Birth year roster

Top names in 1895

The 100 most common names on 1895 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1895 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, 105 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1890s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered13,447
#2Anna Declining5,950
#3Helen Endangered4,023
#4Margaret Endangered3,931
#5Elizabeth Stable3,603
#6Ruth Endangered3,551
#7Florence Endangered3,471
#8Ethel Endangered3,391
#9Marie Endangered3,011
#10Emma Declining2,952
#11Bertha Endangered2,626
#12Clara Stable2,613
#13Minnie Endangered2,567
#14Edna Endangered2,560
#15Bessie Endangered2,542
#16Lillian Declining2,495
#17Alice Stable2,457
#18Grace Declining2,448
#19Annie Rising2,390
#20Mabel Rising2,359
#21Rose Stable2,262
#22Hazel Rising2,252
#23Ida Endangered2,170
#24Gertrude Endangered2,129
#25Martha Endangered2,096
#26Pearl Endangered1,958
#27Edith Endangered1,940
#28Myrtle Endangered1,938
#29Frances Endangered1,833
#30Nellie Rising1,833
#31Esther Stable1,803
#32Elsie Rising1,795
#33Sarah Endangered1,777
#34Eva Declining1,767
#35Ella Declining1,692
#36Laura Endangered1,643
#37Louise Endangered1,582
#38Catherine Endangered1,514
#39Mildred Endangered1,474
#40Agnes Endangered1,466
#41Gladys Endangered1,464
#42Carrie Endangered1,463
#43Irene Endangered1,428
#44Lillie Stable1,414
#45Julia Stable1,380
#46Hattie Rising1,338
#47Josephine Rising1,334
#48Jessie Endangered1,300
#49Cora Stable1,295
#50Lena Stable1,289
#51Mattie Endangered1,276
#52Mae Stable1,193
#53Jennie Endangered1,177
#54Blanche Endangered1,156
#55Alma Rising1,144
#56Maude Endangered1,136
#57Dorothy Endangered1,127
#58Ada Rising1,124
#59Mamie Endangered1,119
#60Stella Stable1,026
#61Lucy Stable1,016
#62Fannie Endangered1,012
#63Viola Endangered1,010
#64Lula Endangered987
#65Katherine Declining968
#66Ruby Stable954
#67Maggie Stable890
#68Dora Endangered884
#69Marion Endangered856
#70Nora Stable846
#71Rosa Stable832
#72Sadie Stable829
#73Beatrice Endangered814
#74Beulah Endangered760
#75Ellen Endangered746
#76Pauline Endangered734
#77Vera Stable729
#78Willie Endangered724
#79Effie Endangered708
#80May Rising691
#81Marguerite Endangered680
#82Nettie Endangered677
#83Susie Endangered674
#84Daisy Rising665
#85Lydia Stable656
#86Della Rising648
#87Evelyn Stable630
#88Virginia Endangered628
#89Emily Declining605
#90Kathryn Endangered585
#91Olive Rising577
#92Sallie Endangered573
#93Nancy Endangered566
#94Georgia Rising562
#95Lottie Rising553
#96Flora Rising552
#97Ann Endangered551
#98Eleanor Rising544
#99Lizzie Rising543
#100Katie Endangered536

Boys

#1John Past peak8,320
#2William Declining7,277
#3James Stable5,335
#4George Stable4,289
#5Charles Stable3,633
#6Frank Endangered3,012
#7Joseph Declining2,992
#8Robert Endangered2,635
#9Henry Stable2,221
#10Edward Endangered2,203
#11Thomas Stable2,153
#12Harry Endangered2,128
#13Walter Stable2,015
#14Arthur Rising1,666
#15Fred Endangered1,483
#16Albert Endangered1,391
#17Clarence Endangered1,326
#18Willie Endangered1,071
#19Roy Endangered1,028
#20Paul Endangered933
#21Louis Stable913
#22Carl Endangered851
#23Earl Endangered851
#24Ernest Endangered834
#25Samuel Stable814
#26Raymond Endangered806
#27Charlie Rising767
#28Joe Endangered763
#29Harold Endangered753
#30Ralph Endangered736
#31Richard Endangered727
#32David Past peak707
#33Howard Endangered641
#34Elmer Endangered610
#35Jesse Stable577
#36Herbert Endangered569
#37Andrew Declining562
#38Alfred Endangered551
#39Oscar Stable549
#40Daniel Declining516
#41Lawrence Endangered509
#42Leo Rising509
#43Sam Stable487
#44Will Declining485
#45Francis Stable480
#46Jack Stable479
#47Lee Endangered478
#48Benjamin Declining452
#49Herman Endangered439
#50Eugene Endangered430
#51Floyd Endangered427
#52Michael Past peak413
#53Peter Stable412
#54Frederick Stable406
#55Claude Endangered389
#56Ray Endangered380
#57Chester Endangered377
#58Lewis Rising377
#59Clyde Stable370
#60Edwin Stable346
#61Leonard Endangered342
#62Tom Endangered335
#63Ben Stable324
#64Edgar Declining323
#65Martin Stable317
#66Russell Stable300
#67Homer Endangered296
#68Lester Endangered295
#69Otto Rising283
#70Harvey Rising282
#71Jim Endangered278
#72Clifford Endangered272
#73Luther Endangered269
#74Jacob Declining266
#75Lloyd Endangered263
#76Guy Endangered261
#77Bernard Endangered259
#78Leroy Endangered249
#79Jessie Endangered245
#80Hugh Stable243
#81Leslie Endangered235
#82Patrick Declining233
#83Stanley Endangered233
#84Ed Declining229
#85Eddie Endangered228
#86Anthony Declining221
#87Leon Rising219
#88Oliver Stable216
#89Archie Rising212
#90Horace Endangered211
#91Norman Endangered211
#92Philip Endangered211
#93Theodore Rising208
#94Everett Stable207
#95Ira Stable207
#96Donald Endangered203
#97Alexander Declining199
#98Allen Endangered196
#99Victor Declining196
#100Cecil Endangered192