Name.Baby Names by year 1890s 1895 Most Popular Baby Names of 1895 Social Security has card records for 373,748 people born in the U.S. in 1895. Mary was the top girl name (13,447 babies) and John the top boy name (8,320).
Top 100 names of 1895 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1895, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 13,447 #125 2 Anna 5,950 #107 3 Helen 4,023 #461 4 Margaret 3,931 #112 5 Elizabeth 3,603 #17 6 Ruth 3,551 #173 7 Florence 3,471 #391 8 Ethel 3,391 #4,172 9 Marie 3,011 #617 10 Emma 2,952 #3 11 Bertha 2,626 #4,546 12 Clara 2,613 #63 13 Minnie 2,567 #3,028 14 Edna 2,560 #2,458 15 Bessie 2,542 #6,838 16 Lillian 2,495 #57 17 Alice 2,457 #65 18 Grace 2,448 #38 19 Annie 2,390 #182 20 Mabel 2,359 #201 21 Rose 2,262 #114 22 Hazel 2,252 #21 23 Ida 2,170 #1,120 24 Gertrude 2,129 #6,546 25 Martha 2,096 #712 26 Pearl 1,958 #776 27 Edith 1,940 #499 28 Myrtle 1,938 #10,917 29 Frances 1,833 #318 29 Nellie 1,833 #533 31 Esther 1,803 #119 32 Elsie 1,795 #123 33 Sarah 1,777 #90 34 Eva 1,767 #134 35 Ella 1,692 #29 36 Laura 1,643 #379 37 Louise 1,582 #514 38 Catherine 1,514 #313 39 Mildred 1,474 #1,962 40 Agnes 1,466 #1,016 41 Gladys 1,464 #3,211 42 Carrie 1,463 #2,719 43 Irene 1,428 #651 44 Lillie 1,414 #675 45 Julia 1,380 #131 46 Hattie 1,338 #334 47 Josephine 1,334 #53 48 Jessie 1,300 #823 49 Cora 1,295 #113 50 Lena 1,289 #279
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1895, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Mattie 1,276 #1,004 52 Mae 1,193 #500 53 Jennie 1,177 #2,298 54 Blanche 1,156 #6,838 55 Alma 1,144 #449 56 Maude 1,136 #3,342 57 Dorothy 1,127 #421 58 Ada 1,124 #219 59 Mamie 1,119 #6,116 60 Stella 1,026 #52 61 Lucy 1,016 #24 62 Fannie 1,012 #3,342 63 Viola 1,010 #1,013 64 Lula 987 #1,927 65 Katherine 968 #186 66 Ruby 954 #64 67 Maggie 890 #294 68 Dora 884 #2,387 69 Marion 856 #2,036 70 Nora 846 #20 71 Rosa 832 #652 72 Sadie 829 #50 73 Beatrice 814 #508 74 Beulah 760 #5,917 75 Ellen 746 #1,062 76 Pauline 734 #2,957 77 Vera 729 #205 78 Willie 724 #10,107 79 Effie 708 #2,239 80 May 691 #1,229 81 Marguerite 680 #2,485 82 Nettie 677 #5,554 83 Susie 674 #1,911 84 Daisy 665 #75 85 Lydia 656 #92 86 Della 648 #563 87 Evelyn 630 #8 88 Virginia 628 #525 89 Emily 605 #34 90 Kathryn 585 #729 91 Olive 577 #197 92 Sallie 573 #4,265 93 Nancy 566 #965 94 Georgia 562 #99 95 Lottie 553 #527 96 Flora 552 #607 97 Ann 551 #1,076 98 Eleanor 544 #12 99 Lizzie 543 #2,139 100 Katie 536 #646
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1895, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,320 #23 2 William 7,277 #9 3 James 5,335 #6 4 George 4,289 #126 5 Charles 3,633 #48 6 Frank 3,012 #513 7 Joseph 2,992 #29 8 Robert 2,635 #92 9 Henry 2,221 #5 10 Edward 2,203 #224 11 Thomas 2,153 #34 12 Harry 2,128 #775 13 Walter 2,015 #251 14 Arthur 1,666 #87 15 Fred 1,483 #1,932 16 Albert 1,391 #614 17 Clarence 1,326 #1,499 18 Willie 1,071 #1,315 19 Roy 1,028 #525 20 Paul 933 #262 21 Louis 913 #249 22 Carl 851 #1,132 22 Earl 851 #2,230 24 Ernest 834 #1,038 25 Samuel 814 #18 26 Raymond 806 #394 27 Charlie 767 #145 28 Joe 763 #991 29 Harold 753 #991 30 Ralph 736 #1,046 31 Richard 727 #234 32 David 707 #35 33 Howard 641 #1,002 34 Elmer 610 #1,222 35 Jesse 577 #184 36 Herbert 569 #2,641 37 Andrew 562 #73 38 Alfred 551 #840 39 Oscar 549 #223 40 Daniel 516 #22 41 Lawrence 509 #518 41 Leo 509 #19 43 Sam 487 #647 44 Will 485 #1,193 45 Francis 480 #420 46 Jack 479 #15 47 Lee 478 #725 48 Benjamin 452 #11 49 Herman 439 #2,363 50 Eugene 430 #943
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1895, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Floyd 427 #2,230 52 Michael 413 #21 53 Peter 412 #187 54 Frederick 406 #435 55 Claude 389 #3,036 56 Ray 380 #791 57 Chester 377 #1,585 57 Lewis 377 #433 59 Clyde 370 #742 60 Edwin 346 #398 61 Leonard 342 #637 62 Tom 335 #2,183 63 Ben 324 #843 64 Edgar 323 #486 65 Martin 317 #335 66 Russell 300 #345 67 Homer 296 #4,707 68 Lester 295 #1,634 69 Otto 283 #277 70 Harvey 282 #251 71 Jim 278 #3,128 72 Clifford 272 #1,352 73 Luther 269 #1,459 74 Jacob 266 #43 75 Lloyd 263 #1,547 76 Guy 261 #1,634 77 Bernard 259 #1,362 78 Leroy 249 #883 79 Jessie 245 #1,425 80 Hugh 243 #732 81 Leslie 235 #3,513 82 Patrick 233 #235 82 Stanley 233 #863 84 Ed 229 – 85 Eddie 228 #860 86 Anthony 221 #46 87 Leon 219 #138 88 Oliver 216 #3 89 Archie 212 #301 90 Horace 211 #6,143 90 Norman 211 #1,196 90 Philip 211 #527 93 Theodore 208 #4 94 Everett 207 #77 94 Ira 207 #819 96 Donald 203 #690 97 Alexander 199 #30 98 Allen 196 #578 98 Victor 196 #209 100 Cecil 192 #1,486
Entered the top 100 in 1895
