The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1885

1,197 different girls’ names were recorded in 1885, covering 133,055 births. These are the top 200.

#	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	Kathryn	320
92	Esther	320
94	Charlotte	317
95	Willie	312
96	Kate	309
96	Beulah	309
98	Ollie	305
99	Susan	302
99	Rebecca	302
101	Eliza	300
102	Amelia	298
103	Virginia	289
104	Nannie	285
105	Hazel	281
106	Ruby	272
107	Matilda	260
108	Belle	255
109	Pauline	254
110	Estella	246
111	Mildred	245
112	Amy	240
113	Hannah	236
114	Theresa	232
115	Leona	231
116	Iva	229
117	Henrietta	225
118	Augusta	223
119	Eleanor	222
120	Ora	218
121	Sara	215
122	Rachel	212
123	Josie	211
124	Ann	208
125	Anne	203
126	Mayme	198
126	Marion	198
128	Dorothy	196
129	Barbara	195
130	Nina	193
131	Lola	191
131	Evelyn	191
133	Beatrice	188
134	Sophia	185
135	Estelle	183
136	Mable	180
137	Allie	176
138	Maria	175
139	Lela	168
140	Goldie	167
141	Victoria	163
142	Eula	158
143	Callie	157
144	Delia	155
144	Betty	155
144	Janie	155
144	Alta	155
148	Celia	153
148	Essie	153
150	Millie	152
151	Nell	151
152	Inez	150
153	Rena	148
154	Rosie	142
155	Ola	139
156	Louisa	138
157	Eunice	136
158	Lou	135
159	Christine	132
160	Luella	131
160	Birdie	131
162	Bettie	127
163	Ina	126
163	Bertie	126
165	Sophie	125
166	Vera	124
167	Leila	123
168	Hilda	121
168	Olga	121
170	Winifred	120
171	Lora	113
171	Hulda	113
173	Sylvia	112
174	Dollie	110
175	Nelle	109
176	Verna	108
176	Elva	108
178	Sally	107
178	Christina	107
180	Rhoda	106
180	Hettie	106
182	Isabelle	105
182	Lois	105
184	Lelia	104
185	Isabel	102
185	Mathilda	102
187	Tillie	101
188	Lucille	100
189	Jean	99
190	Cornelia	98
191	Alberta	97
191	Bess	97
193	Bernice	96
194	Adelaide	94
194	Sue	94
196	Violet	92
197	Loretta	91
197	Gladys	91
199	Frieda	90
200	Abbie	88

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1885 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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