Popular Baby Names in 1885
The most popular baby names in 1885.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 9,128 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 8,756 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 8,044 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 5,175 |
| 4 | George | Boy | 4,674 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 4,599 |
| 2 | Anna | Girl | 3,994 |
| 6 | Frank | Boy | 3,067 |
| 3 | Emma | Girl | 2,728 |
| 4 | Elizabeth | Girl | 2,582 |
| 7 | Joseph | Boy | 2,540 |
| 8 | Henry | Boy | 2,406 |
| 9 | Robert | Boy | 2,322 |
| 10 | Thomas | Boy | 2,266 |
| 11 | Edward | Boy | 2,220 |
| 5 | Margaret | Girl | 2,204 |
| 12 | Harry | Boy | 2,198 |
| 6 | Minnie | Girl | 2,178 |
| 7 | Clara | Girl | 1,910 |
| 8 | Bertha | Girl | 1,860 |
| 9 | Ida | Girl | 1,854 |
| 13 | Walter | Boy | 1,808 |
| 10 | Annie | Girl | 1,703 |
| 11 | Alice | Girl | 1,681 |
| 12 | Florence | Girl | 1,667 |
| 13 | Bessie | Girl | 1,588 |
| 14 | Grace | Girl | 1,575 |
| 14 | Fred | Boy | 1,562 |
| 15 | Arthur | Boy | 1,516 |
| 15 | Ethel | Girl | 1,495 |
| 16 | Nellie | Girl | 1,432 |
| 16 | Albert | Boy | 1,429 |
| 17 | Martha | Girl | 1,425 |
| 18 | Sarah | Girl | 1,424 |
| 19 | Ella | Girl | 1,395 |
| 20 | Mabel | Girl | 1,349 |
| 21 | Laura | Girl | 1,325 |
| 22 | Carrie | Girl | 1,283 |
| 23 | Cora | Girl | 1,253 |
| 24 | Maude | Girl | 1,222 |
| 25 | Rose | Girl | 1,164 |
| 26 | Pearl | Girl | 1,146 |
| 27 | Lillian | Girl | 1,143 |
| 28 | Helen | Girl | 1,134 |
| 29 | Gertrude | Girl | 1,086 |
| 30 | Edna | Girl | 1,077 |
| 31 | Edith | Girl | 1,071 |
| 32 | Julia | Girl | 1,062 |
| 33 | Jennie | Girl | 1,045 |
| 34 | Myrtle | Girl | 1,026 |
| 35 | Mattie | Girl | 1,014 |
| 36 | Hattie | Girl | 1,008 |
| 37 | Lillie | Girl | 979 |
| 38 | Eva | Girl | 971 |
| 39 | Louise | Girl | 956 |
| 40 | Jessie | Girl | 952 |
| 41 | Lula | Girl | 949 |
| 17 | Clarence | Boy | 906 |
| 18 | Samuel | Boy | 888 |
| 42 | Marie | Girl | 885 |
| 44 | Lena | Girl | 876 |
| 43 | Ada | Girl | 876 |
| 45 | Catherine | Girl | 846 |
| 46 | Frances | Girl | 844 |
| 19 | Louis | Boy | 809 |
| 48 | Josephine | Girl | 783 |
| 47 | Fannie | Girl | 783 |
| 49 | Dora | Girl | 776 |
| 20 | Grover | Boy | 768 |
| 50 | Katherine | Girl | 751 |
| 21 | Ernest | Boy | 718 |
| 51 | Maggie | Girl | 716 |
| 22 | David | Boy | 712 |
| 52 | Lucy | Girl | 711 |
| 53 | Blanche | Girl | 710 |
| 23 | Charlie | Boy | 705 |
| 54 | Agnes | Girl | 695 |
| 24 | Roy | Boy | 691 |
| 55 | Elsie | Girl | 685 |
| 25 | Joe | Boy | 681 |
| 26 | Richard | Boy | 672 |
| 56 | Nora | Girl | 670 |
| 57 | Stella | Girl | 649 |
| 27 | Will | Boy | 625 |
| 28 | Oscar | Boy | 623 |
| 58 | Rosa | Girl | 623 |
| 29 | Willie | Boy | 614 |
| 59 | Effie | Girl | 613 |
| 60 | Daisy | Girl | 607 |
| 61 | May | Girl | 607 |
| 62 | Mamie | Girl | 606 |
| 30 | Andrew | Boy | 599 |
| 63 | Mae | Girl | 578 |
| 31 | Jesse | Boy | 556 |
| 64 | Ellen | Girl | 555 |
| 65 | Lizzie | Girl | 537 |
| 66 | Nettie | Girl | 536 |
| 32 | Daniel | Boy | 535 |
| 67 | Nancy | Girl | 527 |
| 33 | Peter | Boy | 516 |