Most Popular Baby Names of 1886

In 1886, Mary (9,889 births) was the most common U.S. girl name and John (9,026 births) the most common boy name.

Top 100 boy names, 1886
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	9,026
2	William	8,252
3	James	5,355
4	George	4,671
5	Charles	4,533
6	Frank	3,127
7	Joseph	2,594
8	Robert	2,443
9	Henry	2,404
10	Thomas	2,337
11	Edward	2,312
12	Harry	2,257
13	Walter	1,880
14	Arthur	1,656
15	Fred	1,599
16	Albert	1,488
17	Clarence	995
18	Samuel	870
19	Louis	846
20	Roy	767
21	Joe	759
22	Charlie	723
23	Richard	720
24	David	674
25	Ernest	668
26	Oscar	645
27	Will	642
28	Willie	641
29	Andrew	614
29	Jesse	614
31	Earl	570
32	Carl	556
33	Daniel	555
34	Sam	519
35	Elmer	485
36	Alfred	480
37	Howard	467
38	Paul	466
39	Benjamin	463
40	Frederick	461
41	Ralph	440
42	Peter	437
43	Lewis	431
44	Herman	418
45	Grover	407
46	Herbert	400
47	Lee	399
48	Claude	391
49	Jim	389
50	Tom	383
51	Eugene	362
52	Raymond	353
53	Michael	348
54	Jacob	346
55	Francis	344
56	Ben	335
57	Lawrence	331
58	Martin	329
59	Edwin	313
60	Harvey	310
61	Edgar	309
62	Clyde	307
63	Ed	303
64	Jack	299
65	Chester	287
66	Floyd	275
67	Ray	271
68	Otto	270
69	Theodore	258
70	Guy	255
71	Luther	253
72	Patrick	249
73	Leo	240
74	Leonard	236
75	Oliver	230
76	Bert	228
77	Hugh	227
78	Harold	224
78	Homer	224
78	Isaac	224
81	Charley	214
82	Allen	211
83	Alexander	206
84	August	203
85	Ira	198
86	Eddie	197
87	Philip	187
88	Marion	182
89	Jessie	181
89	Stephen	181
91	Bernard	180
92	Archie	175
93	Anthony	174
94	Julius	173
95	Clifford	172
96	Alex	161
96	Norman	161
98	Lester	160
99	Horace	156
100	Leroy	155

Full Boy list for 1886

Top 100 girl names, 1886
Rank	Name	Births
1	Mary	9,889
2	Anna	4,283
3	Emma	2,764
4	Elizabeth	2,680
5	Minnie	2,372
6	Margaret	2,275
7	Ida	2,049
8	Bertha	2,001
9	Clara	1,916
10	Florence	1,860
11	Alice	1,811
12	Bessie	1,791
13	Annie	1,765
14	Grace	1,723
15	Ethel	1,699
16	Sarah	1,569
17	Nellie	1,492
18	Martha	1,491
19	Ella	1,464
20	Mabel	1,422
21	Carrie	1,396
22	Laura	1,372
23	Edna	1,314
24	Lillian	1,282
25	Helen	1,267
26	Rose	1,261
27	Gertrude	1,249
28	Cora	1,231
29	Pearl	1,204
30	Maude	1,189
31	Edith	1,184
32	Eva	1,155
33	Hattie	1,139
34	Jennie	1,100
35	Myrtle	1,094
36	Julia	1,061
36	Louise	1,061
38	Frances	1,059
39	Mattie	1,044
40	Lula	1,040
41	Jessie	1,003
42	Lillie	995
43	Lena	992
44	Marie	988
45	Catherine	916
46	Ada	915
47	Josephine	844
48	Fannie	837
49	Dora	827
50	Lucy	817
51	Blanche	787
52	Agnes	779
53	Maggie	756
54	Katherine	744
55	Mamie	712
56	Nora	708
57	Stella	702
58	Elsie	698
59	Rosa	673
60	Effie	672
61	Mae	641
62	Alma	603
63	Daisy	602
63	May	602
65	Nettie	591
66	Ruth	581
67	Della	565
68	Sadie	562
69	Susie	559
70	Ellen	551
71	Lizzie	512
72	Nancy	492
73	Sallie	490
74	Maud	478
75	Lottie	450
76	Flora	443
77	Viola	440
78	Irene	437
79	Etta	433
80	Katie	431
81	Hazel	429
82	Mollie	421
83	Addie	417
84	Olive	404
85	Esther	396
86	Georgia	395
87	Lydia	392
88	Willie	388
89	Kathryn	383
90	Lulu	376
91	Amanda	370
91	Caroline	370
93	Emily	369
94	Charlotte	368
95	Rebecca	355
96	Virginia	353
97	Nannie	347
98	Beulah	345
99	Harriet	341
100	Kate	335

