100 Most popular boy names of 1885, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1885 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1885.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
8756
6.17
-
2
William
8044
5.67
-
3
James
5175
3.65
-
4
George
4674
3.29
-
5
Charles
4599
3.24
-
6
Frank
3067
2.16
-
7
Joseph
2540
1.79
-
8
Henry
2406
1.69
+1
9
Robert
2322
1.64
+1
10
Thomas
2266
1.6
-2
11
Edward
2220
1.56
-
12
Harry
2198
1.55
-
13
Walter
1808
1.27
-
14
Fred
1562
1.1
+1
15
Arthur
1516
1.07
-1
16
Albert
1429
1.01
-
17
Clarence
906
0.64
+1
18
Samuel
888
0.63
-1
19
Louis
809
0.57
-
20
Grover
768
0.54
-
21
Ernest
718
0.51
+4
22
David
712
0.5
-1
23
Charlie
705
0.5
+1
24
Roy
691
0.49
+2
25
Joe
681
0.48
-3
26
Richard
672
0.47
-3
27
Will
625
0.44
+1
28
Oscar
623
0.44
+2
29
Willie
614
0.43
+2
30
Andrew
599
0.42
-1
31
Jesse
556
0.39
-4
32
Daniel
535
0.38
-
33
Peter
516
0.36
+1
34
Carl
494
0.35
+2
35
Sam
492
0.35
-2
36
Earl
481
0.34
+4
37
Frederick
466
0.33
+5
38
Benjamin
464
0.33
-
39
Alfred
446
0.31
-2
40
Elmer
443
0.31
-5
41
Howard
438
0.31
+3
42
Lewis
437
0.31
-3
43
Paul
428
0.3
+2
44
Ralph
422
0.3
-4
45
Herbert
388
0.27
+1
46
Jim
370
0.26
+9
46
Michael
370
0.26
+5
48
Tom
361
0.25
-1
49
Martin
357
0.25
-1
50
Lee
348
0.25
-7
51
Eugene
345
0.24
+8
52
Claude
343
0.24
+2
52
Jacob
343
0.24
-2
54
Ed
328
0.23
+6
55
Herman
326
0.23
-7
56
Francis
319
0.22
+1
57
Clyde
318
0.22
-1
58
Raymond
308
0.22
+4
59
Harvey
304
0.21
-6
60
Edgar
303
0.21
+3
61
Jack
295
0.21
+7
62
Ben
292
0.21
-10
63
Edwin
289
0.2
-2
64
Lawrence
288
0.2
+7
65
Charley
285
0.2
-2
66
Bert
276
0.19
+1
67
Chester
273
0.19
-9
68
Guy
266
0.19
+4
69
Otto
263
0.19
-4
70
Floyd
259
0.18
-
70
Luther
259
0.18
-1
72
Oliver
258
0.18
+2
73
Hugh
257
0.18
-
74
Ray
237
0.17
+3
75
Ira
235
0.17
-9
76
Homer
228
0.16
+3
77
Patrick
217
0.15
+1
78
Alexander
205
0.14
-2
79
Isaac
204
0.14
-4
79
Leonard
204
0.14
+3
81
Jessie
202
0.14
+9
82
Harold
201
0.14
+3
83
Leo
199
0.14
+1
83
Theodore
199
0.14
-2
85
Archie
196
0.14
-3
86
August
193
0.14
-6
87
Allen
184
0.13
-
88
Sidney
170
0.12
+19
89
Philip
163
0.11
+7
90
Leroy
162
0.11
+8
91
Bernard
160
0.11
+17
92
Alex
159
0.11
+13
93
Stephen
158
0.11
-
94
Horace
155
0.11
+4
95
Anthony
153
0.11
-7
96
Warren
151
0.11
-2
97
Julius
150
0.11
-2
98
Cleveland
147
0.1
-6
99
Leon
146
0.1
+3
100
Victor
143
0.1
+16
101
Eddie
141
0.1
-13
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1885)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html