Baby names of 1886

The Social Security data for 1886 holds 144,533 girls under 1,282 different names. The ten most common names covered 22% of them — in 2024 the figure is 7.1%. New to the top 100 that year:Hazel, Virginia, Nannie. Leaving it:Jane, Ollie, Susan.

The Social Security data for 1886 holds 110,783 boys under 1,110 different names. The ten most common names covered 40% of them — in 2024 the figure is 8.0%. New to the top 100 that year:Eddie, Marion, Clifford, Norman, Lester. Leaving it:Sidney, Warren, Cleveland, Leon, Victor.

Counts for years before 1937 are low: they cover only people who later obtained a Social Security number. Ranks are a better guide than raw counts for this period.