Top Baby Names of 1885
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Mary 9,128 2
Anna 3,994 3
Emma 2,728 4
Elizabeth 2,582 5
Margaret 2,204 6
Minnie 2,178 7
Clara 1,910 8
Bertha 1,860 9
Ida 1,854 10
Annie 1,703 11
Alice 1,681 12
Florence 1,667 13
Bessie 1,588 14
Grace 1,575 15
Ethel 1,495 16
Nellie 1,432 17
Martha 1,425 18
Sarah 1,424 19
Ella 1,395 20
Mabel 1,349 21
Laura 1,325 22
Carrie 1,283 23
Cora 1,253 24
Maude 1,222 25
Rose 1,164 26
Pearl 1,146 27
Lillian 1,143 28
Helen 1,134 29
Gertrude 1,086 30
Edna 1,077 31
Edith 1,071 32
Julia 1,062 33
Jennie 1,045 34
Myrtle 1,026 35
Mattie 1,014 36
Hattie 1,008 37
Lillie 979 38
Eva 971 39
Louise 956 40
Jessie 952 41
Lula 949 42
Marie 885 43
Ada 876 43
Lena 876 45
Catherine 846 46
Frances 844 47
Fannie 783 47
Josephine 783 49
Dora 776 50
Katherine 751 👦
Boy Names
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John 8,756 2
William 8,044 3
James 5,175 4
George 4,674 5
Charles 4,599 6
Frank 3,067 7
Joseph 2,540 8
Henry 2,406 9
Robert 2,322 10
Thomas 2,266 11
Edward 2,220 12
Harry 2,198 13
Walter 1,808 14
Fred 1,562 15
Arthur 1,516 16
Albert 1,429 17
Clarence 906 18
Samuel 888 19
Louis 809 20
Grover 768 21
Ernest 718 22
David 712 23
Charlie 705 24
Roy 691 25
Joe 681 26
Richard 672 27
Will 625 28
Oscar 623 29
Willie 614 30
Andrew 599 31
Jesse 556 32
Daniel 535 33
Peter 516 34
Carl 494 35
Sam 492 36
Earl 481 37
Frederick 466 38
Benjamin 464 39
Alfred 446 40
Elmer 443 41
Howard 438 42
Lewis 437 43
Paul 428 44
Ralph 422 45
Herbert 388 46
Michael 370 46
Jim 370 48
Tom 361 49
Martin 357 50
Lee 348 About 1885 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1885, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.