Birth year roster

Top names in 1885

The 100 most common names on 1885 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1885 baby-name charts, the top names among late-19th-century births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 97 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1880s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered9,128
#2Anna Declining3,994
#3Emma Declining2,728
#4Elizabeth Stable2,582
#5Margaret Endangered2,204
#6Minnie Endangered2,178
#7Clara Stable1,910
#8Bertha Endangered1,860
#9Ida Endangered1,854
#10Annie Rising1,703
#11Alice Stable1,681
#12Florence Endangered1,667
#13Bessie Endangered1,588
#14Grace Declining1,575
#15Ethel Endangered1,495
#16Nellie Rising1,432
#17Martha Endangered1,425
#18Sarah Endangered1,424
#19Ella Declining1,395
#20Mabel Rising1,349
#21Laura Endangered1,325
#22Carrie Endangered1,283
#23Cora Stable1,253
#24Maude Endangered1,222
#25Rose Stable1,164
#26Pearl Endangered1,146
#27Lillian Declining1,143
#28Helen Endangered1,134
#29Gertrude Endangered1,086
#30Edna Endangered1,077
#31Edith Endangered1,071
#32Julia Stable1,062
#33Jennie Endangered1,045
#34Myrtle Endangered1,026
#35Mattie Endangered1,014
#36Hattie Rising1,008
#37Lillie Stable979
#38Eva Declining971
#39Louise Endangered956
#40Jessie Endangered952
#41Lula Endangered949
#42Marie Endangered885
#43Ada Rising876
#44Lena Stable876
#45Catherine Endangered846
#46Frances Endangered844
#47Fannie Endangered783
#48Josephine Rising783
#49Dora Endangered776
#50Katherine Declining751
#51Maggie Stable716
#52Lucy Stable711
#53Blanche Endangered710
#54Agnes Endangered695
#55Elsie Rising685
#56Nora Stable670
#57Stella Stable649
#58Rosa Stable623
#59Effie Endangered613
#60Daisy Rising607
#61May Rising607
#62Mamie Endangered606
#63Mae Stable578
#64Ellen Endangered555
#65Lizzie Rising537
#66Nettie Endangered536
#67Nancy Endangered527
#68Alma Rising515
#69Sadie Stable514
#70Ruth Endangered506
#71Della Rising500
#72Susie Endangered477
#73Sallie Endangered457
#74Flora Rising445
#75Maud Declining429
#76Addie Stable406
#77Lydia Stable404
#78Caroline Declining399
#79Mollie Stable396
#80Lottie Rising393
#81Katie Endangered388
#82Irene Endangered376
#83Etta Stable372
#84Georgia Rising371
#85Lulu Stable360
#86Olive Rising349
#87Emily Declining346
#88Viola Endangered345
#89Harriet Endangered342
#90Amanda Endangered339
#91Jane Stable330
#92Esther Stable320
#93Kathryn Endangered320
#94Charlotte Stable317
#95Willie Endangered312
#96Beulah Endangered309
#97Kate Declining309
#98Ollie Endangered305
#99Rebecca Endangered302
#100Susan Endangered302

Boys

#1John Past peak8,756
#2William Declining8,044
#3James Stable5,175
#4George Stable4,674
#5Charles Stable4,599
#6Frank Endangered3,067
#7Joseph Declining2,540
#8Henry Stable2,406
#9Robert Endangered2,322
#10Thomas Stable2,266
#11Edward Endangered2,220
#12Harry Endangered2,198
#13Walter Stable1,808
#14Fred Endangered1,562
#15Arthur Rising1,516
#16Albert Endangered1,429
#17Clarence Endangered906
#18Samuel Stable888
#19Louis Stable809
#20Grover Endangered768
#21Ernest Endangered718
#22David Past peak712
#23Charlie Rising705
#24Roy Endangered691
#25Joe Endangered681
#26Richard Endangered672
#27Will Declining625
#28Oscar Stable623
#29Willie Endangered614
#30Andrew Declining599
#31Jesse Stable556
#32Daniel Declining535
#33Peter Stable516
#34Carl Endangered494
#35Sam Stable492
#36Earl Endangered481
#37Frederick Stable466
#38Benjamin Declining464
#39Alfred Endangered446
#40Elmer Endangered443
#41Howard Endangered438
#42Lewis Rising437
#43Paul Endangered428
#44Ralph Endangered422
#45Herbert Endangered388
#46Jim Endangered370
#47Michael Past peak370
#48Tom Endangered361
#49Martin Stable357
#50Lee Endangered348
#51Eugene Endangered345
#52Claude Endangered343
#53Jacob Declining343
#54Ed Declining328
#55Herman Endangered326
#56Francis Stable319
#57Clyde Stable318
#58Raymond Endangered308
#59Harvey Rising304
#60Edgar Declining303
#61Jack Stable295
#62Ben Stable292
#63Edwin Stable289
#64Lawrence Endangered288
#65Charley Stable285
#66Bert Endangered276
#67Chester Endangered273
#68Guy Endangered266
#69Otto Rising263
#70Floyd Endangered259
#71Luther Endangered259
#72Oliver Stable258
#73Hugh Stable257
#74Ray Endangered237
#75Ira Stable235
#76Homer Endangered228
#77Patrick Declining217
#78Alexander Declining205
#79Isaac Declining204
#80Leonard Endangered204
#81Jessie Endangered202
#82Harold Endangered201
#83Leo Rising199
#84Theodore Rising199
#85Archie Rising196
#86August Rising193
#87Allen Endangered184
#88Sidney Endangered170
#89Philip Endangered163
#90Leroy Endangered162
#91Bernard Endangered160
#92Alex Declining159
#93Stephen Endangered158
#94Horace Endangered155
#95Anthony Declining153
#96Warren Rising151
#97Julius Stable150
#98Cleveland Endangered147
#99Leon Rising146
#100Victor Declining143