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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1882
1,099 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1882, covering
113,686 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 9,557 2 William 9,298 3 James 5,892 4 George 5,193 5 Charles 5,091 6 Frank 3,176 7 Joseph 2,670 8 Thomas 2,610 9 Henry 2,579 10 Robert 2,500 11 Edward 2,477 12 Harry 2,232 13 Walter 1,805 14 Arthur 1,686 15 Fred 1,641 16 Albert 1,499 17 Samuel 1,003 18 Louis 852 19 David 838 20 Clarence 837 21 Charlie 753 22 Richard 746 23 Joe 739 24 Andrew 673 25 Will 666 26 Jesse 660 27 Ernest 642 28 Oscar 625 29 Daniel 594 30 Sam 555 31 Willie 541 32 Alfred 523 33 Roy 521 34 Benjamin 478 34 Carl 478 36 Peter 461 37 Frederick 457 38 Lewis 441 38 Elmer 441 40 Herbert 431 41 Lee 427 42 Howard 422 43 Ralph 407 44 Paul 397 45 Jim 396 46 Jacob 390 46 Tom 390 48 Martin 387 49 Earl 377 50 Claude 356 51 Herman 348 52 Bert 341 52 Eugene 341 54 Ed 337 55 Ben 334 56 Francis 327 57 Michael 321 58 Edgar 308 59 Edwin 305 60 Harvey 300 60 Chester 300 62 Clyde 293 63 Lawrence 287 64 Luther 284 65 Isaac 278 66 Jack 271 67 Charley 262 68 Guy 253 69 Otto 252 70 Patrick 249 71 Ira 244 71 Oliver 244 73 Hugh 239 74 August 234 75 Theodore 232 76 Floyd 231 76 Leonard 231 78 Raymond 230 79 Alexander 225 80 Allen 206 81 Stephen 201 82 Ray 195 82 Archie 195 84 Jessie 192 85 Homer 190 86 Warren 183 87 Philip 182 88 Horace 176 89 Alex 172 90 Eddie 169 91 Julius 168 92 Marion 157 92 Emil 157 94 Clifford 155 94 Milton 155 96 Leroy 152 97 Dan 150 98 Rufus 147 99 Sidney 146 99 Leo 146 101 Wesley 145 101 Mack 145 103 Bernard 144 104 Willis 143 105 Dave 139 105 Anthony 139 105 Everett 139 108 Dennis 135 109 Amos 134 109 Lester 134 111 Perry 133 111 Alonzo 133 113 Alvin 132 114 Leon 131 115 Harold 127 116 Percy 126 117 Calvin 123 118 Leslie 122 118 Jess 122 120 Lloyd 121 121 Gus 120 122 Otis 116 123 Adam 114 124 Nathan 113 125 Franklin 112 126 Elijah 111 127 Matthew 109 127 Victor 109 129 Noah 108 130 Norman 107 130 Cornelius 107 132 Jerry 105 132 Levi 105 134 Nelson 104 134 Earnest 104 134 Hiram 104 137 Wallace 103 137 Phillip 103 139 Maurice 102 140 Elbert 99 140 Emmett 99 142 Jake 97 143 Ross 96 144 Jose 95 145 Adolph 94 145 Eli 94 147 Moses 93 148 Silas 92 148 Wiley 92 148 Manuel 92 151 Felix 91 151 Abraham 91 153 Claud 90 153 Mark 90 155 Christopher 89 155 Mike 89 157 Gilbert 88 157 Jasper 88 159 Melvin 86 159 Ellis 86 161 Alva 85 161 Aaron 85 163 Willard 83 163 Marshall 83 165 Wilson 82 166 Roscoe 81 166 Wilbur 81 166 Morris 81 166 Jeff 81 170 Jay 80 170 Virgil 80 172 Clinton 79 173 Ollie 78 173 Lonnie 78 173 Simon 78 176 Mose 77 177 Fredrick 76 177 Harrison 76 177 Stanley 76 177 Monroe 76 181 Harley 75 182 Sylvester 74 182 Max 74 184 Reuben 73 184 Russell 73 186 Timothy 71 186 Edmund 71 188 Curtis 70 188 Millard 70 190 Garfield 69 191 Ora 67 191 Ike 67 193 Irvin 66 193 Nicholas 66 193 Byron 66 193 Bruce 66 197 Owen 65 197 Augustus 65 197 Austin 65 200 Anton 64
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1882 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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