Names by year · United States
The names of 1886
In 1886, the SSA recorded 255,316 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 15 | 9,889 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 34 | 4,283 | #107 |
| 3 | Emma1 in 52 | 2,764 | #3 |
| 4 | Elizabeth1 in 54 | 2,680 | #17 |
| 5 | Minnie1 in 61 | 2,372 | #3,060 |
| 6 | Margaret1 in 64 | 2,275 | #112 |
| 7 | Ida1 in 71 | 2,049 | #1,120 |
| 8 | Bertha1 in 72 | 2,001 | #4,569 |
| 9 | Clara1 in 75 | 1,916 | #63 |
| 10 | Florence1 in 78 | 1,860 | #391 |
| 11 | Alice1 in 80 | 1,811 | #65 |
| 12 | Bessie1 in 81 | 1,791 | #6,889 |
| 13 | Annie1 in 82 | 1,765 | #182 |
| 14 | Grace1 in 84 | 1,723 | #38 |
| 15 | Ethel1 in 85 | 1,699 | #4,211 |
| 16 | Sarah1 in 92 | 1,569 | #90 |
| 17 | Nellie1 in 97 | 1,492 | #533 |
| 18 | Martha1 in 97 | 1,491 | #713 |
| 19 | Ella1 in 99 | 1,464 | #29 |
| 20 | Mabel1 in 102 | 1,422 | #201 |
| 21 | Carrie1 in 104 | 1,396 | #2,726 |
| 22 | Laura1 in 105 | 1,372 | #379 |
| 23 | Edna1 in 110 | 1,314 | #2,463 |
| 24 | Lillian1 in 113 | 1,282 | #57 |
| 25 | Helen1 in 114 | 1,267 | #462 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 12 | 9,026 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 13 | 8,252 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 21 | 5,355 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 24 | 4,671 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 24 | 4,533 | #48 |
| 6 | Frank1 in 35 | 3,127 | #514 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 43 | 2,594 | #29 |
| 8 | Robert1 in 45 | 2,443 | #92 |
| 9 | Henry1 in 46 | 2,404 | #5 |
| 10 | Thomas1 in 47 | 2,337 | #34 |
| 11 | Edward1 in 48 | 2,312 | #224 |
| 12 | Harry1 in 49 | 2,257 | #775 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 59 | 1,880 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 67 | 1,656 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 69 | 1,599 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 74 | 1,488 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 111 | 995 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Samuel1 in 127 | 870 | #18 |
| 19 | Louis1 in 131 | 846 | #249 |
| 20 | Roy1 in 144 | 767 | #525 |
| 21 | Joe1 in 146 | 759 | #994 |
| 22 | Charlie1 in 153 | 723 | #145 |
| 23 | Richard1 in 154 | 720 | #234 |
| 24 | David1 in 164 | 674 | #35 |
| 25 | Ernest1 in 166 | 668 | #1,040 |
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