US baby names · 1895

Most popular baby names of 1895

In 1895, Social Security card applications recorded 233,627 girls and 117,393 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 1,808 distinct girls’ names and 1,241 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (13,447 girls) and John (8,320 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 20% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 36% of boys. Compared with 1894, 12,330 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1894, 2 girls’ names and 2 boys’ names in 1895 are newcomers (girls: Ann, Eleanor; boys: Donald, Cecil). Of these names, 21 of the 100 girls’ names and 23 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1895 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1895

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

Top 100 boys’ names, 1895

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