1885
Top Baby Names of 1885
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1885
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
Kathryn 320 92
Esther 320 94
Charlotte 317 95
Willie 312 96
Kate 309 96
Beulah 309 98
Ollie 305 99
Susan 302 99
Rebecca 302 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1885
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
Michael 370 46
Jim 370 48
Tom 361 49
Martin 357 50
Lee 348 51
Eugene 345 52
Jacob 343 52
Claude 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
Luther 259 70
Floyd 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
Theodore 199 83
Leo 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 About 1885 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1885, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.