Top baby names of 1885
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4James89,264
- 5George80,624
- 6Charles79,330
- 7Anna56,270
- 8Frank52,904
- 9Joseph43,814
- 10Henry41,502
- 11Robert40,036
- 12Thomas39,086
- 13Emma38,434
- 14Edward38,294
- 15Harry37,914
- 16Elizabeth36,376
- 17Walter31,186
- 18Margaret31,052
- 19Minnie30,684
- 20Fred26,944
- 21Clara26,910
- 22Bertha26,204
- 23Arthur26,150
- 24Ida26,120
- 25Albert24,650
- 26Annie23,992
- 27Alice23,682
- 28Florence23,486
- 29Bessie22,372
- 30Grace22,190
- 31Ethel21,062
- 32Nellie20,174
- 33Martha20,076
- 34Sarah20,062
- 35Ella19,654
- 36Mabel19,006
- 37Laura18,668
- 38Carrie18,076
- 39Cora17,652
- 40Maude17,216
- 41Rose16,400
- 42Pearl16,146
- 43Lillian16,104
- 44Helen15,976
- 45Clarence15,628
- 46Samuel15,318
- 47Gertrude15,300
- 48Edna15,174
- 49Edith15,102
- 50Julia14,962
- 51Jennie14,722
- 52Myrtle14,454
- 53Mattie14,286
- 54Hattie14,202
- 55Louis13,954
- 56Lillie13,792
- 57Eva13,680
- 58Louise13,468
- 59Jessie13,412
- 60Lula13,370
- 61Grover13,248
- 62Marie12,468
- 63Ernest12,384
- 64Ada12,342
- 65Lena12,342
- 66David12,282
- 67Charlie12,160
- 68Roy11,920
- 69Catherine11,918
- 70Frances11,890
- 71Joe11,746
- 72Richard11,592
- 73Fannie11,032
- 74Josephine11,032
- 75Dora10,932
- 76Will10,780
- 77Oscar10,746
- 78Willie10,592
- 79Katherine10,580
- 80Andrew10,332
- 81Jesse9,590
- 82Daniel9,228
- 83Peter8,900
- 84Carl8,522
- 85Sam8,486
- 86Earl8,296
- 87Frederick8,038
- 88Benjamin8,004
- 89Alfred7,694
- 90Elmer7,642
- 91Howard7,556
- 92Lewis7,538
- 93Paul7,382
- 94Ralph7,280
- 95Herbert6,692
- 96Jim6,382
- 97Michael6,382
- 98Tom6,226
- 99Martin6,158
- 100Lee6,002