Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1885

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1885 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	9,128	6.431	-125	-6,801	1	John	8,756	7.552	-26	363
2	Anna	3,994	2.814	-52	151	2	William	8,044	6.938	-1	6,472
3	Emma	2,728	1.922	2	15,960	3	James	5,175	4.463	-1	8,350
4	Elizabeth	2,582	1.819	-9	5,931	4	George	4,674	4.031	-123	-1,615
5	Margaret	2,204	1.553	-122	108	5	Charles	4,599	3.967	-47	2,005
6	Minnie	2,178	1.534	-2,613	-2,112	6	Frank	3,067	2.645	-386	-2,264
7	Clara	1,910	1.346	-96	967	7	Joseph	2,540	2.191	-16	7,015
8	Bertha	1,860	1.310	-4,751	-1,832	8	Henry	2,406	2.075	-8	8,243
9	Ida	1,854	1.306	-1,212	-1,664	9	Robert	2,322	2.003	-62	2,818
10	Annie	1,703	1.200	-298	-623	10	Thomas	2,266	1.954	-39	4,513
11	Alice	1,681	1.184	-60	1,962	11	Edward	2,220	1.915	-158	48
12	Florence	1,667	1.174	-959	-1,398	12	Harry	2,198	1.896	-608	-1,771
13	Bessie	1,588	1.119	-10,612	-1,579	13	Walter	1,808	1.559	-258	-505
14	Grace	1,575	1.110	-10	5,149	14	Fred	1,562	1.347	-1,636	-1,465
15	Ethel	1,495	1.053	-4,341	-1,463	15	Arthur	1,516	1.308	-215	126
16	Nellie	1,432	1.009	-1,055	-1,196	16	Albert	1,429	1.232	-436	-772
17	Martha	1,425	1.004	-780	-1,084	17	Clarence	906	0.781	-1,099	-734
18	Sarah	1,424	1.003	-49	2,310	18	Samuel	888	0.766	-3	8,846
19	Ella	1,395	0.983	4	6,660	19	Louis	809	0.698	-244	559
20	Mabel	1,349	0.950	-416	-627	20	Grover	768	0.662	-3,777	-740
21	Laura	1,325	0.933	-319	-390	21	Ernest	718	0.619	-957	-508
22	Carrie	1,283	0.904	-1,746	-1,168	22	David	712	0.614	0	8,985
23	Cora	1,253	0.883	-50	2,321	23	Charlie	705	0.608	-195	1,011
24	Maude	1,222	0.861	-5,201	-1,197	24	Roy	691	0.596	-518	-177
25	Rose	1,164	0.820	-98	1,268	25	Joe	681	0.587	-670	-336
26	Pearl	1,146	0.807	-621	-691	26	Richard	672	0.580	-162	1,447
27	Lillian	1,143	0.805	-7	4,391	27	Will	625	0.539	-865	-383
28	Helen	1,134	0.799	-385	-389	28	Oscar	623	0.537	-178	1,322
29	Gertrude	1,086	0.765	-5,457	-1,063	29	Willie	614	0.530	-905	-390
30	Edna	1,077	0.759	-1,707	-960	30	Andrew	599	0.517	-13	6,635
31	Edith	1,071	0.755	-487	-472	31	Jesse	556	0.480	-154	1,570
32	Julia	1,062	0.748	-61	1,927	32	Daniel	535	0.461	17	10,638
33	Jennie	1,045	0.736	-3,411	-1,000	33	Peter	516	0.445	-178	1,296
34	Myrtle	1,026	0.723	OLD	-1,026	34	Carl	494	0.426	-666	-152
35	Mattie	1,014	0.714	-1,022	-774	35	Sam	492	0.424	-568	-41
36	Hattie	1,008	0.710	-459	-384	36	Earl	481	0.415	-1,628	-386
37	Lillie	979	0.690	-631	-540	37	Frederick	466	0.402	-459	109
38	Eva	971	0.684	-37	2,571	38	Benjamin	464	0.400	32	12,917
39	Louise	956	0.673	-761	-617	39	Alfred	446	0.385	-833	-197
40	Jessie	952	0.671	-616	-505	40	Elmer	443	0.382	-1,219	-298
41	Lula	949	0.669	-1,819	-841	41	Howard	438	0.378	-927	-225
42	Marie	885	0.623	-534	-355	42	Lewis	437	0.377	-504	69
43	Ada	876	0.617	-208	412	43	Paul	428	0.369	-191	1,197
44	Lena	876	0.617	-257	218	44	Ralph	422	0.364	-907	-205
45	Catherine	846	0.596	-159	652	45	Herbert	388	0.335	-1,982	-317
46	Frances	844	0.595	-399	-129	46	Jim	370	0.319	-2,951	-331
47	Fannie	783	0.552	-2,856	-726	47	Michael	370	0.319	33	11,250
48	Josephine	783	0.552	-43	2,240	48	Tom	361	0.311	-2,082	-295
49	Dora	776	0.547	-2,382	-703	49	Martin	357	0.308	-223	929
50	Katherine	751	0.529	-62	1,915	50	Lee	348	0.300	-639	2

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.