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The most popular names in 1885

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Top 100 girls' names

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

Top 100 boys' names

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