Top baby names of 1886

The 100 most popular boy and girl names in the US in 1886, from Social Security Administration birth records.

Top boy names

  1. 1John9,026
  2. 2William8,252
  3. 3James5,355
  4. 4George4,671
  5. 5Charles4,533
  6. 6Frank3,127
  7. 7Joseph2,594
  8. 8Robert2,443
  9. 9Henry2,404
  10. 10Thomas2,337
  11. 11Edward2,312
  12. 12Harry2,257
  13. 13Walter1,880
  14. 14Arthur1,656
  15. 15Fred1,599
  16. 16Albert1,488
  17. 17Clarence995
  18. 18Samuel870
  19. 19Louis846
  20. 20Roy767
  21. 21Joe759
  22. 22Charlie723
  23. 23Richard720
  24. 24David674
  25. 25Ernest668
  26. 26Oscar645
  27. 27Will642
  28. 28Willie641
  29. 29Andrew614
  30. 30Jesse614
  31. 31Earl570
  32. 32Carl556
  33. 33Daniel555
  34. 34Sam519
  35. 35Elmer485
  36. 36Alfred480
  37. 37Howard467
  38. 38Paul466
  39. 39Benjamin463
  40. 40Frederick461
  41. 41Ralph440
  42. 42Peter437
  43. 43Lewis431
  44. 44Herman418
  45. 45Grover407
  46. 46Herbert400
  47. 47Lee399
  48. 48Claude391
  49. 49Jim389
  50. 50Tom383
  51. 51Eugene362
  52. 52Raymond353
  53. 53Michael348
  54. 54Jacob346
  55. 55Francis344
  56. 56Ben335
  57. 57Lawrence331
  58. 58Martin329
  59. 59Edwin313
  60. 60Harvey310
  61. 61Edgar309
  62. 62Clyde307
  63. 63Ed303
  64. 64Jack299
  65. 65Chester287
  66. 66Floyd275
  67. 67Ray271
  68. 68Otto270
  69. 69Theodore258
  70. 70Guy255
  71. 71Luther253
  72. 72Patrick249
  73. 73Leo240
  74. 74Leonard236
  75. 75Oliver230
  76. 76Bert228
  77. 77Hugh227
  78. 78Harold224
  79. 79Homer224
  80. 80Isaac224
  81. 81Charley214
  82. 82Allen211
  83. 83Alexander206
  84. 84August203
  85. 85Ira198
  86. 86Eddie197
  87. 87Philip187
  88. 88Marion182
  89. 89Jessie181
  90. 90Stephen181
  91. 91Bernard180
  92. 92Archie175
  93. 93Anthony174
  94. 94Julius173
  95. 95Clifford172
  96. 96Alex161
  97. 97Norman161
  98. 98Lester160
  99. 99Horace156
  100. 100Leroy155

Top girl names

  1. 1Mary9,889
  2. 2Anna4,283
  3. 3Emma2,764
  4. 4Elizabeth2,680
  5. 5Minnie2,372
  6. 6Margaret2,275
  7. 7Ida2,049
  8. 8Bertha2,001
  9. 9Clara1,916
  10. 10Florence1,860
  11. 11Alice1,811
  12. 12Bessie1,791
  13. 13Annie1,765
  14. 14Grace1,723
  15. 15Ethel1,699
  16. 16Sarah1,569
  17. 17Nellie1,492
  18. 18Martha1,491
  19. 19Ella1,464
  20. 20Mabel1,422
  21. 21Carrie1,396
  22. 22Laura1,372
  23. 23Edna1,314
  24. 24Lillian1,282
  25. 25Helen1,267
  26. 26Rose1,261
  27. 27Gertrude1,249
  28. 28Cora1,231
  29. 29Pearl1,204
  30. 30Maude1,189
  31. 31Edith1,184
  32. 32Eva1,155
  33. 33Hattie1,139
  34. 34Jennie1,100
  35. 35Myrtle1,094
  36. 36Julia1,061
  37. 37Louise1,061
  38. 38Frances1,059
  39. 39Mattie1,044
  40. 40Lula1,040
  41. 41Jessie1,003
  42. 42Lillie995
  43. 43Lena992
  44. 44Marie988
  45. 45Catherine916
  46. 46Ada915
  47. 47Josephine844
  48. 48Fannie837
  49. 49Dora827
  50. 50Lucy817
  51. 51Blanche787
  52. 52Agnes779
  53. 53Maggie756
  54. 54Katherine744
  55. 55Mamie712
  56. 56Nora708
  57. 57Stella702
  58. 58Elsie698
  59. 59Rosa673
  60. 60Effie672
  61. 61Mae641
  62. 62Alma603
  63. 63Daisy602
  64. 64May602
  65. 65Nettie591
  66. 66Ruth581
  67. 67Della565
  68. 68Sadie562
  69. 69Susie559
  70. 70Ellen551
  71. 71Lizzie512
  72. 72Nancy492
  73. 73Sallie490
  74. 74Maud478
  75. 75Lottie450
  76. 76Flora443
  77. 77Viola440
  78. 78Irene437
  79. 79Etta433
  80. 80Katie431
  81. 81Hazel429
  82. 82Mollie421
  83. 83Addie417
  84. 84Olive404
  85. 85Esther396
  86. 86Georgia395
  87. 87Lydia392
  88. 88Willie388
  89. 89Kathryn383
  90. 90Lulu376
  91. 91Amanda370
  92. 92Caroline370
  93. 93Emily369
  94. 94Charlotte368
  95. 95Rebecca355
  96. 96Virginia353
  97. 97Nannie347
  98. 98Beulah345
  99. 99Harriet341
  100. 100Kate335