Names by year · United States

The names of 1895

In 1895, the SSA recorded 351,020 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.

Girls

RankNamebornin 2025
1Mary1 in 1713,447#125
2Anna1 in 395,950#107
3Helen1 in 584,023#462
4Margaret1 in 593,931#112
5Elizabeth1 in 653,603#17
6Ruth1 in 663,551#173
7Florence1 in 673,471#391
8Ethel1 in 693,391#4,211
9Marie1 in 783,011#618
10Emma1 in 792,952#3
11Bertha1 in 892,626#4,569
12Clara1 in 892,613#63
13Minnie1 in 912,567#3,060
14Edna1 in 912,560#2,463
15Bessie1 in 922,542#6,889
16Lillian1 in 942,495#57
17Alice1 in 952,457#65
18Grace1 in 952,448#38
19Annie1 in 982,390#182
20Mabel1 in 992,359#201
21Rose1 in 1032,262#114
22Hazel1 in 1042,252#21
23Ida1 in 1082,170#1,120
24Gertrude1 in 1102,129#6,632
25Martha1 in 1112,096#713

Boys

RankNamebornin 2025
1John1 in 148,320#23
2William1 in 167,277#9
3James1 in 225,335#6
4George1 in 274,289#126
5Charles1 in 323,633#48
6Frank1 in 393,012#514
7Joseph1 in 392,992#29
8Robert1 in 452,635#92
9Henry1 in 532,221#5
10Edward1 in 532,203#224
11Thomas1 in 552,153#34
12Harry1 in 552,128#775
13Walter1 in 582,015#252
14Arthur1 in 701,666#87
15Fred1 in 791,483#1,936
16Albert1 in 841,391#614
17Clarence1 in 891,326#1,500
18Willie1 in 1101,071#1,322
19Roy1 in 1141,028#525
20Paul1 in 126933#262
21Louis1 in 129913#249
22Carl1 in 138851#1,134
23Earl1 in 138851#2,236
24Ernest1 in 141834#1,040
25Samuel1 in 144814#18

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