Top Names of 1895

The most popular names recorded in 1895 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary13,447
2Anna5,950
3Helen4,023
4Margaret3,931
5Elizabeth3,603
6Ruth3,551
7Florence3,471
8Ethel3,391
9Marie3,011
10Emma2,952
11Bertha2,626
12Clara2,613
13Minnie2,567
14Edna2,560
15Bessie2,542
16Lillian2,495
17Alice2,457
18Grace2,448
19Annie2,390
20Mabel2,359
21Rose2,262
22Hazel2,252
23Ida2,170
24Gertrude2,129
25Martha2,096
26Pearl1,958
27Edith1,940
28Myrtle1,938
29Frances1,833
30Nellie1,833
31Esther1,803
32Elsie1,795
33Sarah1,777
34Eva1,767
35Ella1,692
36Laura1,643
37Louise1,582
38Catherine1,514
39Mildred1,474
40Agnes1,466
41Gladys1,464
42Carrie1,463
43Irene1,428
44Lillie1,414
45Julia1,380
46Hattie1,338
47Josephine1,334
48Jessie1,300
49Cora1,295
50Lena1,289

Boys

#NameBabies
1John8,320
2William7,277
3James5,335
4George4,289
5Charles3,633
6Frank3,012
7Joseph2,992
8Robert2,635
9Henry2,221
10Edward2,203
11Thomas2,153
12Harry2,128
13Walter2,015
14Arthur1,666
15Fred1,483
16Albert1,391
17Clarence1,326
18Willie1,071
19Roy1,028
20Paul933
21Louis913
22Carl851
23Earl851
24Ernest834
25Samuel814
26Raymond806
27Charlie767
28Joe763
29Harold753
30Ralph736
31Richard727
32David707
33Howard641
34Elmer610
35Jesse577
36Herbert569
37Andrew562
38Alfred551
39Oscar549
40Daniel516
41Lawrence509
42Leo509
43Sam487
44Will485
45Francis480
46Jack479
47Lee478
48Benjamin452
49Herman439
50Eugene430