Name.Baby Names by year 1880s 1886 Most Popular Baby Names of 1886 Social Security has card records for 272,775 people born in the U.S. in 1886. Mary was the top girl name (9,889 babies) and John the top boy name (9,026).
Top 100 names of 1886 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1886, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 9,889 #125 2 Anna 4,283 #107 3 Emma 2,764 #3 4 Elizabeth 2,680 #17 5 Minnie 2,372 #3,028 6 Margaret 2,275 #112 7 Ida 2,049 #1,120 8 Bertha 2,001 #4,546 9 Clara 1,916 #63 10 Florence 1,860 #391 11 Alice 1,811 #65 12 Bessie 1,791 #6,838 13 Annie 1,765 #182 14 Grace 1,723 #38 15 Ethel 1,699 #4,172 16 Sarah 1,569 #90 17 Nellie 1,492 #533 18 Martha 1,491 #712 19 Ella 1,464 #29 20 Mabel 1,422 #201 21 Carrie 1,396 #2,719 22 Laura 1,372 #379 23 Edna 1,314 #2,458 24 Lillian 1,282 #57 25 Helen 1,267 #461 26 Rose 1,261 #114 27 Gertrude 1,249 #6,546 28 Cora 1,231 #113 29 Pearl 1,204 #776 30 Maude 1,189 #3,342 31 Edith 1,184 #499 32 Eva 1,155 #134 33 Hattie 1,139 #334 34 Jennie 1,100 #2,298 35 Myrtle 1,094 #10,917 36 Julia 1,061 #131 36 Louise 1,061 #514 38 Frances 1,059 #318 39 Mattie 1,044 #1,004 40 Lula 1,040 #1,927 41 Jessie 1,003 #823 42 Lillie 995 #675 43 Lena 992 #279 44 Marie 988 #617 45 Catherine 916 #313 46 Ada 915 #219 47 Josephine 844 #53 48 Fannie 837 #3,342 49 Dora 827 #2,387 50 Lucy 817 #24
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1886, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Blanche 787 #6,838 52 Agnes 779 #1,016 53 Maggie 756 #294 54 Katherine 744 #186 55 Mamie 712 #6,116 56 Nora 708 #20 57 Stella 702 #52 58 Elsie 698 #123 59 Rosa 673 #652 60 Effie 672 #2,239 61 Mae 641 #500 62 Alma 603 #449 63 Daisy 602 #75 63 May 602 #1,229 65 Nettie 591 #5,554 66 Ruth 581 #173 67 Della 565 #563 68 Sadie 562 #50 69 Susie 559 #1,911 70 Ellen 551 #1,062 71 Lizzie 512 #2,139 72 Nancy 492 #965 73 Sallie 490 #4,265 74 Maud 478 – 75 Lottie 450 #527 76 Flora 443 #607 77 Viola 440 #1,013 78 Irene 437 #651 79 Etta 433 #928 80 Katie 431 #646 81 Hazel 429 #21 82 Mollie 421 #1,113 83 Addie 417 #1,272 84 Olive 404 #197 85 Esther 396 #119 86 Georgia 395 #99 87 Lydia 392 #92 88 Willie 388 #10,107 89 Kathryn 383 #729 90 Lulu 376 #3,167 91 Amanda 370 #493 91 Caroline 370 #96 93 Emily 369 #34 94 Charlotte 368 #2 95 Rebecca 355 #349 96 Virginia 353 #525 97 Nannie 347 – 98 Beulah 345 #5,917 99 Harriet 341 #1,071 100 Kate 335 #520
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1886, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 9,026 #23 2 William 8,252 #9 3 James 5,355 #6 4 George 4,671 #126 5 Charles 4,533 #48 6 Frank 3,127 #513 7 Joseph 2,594 #29 8 Robert 2,443 #92 9 Henry 2,404 #5 10 Thomas 2,337 #34 11 Edward 2,312 #224 12 Harry 2,257 #775 13 Walter 1,880 #251 14 Arthur 1,656 #87 15 Fred 1,599 #1,932 16 Albert 1,488 #614 17 Clarence 995 #1,499 18 Samuel 870 #18 19 Louis 846 #249 20 Roy 767 #525 21 Joe 759 #991 22 Charlie 723 #145 23 Richard 720 #234 24 David 674 #35 25 Ernest 668 #1,038 26 Oscar 645 #223 27 Will 642 #1,193 28 Willie 641 #1,315 29 Andrew 614 #73 29 Jesse 614 #184 31 Earl 570 #2,230 32 Carl 556 #1,132 33 Daniel 555 #22 34 Sam 519 #647 35 Elmer 485 #1,222 36 Alfred 480 #840 37 Howard 467 #1,002 38 Paul 466 #262 39 Benjamin 463 #11 40 Frederick 461 #435 41 Ralph 440 #1,046 42 Peter 437 #187 43 Lewis 431 #433 44 Herman 418 #2,363 45 Grover 407 #4,249 46 Herbert 400 #2,641 47 Lee 399 #725 48 Claude 391 #3,036 49 Jim 389 #3,128 50 Tom 383 #2,183
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1886, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Eugene 362 #943 52 Raymond 353 #394 53 Michael 348 #21 54 Jacob 346 #43 55 Francis 344 #420 56 Ben 335 #843 57 Lawrence 331 #518 58 Martin 329 #335 59 Edwin 313 #398 60 Harvey 310 #251 61 Edgar 309 #486 62 Clyde 307 #742 63 Ed 303 – 64 Jack 299 #15 65 Chester 287 #1,585 66 Floyd 275 #2,230 67 Ray 271 #791 68 Otto 270 #277 69 Theodore 258 #4 70 Guy 255 #1,634 71 Luther 253 #1,459 72 Patrick 249 #235 73 Leo 240 #19 74 Leonard 236 #637 75 Oliver 230 #3 76 Bert 228 #10,695 77 Hugh 227 #732 78 Harold 224 #991 78 Homer 224 #4,707 78 Isaac 224 #47 81 Charley 214 #1,826 82 Allen 211 #578 83 Alexander 206 #30 84 August 203 #81 85 Ira 198 #819 86 Eddie 197 #860 87 Philip 187 #527 88 Marion 182 #2,480 89 Jessie 181 #1,425 89 Stephen 181 #383 91 Bernard 180 #1,362 92 Archie 175 #301 93 Anthony 174 #46 94 Julius 173 #424 95 Clifford 172 #1,352 96 Alex 161 #232 96 Norman 161 #1,196 98 Lester 160 #1,634 99 Horace 156 #6,143 100 Leroy 155 #883 100 Sidney 155 #1,323
Entered the top 100 in 1886
