The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1895

1,808 different girls’ names were recorded in 1895, covering 233,627 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
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	Nellie	1,833
29	Frances	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
101	Lucille	532
102	Leona	520
103	Theresa	515
104	Hilda	513
105	Caroline	484
106	Charlotte	472
107	Addie	471
108	Anne	462
109	Bernice	447
110	Ollie	446
110	Lola	446
112	Etta	445
113	Harriet	435
113	Iva	435
115	Amanda	431
116	Henrietta	420
117	Ora	416
118	Inez	403
119	Jane	394
120	Susan	393
121	Lela	388
122	Rebecca	386
123	Mollie	382
124	Estelle	381
125	Amelia	379
126	Loretta	365
127	Sara	363
128	Goldie	358
129	Nannie	355
130	Rachel	351
131	Betty	350
132	Marjorie	349
133	Nina	348
134	Eula	342
135	Matilda	339
136	Essie	335
137	Eunice	334
138	Mable	331
139	Olga	329
140	Verna	326
141	Rosie	322
142	Violet	316
143	Genevieve	313
144	Lois	311
145	Maud	305
146	Estella	304
147	Amy	303
148	Hannah	301
149	Frieda	299
150	Barbara	298
151	Maria	295
151	Christine	295
151	Flossie	295
154	Augusta	288
155	Belle	283
156	Alta	277
157	Sylvia	276
158	Eliza	273
158	Celia	273
160	Victoria	269
161	Marian	265
162	Kate	262
163	Ola	261
164	Sophia	259
165	Lulu	258
166	Allie	252
167	Freda	250
168	Naomi	249
169	Lucile	248
170	Nell	247
170	Irma	247
172	Alberta	242
173	Sophie	240
174	Madeline	237
175	Josie	234
175	Winifred	234
177	Jean	232
178	Luella	227
179	Janie	220
179	Ina	220
181	Norma	219
182	Elva	218
183	Vivian	216
184	Tillie	212
184	Isabel	212
186	Callie	211
187	Mayme	209
188	Selma	208
188	Velma	208
190	Isabelle	205
191	Leah	203
191	Erma	203
193	Doris	198
194	Winnie	196
195	Delia	193
196	Kathleen	192
197	Virgie	191
198	Rena	189
199	Birdie	184
199	Fern	184

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1895 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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