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Baby Names from 1885

240,854 registered births | 107,799 boys | 133,055 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1885

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
8,756 births
2 William
8,044 births
3 James
5,175 births
4 George
4,674 births
5 Charles
4,599 births
6 Frank
3,067 births
7 Joseph
2,540 births
8 Henry
2,406 births
9 Robert
2,322 births
10 Thomas
2,266 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
9,128 births
2 Anna
3,994 births
3 Emma
2,728 births
4 Elizabeth
2,582 births
5 Margaret
2,204 births
6 Minnie
2,178 births
7 Clara
1,910 births
8 Bertha
1,860 births
9 Ida
1,854 births
10 Annie
1,703 births

Top Unisex Names of 1885

Jessie
202 boys 952 girls
Willie
614 boys 312 girls
Lee
348 boys 46 girls
Francis
319 boys 66 girls
Ollie
77 boys 305 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1885

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

B Johnnie
#255 → #184 (+71)
B Orville
#234 → #168 (+66)
B Vernon
#243 → #186 (+57)
G Lora
#228 → #172 (+56)

Biggest Fallers

B Ike
#184 → #260 (-76)
G Harriett
#171 → #222 (-51)

New to the Top 200 in 1885

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Hubert #181 Johnnie #184 Vernon #186 Cleve #191 Bernice #193 Violet #196 Frieda #199
1884 All Years 1886