Most Popular Baby Names of 1895

In 1895, Mary was the most popular name for girls, given to 13,447 babies, and John topped the boys' list with 8,320. Mary held on to number one for a 16th year in a row, and John held on to number one for a 16th year in a row.

Social Security counted 233,627 girls and 117,393 boys born in 1895 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 1,808 different girls' names and 1,241 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1895

Top girls' names, 1895
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1894
1	Mary	13,447	same
2	Anna	5,950	same
3	Helen	4,023	up 1
4	Margaret	3,931	down 1
5	Elizabeth	3,603	same
6	Ruth	3,551	same
7	Florence	3,471	up 1
8	Ethel	3,391	down 1
9	Marie	3,011	up 1
10	Emma	2,952	down 1
11	Bertha	2,626	up 3
12	Clara	2,613	down 1
13	Minnie	2,567	down 1
14	Edna	2,560	up 1
15	Bessie	2,542	down 2
16	Lillian	2,495	same
17	Alice	2,457	same
18	Grace	2,448	up 1
19	Annie	2,390	down 1
20	Mabel	2,359	same
21	Rose	2,262	up 1
22	Hazel	2,252	up 1
23	Ida	2,170	down 2
24	Gertrude	2,129	up 1
25	Martha	2,096	down 1
26	Pearl	1,958	up 2
27	Edith	1,940	down 1
28	Myrtle	1,938	down 1
29	Frances	1,833	same
30	Nellie	1,833	same
31	Esther	1,803	up 5
32	Elsie	1,795	up 1
33	Sarah	1,777	up 1
34	Eva	1,767	up 1
35	Ella	1,692	down 4
36	Laura	1,643	down 4
37	Louise	1,582	same
38	Catherine	1,514	up 3
39	Mildred	1,474	up 11
40	Agnes	1,466	down 2
41	Gladys	1,464	up 6
42	Carrie	1,463	down 3
43	Irene	1,428	same
44	Lillie	1,414	down 4
45	Julia	1,380	same
46	Hattie	1,338	down 2
47	Josephine	1,334	up 1
48	Jessie	1,300	up 7
49	Cora	1,295	down 3
50	Lena	1,289	down 8
51	Mattie	1,276	down 2
52	Mae	1,193	up 2
53	Jennie	1,177	down 2
54	Blanche	1,156	up 2
55	Alma	1,144	down 3
56	Maude	1,136	down 3
57	Dorothy	1,127	up 1
58	Ada	1,124	up 4
59	Mamie	1,119	same
60	Stella	1,026	up 1
61	Lucy	1,016	down 4
62	Fannie	1,012	up 1
63	Viola	1,010	up 2
64	Lula	987	down 4
65	Katherine	968	down 1
66	Ruby	954	up 1
67	Maggie	890	down 1
68	Dora	884	up 1
69	Marion	856	up 20
70	Nora	846	down 2
71	Rosa	832	down 1
72	Sadie	829	up 1
73	Beatrice	814	up 3
74	Beulah	760	up 5
75	Ellen	746	down 3
76	Pauline	734	up 4
77	Vera	729	up 9
78	Willie	724	down 3
79	Effie	708	down 5
80	May	691	down 9
81	Marguerite	680	up 2
82	Nettie	677	same
83	Susie	674	down 5
84	Daisy	665	down 3
85	Lydia	656	same
86	Della	648	down 9
87	Evelyn	630	up 12
88	Virginia	628	up 3
89	Emily	605	up 4
90	Kathryn	585	up 6
91	Olive	577	down 3
92	Sallie	573	down 2
93	Nancy	566	up 5
94	Georgia	562	same
95	Lottie	553	down 8
96	Flora	552	down 12
97	Ann	551	up 8
98	Eleanor	544	up 10
99	Lizzie	543	down 7
100	Katie	536	down 5

