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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1883
1,030 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1883, covering
104,625 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 8,894 2 William 8,387 3 James 5,223 4 Charles 4,826 5 George 4,736 6 Frank 2,986 7 Joseph 2,515 8 Henry 2,383 9 Robert 2,334 10 Thomas 2,316 11 Edward 2,250 12 Harry 2,110 13 Walter 1,705 14 Arthur 1,591 15 Fred 1,502 16 Albert 1,496 17 Samuel 937 18 Clarence 837 19 Louis 796 20 David 734 21 Richard 649 22 Charlie 643 23 Ernest 641 24 Andrew 623 25 Daniel 615 26 Joe 607 26 Oscar 607 28 Jesse 584 29 Will 576 30 Roy 556 31 Benjamin 508 32 Carl 480 33 Sam 476 34 Willie 474 35 Alfred 457 36 Peter 450 37 Frederick 438 38 Lewis 431 39 Howard 429 40 Elmer 423 41 Herbert 422 42 Earl 389 43 Lee 388 44 Tom 386 45 Ralph 385 46 Martin 377 47 Herman 359 48 Paul 358 49 Jacob 356 50 Clyde 336 51 Eugene 325 52 Jim 322 53 Harvey 318 54 Claude 315 55 Michael 307 56 Ben 306 57 Edwin 299 58 Edgar 292 59 Chester 290 60 Francis 285 61 Lawrence 282 62 Bert 273 63 Charley 254 64 Ed 247 65 Jack 242 66 Otto 240 67 Ira 239 68 Raymond 233 69 Luther 229 70 Isaac 227 71 Guy 224 72 Oliver 219 73 Floyd 217 74 Hugh 215 75 Patrick 213 76 Homer 210 77 August 209 78 Ray 202 79 Leonard 200 80 Alexander 187 81 Theodore 185 82 Allen 175 83 Horace 167 84 Philip 166 84 Archie 166 86 Sidney 165 87 Marion 163 88 Julius 160 89 Jessie 151 90 Milton 149 91 Warren 146 92 Anthony 143 92 Leroy 143 92 Everett 143 95 Leo 142 96 Bernard 141 97 Stephen 140 97 Leon 140 99 Emil 139 100 Clifford 138 101 Dave 135 102 Perry 133 103 Willis 131 104 Grover 127 105 Eddie 125 105 Rufus 125 107 Calvin 122 108 Leslie 120 108 Alex 120 108 Dan 120 111 Lester 116 112 Adolph 115 113 Amos 113 113 Alvin 113 115 Dennis 112 115 Jess 112 117 Harold 108 118 Jerry 107 118 Adam 107 120 Norman 106 121 Aaron 105 122 Wesley 104 123 Alonzo 100 123 Wallace 100 125 Victor 99 126 Lloyd 98 126 Mack 98 128 Jay 97 129 Melvin 96 129 Jake 96 131 Franklin 94 132 Nathan 93 133 Gilbert 92 133 Elijah 92 133 Cornelius 92 133 Roscoe 92 133 Willard 92 133 Elbert 92 133 Phillip 92 140 Lonnie 91 140 Claud 91 140 Mark 91 143 Simon 90 144 Christopher 89 144 Maurice 89 144 Otis 89 147 Ross 88 148 Percy 87 148 Earnest 87 148 Clinton 87 148 Emmett 87 152 Matthew 86 153 Levi 85 153 Hiram 85 155 Fredrick 84 156 Moses 82 156 Eli 82 158 Noah 81 158 Gus 81 160 Nelson 79 160 Marshall 79 162 Silas 77 163 Morris 75 163 Max 75 165 Jasper 74 165 Jose 74 165 Manuel 74 168 Mike 73 168 Irvin 73 168 Wilbur 73 168 Ellis 73 172 Alva 72 172 Wiley 72 174 Nicholas 71 174 Marvin 71 176 Virgil 70 177 Sylvester 69 178 Felix 68 178 Stanley 68 180 Wilson 67 180 Russell 67 182 Ora 65 182 Glenn 65 182 Mose 65 185 Owen 63 185 Anton 63 185 Harley 63 185 Edmund 63 185 Dock 63 190 Timothy 62 190 Steve 62 190 Bob 62 193 Ollie 61 193 Harrison 61 193 Asa 61 193 Rudolph 61 197 Newton 59 197 Orville 59 199 Clayton 58 200 Pearl 57
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1883 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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