Most Popular Baby Names in 1885

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	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	Jim	370
47	Michael	370
48	Tom	361
49	Martin	357
50	Lee	348

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	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
44	Lena	876
45	Catherine	846
46	Frances	844
47	Fannie	783
48	Josephine	783
49	Dora	776
50	Katherine	751