Top names of 1886

Girls

1Mary9,889– 2Anna4,283– 3Emma2,764– 4Elizabeth2,680– 5Minnie2,372▲ 1 6Margaret2,275▼ 1 7Ida2,049▲ 2 8Bertha2,001– 9Clara1,916▼ 2 10Florence1,860▲ 2 11Alice1,811– 12Bessie1,791▲ 1 13Annie1,765▼ 3 14Grace1,723– 15Ethel1,699– 16Sarah1,569▲ 2 17Nellie1,492▼ 1 18Martha1,491▼ 1 19Ella1,464– 20Mabel1,422– 21Carrie1,396▲ 1 22Laura1,372▼ 1 23Edna1,314▲ 7 24Lillian1,282▲ 3 25Helen1,267▲ 3 26Rose1,261▼ 1 27Gertrude1,249▲ 2 28Cora1,231▼ 5 29Pearl1,204▼ 3 30Maude1,189▼ 6 31Edith1,184– 32Eva1,155▲ 6 33Hattie1,139▲ 3 34Jennie1,100▼ 1 35Myrtle1,094▼ 1 36Julia1,061▼ 4 37Louise1,061▲ 2 38Frances1,059▲ 8 39Mattie1,044▼ 4 40Lula1,040▲ 1 41Jessie1,003▼ 1 42Lillie995▼ 5 43Lena992– 44Marie988▼ 2 45Catherine916– 46Ada915▼ 3 47Josephine844– 48Fannie837▼ 1 49Dora827– 50Lucy817▲ 2 51Blanche787▲ 2 52Agnes779▲ 2 53Maggie756▼ 2 54Katherine744▼ 4 55Mamie712▲ 7 56Nora708– 57Stella702– 58Elsie698▼ 3 59Rosa673▼ 1 60Effie672▼ 1 61Mae641▲ 2 62Alma603▲ 6 63Daisy602▼ 3 64May602▼ 4 65Nettie591▲ 1 66Ruth581▲ 4 67Della565▲ 4 68Sadie562▲ 1 69Susie559▲ 3 70Ellen551▼ 6 71Lizzie512▼ 6 72Nancy492▼ 5 73Sallie490– 74Maud478▲ 1 75Lottie450▲ 5 76Flora443▼ 2 77Viola440▲ 11 78Irene437▲ 4 79Etta433▲ 4 80Katie431▲ 1 81Hazel429▲ 24 82Mollie421▼ 3 83Addie417▼ 7 84Olive404▲ 2 85Esther396▲ 7 86Georgia395▼ 2 87Lydia392▼ 10 88Willie388▲ 7 89Kathryn383▲ 3 90Lulu376▼ 5 91Amanda370▼ 1 92Caroline370▼ 14 93Emily369▼ 6 94Charlotte368– 95Rebecca355▲ 4 96Virginia353▲ 7 97Nannie347▲ 7 98Beulah345▼ 2 99Harriet341▼ 10 100Kate335▼ 4

Boys

1John9,026– 2William8,252– 3James5,355– 4George4,671– 5Charles4,533– 6Frank3,127– 7Joseph2,594– 8Robert2,443▲ 1 9Henry2,404▼ 1 10Thomas2,337– 11Edward2,312– 12Harry2,257– 13Walter1,880– 14Arthur1,656▲ 1 15Fred1,599▼ 1 16Albert1,488– 17Clarence995– 18Samuel870– 19Louis846– 20Roy767▲ 4 21Joe759▲ 4 22Charlie723▲ 1 23Richard720▲ 3 24David674▼ 2 25Ernest668▼ 4 26Oscar645▲ 2 27Will642– 28Willie641▲ 1 29Andrew614▲ 1 30Jesse614▲ 1 31Earl570▲ 5 32Carl556▲ 2 33Daniel555▼ 1 34Sam519▲ 1 35Elmer485▲ 5 36Alfred480▲ 3 37Howard467▲ 4 38Paul466▲ 5 39Benjamin463▼ 1 40Frederick461▼ 3 41Ralph440▲ 3 42Peter437▼ 9 43Lewis431▼ 1 44Herman418▲ 11 45Grover407▼ 25 46Herbert400▼ 1 47Lee399▲ 3 48Claude391▲ 4 49Jim389▼ 3 50Tom383▼ 2 51Eugene362– 52Raymond353▲ 6 53Michael348▼ 7 54Jacob346▼ 2 55Francis344▲ 1 56Ben335▲ 6 57Lawrence331▲ 7 58Martin329▼ 9 59Edwin313▲ 4 60Harvey310▼ 1 61Edgar309▼ 1 62Clyde307▼ 5 63Ed303▼ 9 64Jack299▼ 3 65Chester287▲ 2 66Floyd275▲ 4 67Ray271▲ 7 68Otto270▲ 1 69Theodore258▲ 14 70Guy255▼ 2 71Luther253▼ 1 72Patrick249▲ 5 73Leo240▲ 10 74Leonard236▲ 5 75Oliver230▼ 3 76Bert228▼ 10 77Hugh227▼ 4 78Harold224▲ 4 79Homer224▼ 3 80Isaac224▼ 1 81Charley214▼ 16 82Allen211▲ 5 83Alexander206▼ 5 84August203▲ 2 85Ira198▼ 10 86Eddie197▲ 15 87Philip187▲ 2 88Marion182▲ 13 89Jessie181▼ 8 90Stephen181▲ 3 91Bernard180– 92Archie175▼ 7 93Anthony174▲ 2 94Julius173▲ 3 95Clifford172▲ 9 96Alex161▼ 4 97Norman161▲ 19 98Lester160▲ 3 99Horace156▼ 5 100Leroy155▼ 10