Top boys' names, 1895
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1894
1	John	8,320	same
2	William	7,277	same
3	James	5,335	same
4	George	4,289	same
5	Charles	3,633	same
6	Frank	3,012	up 1
7	Joseph	2,992	down 1
8	Robert	2,635	same
9	Henry	2,221	same
10	Edward	2,203	up 1
11	Thomas	2,153	up 1
12	Harry	2,128	down 2
13	Walter	2,015	same
14	Arthur	1,666	same
15	Fred	1,483	same
16	Albert	1,391	same
17	Clarence	1,326	same
18	Willie	1,071	up 1
19	Roy	1,028	down 1
20	Paul	933	up 3
21	Louis	913	same
22	Carl	851	same
23	Earl	851	down 3
24	Ernest	834	same
25	Samuel	814	up 1
26	Raymond	806	up 1
27	Charlie	767	up 3
28	Joe	763	same
29	Harold	753	up 3
30	Ralph	736	up 1
31	Richard	727	down 6
32	David	707	down 3
33	Howard	641	same
34	Elmer	610	up 3
35	Jesse	577	up 3
36	Herbert	569	same
37	Andrew	562	down 2
38	Alfred	551	up 2
39	Oscar	549	down 5
40	Daniel	516	up 1
41	Lawrence	509	up 8
42	Leo	509	same
43	Sam	487	same
44	Will	485	down 5
45	Francis	480	up 5
46	Jack	479	up 1
47	Lee	478	down 2
48	Benjamin	452	down 4
49	Herman	439	down 1
50	Eugene	430	up 2
51	Floyd	427	down 5
52	Michael	413	down 1
53	Peter	412	up 2
54	Frederick	406	same
55	Claude	389	down 2
56	Ray	380	up 1
57	Chester	377	up 6
58	Lewis	377	up 1
59	Clyde	370	down 3
60	Edwin	346	down 2
61	Leonard	342	down 1
62	Tom	335	down 1
63	Ben	324	down 1
64	Edgar	323	same
65	Martin	317	up 1
66	Russell	300	up 6
67	Homer	296	up 6
68	Lester	295	up 1
69	Otto	283	up 5
70	Harvey	282	down 3
71	Jim	278	down 1
72	Clifford	272	down 7
73	Luther	269	down 2
74	Jacob	266	down 6
75	Lloyd	263	up 5
76	Guy	261	same
77	Bernard	259	up 1
78	Leroy	249	up 5
79	Jessie	245	same
80	Hugh	243	down 5
81	Leslie	235	up 6
82	Patrick	233	up 3
83	Stanley	233	up 7
84	Ed	229	down 3
85	Eddie	228	up 9
86	Anthony	221	down 9
87	Leon	219	down 3
88	Oliver	216	same
89	Archie	212	up 3
90	Horace	211	up 7
91	Norman	211	up 5
92	Philip	211	down 1
93	Theodore	208	down 11
94	Everett	207	down 8
95	Ira	207	down 2
96	Donald	203	up 10
97	Alexander	199	down 2
98	Allen	196	down 9
99	Victor	196	up 1
100	Cecil	192	up 2

Biggest climbers in 1895

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1894.

Girls

Selina: up 385 places, from 989th to 604th
Dottie: up 366 places, from 915th to 549th
Elvie: up 318 places, from 963rd to 645th
Odie: up 306 places, from 984th to 678th
India: up 302 places, from 972nd to 670th
Sophronia: up 296 places, from 901st to 605th
Rosemary: up 290 places, from 946th to 656th
Paralee: up 288 places, from 943rd to 655th
Rosanna: up 268 places, from 843rd to 575th
Ova: up 265 places, from 986th to 721st

Boys

Delmar: up 487 places, from 980th to 493rd
Connie: up 470 places, from 978th to 508th
Evert: up 463 places, from 998th to 535th
Sammie: up 417 places, from 940th to 523rd
Hobart: up 392 places, from 907th to 515th
Bryan: up 381 places, from 740th to 359th
Esther: up 379 places, from 891st to 512th
Bradley: up 369 places, from 739th to 370th
Denis: up 367 places, from 981st to 614th
Denver: up 367 places, from 982nd to 615th

New to the top 1,000 in 1895

Girls

Maurine, 572nd (back after dropping out)
Bobbie, 599th (back after dropping out)
Thea, 606th (back after dropping out)
Felicia, 615th (back after dropping out)
Glenn, 647th (back after dropping out)
Phebe, 679th (back after dropping out)
Zettie, 684th (back after dropping out)
Berdie, 688th (back after dropping out)
Rosia, 699th (back after dropping out)
Jessica, 733rd (back after dropping out)

Boys

Adelard, 502nd (back after dropping out)
Alma, 503rd (back after dropping out)
Ludwig, 545th (back after dropping out)
Jule, 568th (back after dropping out)
Mervin, 571st (back after dropping out)
Johnson, 589th (back after dropping out)
Leopold, 591st (back after dropping out)
Rogers, 602nd (back after dropping out)
Santiago, 603rd (back after dropping out)
Harper, 622nd (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1895?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 20.3% of the girls counted in 1895, and the top ten boys' names to 35.7% of the boys. In 2025, those shares were 7% for girls and 8% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.