The most popular baby names of 1885

SSA recorded 240,854 births in 1885 across all reported names — 133,055 girls and 107,799 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1885

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1884.
#	Name	Births	vs 1884
1	Mary	9,128	—
2	Anna	3,994	—
3	Emma	2,728	—
4	Elizabeth	2,582	—
5	Margaret	2,204	+1
6	Minnie	2,178	-1
7	Clara	1,910	+1
8	Bertha	1,860	+1
9	Ida	1,854	-2
10	Annie	1,703	—
11	Alice	1,681	—
12	Florence	1,667	—
13	Bessie	1,588	+2
14	Grace	1,575	-1
15	Ethel	1,495	+3
16	Nellie	1,432	+1
17	Martha	1,425	-1
18	Sarah	1,424	-4
19	Ella	1,395	—
20	Mabel	1,349	—
21	Laura	1,325	—
22	Carrie	1,283	—
23	Cora	1,253	—
24	Maude	1,222	—
25	Rose	1,164	+5
26	Pearl	1,146	-1
27	Lillian	1,143	-1
28	Helen	1,134	+5
29	Gertrude	1,086	-1
30	Edna	1,077	+6
31	Edith	1,071	-4
32	Julia	1,062	+5
33	Jennie	1,045	-5
34	Myrtle	1,026	—
35	Mattie	1,014	-4
36	Hattie	1,008	-4
37	Lillie	979	+3
38	Eva	971	—
39	Louise	956	-4
40	Jessie	952	+2
41	Lula	949	-2
42	Marie	885	+7
43	Ada	876	+1
43	Lena	876	-2
45	Catherine	846	-2
46	Frances	844	—
47	Fannie	783	+3
47	Josephine	783	-2
49	Dora	776	+2
50	Katherine	751	+5
51	Maggie	716	-3
52	Lucy	711	-5
53	Blanche	710	-1
54	Agnes	695	-1
55	Elsie	685	+8
56	Nora	670	—
57	Stella	649	+3
58	Rosa	623	—
59	Effie	613	+3
60	Daisy	607	-6
60	May	607	+1
62	Mamie	606	-5
63	Mae	578	+1
64	Ellen	555	-5
65	Lizzie	537	+1
66	Nettie	536	+1
67	Nancy	527	+1
68	Alma	515	+2
69	Sadie	514	+2
70	Ruth	506	+4
71	Della	500	-6
72	Susie	477	+1
73	Sallie	457	-4
74	Flora	445	+3
75	Maud	429	-3
76	Addie	406	+9
77	Lydia	404	+3
78	Caroline	399	—
79	Mollie	396	—
80	Lottie	393	-4
81	Katie	388	+2
82	Irene	376	+13
83	Etta	372	-8
84	Georgia	371	+6
85	Lulu	360	+1
86	Olive	349	-3
87	Emily	346	-6
88	Viola	345	-6
89	Harriet	342	+2
90	Amanda	339	+2
91	Jane	330	+7
92	Esther	320	+7
92	Kathryn	320	-6
94	Charlotte	317	-8
95	Willie	312	-2
96	Beulah	309	+17
96	Kate	309	-10
98	Ollie	305	+5
99	Rebecca	302	+3
99	Susan	302	-5

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1884.
#	Name	Births	vs 1884
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	+1
9	Robert	2,322	+1
10	Thomas	2,266	-2
11	Edward	2,220	—
12	Harry	2,198	—
13	Walter	1,808	—
14	Fred	1,562	+1
15	Arthur	1,516	-1
16	Albert	1,429	—
17	Clarence	906	+1
18	Samuel	888	-1
19	Louis	809	—
20	Grover	768	—
21	Ernest	718	+4
22	David	712	-1
23	Charlie	705	+1
24	Roy	691	+2
25	Joe	681	-3
26	Richard	672	-3
27	Will	625	+1
28	Oscar	623	+2
29	Willie	614	+2
30	Andrew	599	-1
31	Jesse	556	-4
32	Daniel	535	—
33	Peter	516	+1
34	Carl	494	+2
35	Sam	492	-2
36	Earl	481	+4
37	Frederick	466	+5
38	Benjamin	464	—
39	Alfred	446	-2
40	Elmer	443	-5
41	Howard	438	+3
42	Lewis	437	-3
43	Paul	428	+2
44	Ralph	422	-4
45	Herbert	388	+1
46	Jim	370	+9
46	Michael	370	+5
48	Tom	361	-1
49	Martin	357	-1
50	Lee	348	-7
51	Eugene	345	+8
52	Claude	343	+2
52	Jacob	343	-2
54	Ed	328	+6
55	Herman	326	-7
56	Francis	319	+1
57	Clyde	318	-1
58	Raymond	308	+4
59	Harvey	304	-6
60	Edgar	303	+3
61	Jack	295	+7
62	Ben	292	-10
63	Edwin	289	-2
64	Lawrence	288	+7
65	Charley	285	-2
66	Bert	276	+1
67	Chester	273	-9
68	Guy	266	+4
69	Otto	263	-4
70	Floyd	259	—
70	Luther	259	-1
72	Oliver	258	+2
73	Hugh	257	—
74	Ray	237	+3
75	Ira	235	-9
76	Homer	228	+3
77	Patrick	217	+1
78	Alexander	205	-2
79	Isaac	204	-4
79	Leonard	204	+3
81	Jessie	202	+9
82	Harold	201	+3
83	Leo	199	+1
83	Theodore	199	-2
85	Archie	196	-3
86	August	193	-6
87	Allen	184	—
88	Sidney	170	+19
89	Philip	163	+7
90	Leroy	162	+8
91	Bernard	160	+17
92	Alex	159	+13
93	Stephen	158	—
94	Horace	155	+4
95	Anthony	153	-7
96	Warren	151	-2
97	Julius	150	-2
98	Cleveland	147	-6
99	Leon	146	+3
100	Victor	143	+16

Ranked by places gained against 1884, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1885	Rank 1884	Change
Beulah girls	96	113	+17
Hazel girls	105	122	+17
Irene girls	82	95	+13
Amy girls	112	123	+11
Addie girls	76	85	+9
Jim boys	46	55	+9
Elsie girls	55	63	+8
Eugene boys	51	59	+8
Marie girls	42	49	+7
Jane girls	91	98	+7
Esther girls	92	99	+7
Jack boys	61	68	+7
Lawrence boys	64	71	+7
Edna girls	30	36	+6
Georgia girls	84	90	+6

Name	Rank 1885	Rank 1884	Change
Anne girls	125	110	-15
Ora girls	120	106	-14
Kate girls	96	86	-10
Hannah girls	113	103	-10
Ben boys	62	52	-10
Chester boys	67	58	-9
Ira boys	75	66	-9
Etta girls	83	75	-8
Charlotte girls	94	86	-8
Belle girls	108	100	-8
Rachel girls	122	114	-8
Nannie girls	104	97	-7
Lee boys	50	43	-7
Herman boys	55	48	-7
Daisy girls	60	54	-6

1885 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.