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Baby Names from 1895

351,020 registered births | 117,393 boys | 233,627 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1895

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
8,320 births
2 William
7,277 births
3 James
5,335 births
4 George
4,289 births
5 Charles
3,633 births
6 Frank
3,012 births
7 Joseph
2,992 births
8 Robert
2,635 births
9 Henry
2,221 births
10 Edward
2,203 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
13,447 births
2 Anna
5,950 births
3 Helen
4,023 births
4 Margaret
3,931 births
5 Elizabeth
3,603 births
6 Ruth
3,551 births
7 Florence
3,471 births
8 Ethel
3,391 births
9 Marie
3,011 births
10 Emma
2,952 births

Top Unisex Names of 1895

Willie
1,071 boys 724 girls
Jessie
245 boys 1,300 girls
Marion
148 boys 856 girls
Francis
480 boys 126 girls
Lee
478 boys 98 girls

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

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1895

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

Biggest Risers

G Marian
#243 → #161 (+82)
B Forrest
#237 → #181 (+56)
B Nelson
#196 → #143 (+53)

Biggest Fallers

B Simon
#175 → #234 (-59)
B Ross
#141 → #198 (-57)
B Bennie
#135 → #188 (-53)

New to the Top 200 in 1895

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

Don #191
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