The names of 1885

The ten most popular names given in 1885, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 9,128
  2. Anna 3,994
  3. Emma 2,728
  4. Elizabeth 2,582
  5. Margaret 2,204
  6. Minnie 2,178
  7. Clara 1,910
  8. Bertha 1,860
  9. Ida 1,854
  10. Annie 1,703

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US: boys

  1. John 8,756
  2. William 8,044
  3. James 5,175
  4. George 4,674
  5. Charles 4,599
  6. Frank 3,067
  7. Joseph 2,540
  8. Henry 2,406
  9. Robert 2,322
  10. Thomas 2,266

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