United States · 255,316 recorded births
Top baby names of 1886
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Loretta (up 33), Tillie (up 25), Glenn (up 58), Mark (up 49).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1885 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 9,889 | · |
| 2 | Anna | 4,283 | · |
| 3 | Emma | 2,764 | · |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 2,680 | · |
| 5 | Minnie | 2,372 | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | Margaret | 2,275 | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | Ida | 2,049 | ▲ 2 |
| 8 | Bertha | 2,001 | · |
| 9 | Clara | 1,916 | ▼ 2 |
| 10 | Florence | 1,860 | ▲ 2 |
| 11 | Alice | 1,811 | · |
| 12 | Bessie | 1,791 | ▲ 1 |
| 13 | Annie | 1,765 | ▼ 3 |
| 14 | Grace | 1,723 | · |
| 15 | Ethel | 1,699 | · |
| 16 | Sarah | 1,569 | ▲ 2 |
| 17 | Nellie | 1,492 | ▼ 1 |
| 18 | Martha | 1,491 | ▼ 1 |
| 19 | Ella | 1,464 | · |
| 20 | Mabel | 1,422 | · |
| 21 | Carrie | 1,396 | ▲ 1 |
| 22 | Laura | 1,372 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Edna | 1,314 | ▲ 7 |
| 24 | Lillian | 1,282 | ▲ 3 |
| 25 | Helen | 1,267 | ▲ 3 |
| 26 | Rose | 1,261 | ▼ 1 |
| 27 | Gertrude | 1,249 | ▲ 2 |
| 28 | Cora | 1,231 | ▼ 5 |
| 29 | Pearl | 1,204 | ▼ 3 |
| 30 | Maude | 1,189 | ▼ 6 |
| 31 | Edith | 1,184 | · |
| 32 | Eva | 1,155 | ▲ 6 |
| 33 | Hattie | 1,139 | ▲ 3 |
| 34 | Jennie | 1,100 | ▼ 1 |
| 35 | Myrtle | 1,094 | ▼ 1 |
| 36 | Julia | 1,061 | ▼ 4 |
| 37 | Louise | 1,061 | ▲ 2 |
| 38 | Frances | 1,059 | ▲ 8 |
| 39 | Mattie | 1,044 | ▼ 4 |
| 40 | Lula | 1,040 | ▲ 1 |
| 41 | Jessie | 1,003 | ▼ 1 |
| 42 | Lillie | 995 | ▼ 5 |
| 43 | Lena | 992 | ▲ 1 |
| 44 | Marie | 988 | ▼ 2 |
| 45 | Catherine | 916 | · |
| 46 | Ada | 915 | ▼ 3 |
| 47 | Josephine | 844 | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Fannie | 837 | ▼ 1 |
| 49 | Dora | 827 | · |
| 50 | Lucy | 817 | ▲ 2 |
| 51 | Blanche | 787 | ▲ 2 |
| 52 | Agnes | 779 | ▲ 2 |
| 53 | Maggie | 756 | ▼ 2 |
| 54 | Katherine | 744 | ▼ 4 |
| 55 | Mamie | 712 | ▲ 7 |
| 56 | Nora | 708 | · |
| 57 | Stella | 702 | · |
| 58 | Elsie | 698 | ▼ 3 |
| 59 | Rosa | 673 | ▼ 1 |
| 60 | Effie | 672 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Mae | 641 | ▲ 2 |
| 62 | Alma | 603 | ▲ 6 |
| 63 | Daisy | 602 | ▼ 3 |
| 64 | May | 602 | ▼ 3 |
| 65 | Nettie | 591 | ▲ 1 |
| 66 | Ruth | 581 | ▲ 4 |
| 67 | Della | 565 | ▲ 4 |
| 68 | Sadie | 562 | ▲ 1 |
| 69 | Susie | 559 | ▲ 3 |
| 70 | Ellen | 551 | ▼ 6 |
| 71 | Lizzie | 512 | ▼ 6 |
| 72 | Nancy | 492 | ▼ 5 |
| 73 | Sallie | 490 | · |
| 74 | Maud | 478 | ▲ 1 |
| 75 | Lottie | 450 | ▲ 5 |
| 76 | Flora | 443 | ▼ 2 |
| 77 | Viola | 440 | ▲ 11 |
| 78 | Irene | 437 | ▲ 4 |
| 79 | Etta | 433 | ▲ 4 |
| 80 | Katie | 431 | ▲ 1 |
| 81 | Hazel | 429 | ▲ 24 |
| 82 | Mollie | 421 | ▼ 3 |
| 83 | Addie | 417 | ▼ 7 |
| 84 | Olive | 404 | ▲ 2 |
| 85 | Esther | 396 | ▲ 7 |
| 86 | Georgia | 395 | ▼ 2 |
| 87 | Lydia | 392 | ▼ 10 |
| 88 | Willie | 388 | ▲ 7 |
| 89 | Kathryn | 383 | ▲ 4 |
| 90 | Lulu | 376 | ▼ 5 |