Full Girl list for 1886

Biggest movers since 1885

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1885 to 1886
Name	Births 1885	Births 1886	Change	Rank 1885 → 1886
Joe	681	759	+11%	25 → 21
Roy	691	767	+11%	24 → 20
Jesse	556	614	+10%	31 → 29
Clarence	906	995	+10%	17 → 17
Arthur	1,516	1,656	+9%	15 → 14
Richard	672	720	+7%	26 → 23
Robert	2,322	2,443	+5%	9 → 8
Louis	809	846	+5%	19 → 19
Willie	614	641	+4%	29 → 28
Edward	2,220	2,312	+4%	11 → 11

Falling boy names, 1885 to 1886
Name	Births 1885	Births 1886	Change	Rank 1885 → 1886
Ernest	718	668	-7%	21 → 25
David	712	674	-5%	22 → 24
Samuel	888	870	-2%	18 → 18
Charles	4,599	4,533	-1%	5 → 5
Henry	2,406	2,404	-0%	8 → 9
George	4,674	4,671	-0%	4 → 4

Rising girl names, 1885 to 1886
Name	Births 1885	Births 1886	Change	Rank 1885 → 1886
Frances	844	1,059	+25%	46 → 38
Edna	1,077	1,314	+22%	30 → 23
Eva	971	1,155	+19%	38 → 32
Mamie	606	712	+17%	62 → 55
Alma	515	603	+17%	68 → 62
Gertrude	1,086	1,249	+15%	29 → 27
Lucy	711	817	+15%	52 → 50
Ruth	506	581	+15%	70 → 66
Ethel	1,495	1,699	+14%	15 → 15
Lena	876	992	+13%	43 → 43

Falling girl names, 1885 to 1886
Name	Births 1885	Births 1886	Change	Rank 1885 → 1886
Lizzie	537	512	-5%	65 → 71
Maude	1,222	1,189	-3%	24 → 30
Cora	1,253	1,231	-2%	23 → 28
Katherine	751	744	-1%	50 → 54
Daisy	607	602	-1%	60 → 63
May	607	602	-1%	60 → 63
Ellen	555	551	-1%	64 → 70
Julia	1,062	1,061	-0%	32 → 36

