Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1886

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

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1885
1	Mary	9,889	0
2	Anna	4,283	0
3	Emma	2,764	0
4	Elizabeth	2,680	0
5	Minnie	2,372	+1
6	Margaret	2,275	-1
7	Ida	2,049	+2
8	Bertha	2,001	0
9	Clara	1,916	-2
10	Florence	1,860	+2
11	Alice	1,811	0
12	Bessie	1,791	+1
13	Annie	1,765	-3
14	Grace	1,723	0
15	Ethel	1,699	0
16	Sarah	1,569	+2
17	Nellie	1,492	-1
18	Martha	1,491	-1
19	Ella	1,464	0
20	Mabel	1,422	0
21	Carrie	1,396	+1
22	Laura	1,372	-1
23	Edna	1,314	+7
24	Lillian	1,282	+3
25	Helen	1,267	+3
26	Rose	1,261	-1
27	Gertrude	1,249	+2
28	Cora	1,231	-5
29	Pearl	1,204	-3
30	Maude	1,189	-6
31	Edith	1,184	0
32	Eva	1,155	+6
33	Hattie	1,139	+3
34	Jennie	1,100	-1
35	Myrtle	1,094	-1
36	Julia	1,061	-4
36	Louise	1,061	+3
38	Frances	1,059	+8
39	Mattie	1,044	-4
40	Lula	1,040	+1
41	Jessie	1,003	-1
42	Lillie	995	-5
43	Lena	992	0
44	Marie	988	-2
45	Catherine	916	0
46	Ada	915	-3
47	Josephine	844	0
48	Fannie	837	-1
49	Dora	827	0
50	Lucy	817	+2
51	Blanche	787	+2
52	Agnes	779	+2
53	Maggie	756	-2
54	Katherine	744	-4
55	Mamie	712	+7
56	Nora	708	0
57	Stella	702	0
58	Elsie	698	-3
59	Rosa	673	-1
60	Effie	672	-1
61	Mae	641	+2
62	Alma	603	+6
63	Daisy	602	-3
63	May	602	-3
65	Nettie	591	+1
66	Ruth	581	+4
67	Della	565	+4
68	Sadie	562	+1
69	Susie	559	+3
70	Ellen	551	-6
71	Lizzie	512	-6
72	Nancy	492	-5
73	Sallie	490	0
74	Maud	478	+1
75	Lottie	450	+5
76	Flora	443	-2
77	Viola	440	+11
78	Irene	437	+4
79	Etta	433	+4
80	Katie	431	+1
81	Hazel	429	+24
82	Mollie	421	-3
83	Addie	417	-7
84	Olive	404	+2
85	Esther	396	+7
86	Georgia	395	-2
87	Lydia	392	-10
88	Willie	388	+7
89	Kathryn	383	+3
90	Lulu	376	-5
91	Amanda	370	-1
91	Caroline	370	-13
93	Emily	369	-6
94	Charlotte	368	0
95	Rebecca	355	+4
96	Virginia	353	+7
97	Nannie	347	+7
98	Beulah	345	-2
99	Harriet	341	-10
100	Kate	335	-4