Most Popular Baby Names of 1885

In 1885, Mary (9,128 births) was the most common U.S. girl name and John (8,756 births) the most common boy name.

Top 100 boy names, 1885
Rank	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
46	Michael	370
48	Tom	361
49	Martin	357
50	Lee	348
51	Eugene	345
52	Claude	343
52	Jacob	343
54	Ed	328
55	Herman	326
56	Francis	319
57	Clyde	318
58	Raymond	308
59	Harvey	304
60	Edgar	303
61	Jack	295
62	Ben	292
63	Edwin	289
64	Lawrence	288
65	Charley	285
66	Bert	276
67	Chester	273
68	Guy	266
69	Otto	263
70	Floyd	259
70	Luther	259
72	Oliver	258
73	Hugh	257
74	Ray	237
75	Ira	235
76	Homer	228
77	Patrick	217
78	Alexander	205
79	Isaac	204
79	Leonard	204
81	Jessie	202
82	Harold	201
83	Leo	199
83	Theodore	199
85	Archie	196
86	August	193
87	Allen	184
88	Sidney	170
89	Philip	163
90	Leroy	162
91	Bernard	160
92	Alex	159
93	Stephen	158
94	Horace	155
95	Anthony	153
96	Warren	151
97	Julius	150
98	Cleveland	147
99	Leon	146
100	Victor	143

Full Boy list for 1885

Top 100 girl names, 1885
Rank	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
43	Lena	876
45	Catherine	846
46	Frances	844
47	Fannie	783
47	Josephine	783
49	Dora	776
50	Katherine	751
51	Maggie	716
52	Lucy	711
53	Blanche	710
54	Agnes	695
55	Elsie	685
56	Nora	670
57	Stella	649
58	Rosa	623
59	Effie	613
60	Daisy	607
60	May	607
62	Mamie	606
63	Mae	578
64	Ellen	555
65	Lizzie	537
66	Nettie	536
67	Nancy	527
68	Alma	515
69	Sadie	514
70	Ruth	506
71	Della	500
72	Susie	477
73	Sallie	457
74	Flora	445
75	Maud	429
76	Addie	406
77	Lydia	404
78	Caroline	399
79	Mollie	396
80	Lottie	393
81	Katie	388
82	Irene	376
83	Etta	372
84	Georgia	371
85	Lulu	360
86	Olive	349
87	Emily	346
88	Viola	345
89	Harriet	342
90	Amanda	339
91	Jane	330
92	Esther	320
92	Kathryn	320
94	Charlotte	317
95	Willie	312
96	Beulah	309
96	Kate	309
98	Ollie	305
99	Rebecca	302
99	Susan	302

Full Girl list for 1885

Biggest movers since 1884

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1884 to 1885
Name	Births 1884	Births 1885	Change	Rank 1884 → 1885
Willie	578	614	+6%	31 → 29
Ernest	690	718	+4%	25 → 21
Clarence	889	906	+2%	18 → 17
Roy	680	691	+2%	26 → 24
Oscar	615	623	+1%	30 → 28

Falling boy names, 1884 to 1885
Name	Births 1884	Births 1885	Change	Rank 1884 → 1885
Jesse	670	556	-17%	27 → 31
Thomas	2,572	2,266	-12%	8 → 10
Arthur	1,690	1,516	-10%	14 → 15
Richard	749	672	-10%	23 → 26
Joe	759	681	-10%	22 → 25
William	8,897	8,044	-10%	2 → 2
James	5,693	5,175	-9%	3 → 3
Edward	2,439	2,220	-9%	11 → 11
Louis	886	809	-9%	19 → 19
John	9,388	8,756	-7%	1 → 1

Rising girl names, 1884 to 1885
Name	Births 1884	Births 1885	Change	Rank 1884 → 1885
Elsie	549	685	+25%	63 → 55
Marie	746	885	+19%	49 → 42
Helen	986	1,134	+15%	33 → 28
Julia	935	1,062	+14%	37 → 32
Edna	957	1,077	+13%	36 → 30
Katherine	671	751	+12%	55 → 50
Stella	584	649	+11%	60 → 57
Effie	558	613	+10%	62 → 59
Rose	1,060	1,164	+10%	30 → 25
Bessie	1,451	1,588	+9%	15 → 13

Falling girl names, 1884 to 1885
Name	Births 1884	Births 1885	Change	Rank 1884 → 1885
Daisy	685	607	-11%	54 → 60
Lucy	787	711	-10%	47 → 52
Della	541	500	-8%	65 → 71
Ellen	597	555	-7%	59 → 64
Sarah	1,518	1,424	-6%	14 → 18
Maggie	749	716	-4%	48 → 51
Lena	906	876	-3%	41 → 43
Catherine	874	846	-3%	43 → 45
Edith	1,104	1,071	-3%	27 → 31
Alice	1,732	1,681	-3%	11 → 11

