The most popular baby names of 1886

SSA recorded 255,316 births in 1886 across all reported names — 144,533 girls and 110,783 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1886

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1885.
#	Name	Births	vs 1885
1	Mary	9,889	—
2	Anna	4,283	—
3	Emma	2,764	—
4	Elizabeth	2,680	—
5	Minnie	2,372	+1
6	Margaret	2,275	-1
7	Ida	2,049	+2
8	Bertha	2,001	—
9	Clara	1,916	-2
10	Florence	1,860	+2
11	Alice	1,811	—
12	Bessie	1,791	+1
13	Annie	1,765	-3
14	Grace	1,723	—
15	Ethel	1,699	—
16	Sarah	1,569	+2
17	Nellie	1,492	-1
18	Martha	1,491	-1
19	Ella	1,464	—
20	Mabel	1,422	—
21	Carrie	1,396	+1
22	Laura	1,372	-1
23	Edna	1,314	+7
24	Lillian	1,282	+3
25	Helen	1,267	+3
26	Rose	1,261	-1
27	Gertrude	1,249	+2
28	Cora	1,231	-5
29	Pearl	1,204	-3
30	Maude	1,189	-6
31	Edith	1,184	—
32	Eva	1,155	+6
33	Hattie	1,139	+3
34	Jennie	1,100	-1
35	Myrtle	1,094	-1
36	Julia	1,061	-4
36	Louise	1,061	+3
38	Frances	1,059	+8
39	Mattie	1,044	-4
40	Lula	1,040	+1
41	Jessie	1,003	-1
42	Lillie	995	-5
43	Lena	992	—
44	Marie	988	-2
45	Catherine	916	—
46	Ada	915	-3
47	Josephine	844	—
48	Fannie	837	-1
49	Dora	827	—
50	Lucy	817	+2
51	Blanche	787	+2
52	Agnes	779	+2
53	Maggie	756	-2
54	Katherine	744	-4
55	Mamie	712	+7
56	Nora	708	—
57	Stella	702	—
58	Elsie	698	-3
59	Rosa	673	-1
60	Effie	672	-1
61	Mae	641	+2
62	Alma	603	+6
63	Daisy	602	-3
63	May	602	-3
65	Nettie	591	+1
66	Ruth	581	+4
67	Della	565	+4
68	Sadie	562	+1
69	Susie	559	+3
70	Ellen	551	-6
71	Lizzie	512	-6
72	Nancy	492	-5
73	Sallie	490	—
74	Maud	478	+1
75	Lottie	450	+5
76	Flora	443	-2
77	Viola	440	+11
78	Irene	437	+4
79	Etta	433	+4
80	Katie	431	+1
81	Hazel	429	+24
82	Mollie	421	-3
83	Addie	417	-7
84	Olive	404	+2
85	Esther	396	+7
86	Georgia	395	-2
87	Lydia	392	-10
88	Willie	388	+7
89	Kathryn	383	+3
90	Lulu	376	-5
91	Amanda	370	-1
91	Caroline	370	-13
93	Emily	369	-6
94	Charlotte	368	—
95	Rebecca	355	+4
96	Virginia	353	+7
97	Nannie	347	+7
98	Beulah	345	-2
99	Harriet	341	-10
100	Kate	335	-4

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1885.
#	Name	Births	vs 1885
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	+1
9	Henry	2,404	-1
10	Thomas	2,337	—
11	Edward	2,312	—
12	Harry	2,257	—
13	Walter	1,880	—
14	Arthur	1,656	+1
15	Fred	1,599	-1
16	Albert	1,488	—
17	Clarence	995	—
18	Samuel	870	—
19	Louis	846	—
20	Roy	767	+4
21	Joe	759	+4
22	Charlie	723	+1
23	Richard	720	+3
24	David	674	-2
25	Ernest	668	-4
26	Oscar	645	+2
27	Will	642	—
28	Willie	641	+1
29	Andrew	614	+1
29	Jesse	614	+2
31	Earl	570	+5
32	Carl	556	+2
33	Daniel	555	-1
34	Sam	519	+1
35	Elmer	485	+5
36	Alfred	480	+3
37	Howard	467	+4
38	Paul	466	+5
39	Benjamin	463	-1
40	Frederick	461	-3
41	Ralph	440	+3
42	Peter	437	-9
43	Lewis	431	-1
44	Herman	418	+11
45	Grover	407	-25
46	Herbert	400	-1
47	Lee	399	+3
48	Claude	391	+4
49	Jim	389	-3
50	Tom	383	-2
51	Eugene	362	—
52	Raymond	353	+6
53	Michael	348	-7
54	Jacob	346	-2
55	Francis	344	+1
56	Ben	335	+6
57	Lawrence	331	+7
58	Martin	329	-9
59	Edwin	313	+4
60	Harvey	310	-1
61	Edgar	309	-1
62	Clyde	307	-5
63	Ed	303	-9
64	Jack	299	-3
65	Chester	287	+2
66	Floyd	275	+4
67	Ray	271	+7
68	Otto	270	+1
69	Theodore	258	+14
70	Guy	255	-2
71	Luther	253	-1
72	Patrick	249	+5
73	Leo	240	+10
74	Leonard	236	+5
75	Oliver	230	-3
76	Bert	228	-10
77	Hugh	227	-4
78	Harold	224	+4
78	Homer	224	-2
78	Isaac	224	+1
81	Charley	214	-16
82	Allen	211	+5
83	Alexander	206	-5
84	August	203	+2
85	Ira	198	-10
86	Eddie	197	+15
87	Philip	187	+2
88	Marion	182	+13
89	Jessie	181	-8
89	Stephen	181	+4
91	Bernard	180	—
92	Archie	175	-7
93	Anthony	174	+2
94	Julius	173	+3
95	Clifford	172	+9
96	Alex	161	-4
96	Norman	161	+20
98	Lester	160	+3
99	Horace	156	-5
100	Leroy	155	-10
100	Sidney	155	-12

Ranked by places gained against 1885, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1886	Rank 1885	Change
Hazel girls	81	105	+24
Viola girls	77	88	+11
Ora girls	109	120	+11
Herman boys	44	55	+11
Henrietta girls	108	117	+9
Frances girls	38	46	+8
Edna girls	23	30	+7
Mamie girls	55	62	+7
Esther girls	85	92	+7
Willie girls	88	95	+7
Virginia girls	96	103	+7
Nannie girls	97	104	+7
Lawrence boys	57	64	+7
Ray boys	67	74	+7
Eva girls	32	38	+6

Name	Rank 1886	Rank 1885	Change
Grover boys	45	20	-25
Charley boys	81	65	-16
Jane girls	105	91	-14
Amy girls	126	112	-14
Caroline girls	91	78	-13
Lydia girls	87	77	-10
Harriet girls	99	89	-10
Leona girls	125	115	-10
Bert boys	76	66	-10
Peter boys	42	33	-9
Martin boys	58	49	-9
Ed boys	63	54	-9
Eliza girls	109	101	-8
Estella girls	118	110	-8
Rachel girls	130	122	-8

1886 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

For these names, 1886 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.