| 91 | Amanda | 370 | ▼ 1 |
| 92 | Caroline | 370 | ▼ 14 |
| 93 | Emily | 369 | ▼ 6 |
| 94 | Charlotte | 368 | · |
| 95 | Rebecca | 355 | ▲ 4 |
| 96 | Virginia | 353 | ▲ 7 |
| 97 | Nannie | 347 | ▲ 7 |
| 98 | Beulah | 345 | ▼ 2 |
| 99 | Harriet | 341 | ▼ 10 |
| 100 | Kate | 335 | ▼ 3 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1885 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,404 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,337 | · |
| 11 | Edward | 2,312 | · |
| 12 | Harry | 2,257 | · |
| 13 | Walter | 1,880 | · |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,656 | ▲ 1 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,599 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,488 | · |
| 17 | Clarence | 995 | · |
| 18 | Samuel | 870 | · |
| 19 | Louis | 846 | · |
| 20 | Roy | 767 | ▲ 4 |
| 21 | Joe | 759 | ▲ 4 |
| 22 | Charlie | 723 | ▲ 1 |
| 23 | Richard | 720 | ▲ 3 |
| 24 | David | 674 | ▼ 2 |
| 25 | Ernest | 668 | ▼ 4 |
| 26 | Oscar | 645 | ▲ 2 |
| 27 | Will | 642 | · |
| 28 | Willie | 641 | ▲ 1 |
| 29 | Andrew | 614 | ▲ 1 |
| 30 | Jesse | 614 | ▲ 1 |
| 31 | Earl | 570 | ▲ 5 |
| 32 | Carl | 556 | ▲ 2 |
| 33 | Daniel | 555 | ▼ 1 |
| 34 | Sam | 519 | ▲ 1 |
| 35 | Elmer | 485 | ▲ 5 |
| 36 | Alfred | 480 | ▲ 3 |
| 37 | Howard | 467 | ▲ 4 |
| 38 | Paul | 466 | ▲ 5 |
| 39 | Benjamin | 463 | ▼ 1 |
| 40 | Frederick | 461 | ▼ 3 |
| 41 | Ralph | 440 | ▲ 3 |
| 42 | Peter | 437 | ▼ 9 |
| 43 | Lewis | 431 | ▼ 1 |
| 44 | Herman | 418 | ▲ 11 |
| 45 | Grover | 407 | ▼ 25 |
| 46 | Herbert | 400 | ▼ 1 |
| 47 | Lee | 399 | ▲ 3 |
| 48 | Claude | 391 | ▲ 4 |
| 49 | Jim | 389 | ▼ 3 |
| 50 | Tom | 383 | ▼ 2 |
| 51 | Eugene | 362 | · |
| 52 | Raymond | 353 | ▲ 6 |
| 53 | Michael | 348 | ▼ 6 |
| 54 | Jacob | 346 | ▼ 1 |
| 55 | Francis | 344 | ▲ 1 |
| 56 | Ben | 335 | ▲ 6 |
| 57 | Lawrence | 331 | ▲ 7 |
| 58 | Martin | 329 | ▼ 9 |
| 59 | Edwin | 313 | ▲ 4 |
| 60 | Harvey | 310 | ▼ 1 |
| 61 | Edgar | 309 | ▼ 1 |
| 62 | Clyde | 307 | ▼ 5 |
| 63 | Ed | 303 | ▼ 9 |
| 64 | Jack | 299 | ▼ 3 |
| 65 | Chester | 287 | ▲ 2 |
| 66 | Floyd | 275 | ▲ 4 |
| 67 | Ray | 271 | ▲ 7 |
| 68 | Otto | 270 | ▲ 1 |
| 69 | Theodore | 258 | ▲ 15 |
| 70 | Guy | 255 | ▼ 2 |
| 71 | Luther | 253 | · |
| 72 | Patrick | 249 | ▲ 5 |
| 73 | Leo | 240 | ▲ 10 |
| 74 | Leonard | 236 | ▲ 6 |
| 75 | Oliver | 230 | ▼ 3 |
| 76 | Bert | 228 | ▼ 10 |
| 77 | Hugh | 227 | ▼ 4 |
| 78 | Harold | 224 | ▲ 4 |
| 79 | Homer | 224 | ▼ 3 |
| 80 | Isaac | 224 | ▼ 1 |
| 81 | Charley | 214 | ▼ 16 |
| 82 | Allen | 211 | ▲ 5 |
| 83 | Alexander | 206 | ▼ 5 |
| 84 | August | 203 | ▲ 2 |
| 85 | Ira | 198 | ▼ 10 |
| 86 | Eddie | 197 | ▲ 15 |
| 87 | Philip | 187 | ▲ 2 |
| 88 | Marion | 182 | ▲ 15 |
| 89 | Jessie | 181 | ▼ 8 |
| 90 | Stephen | 181 | ▲ 3 |
| 91 | Bernard | 180 | · |
| 92 | Archie | 175 | ▼ 7 |
| 93 | Anthony | 174 | ▲ 2 |
| 94 | Julius | 173 | ▲ 3 |
| 95 | Clifford | 172 | ▲ 9 |
| 96 | Alex | 161 | ▼ 4 |
| 97 | Norman | 161 | ▲ 19 |
| 98 | Lester | 160 | ▲ 4 |
| 99 | Horace | 156 | ▼ 5 |
| 100 | Leroy | 155 | ▼ 10 |