Top 100 boy names, 1885

Rank

Name

Births

John

8,756

William

8,044

James

5,175

4,674

4,599

3,067

2,540

Henry

2,406

Robert

2,322

Thomas

2,266

Edward

2,220

Harry

2,198

Walter

1,808

Fred

1,562

Arthur

1,516

Albert

1,429

Clarence

906

Samuel

888

Louis

809

Grover

768

718

712

705

691

Joe

681

Richard

672

Will

625

Oscar

623

Willie

614

Andrew

599

Jesse

556

535

516

494

492

Earl

481

Frederick

466

Benjamin

464

Alfred

446

Elmer

443

Howard

438

Lewis

437

Paul

428

Ralph

422

Herbert

388

Jim

370

Michael

370

Tom

361

Martin

357

Lee

348

Eugene

345

Claude

343

Jacob

343

328

Herman

326

Francis

319

Clyde

318

Raymond

308

Harvey

304

Edgar

303

Jack

295

Ben

292

Edwin

289

Lawrence

288

Charley

285

Bert

276

Chester

273

Guy

266

Otto

263

Floyd

259

Luther

259

Oliver

258

Hugh

257

Ray

237

Ira

235

Homer

228

217

205

204

204

Jessie

202

Harold

201

Leo

199

Theodore

199

Archie

196

August

193

Allen

184

Sidney

170

Philip

163

Leroy

162

Bernard

160

Alex

159

Stephen

158

Horace

155

Anthony

153

Warren

151

Julius

150

Cleveland

147

Leon

146

100

Victor

143

Top 100 girl names, 1885

Rank

Name

Births

Mary

9,128

3,994

2,728

2,582

2,204

Minnie

2,178

Clara

1,910

Bertha

1,860

Ida

1,854

Annie

1,703

Alice

1,681

Florence

1,667

Bessie

1,588

Grace

1,575

Ethel

1,495

Nellie

1,432

Martha

1,425

Sarah

1,424

Ella

1,395

Mabel

1,349

Laura

1,325

Carrie

1,283

Cora

1,253

Maude

1,222

Rose

1,164

Pearl

1,146

Lillian

1,143

Helen

1,134

Gertrude

1,086

Edna

1,077

Edith

1,071

Julia

1,062

Jennie

1,045

Myrtle

1,026

Mattie

1,014

Hattie

1,008

Lillie

979

Eva

971

Louise

956

Jessie

952

Lula

949

Marie

885

876

876

846

844

Fannie

783

Josephine

783

Dora

776

Katherine

751

Maggie

716

Lucy

711

Blanche

710

Agnes

695

Elsie

685

Nora

670

Stella

649

Rosa

623

Effie

613

Daisy

607

May

607

Mamie

606

Mae

578

Ellen

555

Lizzie

537

Nettie

536

Nancy

527

Alma

515

Sadie

514

Ruth

506

Della

500

Susie

477

Sallie

457

Flora

445

Maud

429

Addie

406

Lydia

404

Caroline

399

Mollie

396

Lottie

393

Katie

388

Irene

376

Etta

372

Georgia

371

Lulu

360

Olive

349

346

345

342

339

330

320

Kathryn

320

Charlotte

317

Willie

312

Beulah

309

Kate

309

Ollie

305

Rebecca

302

Susan

302

Biggest movers since 1884

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1884 to 1885
Name	Births 1884	Births 1885	Change	Rank 1884 → 1885
Willie	578	614	+6%	31 → 29
Ernest	690	718	+4%	25 → 21
Clarence	889	906	+2%	18 → 17
Roy	680	691	+2%	26 → 24
Oscar	615	623	+1%	30 → 28

Falling boy names, 1884 to 1885
Name	Births 1884	Births 1885	Change	Rank 1884 → 1885
Jesse	670	556	-17%	27 → 31
Thomas	2,572	2,266	-12%	8 → 10
Arthur	1,690	1,516	-10%	14 → 15
Richard	749	672	-10%	23 → 26
Joe	759	681	-10%	22 → 25
William	8,897	8,044	-10%	2 → 2
James	5,693	5,175	-9%	3 → 3
Edward	2,439	2,220	-9%	11 → 11
Louis	886	809	-9%	19 → 19
John	9,388	8,756	-7%	1 → 1

Rising girl names, 1884 to 1885
Name	Births 1884	Births 1885	Change	Rank 1884 → 1885
Elsie	549	685	+25%	63 → 55
Marie	746	885	+19%	49 → 42
Helen	986	1,134	+15%	33 → 28
Julia	935	1,062	+14%	37 → 32
Edna	957	1,077	+13%	36 → 30
Katherine	671	751	+12%	55 → 50
Stella	584	649	+11%	60 → 57
Effie	558	613	+10%	62 → 59
Rose	1,060	1,164	+10%	30 → 25
Bessie	1,451	1,588	+9%	15 → 13

Falling girl names, 1884 to 1885
Name	Births 1884	Births 1885	Change	Rank 1884 → 1885
Daisy	685	607	-11%	54 → 60
Lucy	787	711	-10%	47 → 52
Della	541	500	-8%	65 → 71
Ellen	597	555	-7%	59 → 64
Sarah	1,518	1,424	-6%	14 → 18
Maggie	749	716	-4%	48 → 51
Lena	906	876	-3%	41 → 43
Catherine	874	846	-3%	43 → 45
Edith	1,104	1,071	-3%	27 → 31
Alice	1,732	1,681	-3%	11 → 11

Top 100 boy names of 1885

Top 100 girl names of 1885

Biggest movers since 1884

Top 100 boy names of 1885

Top 100 girl names of 1885

Biggest movers since 1884