Most Popular Names of 1886
Rankings below use available national records for one year and keep the source sex categories separate.
Popular Girl Names in 1886
#1 Mary9,889 births#2 Anna4,283 births#3 Emma2,764 births#4 Elizabeth2,680 births#5 Minnie2,372 births#6 Margaret2,275 births#7 Ida2,049 births#8 Bertha2,001 births#9 Clara1,916 births#10 Florence1,860 births#11 Alice1,811 births#12 Bessie1,791 births#13 Annie1,765 births#14 Grace1,723 births#15 Ethel1,699 births#16 Sarah1,569 births#17 Nellie1,492 births#18 Martha1,491 births#19 Ella1,464 births#20 Mabel1,422 births#21 Carrie1,396 births#22 Laura1,372 births#23 Edna1,314 births#24 Lillian1,282 births#25 Helen1,267 births#26 Rose1,261 births#27 Gertrude1,249 births#28 Cora1,231 births#29 Pearl1,204 births#30 Maude1,189 births#31 Edith1,184 births#32 Eva1,155 births#33 Hattie1,139 births#34 Jennie1,100 births#35 Myrtle1,094 births#36 Julia1,061 births#36 Louise1,061 births#38 Frances1,059 births#39 Mattie1,044 births#40 Lula1,040 births#41 Jessie1,003 births#42 Lillie995 births#43 Lena992 births#44 Marie988 births#45 Catherine916 births#46 Ada915 births#47 Josephine844 births#48 Fannie837 births#49 Dora827 births#50 Lucy817 births#51 Blanche787 births#52 Agnes779 births#53 Maggie756 births#54 Katherine744 births#55 Mamie712 births#56 Nora708 births#57 Stella702 births#58 Elsie698 births#59 Rosa673 births#60 Effie672 births#61 Mae641 births#62 Alma603 births#63 Daisy602 births#63 May602 births#65 Nettie591 births#66 Ruth581 births#67 Della565 births#68 Sadie562 births#69 Susie559 births#70 Ellen551 births#71 Lizzie512 births#72 Nancy492 births#73 Sallie490 births#74 Maud478 births#75 Lottie450 births#76 Flora443 births#77 Viola440 births#78 Irene437 births#79 Etta433 births#80 Katie431 births#81 Hazel429 births#82 Mollie421 births#83 Addie417 births#84 Olive404 births#85 Esther396 births#86 Georgia395 births#87 Lydia392 births#88 Willie388 births#89 Kathryn383 births#90 Lulu376 births#91 Amanda370 births#91 Caroline370 births#93 Emily369 births#94 Charlotte368 births#95 Rebecca355 births#96 Virginia353 births#97 Nannie347 births#98 Beulah345 births#99 Harriet341 births#100 Kate335 births
Popular Boy Names in 1886
#1 John9,026 births#2 William8,252 births#3 James5,355 births#4 George4,671 births#5 Charles4,533 births#6 Frank3,127 births#7 Joseph2,594 births#8 Robert2,443 births#9 Henry2,404 births#10 Thomas2,337 births#11 Edward2,312 births#12 Harry2,257 births#13 Walter1,880 births#14 Arthur1,656 births#15 Fred1,599 births#16 Albert1,488 births#17 Clarence995 births#18 Samuel870 births#19 Louis846 births#20 Roy767 births#21 Joe759 births#22 Charlie723 births#23 Richard720 births#24 David674 births#25 Ernest668 births#26 Oscar645 births#27 Will642 births#28 Willie641 births#29 Andrew614 births#29 Jesse614 births#31 Earl570 births#32 Carl556 births#33 Daniel555 births#34 Sam519 births#35 Elmer485 births#36 Alfred480 births#37 Howard467 births#38 Paul466 births#39 Benjamin463 births#40 Frederick461 births#41 Ralph440 births#42 Peter437 births#43 Lewis431 births#44 Herman418 births#45 Grover407 births#46 Herbert400 births#47 Lee399 births#48 Claude391 births#49 Jim389 births#50 Tom383 births#51 Eugene362 births#52 Raymond353 births#53 Michael348 births#54 Jacob346 births#55 Francis344 births#56 Ben335 births#57 Lawrence331 births#58 Martin329 births#59 Edwin313 births#60 Harvey310 births#61 Edgar309 births#62 Clyde307 births#63 Ed303 births#64 Jack299 births#65 Chester287 births#66 Floyd275 births#67 Ray271 births#68 Otto270 births#69 Theodore258 births#70 Guy255 births#71 Luther253 births#72 Patrick249 births#73 Leo240 births#74 Leonard236 births#75 Oliver230 births#76 Bert228 births#77 Hugh227 births#78 Harold224 births#78 Homer224 births#78 Isaac224 births#81 Charley214 births#82 Allen211 births#83 Alexander206 births#84 August203 births#85 Ira198 births#86 Eddie197 births#87 Philip187 births#88 Marion182 births#89 Jessie181 births#89 Stephen181 births#91 Bernard180 births#92 Archie175 births#93 Anthony174 births#94 Julius173 births#95 Clifford172 births#96 Alex161 births#96 Norman161 births#98 Lester160 births#99 Horace156 births#100 Leroy155 births