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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1888
1,177 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1888, covering
120,852 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 9,247 2 William 8,705 3 James 5,562 4 George 4,912 5 Charles 4,591 6 Frank 3,459 7 Joseph 2,993 8 Robert 2,814 9 Harry 2,759 10 Henry 2,596 11 Edward 2,470 12 Thomas 2,449 13 Walter 2,040 14 Arthur 1,710 15 Fred 1,665 16 Albert 1,569 17 Clarence 1,022 18 Samuel 931 19 Louis 884 20 Roy 856 21 David 801 22 Charlie 796 23 Joe 789 24 Willie 786 25 Benjamin 781 26 Richard 772 27 Ernest 766 28 Will 707 29 Carl 675 29 Earl 675 31 Oscar 647 32 Jesse 637 33 Andrew 615 34 Sam 607 35 Daniel 566 36 Ralph 547 37 Alfred 536 38 Paul 529 39 Elmer 527 40 Howard 513 41 Peter 498 42 Frederick 496 43 Herbert 485 44 Grover 474 45 Raymond 469 46 Michael 466 47 Ben 463 48 Lee 430 49 Tom 416 50 Lewis 412 51 Herman 403 52 Harrison 400 53 Eugene 398 54 Martin 378 55 Claude 374 56 Jim 362 57 Francis 353 57 Leo 353 57 Jacob 353 60 Clyde 344 61 Lawrence 343 62 Harvey 334 63 Ray 331 64 Jack 329 65 Edgar 321 66 Otto 312 67 Floyd 302 68 Ed 301 69 Edwin 298 69 Harold 298 71 Guy 297 72 Chester 288 73 Bert 282 74 Luther 275 75 Allen 260 76 Homer 256 77 Jessie 254 77 Charley 254 79 Hugh 253 80 Theodore 249 81 Patrick 245 82 Alexander 237 83 Leonard 225 84 Ira 222 85 Isaac 221 86 August 213 87 Bernard 207 88 Oliver 206 89 Julius 197 90 Philip 196 90 Leon 196 92 Clifford 194 93 Eddie 193 93 Anthony 193 95 Leroy 192 96 Archie 191 97 Lester 189 98 Stephen 187 99 Leslie 175 99 Lloyd 175 101 Sidney 168 102 Alex 167 103 Horace 165 103 Milton 165 105 Marion 162 106 Alvin 157 107 Everett 156 107 Norman 156 109 Dan 154 109 Stanley 154 111 Percy 151 112 Warren 148 113 Wesley 147 114 Dave 146 114 Russell 146 116 Emil 142 117 Roscoe 141 118 Earnest 138 119 Willis 135 120 Victor 134 121 Gus 133 122 Jess 132 123 Franklin 129 123 Nathan 129 125 Rufus 126 126 Perry 124 127 Calvin 123 127 Willard 123 129 Jay 122 130 Adam 120 131 Melvin 119 132 Max 118 133 Otis 116 133 Phillip 116 135 Mark 115 136 Matthew 114 137 Virgil 112 138 Wallace 111 139 Glenn 110 139 Alonzo 110 141 Gilbert 109 141 Simon 109 143 Jake 107 143 Adolph 107 145 Dennis 106 146 Cornelius 105 147 Wilbur 103 148 Lonnie 101 148 Felix 101 148 Clinton 101 148 Manuel 101 152 Maurice 100 152 Emmett 100 154 Jose 99 155 Elbert 98 155 Owen 98 157 Nicholas 97 158 Cecil 96 158 Mack 96 160 Morris 95 161 Amos 94 162 Jeff 93 163 Jerry 92 164 Levi 91 164 Marshall 91 166 Aaron 90 166 Marvin 90 166 Ross 90 169 Curtis 89 169 Irving 89 171 Elijah 88 172 Claud 87 172 Orville 87 172 Cleveland 87 175 Nelson 85 176 Reuben 84 177 Noah 83 177 Sylvester 83 177 Steve 83 177 Gordon 83 181 Johnnie 82 181 Fredrick 82 181 Harley 82 181 Pete 82 185 Mike 81 186 Moses 80 187 Christopher 79 187 Sherman 79 187 Austin 79 190 Jasper 78 190 Irvin 78 190 Abraham 78 190 Vernon 78 194 Bennie 77 194 Donald 77 194 Glen 77 197 Ollie 76 197 Timothy 76 197 Edmund 76 200 Eli 75
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1888 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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