Top baby names of 1886

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

Girls

  1. Mary9,889
  2. Anna4,283
  3. Emma2,764
  4. Elizabeth2,680
  5. Minnie2,372
  6. Margaret2,275
  7. Ida2,049
  8. Bertha2,001
  9. Clara1,916
  10. Florence1,860
  11. Alice1,811
  12. Bessie1,791
  13. Annie1,765
  14. Grace1,723
  15. Ethel1,699
  16. Sarah1,569
  17. Nellie1,492
  18. Martha1,491
  19. Ella1,464
  20. Mabel1,422
  21. Carrie1,396
  22. Laura1,372
  23. Edna1,314
  24. Lillian1,282
  25. Helen1,267
  26. Rose1,261
  27. Gertrude1,249
  28. Cora1,231
  29. Pearl1,204
  30. Maude1,189
  31. Edith1,184
  32. Eva1,155
  33. Hattie1,139
  34. Jennie1,100
  35. Myrtle1,094
  36. Louise1,061
  37. Julia1,061
  38. Frances1,059
  39. Mattie1,044
  40. Lula1,040
  41. Jessie1,003
  42. Lillie995
  43. Lena992
  44. Marie988
  45. Catherine916
  46. Ada915
  47. Josephine844
  48. Fannie837
  49. Dora827
  50. Lucy817

Boys

  1. John9,026
  2. William8,252
  3. James5,355
  4. George4,671
  5. Charles4,533
  6. Frank3,127
  7. Joseph2,594
  8. Robert2,443
  9. Henry2,404
  10. Thomas2,337
  11. Edward2,312
  12. Harry2,257
  13. Walter1,880
  14. Arthur1,656
  15. Fred1,599
  16. Albert1,488
  17. Clarence995
  18. Samuel870
  19. Louis846
  20. Roy767
  21. Joe759
  22. Charlie723
  23. Richard720
  24. David674
  25. Ernest668
  26. Oscar645
  27. Will642
  28. Willie641
  29. Jesse614
  30. Andrew614
  31. Earl570
  32. Carl556
  33. Daniel555
  34. Sam519
  35. Elmer485
  36. Alfred480
  37. Howard467
  38. Paul466
  39. Benjamin463
  40. Frederick461
  41. Ralph440
  42. Peter437
  43. Lewis431
  44. Herman418
  45. Grover407
  46. Herbert400
  47. Lee399
  48. Claude391
  49. Jim389
  50. Tom383