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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1890
1,161 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1890, covering
111,024 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 8,502 2 William 7,494 3 James 5,097 4 George 4,458 5 Charles 4,061 6 Frank 3,078 7 Joseph 2,670 8 Robert 2,541 9 Henry 2,349 10 Harry 2,345 11 Edward 2,282 12 Thomas 2,200 13 Walter 1,905 14 Arthur 1,610 15 Fred 1,506 16 Albert 1,417 17 Clarence 1,018 18 Roy 941 19 Louis 860 20 Samuel 815 21 Charlie 797 22 Ernest 774 23 Willie 758 24 Earl 744 25 Richard 743 26 David 731 27 Carl 693 28 Joe 682 29 Oscar 628 30 Will 613 31 Paul 607 32 Ralph 587 33 Jesse 576 34 Andrew 575 35 Alfred 549 36 Raymond 546 37 Benjamin 537 38 Elmer 528 39 Daniel 505 40 Howard 501 41 Sam 489 42 Herbert 467 43 Lee 410 43 Peter 410 43 Frederick 410 46 Eugene 408 46 Harold 408 48 Michael 394 49 Leo 393 50 Herman 382 51 Lewis 375 52 Lawrence 372 53 Jack 368 54 Francis 363 54 Ben 363 56 Ray 349 57 Claude 347 57 Tom 347 57 Martin 347 60 Floyd 341 61 Edgar 338 62 Jim 336 63 Edwin 323 64 Clyde 317 65 Harvey 296 66 Jacob 290 67 Leonard 275 68 Otto 267 69 Chester 263 70 Ed 262 71 Luther 253 72 Guy 249 73 Jessie 241 74 Leroy 236 75 Patrick 227 76 Lester 226 77 Homer 223 77 Stanley 223 79 Archie 221 80 Hugh 219 81 Oliver 218 82 Ira 209 83 Clifford 207 84 August 206 85 Alexander 202 86 Eddie 197 86 Leon 197 88 Philip 192 89 Theodore 190 90 Allen 189 90 Anthony 189 92 Isaac 187 93 Charley 183 94 Lloyd 182 94 Russell 182 96 Leslie 181 97 Bert 180 98 Bernard 178 99 Grover 177 100 Sidney 176 101 Emil 165 102 Everett 163 103 Horace 162 104 Dan 160 105 Julius 159 106 Warren 157 107 Stephen 156 107 Norman 156 107 Harrison 156 110 Dave 152 111 Alex 147 111 Alvin 147 113 Percy 140 114 Victor 138 114 Wallace 138 116 Marion 137 117 Wesley 131 118 Willis 129 119 Milton 126 120 Earnest 122 121 Cecil 120 122 Otis 119 123 Glenn 117 124 Calvin 116 124 Gilbert 116 126 Rufus 115 127 Amos 114 127 Mack 114 127 Jess 114 130 Nathan 110 131 Gus 109 131 Donald 109 133 Perry 108 133 Jay 108 135 Lonnie 107 136 Emmett 104 137 Jerry 103 138 Dennis 102 138 Adolph 102 138 Maurice 102 141 Ross 101 142 Virgil 100 143 Roscoe 99 143 Marvin 99 143 Max 99 146 Melvin 98 147 Aaron 96 147 Manuel 96 149 Jasper 95 150 Wilbur 94 151 Sylvester 93 151 Jose 93 151 Morris 93 154 Rudolph 92 155 Claud 91 156 Johnnie 90 156 Franklin 90 156 Clinton 90 159 Willard 89 159 Elbert 89 161 Alonzo 88 161 Orville 88 163 Ollie 87 164 Matthew 86 164 Curtis 86 166 Hubert 85 167 Silas 84 167 Cornelius 84 169 Mike 83 169 Mark 83 169 Vernon 83 172 Irvin 82 173 Fredrick 80 173 Phillip 80 175 Nicholas 78 176 Jeff 77 176 Clayton 77 178 Reuben 75 178 Nathaniel 75 180 Levi 74 180 Adam 74 180 Noah 74 183 Simon 73 183 Marshall 73 183 Anton 73 186 Jake 72 186 Felix 72 186 Bill 72 186 Kenneth 72 190 Nelson 71 190 Ellis 71 192 Abraham 70 193 Irving 69 194 Alva 68 194 Hiram 68 194 Owen 68 194 Roland 68 194 Glen 68 199 Wilson 67 199 Sherman 67
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1890 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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