Top 100 boy names, 1886

Rank

Name

Births

John

9,026

William

8,252

James

5,355

4,671

4,533

3,127

2,594

2,443

Henry

2,404

Thomas

2,337

Edward

2,312

Harry

2,257

Walter

1,880

Arthur

1,656

Fred

1,599

Albert

1,488

Clarence

995

Samuel

870

Louis

846

Roy

767

Joe

759

Charlie

723

Richard

720

David

674

Ernest

668

Oscar

645

Will

642

Willie

641

Andrew

614

Jesse

614

Earl

570

Carl

556

Daniel

555

Sam

519

Elmer

485

Alfred

480

Howard

467

Paul

466

Benjamin

463

Frederick

461

Ralph

440

Peter

437

Lewis

431

Herman

418

Grover

407

Herbert

400

Lee

399

Claude

391

Jim

389

Tom

383

Eugene

362

Raymond

353

Michael

348

Jacob

346

Francis

344

Ben

335

Lawrence

331

Martin

329

Edwin

313

Harvey

310

Edgar

309

Clyde

307

303

Jack

299

Chester

287

Floyd

275

Ray

271

Otto

270

Theodore

258

Guy

255

Luther

253

249

240

236

230

Bert

228

Hugh

227

Harold

224

Homer

224

Isaac

224

Charley

214

Allen

211

Alexander

206

August

203

Ira

198

Eddie

197

Philip

187

Marion

182

Jessie

181

Stephen

181

Bernard

180

Archie

175

Anthony

174

Julius

173

Clifford

172

Alex

161

Norman

161

Lester

160

Horace

156

100

Leroy

155

Top 100 girl names, 1886

Rank

Name

Births

Mary

9,889

Anna

4,283

Emma

2,764

Elizabeth

2,680

Minnie

2,372

Margaret

2,275

Ida

2,049

Bertha

2,001

Clara

1,916

Florence

1,860

Alice

1,811

Bessie

1,791

Annie

1,765

Grace

1,723

Ethel

1,699

Sarah

1,569

Nellie

1,492

Martha

1,491

Ella

1,464

Mabel

1,422

Carrie

1,396

Laura

1,372

Edna

1,314

Lillian

1,282

Helen

1,267

Rose

1,261

Gertrude

1,249

Cora

1,231

Pearl

1,204

Maude

1,189

Edith

1,184

Eva

1,155

Hattie

1,139

Jennie

1,100

Myrtle

1,094

Julia

1,061

Louise

1,061

Frances

1,059

Mattie

1,044

Lula

1,040

Jessie

1,003

Lillie

995

Lena

992

Marie

988

Catherine

916

Ada

915

Josephine

844

Fannie

837

Dora

827

Lucy

817

Blanche

787

Agnes

779

Maggie

756

Katherine

744

Mamie

712

Nora

708

Stella

702

Elsie

698

Rosa

673

Effie

672

Mae

641

Alma

603

Daisy

602

May

602

Nettie

591

Ruth

581

Della

565

Sadie

562

Susie

559

Ellen

551

Lizzie

512

Nancy

492

Sallie

490

Maud

478

450

443

440

437

Etta

433

Katie

431

Hazel

429

Mollie

421

Addie

417

Olive

404

Esther

396

Georgia

395

Lydia

392

Willie

388

Kathryn

383

Lulu

376

Amanda

370

Caroline

370

Emily

369

Charlotte

368

Rebecca

355

Virginia

353

Nannie

347

Beulah

345

Harriet

341

100

Kate

335

Biggest movers since 1885

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1885 to 1886
Name	Births 1885	Births 1886	Change	Rank 1885 → 1886
Joe	681	759	+11%	25 → 21
Roy	691	767	+11%	24 → 20
Jesse	556	614	+10%	31 → 29
Clarence	906	995	+10%	17 → 17
Arthur	1,516	1,656	+9%	15 → 14
Richard	672	720	+7%	26 → 23
Robert	2,322	2,443	+5%	9 → 8
Louis	809	846	+5%	19 → 19
Willie	614	641	+4%	29 → 28
Edward	2,220	2,312	+4%	11 → 11

Falling boy names, 1885 to 1886
Name	Births 1885	Births 1886	Change	Rank 1885 → 1886
Ernest	718	668	-7%	21 → 25
David	712	674	-5%	22 → 24
Samuel	888	870	-2%	18 → 18
Charles	4,599	4,533	-1%	5 → 5
Henry	2,406	2,404	-0%	8 → 9
George	4,674	4,671	-0%	4 → 4

Rising girl names, 1885 to 1886
Name	Births 1885	Births 1886	Change	Rank 1885 → 1886
Frances	844	1,059	+25%	46 → 38
Edna	1,077	1,314	+22%	30 → 23
Eva	971	1,155	+19%	38 → 32
Mamie	606	712	+17%	62 → 55
Alma	515	603	+17%	68 → 62
Gertrude	1,086	1,249	+15%	29 → 27
Lucy	711	817	+15%	52 → 50
Ruth	506	581	+15%	70 → 66
Ethel	1,495	1,699	+14%	15 → 15
Lena	876	992	+13%	43 → 43

Falling girl names, 1885 to 1886
Name	Births 1885	Births 1886	Change	Rank 1885 → 1886
Lizzie	537	512	-5%	65 → 71
Maude	1,222	1,189	-3%	24 → 30
Cora	1,253	1,231	-2%	23 → 28
Katherine	751	744	-1%	50 → 54
Daisy	607	602	-1%	60 → 63
May	607	602	-1%	60 → 63
Ellen	555	551	-1%	64 → 70
Julia	1,062	1,061	-0%	32 → 36

Top 100 boy names of 1886

Top 100 girl names of 1886

Biggest movers since 1885

Top 100 boy names of 1886

Top 100 girl names of 1886

Biggest movers since 1885