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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1886
1,110 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1886, covering
110,783 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 9,026 2 William 8,252 3 James 5,355 4 George 4,671 5 Charles 4,533 6 Frank 3,127 7 Joseph 2,594 8 Robert 2,443 9 Henry 2,404 10 Thomas 2,337 11 Edward 2,312 12 Harry 2,257 13 Walter 1,880 14 Arthur 1,656 15 Fred 1,599 16 Albert 1,488 17 Clarence 995 18 Samuel 870 19 Louis 846 20 Roy 767 21 Joe 759 22 Charlie 723 23 Richard 720 24 David 674 25 Ernest 668 26 Oscar 645 27 Will 642 28 Willie 641 29 Jesse 614 29 Andrew 614 31 Earl 570 32 Carl 556 33 Daniel 555 34 Sam 519 35 Elmer 485 36 Alfred 480 37 Howard 467 38 Paul 466 39 Benjamin 463 40 Frederick 461 41 Ralph 440 42 Peter 437 43 Lewis 431 44 Herman 418 45 Grover 407 46 Herbert 400 47 Lee 399 48 Claude 391 49 Jim 389 50 Tom 383 51 Eugene 362 52 Raymond 353 53 Michael 348 54 Jacob 346 55 Francis 344 56 Ben 335 57 Lawrence 331 58 Martin 329 59 Edwin 313 60 Harvey 310 61 Edgar 309 62 Clyde 307 63 Ed 303 64 Jack 299 65 Chester 287 66 Floyd 275 67 Ray 271 68 Otto 270 69 Theodore 258 70 Guy 255 71 Luther 253 72 Patrick 249 73 Leo 240 74 Leonard 236 75 Oliver 230 76 Bert 228 77 Hugh 227 78 Isaac 224 78 Homer 224 78 Harold 224 81 Charley 214 82 Allen 211 83 Alexander 206 84 August 203 85 Ira 198 86 Eddie 197 87 Philip 187 88 Marion 182 89 Jessie 181 89 Stephen 181 91 Bernard 180 92 Archie 175 93 Anthony 174 94 Julius 173 95 Clifford 172 96 Alex 161 96 Norman 161 98 Lester 160 99 Horace 156 100 Sidney 155 100 Leroy 155 102 Dan 154 103 Willis 150 103 Everett 150 105 Victor 146 106 Milton 145 107 Warren 144 107 Lloyd 144 109 Leon 142 110 Perry 141 111 Jess 140 112 Rufus 139 112 Dave 139 114 Leslie 136 114 Nathan 136 116 Franklin 127 116 Emil 127 118 Jerry 125 119 Percy 122 120 Amos 121 120 Wesley 121 122 Russell 115 123 Matthew 112 123 Alvin 112 125 Calvin 109 126 Jay 107 126 Ross 107 128 Alonzo 106 128 Mark 106 128 Wilbur 106 131 Earnest 105 131 Marshall 105 133 Wallace 104 134 Adam 103 135 Gus 102 136 Glenn 99 136 Otis 99 138 Dennis 98 139 Levi 97 139 Mack 97 139 Maurice 97 139 Simon 97 143 Claud 96 143 Morris 96 145 Jake 95 145 Adolph 95 145 Cornelius 95 145 Stanley 95 149 Elbert 94 149 Phillip 94 149 Emmett 94 152 Elijah 93 153 Felix 92 154 Gilbert 91 155 Noah 90 155 Marvin 90 157 Lonnie 88 157 Jasper 88 157 Roscoe 88 160 Cleveland 87 161 Aaron 86 162 Jose 85 162 Clinton 85 162 Nicholas 85 162 Ellis 85 166 Moses 84 166 Mike 84 168 Cecil 83 168 Melvin 83 168 Owen 83 171 Ollie 81 171 Reuben 81 173 Willard 80 173 Edmund 80 175 Virgil 79 176 Nelson 78 177 Silas 77 177 Abraham 77 177 Harrison 77 180 Fredrick 75 181 Timothy 74 182 Pearl 73 182 Sylvester 73 182 Harley 73 182 Clayton 73 182 Vernon 73 182 Monroe 73 182 Max 73 189 Curtis 72 190 Irvin 71 190 Wilson 71 192 Manuel 70 192 Steve 70 194 Grant 69 194 Mose 69 194 Dock 69 194 Juan 69 198 Rudolph 68 199 Johnnie 67 200 Christopher 66
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1886 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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