Name.Baby Names by year 1880s 1885 Most Popular Baby Names of 1885 Social Security has card records for 257,892 people born in the U.S. in 1885. Mary was the top girl name (9,128 babies) and John the top boy name (8,756).
Top 100 names of 1885 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1885, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 9,128 #125 2 Anna 3,994 #107 3 Emma 2,728 #3 4 Elizabeth 2,582 #17 5 Margaret 2,204 #112 6 Minnie 2,178 #3,028 7 Clara 1,910 #63 8 Bertha 1,860 #4,546 9 Ida 1,854 #1,120 10 Annie 1,703 #182 11 Alice 1,681 #65 12 Florence 1,667 #391 13 Bessie 1,588 #6,838 14 Grace 1,575 #38 15 Ethel 1,495 #4,172 16 Nellie 1,432 #533 17 Martha 1,425 #712 18 Sarah 1,424 #90 19 Ella 1,395 #29 20 Mabel 1,349 #201 21 Laura 1,325 #379 22 Carrie 1,283 #2,719 23 Cora 1,253 #113 24 Maude 1,222 #3,342 25 Rose 1,164 #114 26 Pearl 1,146 #776 27 Lillian 1,143 #57 28 Helen 1,134 #461 29 Gertrude 1,086 #6,546 30 Edna 1,077 #2,458 31 Edith 1,071 #499 32 Julia 1,062 #131 33 Jennie 1,045 #2,298 34 Myrtle 1,026 #10,917 35 Mattie 1,014 #1,004 36 Hattie 1,008 #334 37 Lillie 979 #675 38 Eva 971 #134 39 Louise 956 #514 40 Jessie 952 #823 41 Lula 949 #1,927 42 Marie 885 #617 43 Ada 876 #219 43 Lena 876 #279 45 Catherine 846 #313 46 Frances 844 #318 47 Fannie 783 #3,342 47 Josephine 783 #53 49 Dora 776 #2,387 50 Katherine 751 #186
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1885, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Maggie 716 #294 52 Lucy 711 #24 53 Blanche 710 #6,838 54 Agnes 695 #1,016 55 Elsie 685 #123 56 Nora 670 #20 57 Stella 649 #52 58 Rosa 623 #652 59 Effie 613 #2,239 60 Daisy 607 #75 60 May 607 #1,229 62 Mamie 606 #6,116 63 Mae 578 #500 64 Ellen 555 #1,062 65 Lizzie 537 #2,139 66 Nettie 536 #5,554 67 Nancy 527 #965 68 Alma 515 #449 69 Sadie 514 #50 70 Ruth 506 #173 71 Della 500 #563 72 Susie 477 #1,911 73 Sallie 457 #4,265 74 Flora 445 #607 75 Maud 429 – 76 Addie 406 #1,272 77 Lydia 404 #92 78 Caroline 399 #96 79 Mollie 396 #1,113 80 Lottie 393 #527 81 Katie 388 #646 82 Irene 376 #651 83 Etta 372 #928 84 Georgia 371 #99 85 Lulu 360 #3,167 86 Olive 349 #197 87 Emily 346 #34 88 Viola 345 #1,013 89 Harriet 342 #1,071 90 Amanda 339 #493 91 Jane 330 #221 92 Esther 320 #119 92 Kathryn 320 #729 94 Charlotte 317 #2 95 Willie 312 #10,107 96 Beulah 309 #5,917 96 Kate 309 #520 98 Ollie 305 #2,276 99 Rebecca 302 #349 99 Susan 302 #1,085
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1885, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,756 #23 2 William 8,044 #9 3 James 5,175 #6 4 George 4,674 #126 5 Charles 4,599 #48 6 Frank 3,067 #513 7 Joseph 2,540 #29 8 Henry 2,406 #5 9 Robert 2,322 #92 10 Thomas 2,266 #34 11 Edward 2,220 #224 12 Harry 2,198 #775 13 Walter 1,808 #251 14 Fred 1,562 #1,932 15 Arthur 1,516 #87 16 Albert 1,429 #614 17 Clarence 906 #1,499 18 Samuel 888 #18 19 Louis 809 #249 20 Grover 768 #4,249 21 Ernest 718 #1,038 22 David 712 #35 23 Charlie 705 #145 24 Roy 691 #525 25 Joe 681 #991 26 Richard 672 #234 27 Will 625 #1,193 28 Oscar 623 #223 29 Willie 614 #1,315 30 Andrew 599 #73 31 Jesse 556 #184 32 Daniel 535 #22 33 Peter 516 #187 34 Carl 494 #1,132 35 Sam 492 #647 36 Earl 481 #2,230 37 Frederick 466 #435 38 Benjamin 464 #11 39 Alfred 446 #840 40 Elmer 443 #1,222 41 Howard 438 #1,002 42 Lewis 437 #433 43 Paul 428 #262 44 Ralph 422 #1,046 45 Herbert 388 #2,641 46 Jim 370 #3,128 46 Michael 370 #21 48 Tom 361 #2,183 49 Martin 357 #335 50 Lee 348 #725
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1885, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Eugene 345 #943 52 Claude 343 #3,036 52 Jacob 343 #43 54 Ed 328 – 55 Herman 326 #2,363 56 Francis 319 #420 57 Clyde 318 #742 58 Raymond 308 #394 59 Harvey 304 #251 60 Edgar 303 #486 61 Jack 295 #15 62 Ben 292 #843 63 Edwin 289 #398 64 Lawrence 288 #518 65 Charley 285 #1,826 66 Bert 276 #10,695 67 Chester 273 #1,585 68 Guy 266 #1,634 69 Otto 263 #277 70 Floyd 259 #2,230 70 Luther 259 #1,459 72 Oliver 258 #3 73 Hugh 257 #732 74 Ray 237 #791 75 Ira 235 #819 76 Homer 228 #4,707 77 Patrick 217 #235 78 Alexander 205 #30 79 Isaac 204 #47 79 Leonard 204 #637 81 Jessie 202 #1,425 82 Harold 201 #991 83 Leo 199 #19 83 Theodore 199 #4 85 Archie 196 #301 86 August 193 #81 87 Allen 184 #578 88 Sidney 170 #1,323 89 Philip 163 #527 90 Leroy 162 #883 91 Bernard 160 #1,362 92 Alex 159 #232 93 Stephen 158 #383 94 Horace 155 #6,143 95 Anthony 153 #46 96 Warren 151 #240 97 Julius 150 #424 98 Cleveland 147 #7,194 99 Leon 146 #138 100 Victor 143 #209
Entered the top 100 in 1885
