21Laura1,325
- 22Carrie1,283
- 23Cora1,253
- 24Maude1,222
- 25Rose1,164
- 26Pearl1,146
- 27Lillian1,143
- 28Helen1,134
- 29Gertrude1,086
- 30Edna1,077
- 31Edith1,071
- 32Julia1,062
- 33Jennie1,045
- 34Myrtle1,026
- 35Mattie1,014
- 36Hattie1,008
- 37Lillie979
- 38Eva971
- 39Louise956
- 40Jessie952
- 41Lula949
- 42Marie885
- 43Ada876
- 44Lena876
- 45Catherine846
- 46Frances844
- 47Fannie783
- 48Josephine783
- 49Dora776
- 50Katherine751
- 51Maggie716
- 52Lucy711
- 53Blanche710
- 54Agnes695
- 55Elsie685
- 56Nora670
- 57Stella649
- 58Rosa623
- 59Effie613
- 60Daisy607
- 61May607
- 62Mamie606
- 63Mae578
- 64Ellen555
- 65Lizzie537
- 66Nettie536
- 67Nancy527
- 68Alma515
- 69Sadie514
- 70Ruth506
- 71Della500
- 72Susie477
- 73Sallie457
- 74Flora445
- 75Maud429
- 76Addie406
- 77Lydia404
- 78Caroline399
- 79Mollie396
- 80Lottie393
- 81Katie388
- 82Irene376
- 83Etta372
- 84Georgia371
- 85Lulu360
- 86Olive349
- 87Emily346
- 88Viola345
- 89Harriet342
- 90Amanda339
- 91Jane330
- 92Esther320
- 93Kathryn320
- 94Charlotte317
- 95Willie312
- 96Beulah309
- 97Kate309
- 98Ollie305
- 99Rebecca302
- 100Susan302
US babies given each name in 1885.
Boys100
- 1John8,756
- 2William8,044
- 3James5,175
- 4George4,674
- 5Charles4,599
- 6Frank3,067
- 7Joseph2,540
- 8Henry2,406
- 9Robert2,322
- 10Thomas2,266
- 11Edward2,220
- 12Harry2,198
- 13Walter1,808
- 14Fred1,562
- 15Arthur1,516
- 16Albert1,429
- 17Clarence906
- 18Samuel888
- 19Louis809
- 20Grover768
- 21Ernest718
- 22David712
- 23Charlie705
- 24Roy691
- 25Joe681
- 26Richard672
- 27Will625
- 28Oscar623
- 29Willie614
- 30Andrew599
- 31Jesse556
- 32Daniel535
- 33Peter516
- 34Carl494
- 35Sam492
- 36Earl481
- 37Frederick466
- 38Benjamin464
- 39Alfred446
- 40Elmer443
- 41Howard438
- 42Lewis437
- 43Paul428
- 44Ralph422
- 45Herbert388
- 46Jim370
- 47Michael370
- 48Tom361
- 49Martin357
- 50Lee348
- 51Eugene345
- 52Claude343
- 53Jacob343
- 54Ed328
- 55Herman326
- 56Francis319
- 57Clyde318
- 58Raymond308
- 59Harvey304
- 60Edgar303
- 61Jack295
- 62Ben292
- 63Edwin289
- 64Lawrence288
- 65Charley285
- 66Bert276
- 67Chester273
- 68Guy266
- 69Otto263
- 70Floyd259
- 71Luther259
- 72Oliver258
- 73Hugh257
- 74Ray237
- 75Ira235
- 76Homer228
- 77Patrick217
- 78Alexander205
- 79Isaac204
- 80Leonard204
- 81Jessie202
- 82Harold201
- 83Leo199
- 84Theodore199
- 85Archie196
- 86August193
- 87Allen184
- 88Sidney170
- 89Philip163
- 90Leroy162
- 91Bernard160
- 92Alex159
- 93Stephen158
- 94Horace155
- 95Anthony153
- 96Warren151
- 97Julius150
- 98Cleveland147
- 99Leon146
- 100Victor143
US babies given each name in 1885.
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Questions people ask
About the names of 1885
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- What was the most popular girl name in 1885?
- Mary was the #1 girl name in the US in 1885, given to 9,128 babies.
- What was the most popular boy name in 1885?
- John was the #1 boy name in the US in 1885, given to 8,756 babies.
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