Top names of 1885

Girls

1Mary9,128– 2Anna3,994– 3Emma2,728– 4Elizabeth2,582– 5Margaret2,204▲ 1 6Minnie2,178▼ 1 7Clara1,910▲ 1 8Bertha1,860▲ 1 9Ida1,854▼ 2 10Annie1,703– 11Alice1,681– 12Florence1,667– 13Bessie1,588▲ 2 14Grace1,575▼ 1 15Ethel1,495▲ 3 16Nellie1,432▲ 1 17Martha1,425▼ 1 18Sarah1,424▼ 4 19Ella1,395– 20Mabel1,349– 21Laura1,325– 22Carrie1,283– 23Cora1,253– 24Maude1,222– 25Rose1,164▲ 5 26Pearl1,146▼ 1 27Lillian1,143▼ 1 28Helen1,134▲ 5 29Gertrude1,086▼ 1 30Edna1,077▲ 6 31Edith1,071▼ 4 32Julia1,062▲ 5 33Jennie1,045▼ 5 34Myrtle1,026– 35Mattie1,014▼ 4 36Hattie1,008▼ 4 37Lillie979▲ 3 38Eva971– 39Louise956▼ 4 40Jessie952▲ 2 41Lula949▼ 2 42Marie885▲ 7 43Ada876▲ 1 44Lena876▼ 3 45Catherine846▼ 2 46Frances844– 47Fannie783▲ 3 48Josephine783▼ 3 49Dora776▲ 2 50Katherine751▲ 5 51Maggie716▼ 3 52Lucy711▼ 5 53Blanche710▼ 1 54Agnes695▼ 1 55Elsie685▲ 8 56Nora670– 57Stella649▲ 3 58Rosa623– 59Effie613▲ 3 60Daisy607▼ 6 61May607– 62Mamie606▼ 5 63Mae578▲ 1 64Ellen555▼ 5 65Lizzie537▲ 1 66Nettie536▲ 1 67Nancy527▲ 1 68Alma515▲ 2 69Sadie514▲ 2 70Ruth506▲ 4 71Della500▼ 6 72Susie477▲ 1 73Sallie457▼ 4 74Flora445▲ 3 75Maud429▼ 3 76Addie406▲ 9 77Lydia404▲ 3 78Caroline399– 79Mollie396– 80Lottie393▼ 4 81Katie388▲ 2 82Irene376▲ 13 83Etta372▼ 8 84Georgia371▲ 6 85Lulu360▲ 1 86Olive349▼ 3 87Emily346▼ 6 88Viola345▼ 6 89Harriet342▲ 2 90Amanda339▲ 2 91Jane330▲ 7 92Esther320▲ 7 93Kathryn320▼ 7 94Charlotte317▼ 8 95Willie312▼ 2 96Beulah309▲ 17 97Kate309▼ 11 98Ollie305▲ 5 99Rebecca302▲ 3 100Susan302▼ 6

Boys

1John8,756– 2William8,044– 3James5,175– 4George4,674– 5Charles4,599– 6Frank3,067– 7Joseph2,540– 8Henry2,406▲ 1 9Robert2,322▲ 1 10Thomas2,266▼ 2 11Edward2,220– 12Harry2,198– 13Walter1,808– 14Fred1,562▲ 1 15Arthur1,516▼ 1 16Albert1,429– 17Clarence906▲ 1 18Samuel888▼ 1 19Louis809– 20Grover768– 21Ernest718▲ 4 22David712▼ 1 23Charlie705▲ 1 24Roy691▲ 2 25Joe681▼ 3 26Richard672▼ 3 27Will625▲ 1 28Oscar623▲ 2 29Willie614▲ 2 30Andrew599▼ 1 31Jesse556▼ 4 32Daniel535– 33Peter516▲ 1 34Carl494▲ 2 35Sam492▼ 2 36Earl481▲ 4 37Frederick466▲ 5 38Benjamin464– 39Alfred446▼ 2 40Elmer443▼ 5 41Howard438▲ 3 42Lewis437▼ 3 43Paul428▲ 2 44Ralph422▼ 4 45Herbert388▲ 1 46Jim370▲ 9 47Michael370▲ 4 48Tom361▼ 1 49Martin357▼ 1 50Lee348▼ 7 51Eugene345▲ 8 52Claude343▲ 2 53Jacob343▼ 3 54Ed328▲ 6 55Herman326▼ 7 56Francis319▲ 1 57Clyde318▼ 1 58Raymond308▲ 4 59Harvey304▼ 6 60Edgar303▲ 3 61Jack295▲ 7 62Ben292▼ 10 63Edwin289▼ 2 64Lawrence288▲ 7 65Charley285▼ 2 66Bert276▲ 1 67Chester273▼ 9 68Guy266▲ 4 69Otto263▼ 4 70Floyd259– 71Luther259▼ 2 72Oliver258▲ 2 73Hugh257– 74Ray237▲ 3 75Ira235▼ 9 76Homer228▲ 3 77Patrick217▲ 1 78Alexander205▼ 2 79Isaac204▼ 4 80Leonard204▲ 2 81Jessie202▲ 9 82Harold201▲ 3 83Leo199▲ 1 84Theodore199▼ 3 85Archie196▼ 3 86August193▼ 6 87Allen184– 88Sidney170▲ 19 89Philip163▲ 7 90Leroy162▲ 8 91Bernard160▲ 17 92Alex159▲ 13 93Stephen158– 94Horace155▲ 4 95Anthony153▼ 7 96Warren151▼ 2 97Julius150▼ 2 98Cleveland147▼ 6 99Leon146▲ 3 100Victor143▲ 16