The most popular baby names of 1895

SSA recorded 351,020 births in 1895 across all reported names — 233,627 girls and 117,393 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1895

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1894.
#	Name	Births	vs 1894
1	Mary	13,447	—
2	Anna	5,950	—
3	Helen	4,023	+1
4	Margaret	3,931	-1
5	Elizabeth	3,603	—
6	Ruth	3,551	—
7	Florence	3,471	+1
8	Ethel	3,391	-1
9	Marie	3,011	+1
10	Emma	2,952	-1
11	Bertha	2,626	+3
12	Clara	2,613	-1
13	Minnie	2,567	-1
14	Edna	2,560	+1
15	Bessie	2,542	-2
16	Lillian	2,495	—
17	Alice	2,457	—
18	Grace	2,448	+1
19	Annie	2,390	-1
20	Mabel	2,359	—
21	Rose	2,262	+1
22	Hazel	2,252	+1
23	Ida	2,170	-2
24	Gertrude	2,129	+1
25	Martha	2,096	-1
26	Pearl	1,958	+2
27	Edith	1,940	-1
28	Myrtle	1,938	-1
29	Frances	1,833	—
29	Nellie	1,833	+1
31	Esther	1,803	+5
32	Elsie	1,795	+1
33	Sarah	1,777	+1
34	Eva	1,767	+1
35	Ella	1,692	-4
36	Laura	1,643	-4
37	Louise	1,582	—
38	Catherine	1,514	+3
39	Mildred	1,474	+11
40	Agnes	1,466	-2
41	Gladys	1,464	+6
42	Carrie	1,463	-3
43	Irene	1,428	—
44	Lillie	1,414	-4
45	Julia	1,380	—
46	Hattie	1,338	-2
47	Josephine	1,334	+1
48	Jessie	1,300	+7
49	Cora	1,295	-3
50	Lena	1,289	-8
51	Mattie	1,276	-2
52	Mae	1,193	+2
53	Jennie	1,177	-2
54	Blanche	1,156	+2
55	Alma	1,144	-3
56	Maude	1,136	-3
57	Dorothy	1,127	+1
58	Ada	1,124	+4
59	Mamie	1,119	—
60	Stella	1,026	+1
61	Lucy	1,016	-4
62	Fannie	1,012	+1
63	Viola	1,010	+2
64	Lula	987	-4
65	Katherine	968	-1
66	Ruby	954	+1
67	Maggie	890	-1
68	Dora	884	+1
69	Marion	856	+20
70	Nora	846	-2
71	Rosa	832	-1
72	Sadie	829	+1
73	Beatrice	814	+3
74	Beulah	760	+5
75	Ellen	746	-3
76	Pauline	734	+4
77	Vera	729	+8
78	Willie	724	-3
79	Effie	708	-5
80	May	691	-9
81	Marguerite	680	+2
82	Nettie	677	—
83	Susie	674	-5
84	Daisy	665	-3
85	Lydia	656	—
86	Della	648	-9
87	Evelyn	630	+12
88	Virginia	628	+3
89	Emily	605	+4
90	Kathryn	585	+6
91	Olive	577	-3
92	Sallie	573	-2
93	Nancy	566	+5
94	Georgia	562	—
95	Lottie	553	-8
96	Flora	552	-12
97	Ann	551	+8
98	Eleanor	544	+10
99	Lizzie	543	-7
100	Katie	536	-5

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1894.
#	Name	Births	vs 1894
1	John	8,320	—
2	William	7,277	—
3	James	5,335	—
4	George	4,289	—
5	Charles	3,633	—
6	Frank	3,012	+1
7	Joseph	2,992	-1
8	Robert	2,635	—
9	Henry	2,221	—
10	Edward	2,203	+1
11	Thomas	2,153	+1
12	Harry	2,128	-2
13	Walter	2,015	—
14	Arthur	1,666	—
15	Fred	1,483	—
16	Albert	1,391	—
17	Clarence	1,326	—
18	Willie	1,071	+1
19	Roy	1,028	-1
20	Paul	933	+3
21	Louis	913	—
22	Carl	851	—
22	Earl	851	-2
24	Ernest	834	—
25	Samuel	814	+1
26	Raymond	806	+1
27	Charlie	767	+3
28	Joe	763	—
29	Harold	753	+3
30	Ralph	736	+1
31	Richard	727	-6
32	David	707	-3
33	Howard	641	—
34	Elmer	610	+3
35	Jesse	577	+3
36	Herbert	569	—
37	Andrew	562	-2
38	Alfred	551	+2
39	Oscar	549	-5
40	Daniel	516	+1
41	Lawrence	509	+8
41	Leo	509	—
43	Sam	487	—
44	Will	485	-5
45	Francis	480	+5
46	Jack	479	+1
47	Lee	478	-2
48	Benjamin	452	-4
49	Herman	439	-1
50	Eugene	430	+2
51	Floyd	427	-5
52	Michael	413	-2
53	Peter	412	+2
54	Frederick	406	—
55	Claude	389	-2
56	Ray	380	+1
57	Chester	377	+6
57	Lewis	377	+2
59	Clyde	370	-3
60	Edwin	346	-2
61	Leonard	342	-1
62	Tom	335	-2
63	Ben	324	-1
64	Edgar	323	—
65	Martin	317	+1
66	Russell	300	+6
67	Homer	296	+6
68	Lester	295	+1
69	Otto	283	+5
70	Harvey	282	-3
71	Jim	278	-1
72	Clifford	272	-7
73	Luther	269	-2
74	Jacob	266	-6
75	Lloyd	263	+5
76	Guy	261	—
77	Bernard	259	+1
78	Leroy	249	+5
79	Jessie	245	—
80	Hugh	243	-5
81	Leslie	235	+6
82	Patrick	233	+3
82	Stanley	233	+8
84	Ed	229	-3
85	Eddie	228	+9
86	Anthony	221	-9
87	Leon	219	-3
88	Oliver	216	—
89	Archie	212	+3
90	Horace	211	+7
90	Norman	211	+5
90	Philip	211	+1
93	Theodore	208	-12
94	Everett	207	-8
94	Ira	207	-1
96	Donald	203	+10
97	Alexander	199	-2
98	Allen	196	-9
98	Victor	196	+2
100	Cecil	192	+2

Ranked by places gained against 1894, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1895	Rank 1894	Change
Marjorie girls	132	159	+27
Marion girls	69	89	+20
Genevieve girls	143	158	+15
Sara girls	127	141	+14
Betty girls	131	144	+13
Matilda girls	135	148	+13
Evelyn girls	87	99	+12
Bernice girls	109	121	+12
Violet girls	142	154	+12
Mildred girls	39	50	+11
Estelle girls	124	135	+11
Eunice girls	137	148	+11
Rosie girls	141	152	+11
Nell girls	170	181	+11
Eleanor girls	98	108	+10

Name	Rank 1895	Rank 1894	Change
Kate girls	162	133	-29
Estella girls	146	128	-18
Maud girls	145	129	-16
Isabel girls	184	168	-16
Etta girls	112	97	-15
Amy girls	147	132	-15
Mayme girls	187	172	-15
Janie girls	179	165	-14
Ina girls	179	166	-13
Flora girls	96	84	-12
Maria girls	151	139	-12
Alta girls	156	144	-12
Eliza girls	158	146	-12
Theodore boys	93	81	-12
Jean girls	177	166	-11

1895 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.