Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1885

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1884.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1884
1	Mary	9,166	+1
2	John	8,801	-1
3	William	8,077	0
4	James	5,201	0
5	George	4,703	0
6	Charles	4,623	0
7	Anna	4,014	0
8	Frank	3,085	0
9	Emma	2,742	+1
10	Elizabeth	2,591	+2
11	Joseph	2,554	-2
12	Henry	2,425	+1
13	Robert	2,333	+1
14	Thomas	2,275	-3
15	Edward	2,225	0
16	Margaret	2,215	+2
17	Harry	2,209	-1
18	Minnie	2,184	-1
19	Clara	1,916	+2
20	Bertha	1,873	+2
21	Ida	1,860	-1
22	Walter	1,815	-3
23	Annie	1,712	0
24	Alice	1,690	0
25	Florence	1,679	+2
26	Bessie	1,595	+4
27	Grace	1,580	+1
28	Fred	1,570	-2
29	Arthur	1,526	-4
30	Ethel	1,508	+4
31	Nellie	1,438	+2
32	Albert	1,435	0
33	Sarah	1,431	-4
34	Martha	1,430	-3
35	Ella	1,401	0
36	Mabel	1,356	0
37	Laura	1,325	+2
38	Carrie	1,288	0
39	Cora	1,258	-2
40	Maude	1,228	0
41	Pearl	1,203	0
42	Rose	1,173	+3
43	Jessie	1,154	+2
44	Lillian	1,143	-2
45	Helen	1,140	+5
46	Gertrude	1,094	-2
47	Edna	1,077	+6
48	Edith	1,076	-5
49	Julia	1,069	+6
50	Jennie	1,045	-3
51	Myrtle	1,031	0
52	Mattie	1,019	-4
53	Hattie	1,008	-4
54	Lillie	985	+3
55	Eva	971	+1
56	Louise	956	-4
57	Lula	949	0
58	Willie	926	+1
59	Clarence	906	+2
60	Marie	890	+14
61	Samuel	888	-7
62	Ada	881	+2
63	Lena	876	-3
64	Frances	856	+2
65	Catherine	846	-2
66	Louis	814	-4
67	Josephine	789	0
68	Fannie	783	+7
69	Dora	776	+7
70	Grover	774	-5
71	Katherine	751	+12
72	Ernest	718	+7
73	David	717	-3
74	Maggie	716	-2
75	Charlie	714	-4
76	Lucy	711	-8
77	Blanche	710	0
78	Roy	696	+4
79	Agnes	695	-1
80	Joe	693	-11
81	Elsie	690	+14
82	Nora	678	+3
83	Richard	672	-11
84	Stella	654	+7
85	Will	630	-1
86	Oscar	623	+1
86	Rosa	623	+3
88	Effie	613	+6
89	May	612	+4
90	Daisy	607	-10
91	Mamie	606	-3
92	Andrew	599	-6
93	Mae	583	+3
94	Jesse	571	-13
95	Ellen	562	-5
96	Nettie	541	+6
97	Lizzie	537	+3
98	Daniel	535	-6
99	Nancy	527	+5
100	Alma	525	+9