Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1885
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1884.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1884 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,756 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 8,044 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 5,175 | 0 |
| 4 | George | 4,674 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 4,599 | 0 |
| 6 | Frank | 3,067 | 0 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,540 | 0 |
| 8 | Henry | 2,406 | +1 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,322 | +1 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,266 | -2 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,220 | 0 |
| 12 | Harry | 2,198 | 0 |
| 13 | Walter | 1,808 | 0 |
| 14 | Fred | 1,562 | +1 |
| 15 | Arthur | 1,516 | -1 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,429 | 0 |
| 17 | Clarence | 906 | +1 |
| 18 | Samuel | 888 | -1 |
| 19 | Louis | 809 | 0 |
| 20 | Grover | 768 | 0 |
| 21 | Ernest | 718 | +4 |
| 22 | David | 712 | -1 |
| 23 | Charlie | 705 | +1 |
| 24 | Roy | 691 | +2 |
| 25 | Joe | 681 | -3 |
| 26 | Richard | 672 | -3 |
| 27 | Will | 625 | +1 |
| 28 | Oscar | 623 | +2 |
| 29 | Willie | 614 | +2 |
| 30 | Andrew | 599 | -1 |
| 31 | Jesse | 556 | -4 |
| 32 | Daniel | 535 | 0 |
| 33 | Peter | 516 | +1 |
| 34 | Carl | 494 | +2 |
| 35 | Sam | 492 | -2 |
| 36 | Earl | 481 | +4 |
| 37 | Frederick | 466 | +5 |
| 38 | Benjamin | 464 | 0 |
| 39 | Alfred | 446 | -2 |
| 40 | Elmer | 443 | -5 |
| 41 | Howard | 438 | +3 |
| 42 | Lewis | 437 | -3 |
| 43 | Paul | 428 | +2 |
| 44 | Ralph | 422 | -4 |
| 45 | Herbert | 388 | +1 |
| 46 | Jim | 370 | +9 |
| 46 | Michael | 370 | +5 |
| 48 | Tom | 361 | -1 |
| 49 | Martin | 357 | -1 |
| 50 | Lee | 348 | -7 |
| 51 | Eugene | 345 | +8 |
| 52 | Claude | 343 | +2 |
| 52 | Jacob | 343 | -2 |
| 54 | Ed | 328 | +6 |
| 55 | Herman | 326 | -7 |
| 56 | Francis | 319 | +1 |
| 57 | Clyde | 318 | -1 |
| 58 | Raymond | 308 | +4 |
| 59 | Harvey | 304 | -6 |
| 60 | Edgar | 303 | +3 |
| 61 | Jack | 295 | +7 |
| 62 | Ben | 292 | -10 |
| 63 | Edwin | 289 | -2 |
| 64 | Lawrence | 288 | +7 |
| 65 | Charley | 285 | -2 |
| 66 | Bert | 276 | +1 |
| 67 | Chester | 273 | -9 |
| 68 | Guy | 266 | +4 |
| 69 | Otto | 263 | -4 |
| 70 | Floyd | 259 | 0 |
| 70 | Luther | 259 | -1 |
| 72 | Oliver | 258 | +2 |
| 73 | Hugh | 257 | 0 |
| 74 | Ray | 237 | +3 |
| 75 | Ira | 235 | -9 |
| 76 | Homer | 228 | +3 |
| 77 | Patrick | 217 | +1 |
| 78 | Alexander | 205 | -2 |
| 79 | Isaac | 204 | -4 |
| 79 | Leonard | 204 | +3 |
| 81 | Jessie | 202 | +9 |
| 82 | Harold | 201 | +3 |
| 83 | Leo | 199 | +1 |
| 83 | Theodore | 199 | -2 |
| 85 | Archie | 196 | -3 |
| 86 | August | 193 | -6 |
| 87 | Allen | 184 | 0 |
| 88 | Sidney | 170 | +19 |
| 89 | Philip | 163 | +7 |
| 90 | Leroy | 162 | +8 |
| 91 | Bernard | 160 | +17 |
| 92 | Alex | 159 | +13 |
| 93 | Stephen | 158 | 0 |
| 94 | Horace | 155 | +4 |
| 95 | Anthony | 153 | -7 |
| 96 | Warren | 151 | -2 |
| 97 | Julius | 150 | -2 |
| 98 | Cleveland | 147 | -6 |
| 99 | Leon | 146 | +3 |
| 100 | Victor | 143 | +16 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.