Birth year roster

Top names in 1886

The 100 most common names on 1886 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1886 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, 100 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1880s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered9,889
#2Anna Declining4,283
#3Emma Declining2,764
#4Elizabeth Stable2,680
#5Minnie Endangered2,372
#6Margaret Endangered2,275
#7Ida Endangered2,049
#8Bertha Endangered2,001
#9Clara Stable1,916
#10Florence Endangered1,860
#11Alice Stable1,811
#12Bessie Endangered1,791
#13Annie Rising1,765
#14Grace Declining1,723
#15Ethel Endangered1,699
#16Sarah Endangered1,569
#17Nellie Rising1,492
#18Martha Endangered1,491
#19Ella Declining1,464
#20Mabel Rising1,422
#21Carrie Endangered1,396
#22Laura Endangered1,372
#23Edna Endangered1,314
#24Lillian Declining1,282
#25Helen Endangered1,267
#26Rose Stable1,261
#27Gertrude Endangered1,249
#28Cora Stable1,231
#29Pearl Endangered1,204
#30Maude Endangered1,189
#31Edith Endangered1,184
#32Eva Declining1,155
#33Hattie Rising1,139
#34Jennie Endangered1,100
#35Myrtle Endangered1,094
#36Julia Stable1,061
#37Louise Endangered1,061
#38Frances Endangered1,059
#39Mattie Endangered1,044
#40Lula Endangered1,040
#41Jessie Endangered1,003
#42Lillie Stable995
#43Lena Stable992
#44Marie Endangered988
#45Catherine Endangered916
#46Ada Rising915
#47Josephine Rising844
#48Fannie Endangered837
#49Dora Endangered827
#50Lucy Stable817
#51Blanche Endangered787
#52Agnes Endangered779
#53Maggie Stable756
#54Katherine Declining744
#55Mamie Endangered712
#56Nora Stable708
#57Stella Stable702
#58Elsie Rising698
#59Rosa Stable673
#60Effie Endangered672
#61Mae Stable641
#62Alma Rising603
#63Daisy Rising602
#64May Rising602
#65Nettie Endangered591
#66Ruth Endangered581
#67Della Rising565
#68Sadie Stable562
#69Susie Endangered559
#70Ellen Endangered551
#71Lizzie Rising512
#72Nancy Endangered492
#73Sallie Endangered490
#74Maud Declining478
#75Lottie Rising450
#76Flora Rising443
#77Viola Endangered440
#78Irene Endangered437
#79Etta Stable433
#80Katie Endangered431
#81Hazel Rising429
#82Mollie Stable421
#83Addie Stable417
#84Olive Rising404
#85Esther Stable396
#86Georgia Rising395
#87Lydia Stable392
#88Willie Endangered388
#89Kathryn Endangered383
#90Lulu Stable376
#91Amanda Endangered370
#92Caroline Declining370
#93Emily Declining369
#94Charlotte Stable368
#95Rebecca Endangered355
#96Virginia Endangered353
#97Nannie Extinct347
#98Beulah Endangered345
#99Harriet Endangered341
#100Kate Declining335

Boys

#1John Past peak9,026
#2William Declining8,252
#3James Stable5,355
#4George Stable4,671
#5Charles Stable4,533
#6Frank Endangered3,127
#7Joseph Declining2,594
#8Robert Endangered2,443
#9Henry Stable2,404
#10Thomas Stable2,337
#11Edward Endangered2,312
#12Harry Endangered2,257
#13Walter Stable1,880
#14Arthur Rising1,656
#15Fred Endangered1,599
#16Albert Endangered1,488
#17Clarence Endangered995
#18Samuel Stable870
#19Louis Stable846
#20Roy Endangered767
#21Joe Endangered759
#22Charlie Rising723
#23Richard Endangered720
#24David Past peak674
#25Ernest Endangered668
#26Oscar Stable645
#27Will Declining642
#28Willie Endangered641
#29Andrew Declining614
#30Jesse Stable614
#31Earl Endangered570
#32Carl Endangered556
#33Daniel Declining555
#34Sam Stable519
#35Elmer Endangered485
#36Alfred Endangered480
#37Howard Endangered467
#38Paul Endangered466
#39Benjamin Declining463
#40Frederick Stable461
#41Ralph Endangered440
#42Peter Stable437
#43Lewis Rising431
#44Herman Endangered418
#45Grover Endangered407
#46Herbert Endangered400
#47Lee Endangered399
#48Claude Endangered391
#49Jim Endangered389
#50Tom Endangered383
#51Eugene Endangered362
#52Raymond Endangered353
#53Michael Past peak348
#54Jacob Declining346
#55Francis Stable344
#56Ben Stable335
#57Lawrence Endangered331
#58Martin Stable329
#59Edwin Stable313
#60Harvey Rising310
#61Edgar Declining309
#62Clyde Stable307
#63Ed Declining303
#64Jack Stable299
#65Chester Endangered287
#66Floyd Endangered275
#67Ray Endangered271
#68Otto Rising270
#69Theodore Rising258
#70Guy Endangered255
#71Luther Endangered253
#72Patrick Declining249
#73Leo Rising240
#74Leonard Endangered236
#75Oliver Stable230
#76Bert Endangered228
#77Hugh Stable227
#78Harold Endangered224
#79Homer Endangered224
#80Isaac Declining224
#81Charley Stable214
#82Allen Endangered211
#83Alexander Declining206
#84August Rising203
#85Ira Stable198
#86Eddie Endangered197
#87Philip Endangered187
#88Marion Endangered182
#89Jessie Endangered181
#90Stephen Endangered181
#91Bernard Endangered180
#92Archie Rising175
#93Anthony Declining174
#94Julius Stable173
#95Clifford Endangered172
#96Alex Declining161
#97Norman Endangered161
#98Lester Endangered160
#99Horace Endangered156
#100Leroy Endangered155