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The most popular names in 1886

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‹ 18851887 ›

Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #11Alice1,811
  12. #12Bessie1,791
  13. #13Annie1,765
  14. #14Grace1,723
  15. #15Ethel1,699
  16. #16Sarah1,569
  17. #17Nellie1,492
  18. #18Martha1,491
  19. #19Ella1,464
  20. #20Mabel1,422
  21. #21Carrie1,396
  22. #22Laura1,372
  23. #23Edna1,314
  24. #24Lillian1,282
  25. #25Helen1,267
  26. #26Rose1,261
  27. #27Gertrude1,249
  28. #28Cora1,231
  29. #29Pearl1,204
  30. #30Maude1,189
  31. #31Edith1,184
  32. #32Eva1,155
  33. #33Hattie1,139
  34. #34Jennie1,100
  35. #35Myrtle1,094
  36. #36Julia1,061
  37. #36Louise1,061
  38. #38Frances1,059
  39. #39Mattie1,044
  40. #40Lula1,040
  41. #41Jessie1,003
  42. #42Lillie995
  43. #43Lena992
  44. #44Marie988
  45. #45Catherine916
  46. #46Ada915
  47. #47Josephine844
  48. #48Fannie837
  49. #49Dora827
  50. #50Lucy817
  51. #51Blanche787
  52. #52Agnes779
  53. #53Maggie756
  54. #54Katherine744
  55. #55Mamie712
  56. #56Nora708
  57. #57Stella702
  58. #58Elsie698
  59. #59Rosa673
  60. #60Effie672
  61. #61Mae641
  62. #62Alma603
  63. #63Daisy602
  64. #63May602
  65. #65Nettie591
  66. #66Ruth581
  67. #67Della565
  68. #68Sadie562
  69. #69Susie559
  70. #70Ellen551
  71. #71Lizzie512
  72. #72Nancy492
  73. #73Sallie490
  74. #74Maud478
  75. #75Lottie450
  76. #76Flora443
  77. #77Viola440
  78. #78Irene437
  79. #79Etta433
  80. #80Katie431
  81. #81Hazel429
  82. #82Mollie421
  83. #83Addie417
  84. #84Olive404
  85. #85Esther396
  86. #86Georgia395
  87. #87Lydia392
  88. #88Willie388
  89. #89Kathryn383
  90. #90Lulu376
  91. #91Amanda370
  92. #91Caroline370
  93. #93Emily369
  94. #94Charlotte368
  95. #95Rebecca355
  96. #96Virginia353
  97. #97Nannie347
  98. #98Beulah345
  99. #99Harriet341
  100. #100Kate335

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #11Edward2,312
  12. #12Harry2,257
  13. #13Walter1,880
  14. #14Arthur1,656
  15. #15Fred1,599
  16. #16Albert1,488
  17. #17Clarence995
  18. #18Samuel870
  19. #19Louis846
  20. #20Roy767
  21. #21Joe759
  22. #22Charlie723
  23. #23Richard720
  24. #24David674
  25. #25Ernest668
  26. #26Oscar645
  27. #27Will642
  28. #28Willie641
  29. #29Andrew614
  30. #29Jesse614
  31. #31Earl570
  32. #32Carl556
  33. #33Daniel555
  34. #34Sam519
  35. #35Elmer485
  36. #36Alfred480
  37. #37Howard467
  38. #38Paul466
  39. #39Benjamin463
  40. #40Frederick461
  41. #41Ralph440
  42. #42Peter437
  43. #43Lewis431
  44. #44Herman418
  45. #45Grover407
  46. #46Herbert400
  47. #47Lee399
  48. #48Claude391
  49. #49Jim389
  50. #50Tom383
  51. #51Eugene362
  52. #52Raymond353
  53. #53Michael348
  54. #54Jacob346
  55. #55Francis344
  56. #56Ben335
  57. #57Lawrence331
  58. #58Martin329
  59. #59Edwin313
  60. #60Harvey310
  61. #61Edgar309
  62. #62Clyde307
  63. #63Ed303
  64. #64Jack299
  65. #65Chester287
  66. #66Floyd275
  67. #67Ray271
  68. #68Otto270
  69. #69Theodore258
  70. #70Guy255
  71. #71Luther253
  72. #72Patrick249
  73. #73Leo240
  74. #74Leonard236
  75. #75Oliver230
  76. #76Bert228
  77. #77Hugh227
  78. #78Harold224
  79. #78Homer224
  80. #78Isaac224
  81. #81Charley214
  82. #82Allen211
  83. #83Alexander206
  84. #84August203
  85. #85Ira198
  86. #86Eddie197
  87. #87Philip187
  88. #88Marion182
  89. #89Jessie181
  90. #89Stephen181
  91. #91Bernard180
  92. #92Archie175
  93. #93Anthony174
  94. #94Julius173
  95. #95Clifford172
  96. #96Alex161
  97. #96Norman161
  98. #98Lester160
  99. #99Horace156
  100. #100Leroy155
  101. #100Sidney155