Popular Names of 1895

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1895, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1895
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	13,447	125
2	Anna	5,950	107
3	Helen	4,023	462
4	Margaret	3,931	112
5	Elizabeth	3,603	17
6	Ruth	3,551	173
7	Florence	3,471	391
8	Ethel	3,391	4,211
9	Marie	3,011	618
10	Emma	2,952	3
11	Bertha	2,626	4,569
12	Clara	2,613	63
13	Minnie	2,567	3,060
14	Edna	2,560	2,463
15	Bessie	2,542	6,889
16	Lillian	2,495	57
17	Alice	2,457	65
18	Grace	2,448	38
19	Annie	2,390	182
20	Mabel	2,359	201

Table 2. Male names, 1895
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	8,320	23
2	William	7,277	9
3	James	5,335	6
4	George	4,289	126
5	Charles	3,633	48
6	Frank	3,012	514
7	Joseph	2,992	29
8	Robert	2,635	92
9	Henry	2,221	5
10	Edward	2,203	224
11	Thomas	2,153	34
12	Harry	2,128	775
13	Walter	2,015	252
14	Arthur	1,666	87
15	Fred	1,483	1,936
16	Albert	1,391	614
17	Clarence	1,326	1,500
18	Willie	1,071	1,322
19	Roy	1,028	525
20	Paul	933	262

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.