The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1886

1,282 different girls’ names were recorded in 1886, covering 144,533 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	9,889
2	Anna	4,283
3	Emma	2,764
4	Elizabeth	2,680
5	Minnie	2,372
6	Margaret	2,275
7	Ida	2,049
8	Bertha	2,001
9	Clara	1,916
10	Florence	1,860
11	Alice	1,811
12	Bessie	1,791
13	Annie	1,765
14	Grace	1,723
15	Ethel	1,699
16	Sarah	1,569
17	Nellie	1,492
18	Martha	1,491
19	Ella	1,464
20	Mabel	1,422
21	Carrie	1,396
22	Laura	1,372
23	Edna	1,314
24	Lillian	1,282
25	Helen	1,267
26	Rose	1,261
27	Gertrude	1,249
28	Cora	1,231
29	Pearl	1,204
30	Maude	1,189
31	Edith	1,184
32	Eva	1,155
33	Hattie	1,139
34	Jennie	1,100
35	Myrtle	1,094
36	Julia	1,061
36	Louise	1,061
38	Frances	1,059
39	Mattie	1,044
40	Lula	1,040
41	Jessie	1,003
42	Lillie	995
43	Lena	992
44	Marie	988
45	Catherine	916
46	Ada	915
47	Josephine	844
48	Fannie	837
49	Dora	827
50	Lucy	817
51	Blanche	787
52	Agnes	779
53	Maggie	756
54	Katherine	744
55	Mamie	712
56	Nora	708
57	Stella	702
58	Elsie	698
59	Rosa	673
60	Effie	672
61	Mae	641
62	Alma	603
63	Daisy	602
63	May	602
65	Nettie	591
66	Ruth	581
67	Della	565
68	Sadie	562
69	Susie	559
70	Ellen	551
71	Lizzie	512
72	Nancy	492
73	Sallie	490
74	Maud	478
75	Lottie	450
76	Flora	443
77	Viola	440
78	Irene	437
79	Etta	433
80	Katie	431
81	Hazel	429
82	Mollie	421
83	Addie	417
84	Olive	404
85	Esther	396
86	Georgia	395
87	Lydia	392
88	Willie	388
89	Kathryn	383
90	Lulu	376
91	Caroline	370
91	Amanda	370
93	Emily	369
94	Charlotte	368
95	Rebecca	355
96	Virginia	353
97	Nannie	347
98	Beulah	345
99	Harriet	341
100	Kate	335
101	Amelia	326
102	Susan	323
103	Ollie	318
104	Matilda	309
105	Jane	306
106	Ruby	301
107	Mildred	289
108	Henrietta	288
109	Eliza	287
109	Ora	287
111	Theresa	276
111	Pauline	276
113	Marion	273
114	Eleanor	271
115	Belle	270
116	Hannah	254
117	Sara	247
118	Estella	246
119	Nina	238
120	Augusta	237
120	Iva	237
122	Dorothy	230
122	Lela	230
124	Ann	229
125	Leona	227
126	Amy	226
127	Mayme	219
128	Sophia	218
129	Estelle	216
130	Rachel	213
131	Josie	212
132	Anne	211
133	Barbara	207
134	Goldie	204
135	Evelyn	203
136	Inez	197
137	Beatrice	192
138	Lola	191
139	Mable	187
140	Ola	186
141	Eula	181
142	Maria	180
143	Allie	178
144	Nell	175
145	Millie	170
146	Delia	169
147	Betty	167
147	Vera	167
149	Essie	163
150	Victoria	162
151	Alta	159
152	Sophie	156
153	Callie	155
154	Christine	151
154	Bertie	151
154	Olga	151
157	Janie	149
157	Ina	149
159	Celia	147
160	Winifred	146
161	Tillie	143
161	Hilda	143
163	Eunice	142
164	Bettie	141
164	Loretta	141
166	Lucille	139
167	Sylvia	137
168	Louisa	136
168	Luella	136
168	Isabelle	136
168	Dollie	136
168	Genevieve	136
173	Bernice	135
174	Verna	134
175	Rosie	133
176	Isabel	131
176	Gladys	131
178	Lou	129
178	Winnie	129
180	Bess	128
181	Marguerite	125
182	Jean	124
183	Birdie	123
184	Mathilda	120
185	Rena	119
186	Cornelia	117
187	Lois	116
188	Leila	115
189	Rhoda	114
190	Elva	110
191	Lora	109
192	Johanna	105
192	Flossie	105
194	Sally	104
195	Violet	103
196	Lelia	102
197	Virgie	99
198	Alberta	98
198	Christina	98
198	Nelle	98

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1886 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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