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

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1886 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1885						Change from 1885
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	9,889	6.433	0	761	1	John	9,026	7.582	0	270
2	Anna	4,283	2.786	0	289	2	William	8,252	6.932	0	208
3	Emma	2,764	1.798	0	36	3	James	5,355	4.498	0	180
4	Elizabeth	2,680	1.743	0	98	4	George	4,671	3.924	0	-3
5	Minnie	2,372	1.543	1	194	5	Charles	4,533	3.808	0	-66
6	Margaret	2,275	1.480	-1	71	6	Frank	3,127	2.627	0	60
7	Ida	2,049	1.333	2	195	7	Joseph	2,594	2.179	0	54
8	Bertha	2,001	1.302	0	141	8	Robert	2,443	2.052	1	121
9	Clara	1,916	1.246	-2	6	9	Henry	2,404	2.019	-1	-2
10	Florence	1,860	1.210	2	193	10	Thomas	2,337	1.963	0	71
11	Alice	1,811	1.178	0	130	11	Edward	2,312	1.942	0	92
12	Bessie	1,791	1.165	1	203	12	Harry	2,257	1.896	0	59
13	Annie	1,765	1.148	-3	62	13	Walter	1,881	1.580	0	73
14	Grace	1,723	1.121	0	148	14	Arthur	1,656	1.391	1	140
15	Ethel	1,699	1.105	0	204	15	Fred	1,599	1.343	-1	37
16	Sarah	1,569	1.021	2	145	16	Albert	1,488	1.250	0	59
17	Nellie	1,492	0.971	-1	60	17	Clarence	995	0.836	0	89
18	Martha	1,491	0.970	-1	66	18	Samuel	870	0.731	0	-18
19	Ella	1,464	0.952	0	69	19	Louis	846	0.711	0	37
20	Mabel	1,422	0.925	0	73	20	Roy	767	0.644	4	76
21	Carrie	1,396	0.908	1	113	21	Joe	759	0.638	4	78
22	Laura	1,372	0.892	-1	47	22	Charlie	723	0.607	1	18
23	Edna	1,314	0.855	7	237	23	Richard	720	0.605	3	48
24	Lillian	1,282	0.834	3	139	24	David	674	0.566	-2	-38
25	Helen	1,267	0.824	3	133	25	Ernest	668	0.561	-4	-50
26	Rose	1,261	0.820	-1	97	26	Oscar	645	0.542	2	22
27	Gertrude	1,249	0.812	2	163	27	Will	642	0.539	0	17
28	Cora	1,231	0.801	-5	-22	28	Willie	641	0.538	1	27
29	Pearl	1,204	0.783	-3	58	29	Andrew	614	0.516	1	15
30	Maude	1,189	0.773	-6	-33	30	Jesse	614	0.516	1	58
31	Edith	1,184	0.770	0	113	31	Earl	570	0.479	5	89
32	Eva	1,155	0.751	6	184	32	Carl	556	0.467	2	62
33	Hattie	1,139	0.741	3	131	33	Daniel	555	0.466	-1	20
34	Jennie	1,100	0.716	-1	55	34	Sam	519	0.436	1	27
35	Myrtle	1,094	0.712	-1	68	35	Elmer	485	0.407	5	42
36	Julia	1,061	0.690	-4	-1	36	Alfred	480	0.403	3	34
37	Louise	1,061	0.690	2	105	37	Howard	467	0.392	4	29
38	Frances	1,059	0.689	8	215	38	Paul	466	0.391	5	38
39	Mattie	1,044	0.679	-4	30	39	Benjamin	463	0.389	-1	-1
40	Lula	1,040	0.676	1	91	40	Frederick	461	0.387	-3	-5
41	Jessie	1,003	0.652	-1	51	41	Ralph	440	0.370	3	18
42	Lillie	995	0.647	-5	16	42	Peter	437	0.367	-9	-79
43	Lena	992	0.645	1	116	43	Lewis	431	0.362	-1	-6
44	Marie	988	0.643	-2	103	44	Herman	418	0.351	11	92
45	Catherine	916	0.596	0	70	45	Grover	407	0.342	-25	-361
46	Ada	915	0.595	-3	39	46	Herbert	400	0.336	-1	12
47	Josephine	844	0.549	1	61	47	Lee	399	0.335	3	51
48	Fannie	837	0.544	-1	54	48	Claude	391	0.328	4	48
49	Dora	827	0.538	0	51	49	Jim	389	0.327	-3	19
50	Lucy	817	0.531	2	106	50	Tom	383	0.322	-2	22

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.