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Most popular baby names of 1895

In 1895, the most popular names in the US were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary13,447
  2. 2Anna5,950
  3. 3Helen4,023
  4. 4Margaret3,931
  5. 5Elizabeth3,603
  6. 6Ruth3,551
  7. 7Florence3,471
  8. 8Ethel3,391
  9. 9Marie3,011
  10. 10Emma2,952
  11. 11Bertha2,626
  12. 12Clara2,613
  13. 13Minnie2,567
  14. 14Edna2,560
  15. 15Bessie2,542
  16. 16Lillian2,495
  17. 17Alice2,457
  18. 18Grace2,448
  19. 19Annie2,390
  20. 20Mabel2,359
  21. 21Rose2,262
  22. 22Hazel2,252
  23. 23Ida2,170
  24. 24Gertrude2,129
  25. 25Martha2,096
  26. 26Pearl1,958
  27. 27Edith1,940
  28. 28Myrtle1,938
  29. 29Frances1,833
  30. 30Nellie1,833
  31. 31Esther1,803
  32. 32Elsie1,795
  33. 33Sarah1,777
  34. 34Eva1,767
  35. 35Ella1,692
  36. 36Laura1,643
  37. 37Louise1,582
  38. 38Catherine1,514
  39. 39Mildred1,474
  40. 40Agnes1,466
  41. 41Gladys1,464
  42. 42Carrie1,463
  43. 43Irene1,428
  44. 44Lillie1,414
  45. 45Julia1,380
  46. 46Hattie1,338
  47. 47Josephine1,334
  48. 48Jessie1,300
  49. 49Cora1,295
  50. 50Lena1,289
  51. 51Mattie1,276
  52. 52Mae1,193
  53. 53Jennie1,177
  54. 54Blanche1,156
  55. 55Alma1,144
  56. 56Maude1,136
  57. 57Dorothy1,127
  58. 58Ada1,124
  59. 59Mamie1,119
  60. 60Stella1,026
  61. 61Lucy1,016
  62. 62Fannie1,012
  63. 63Viola1,010
  64. 64Lula987
  65. 65Katherine968
  66. 66Ruby954
  67. 67Maggie890
  68. 68Dora884
  69. 69Marion856
  70. 70Nora846
  71. 71Rosa832
  72. 72Sadie829
  73. 73Beatrice814
  74. 74Beulah760
  75. 75Ellen746
  76. 76Pauline734
  77. 77Vera729
  78. 78Willie724
  79. 79Effie708
  80. 80May691
  81. 81Marguerite680
  82. 82Nettie677
  83. 83Susie674
  84. 84Daisy665
  85. 85Lydia656
  86. 86Della648
  87. 87Evelyn630
  88. 88Virginia628
  89. 89Emily605
  90. 90Kathryn585
  91. 91Olive577
  92. 92Sallie573
  93. 93Nancy566
  94. 94Georgia562
  95. 95Lottie553
  96. 96Flora552
  97. 97Ann551
  98. 98Eleanor544
  99. 99Lizzie543
  100. 100Katie536

Boys

  1. 1John8,320
  2. 2William7,277
  3. 3James5,335
  4. 4George4,289
  5. 5Charles3,633
  6. 6Frank3,012
  7. 7Joseph2,992
  8. 8Robert2,635
  9. 9Henry2,221
  10. 10Edward2,203
  11. 11Thomas2,153
  12. 12Harry2,128
  13. 13Walter2,015
  14. 14Arthur1,666
  15. 15Fred1,483
  16. 16Albert1,391
  17. 17Clarence1,326
  18. 18Willie1,071
  19. 19Roy1,028
  20. 20Paul933
  21. 21Louis913
  22. 22Carl851
  23. 23Earl851
  24. 24Ernest834
  25. 25Samuel814
  26. 26Raymond806
  27. 27Charlie767
  28. 28Joe763
  29. 29Harold753
  30. 30Ralph736
  31. 31Richard727
  32. 32David707
  33. 33Howard641
  34. 34Elmer610
  35. 35Jesse577
  36. 36Herbert569
  37. 37Andrew562
  38. 38Alfred551
  39. 39Oscar549
  40. 40Daniel516
  41. 41Lawrence509
  42. 42Leo509
  43. 43Sam487
  44. 44Will485
  45. 45Francis480
  46. 46Jack479
  47. 47Lee478
  48. 48Benjamin452
  49. 49Herman439
  50. 50Eugene430
  51. 51Floyd427
  52. 52Michael413
  53. 53Peter412
  54. 54Frederick406
  55. 55Claude389
  56. 56Ray380
  57. 57Chester377
  58. 58Lewis377
  59. 59Clyde370
  60. 60Edwin346
  61. 61Leonard342
  62. 62Tom335
  63. 63Ben324
  64. 64Edgar323
  65. 65Martin317
  66. 66Russell300
  67. 67Homer296
  68. 68Lester295
  69. 69Otto283
  70. 70Harvey282
  71. 71Jim278
  72. 72Clifford272
  73. 73Luther269
  74. 74Jacob266
  75. 75Lloyd263
  76. 76Guy261
  77. 77Bernard259
  78. 78Leroy249
  79. 79Jessie245
  80. 80Hugh243
  81. 81Leslie235
  82. 82Patrick233
  83. 83Stanley233
  84. 84Ed229
  85. 85Eddie228
  86. 86Anthony221
  87. 87Leon219
  88. 88Oliver216
  89. 89Archie212
  90. 90Horace211
  91. 91Norman211
  92. 92Philip211
  93. 93Theodore208
  94. 94Everett207
  95. 95Ira207
  96. 96Donald203
  97. 97Alexander199
  98. 98Allen196
  99. 99Victor196
  100. 100Cecil192

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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