Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1886

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1886 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	9,889	6.433	-125	-7,562	1	John	9,026	7.582	-26	93
2	Anna	4,283	2.786	-52	-138	2	William	8,252	6.932	-1	6,264
3	Emma	2,764	1.798	2	15,924	3	James	5,355	4.498	-1	8,170
4	Elizabeth	2,680	1.743	-9	5,833	4	George	4,671	3.924	-123	-1,612
5	Minnie	2,372	1.543	-2,614	-2,306	5	Charles	4,533	3.808	-47	2,071
6	Margaret	2,275	1.480	-121	37	6	Frank	3,127	2.627	-386	-2,324
7	Ida	2,049	1.333	-1,214	-1,859	7	Joseph	2,594	2.179	-16	6,961
8	Bertha	2,001	1.302	-4,751	-1,973	8	Robert	2,443	2.052	-63	2,697
9	Clara	1,916	1.246	-94	961	9	Henry	2,404	2.019	-7	8,245
10	Florence	1,860	1.210	-961	-1,591	10	Thomas	2,337	1.963	-39	4,442
11	Alice	1,811	1.178	-60	1,832	11	Edward	2,312	1.942	-158	-44
12	Bessie	1,791	1.165	-10,613	-1,782	12	Harry	2,257	1.896	-608	-1,830
13	Annie	1,765	1.148	-295	-685	13	Walter	1,881	1.580	-258	-578
14	Grace	1,723	1.121	-10	5,001	14	Arthur	1,656	1.391	-216	-14
15	Ethel	1,699	1.105	-4,341	-1,667	15	Fred	1,599	1.343	-1,635	-1,502
16	Sarah	1,569	1.021	-51	2,165	16	Albert	1,488	1.250	-436	-831
17	Nellie	1,492	0.971	-1,054	-1,256	17	Clarence	995	0.836	-1,099	-823
18	Martha	1,491	0.970	-779	-1,150	18	Samuel	870	0.731	-3	8,864
19	Ella	1,464	0.952	4	6,591	19	Louis	846	0.711	-244	522
20	Mabel	1,422	0.925	-416	-700	20	Roy	767	0.644	-522	-253
21	Carrie	1,396	0.908	-1,747	-1,281	21	Joe	759	0.638	-674	-414
22	Laura	1,372	0.892	-318	-437	22	Charlie	723	0.607	-196	993
23	Edna	1,314	0.855	-1,714	-1,197	23	Richard	720	0.605	-165	1,399
24	Lillian	1,282	0.834	-10	4,252	24	David	674	0.566	2	9,023
25	Helen	1,267	0.824	-388	-522	25	Ernest	668	0.561	-953	-458
26	Rose	1,261	0.820	-97	1,171	26	Oscar	645	0.542	-180	1,300
27	Gertrude	1,249	0.812	-5,459	-1,226	27	Will	642	0.539	-865	-400
28	Cora	1,231	0.801	-45	2,343	28	Willie	641	0.538	-906	-417
29	Pearl	1,204	0.783	-618	-749	29	Andrew	614	0.516	-14	6,620
30	Maude	1,189	0.773	-5,195	-1,164	30	Jesse	614	0.516	-155	1,512
31	Edith	1,184	0.770	-487	-585	31	Earl	570	0.479	-1,633	-475
32	Eva	1,155	0.751	-43	2,387	32	Carl	556	0.467	-668	-214
33	Hattie	1,139	0.741	-462	-515	33	Daniel	555	0.466	18	10,618
34	Jennie	1,100	0.716	-3,410	-1,055	34	Sam	519	0.436	-569	-68
35	Myrtle	1,094	0.712	OLD	-1,094	35	Elmer	485	0.407	-1,224	-340
36	Julia	1,061	0.690	-57	1,928	36	Alfred	480	0.403	-836	-231
37	Louise	1,061	0.690	-763	-722	37	Howard	467	0.392	-931	-254
38	Frances	1,059	0.689	-407	-344	38	Paul	466	0.391	-196	1,159
39	Mattie	1,044	0.679	-1,018	-804	39	Benjamin	463	0.389	33	12,918
40	Lula	1,040	0.676	-1,820	-932	40	Frederick	461	0.387	-456	114
41	Jessie	1,003	0.652	-615	-556	41	Ralph	440	0.370	-910	-223
42	Lillie	995	0.647	-626	-556	42	Peter	437	0.367	-169	1,375
43	Lena	992	0.645	-258	102	43	Lewis	431	0.362	-503	75
44	Marie	988	0.643	-532	-458	44	Herman	418	0.351	-2,188	-357
45	Catherine	916	0.596	-159	582	45	Grover	407	0.342	-3,752	-379
46	Ada	915	0.595	-205	373	46	Herbert	400	0.336	-1,981	-329
47	Josephine	844	0.549	-44	2,179	47	Lee	399	0.335	-642	-49
48	Fannie	837	0.544	-2,855	-780	48	Claude	391	0.328	-2,451	-340
49	Dora	827	0.538	-2,382	-754	49	Jim	389	0.327	-2,948	-350
50	Lucy	817	0.531	-1	3,537	50	Tom	383	0.322	-2,080	-317

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.