Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1885

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

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1884
1	Mary	9,128	0
2	Anna	3,994	0
3	Emma	2,728	0
4	Elizabeth	2,582	0
5	Margaret	2,204	+1
6	Minnie	2,178	-1
7	Clara	1,910	+1
8	Bertha	1,860	+1
9	Ida	1,854	-2
10	Annie	1,703	0
11	Alice	1,681	0
12	Florence	1,667	0
13	Bessie	1,588	+2
14	Grace	1,575	-1
15	Ethel	1,495	+3
16	Nellie	1,432	+1
17	Martha	1,425	-1
18	Sarah	1,424	-4
19	Ella	1,395	0
20	Mabel	1,349	0
21	Laura	1,325	0
22	Carrie	1,283	0
23	Cora	1,253	0
24	Maude	1,222	0
25	Rose	1,164	+5
26	Pearl	1,146	-1
27	Lillian	1,143	-1
28	Helen	1,134	+5
29	Gertrude	1,086	-1
30	Edna	1,077	+6
31	Edith	1,071	-4
32	Julia	1,062	+5
33	Jennie	1,045	-5
34	Myrtle	1,026	0
35	Mattie	1,014	-4
36	Hattie	1,008	-4
37	Lillie	979	+3
38	Eva	971	0
39	Louise	956	-4
40	Jessie	952	+2
41	Lula	949	-2
42	Marie	885	+7
43	Ada	876	+1
43	Lena	876	-2
45	Catherine	846	-2
46	Frances	844	0
47	Fannie	783	+3
47	Josephine	783	-2
49	Dora	776	+2
50	Katherine	751	+5
51	Maggie	716	-3
52	Lucy	711	-5
53	Blanche	710	-1
54	Agnes	695	-1
55	Elsie	685	+8
56	Nora	670	0
57	Stella	649	+3
58	Rosa	623	0
59	Effie	613	+3
60	Daisy	607	-6
60	May	607	+1
62	Mamie	606	-5
63	Mae	578	+1
64	Ellen	555	-5
65	Lizzie	537	+1
66	Nettie	536	+1
67	Nancy	527	+1
68	Alma	515	+2
69	Sadie	514	+2
70	Ruth	506	+4
71	Della	500	-6
72	Susie	477	+1
73	Sallie	457	-4
74	Flora	445	+3
75	Maud	429	-3
76	Addie	406	+9
77	Lydia	404	+3
78	Caroline	399	0
79	Mollie	396	0
80	Lottie	393	-4
81	Katie	388	+2
82	Irene	376	+13
83	Etta	372	-8
84	Georgia	371	+6
85	Lulu	360	+1
86	Olive	349	-3
87	Emily	346	-6
88	Viola	345	-6
89	Harriet	342	+2
90	Amanda	339	+2
91	Jane	330	+7
92	Esther	320	+7
92	Kathryn	320	-6
94	Charlotte	317	-8
95	Willie	312	-2
96	Beulah	309	+17
96	Kate	309	-10
98	Ollie	305	+5
99	Rebecca	302	+3
99	Susan	302	-5