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

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1885 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1884						Change from 1884
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	9,128	6.431	0	-89	1	John	8,756	7.552	0	-632
2	Anna	3,994	2.814	0	134	2	William	8,044	6.938	0	-853
3	Emma	2,728	1.922	0	141	3	James	5,175	4.463	0	-518
4	Elizabeth	2,582	1.819	0	33	4	George	4,674	4.031	0	-287
5	Margaret	2,204	1.553	1	62	5	Charles	4,599	3.967	0	-203
6	Minnie	2,178	1.534	-1	-65	6	Frank	3,067	2.645	0	-151
7	Clara	1,910	1.346	1	58	7	Joseph	2,540	2.191	0	-167
8	Bertha	1,860	1.310	1	71	8	Henry	2,406	2.075	1	-68
9	Ida	1,854	1.306	-2	-28	9	Robert	2,322	2.003	1	-146
10	Annie	1,703	1.200	0	-36	10	Thomas	2,266	1.954	-2	-306
11	Alice	1,681	1.184	0	-51	11	Edward	2,220	1.915	0	-219
12	Florence	1,667	1.174	0	97	12	Harry	2,198	1.896	0	-125
13	Bessie	1,588	1.119	2	137	13	Walter	1,808	1.559	0	-94
14	Grace	1,575	1.110	-1	50	14	Fred	1,562	1.347	1	-76
15	Ethel	1,495	1.053	3	109	15	Arthur	1,516	1.308	-1	-174
16	Nellie	1,432	1.009	1	15	16	Albert	1,429	1.232	0	-6
17	Martha	1,425	1.004	-1	-18	17	Clarence	906	0.781	1	17
18	Sarah	1,424	1.003	-4	-94	18	Samuel	888	0.766	-1	-57
19	Ella	1,395	0.983	0	21	19	Louis	809	0.698	0	-77
20	Mabel	1,349	0.950	0	79	20	Grover	768	0.662	0	-34
21	Laura	1,325	0.933	0	79	21	Ernest	718	0.619	4	28
22	Carrie	1,283	0.904	0	38	22	David	712	0.614	-1	-49
23	Cora	1,253	0.883	0	9	23	Charlie	705	0.608	1	-41
24	Maude	1,222	0.861	0	-3	24	Roy	691	0.596	2	11
25	Rose	1,164	0.820	5	104	25	Joe	681	0.587	-3	-78
26	Pearl	1,146	0.807	-1	8	26	Richard	672	0.580	-3	-77
27	Lillian	1,143	0.805	-1	34	27	Will	625	0.539	1	-25
28	Helen	1,134	0.799	5	148	28	Oscar	623	0.537	2	8
29	Gertrude	1,086	0.765	-1	23	29	Willie	614	0.530	2	36
30	Edna	1,077	0.759	6	120	30	Andrew	599	0.517	-1	-17
31	Edith	1,071	0.755	-4	-33	31	Jesse	556	0.480	-4	-114
32	Julia	1,062	0.748	5	127	32	Daniel	535	0.461	0	-38
33	Jennie	1,045	0.736	-4	-18	33	Peter	516	0.445	1	-8
34	Myrtle	1,026	0.723	0	47	34	Carl	494	0.426	2	-27
35	Mattie	1,014	0.714	-4	7	35	Sam	492	0.424	-2	-41
36	Hattie	1,008	0.710	-4	15	36	Earl	481	0.415	4	17
37	Lillie	979	0.690	3	68	37	Frederick	466	0.402	5	12
38	Eva	971	0.684	0	42	38	Benjamin	464	0.400	0	-45
39	Louise	956	0.673	-4	-6	39	Alfred	446	0.385	-2	-74
40	Jessie	952	0.671	2	64	40	Elmer	443	0.382	-5	-80
41	Lula	949	0.669	-2	33	41	Howard	438	0.378	3	6
42	Marie	885	0.623	7	139	42	Lewis	437	0.377	-3	-39
43	Ada	876	0.617	1	22	43	Paul	428	0.369	2	6
44	Lena	876	0.617	-3	-30	44	Ralph	422	0.364	-3	-42
45	Catherine	846	0.596	-2	-28	45	Herbert	388	0.335	1	-33
46	Frances	844	0.595	0	55	46	Jim	370	0.319	9	24
47	Fannie	783	0.552	3	45	47	Michael	370	0.319	4	-3
48	Josephine	783	0.552	-3	-17	48	Tom	361	0.311	-1	-33
49	Dora	776	0.547	2	56	49	Martin	357	0.308	0	-28
50	Katherine	751	0.529	5	80	50	Lee	348	0.300	-7	-87

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.