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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1884
1,125 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1884, covering
114,441 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 9,388 2 William 8,897 3 James 5,693 4 George 4,961 5 Charles 4,802 6 Frank 3,218 7 Joseph 2,707 8 Thomas 2,572 9 Henry 2,474 10 Robert 2,468 11 Edward 2,439 12 Harry 2,323 13 Walter 1,902 14 Arthur 1,690 15 Fred 1,638 16 Albert 1,435 17 Samuel 945 18 Clarence 889 19 Louis 886 20 Grover 802 21 David 761 22 Joe 759 23 Richard 749 24 Charlie 746 25 Ernest 690 26 Roy 680 27 Jesse 670 28 Will 650 29 Andrew 616 30 Oscar 615 31 Willie 578 32 Daniel 573 33 Sam 533 34 Peter 524 35 Elmer 523 36 Carl 521 37 Alfred 520 38 Benjamin 509 39 Lewis 476 40 Earl 464 40 Ralph 464 42 Frederick 454 43 Lee 435 44 Howard 432 45 Paul 422 46 Herbert 421 47 Tom 394 48 Martin 385 48 Herman 385 50 Jacob 381 51 Michael 373 52 Ben 367 53 Harvey 358 54 Claude 353 55 Jim 346 56 Clyde 345 57 Francis 340 58 Chester 338 59 Eugene 321 60 Ed 314 61 Edwin 308 62 Raymond 299 63 Edgar 290 63 Charley 290 65 Otto 288 66 Ira 284 67 Bert 280 68 Jack 274 69 Luther 273 70 Floyd 263 71 Lawrence 262 72 Guy 260 73 Hugh 246 74 Oliver 245 75 Isaac 243 76 Alexander 236 77 Ray 232 78 Patrick 222 79 Homer 216 80 August 213 81 Theodore 211 82 Leonard 206 82 Archie 206 84 Leo 192 85 Harold 191 86 Marion 184 87 Allen 182 88 Eddie 179 88 Anthony 179 90 Jessie 177 91 Emil 175 92 Cleveland 174 93 Stephen 165 94 Warren 164 95 Julius 162 96 Philip 161 97 Dave 159 98 Horace 154 98 Leroy 154 100 Willis 151 100 Dan 151 102 Clifford 150 102 Milton 150 102 Leon 150 105 Alex 148 106 Alvin 145 107 Sidney 142 108 Bernard 140 109 Calvin 139 110 Amos 137 111 Perry 135 112 Everett 134 113 Norman 130 114 Percy 126 115 Leslie 125 116 Jess 124 116 Victor 124 118 Lester 123 119 Lloyd 122 120 Jerry 121 121 Wesley 120 122 Mack 119 123 Rufus 117 123 Matthew 117 123 Gus 117 126 Maurice 115 127 Dennis 113 128 Alonzo 112 128 Jose 112 130 Jay 110 130 Ross 110 132 Earnest 109 133 Adolph 107 133 Otis 107 133 Russell 107 136 Stanley 105 137 Felix 102 137 Wallace 102 139 Clinton 101 140 Nathan 100 140 Gilbert 100 142 Aaron 97 142 Hiram 97 144 Mark 96 145 Melvin 95 146 Noah 94 147 Franklin 93 148 Jake 92 148 Roscoe 92 150 Levi 91 150 Owen 91 152 Elbert 90 152 Manuel 90 154 Nelson 89 154 Willard 89 154 Phillip 89 157 Lonnie 88 157 Cornelius 88 157 Virgil 88 157 Marshall 88 161 Fredrick 86 161 Irvin 86 163 Elijah 85 163 Claud 85 163 Simon 85 166 Mike 84 167 Adam 83 167 Jasper 83 167 Silas 83 167 Emmett 83 171 Reuben 82 171 Wilbur 82 171 Bill 82 174 Ollie 81 174 Pete 81 176 Wiley 80 176 Irving 80 176 Max 80 179 Morris 78 179 Wilson 78 181 Moses 77 181 Timothy 77 181 Rudolph 77 184 Ike 76 185 Jeff 74 186 Cecil 73 186 Harley 73 186 Marvin 73 186 Curtis 73 186 Ellis 73 191 Edmund 72 192 Austin 70 193 Nicholas 69 193 Clayton 69 193 Sherman 69 196 Ora 68 196 Christopher 68 196 Mose 68 199 Sylvester 67 199 Abraham 67
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1884 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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