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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1885
1,097 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1885, covering
107,799 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 8,756 2 William 8,044 3 James 5,175 4 George 4,674 5 Charles 4,599 6 Frank 3,067 7 Joseph 2,540 8 Henry 2,406 9 Robert 2,322 10 Thomas 2,266 11 Edward 2,220 12 Harry 2,198 13 Walter 1,808 14 Fred 1,562 15 Arthur 1,516 16 Albert 1,429 17 Clarence 906 18 Samuel 888 19 Louis 809 20 Grover 768 21 Ernest 718 22 David 712 23 Charlie 705 24 Roy 691 25 Joe 681 26 Richard 672 27 Will 625 28 Oscar 623 29 Willie 614 30 Andrew 599 31 Jesse 556 32 Daniel 535 33 Peter 516 34 Carl 494 35 Sam 492 36 Earl 481 37 Frederick 466 38 Benjamin 464 39 Alfred 446 40 Elmer 443 41 Howard 438 42 Lewis 437 43 Paul 428 44 Ralph 422 45 Herbert 388 46 Michael 370 46 Jim 370 48 Tom 361 49 Martin 357 50 Lee 348 51 Eugene 345 52 Claude 343 52 Jacob 343 54 Ed 328 55 Herman 326 56 Francis 319 57 Clyde 318 58 Raymond 308 59 Harvey 304 60 Edgar 303 61 Jack 295 62 Ben 292 63 Edwin 289 64 Lawrence 288 65 Charley 285 66 Bert 276 67 Chester 273 68 Guy 266 69 Otto 263 70 Luther 259 70 Floyd 259 72 Oliver 258 73 Hugh 257 74 Ray 237 75 Ira 235 76 Homer 228 77 Patrick 217 78 Alexander 205 79 Isaac 204 79 Leonard 204 81 Jessie 202 82 Harold 201 83 Leo 199 83 Theodore 199 85 Archie 196 86 August 193 87 Allen 184 88 Sidney 170 89 Philip 163 90 Leroy 162 91 Bernard 160 92 Alex 159 93 Stephen 158 94 Horace 155 95 Anthony 153 96 Warren 151 97 Julius 150 98 Cleveland 147 99 Leon 146 100 Victor 143 101 Marion 141 101 Eddie 141 101 Lester 141 104 Clifford 139 105 Emil 138 106 Willis 133 107 Milton 130 108 Dan 129 109 Dave 128 109 Everett 128 111 Alvin 125 112 Leslie 122 113 Earnest 120 114 Calvin 119 114 Jess 119 116 Rufus 118 116 Norman 118 118 Franklin 117 119 Jerry 115 119 Perry 115 121 Amos 114 122 Dennis 112 123 Matthew 111 123 Jose 111 125 Melvin 110 126 Lloyd 109 126 Ross 109 128 Wesley 108 129 Wallace 107 130 Alonzo 104 130 Mack 104 132 Nathan 103 133 Adolph 102 134 Emmett 101 135 Jake 100 136 Morris 99 137 Percy 98 137 Roscoe 98 139 Claud 97 139 Stanley 97 141 Adam 96 141 Maurice 96 141 Cornelius 96 144 Willard 95 145 Russell 94 146 Hiram 92 146 Wilbur 92 146 Elbert 92 149 Jay 91 149 Irvin 91 151 Manuel 90 152 Otis 89 153 Aaron 88 154 Cecil 87 154 Gus 87 154 Jasper 87 154 Phillip 87 158 Abraham 86 159 Mike 84 160 Nelson 83 160 Simon 83 162 Elijah 82 162 Sylvester 82 162 Virgil 82 162 Clinton 82 166 Felix 80 167 Levi 79 167 Orville 79 169 Marshall 78 169 Irving 78 169 Ellis 78 172 Ollie 77 172 Gilbert 77 174 Noah 76 174 Wiley 76 176 Lonnie 74 176 Moses 74 176 Mark 74 176 Anton 74 180 Silas 73 181 Reuben 72 181 Hubert 72 183 Johnnie 71 183 Christopher 71 183 Vernon 71 183 Max 71 187 Owen 70 187 Curtis 70 187 Rudolph 70 190 Augustus 69 190 Cleve 69 192 Glenn 68 192 Edmund 68 192 Clayton 68 195 Nicholas 66 195 Bill 66 197 Marvin 65 197 Sherman 65 199 Timothy 64 200 Jeff 63
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1885 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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