Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1886

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1885.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1885
1	Mary	9,921	0
2	John	9,074	0
3	William	8,287	0
4	James	5,384	0
5	George	4,709	0
6	Charles	4,555	0
7	Anna	4,298	0
8	Frank	3,149	0
9	Emma	2,775	0
10	Elizabeth	2,691	0
11	Joseph	2,602	0
12	Robert	2,459	+1
13	Henry	2,418	-1
14	Minnie	2,380	+4
15	Thomas	2,345	-1
16	Edward	2,323	-1
17	Margaret	2,283	-1
18	Harry	2,272	-1
19	Ida	2,057	+2
20	Bertha	2,013	0
21	Clara	1,931	-2
22	Walter	1,891	0
23	Florence	1,875	+2
24	Alice	1,821	0
25	Bessie	1,796	+1
26	Annie	1,770	-3
27	Grace	1,735	0
28	Ethel	1,705	+2
29	Arthur	1,664	0
30	Fred	1,608	-2
31	Sarah	1,575	+2
32	Martha	1,498	+2
33	Nellie	1,497	-2
34	Albert	1,494	-2
35	Ella	1,470	0
36	Mabel	1,428	0
37	Carrie	1,403	+1
38	Laura	1,377	-1
39	Edna	1,321	+8
40	Lillian	1,282	+4
41	Pearl	1,277	0
42	Helen	1,267	+3
42	Rose	1,267	0
44	Gertrude	1,256	+2
45	Cora	1,237	-6
46	Edith	1,193	+2
47	Maude	1,189	-7
48	Jessie	1,184	-5
49	Eva	1,155	+6
50	Hattie	1,144	+3
51	Myrtle	1,102	0
52	Jennie	1,100	-2
53	Frances	1,071	+11
54	Julia	1,068	-5
55	Louise	1,061	+1
56	Mattie	1,049	-4
57	Lula	1,040	0
58	Willie	1,029	0
59	Lillie	1,001	-5
60	Clarence	995	-1
61	Lena	992	+2
62	Marie	988	-2
63	Ada	921	-1
64	Catherine	916	+1
65	Samuel	870	-4
66	Louis	855	0
67	Josephine	844	0
68	Fannie	837	0
69	Dora	827	0
70	Lucy	817	+6
71	Blanche	787	+6
72	Agnes	779	+7
73	Joe	774	+7
74	Roy	772	+4
75	Maggie	756	-1
76	Katherine	744	-5
77	Charlie	734	-2
78	Richard	728	+5
79	Nora	716	+3
80	Mamie	712	+11
81	Elsie	704	0
82	Stella	702	+2
83	David	674	-10
84	Ernest	673	-12
84	Rosa	673	+2
86	Effie	672	+2
87	Oscar	650	-1
88	Will	648	-3
89	Mae	641	+4
90	Jesse	620	+4
91	Andrew	619	+1
92	May	610	-3
93	Alma	608	+7
94	Daisy	607	-4
95	Nettie	591	+1
96	Ruth	581	+7
97	Earl	578	+10
98	Della	565	+6
99	Carl	562	+6
99	Sadie	562	+3