Most Popular Baby Names in 1886

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	John	9,026
2	William	8,252
3	James	5,355
4	George	4,671
5	Charles	4,533
6	Frank	3,127
7	Joseph	2,594
8	Robert	2,443
9	Henry	2,404
10	Thomas	2,337
11	Edward	2,312
12	Harry	2,257
13	Walter	1,880
14	Arthur	1,656
15	Fred	1,599
16	Albert	1,488
17	Clarence	995
18	Samuel	870
19	Louis	846
20	Roy	767
21	Joe	759
22	Charlie	723
23	Richard	720
24	David	674
25	Ernest	668
26	Oscar	645
27	Will	642
28	Willie	641
29	Andrew	614
30	Jesse	614
31	Earl	570
32	Carl	556
33	Daniel	555
34	Sam	519
35	Elmer	485
36	Alfred	480
37	Howard	467
38	Paul	466
39	Benjamin	463
40	Frederick	461
41	Ralph	440
42	Peter	437
43	Lewis	431
44	Herman	418
45	Grover	407
46	Herbert	400
47	Lee	399
48	Claude	391
49	Jim	389
50	Tom	383

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	9,889
2	Anna	4,283
3	Emma	2,764
4	Elizabeth	2,680
5	Minnie	2,372
6	Margaret	2,275
7	Ida	2,049
8	Bertha	2,001
9	Clara	1,916
10	Florence	1,860
11	Alice	1,811
12	Bessie	1,791
13	Annie	1,765
14	Grace	1,723
15	Ethel	1,699
16	Sarah	1,569
17	Nellie	1,492
18	Martha	1,491
19	Ella	1,464
20	Mabel	1,422
21	Carrie	1,396
22	Laura	1,372
23	Edna	1,314
24	Lillian	1,282
25	Helen	1,267
26	Rose	1,261
27	Gertrude	1,249
28	Cora	1,231
29	Pearl	1,204
30	Maude	1,189
31	Edith	1,184
32	Eva	1,155
33	Hattie	1,139
34	Jennie	1,100
35	Myrtle	1,094
36	Julia	1,061
37	Louise	1,061
38	Frances	1,059
39	Mattie	1,044
40	Lula	1,040
41	Jessie	1,003
42	Lillie	995
43	Lena	992
44	Marie	988
45	Catherine	916
46	Ada	915
47	Josephine	844
48	Fannie	837
49	Dora	827
50	Lucy	817