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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1891
1,127 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1891, covering
101,191 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 7,680 2 William 6,763 3 James 4,516 4 George 3,931 5 Charles 3,640 6 Frank 2,652 7 Joseph 2,572 8 Robert 2,240 9 Harry 2,132 10 Henry 2,049 11 Edward 1,989 12 Thomas 1,982 13 Walter 1,668 14 Arthur 1,514 15 Fred 1,362 16 Albert 1,207 17 Clarence 1,007 18 Roy 838 19 Louis 786 20 Samuel 753 21 Willie 739 22 Ernest 715 23 Charlie 707 24 Carl 675 25 Earl 674 26 David 673 27 Richard 609 28 Ralph 587 29 Joe 584 30 Raymond 575 31 Paul 564 32 Oscar 551 33 Andrew 521 34 Will 520 35 Jesse 519 36 Elmer 508 37 Daniel 505 38 Herbert 501 39 Alfred 499 40 Howard 485 41 Benjamin 461 42 Harold 419 43 Sam 418 44 Frederick 412 45 Peter 396 46 Lawrence 389 47 Herman 383 48 Eugene 362 49 Ray 360 50 Lewis 357 51 Leo 353 52 Lee 342 53 Floyd 336 54 Francis 333 54 Michael 333 56 Martin 331 57 Clyde 327 57 Claude 327 57 Edwin 327 60 Tom 318 61 Ben 302 62 Jack 290 63 Jim 288 64 Edgar 277 65 Harvey 274 65 Otto 274 67 Guy 262 68 Chester 252 69 Jacob 238 70 Ed 237 71 Luther 236 72 Leonard 235 73 Hugh 233 74 Homer 230 75 Jessie 227 76 Theodore 224 77 Patrick 212 77 Oliver 212 79 Archie 201 80 Philip 198 81 Clifford 196 82 Charley 193 83 Lester 191 84 Leroy 190 85 Bernard 187 86 August 186 86 Russell 186 88 Lloyd 185 89 Bert 181 90 Ira 179 90 Eddie 179 92 Stanley 178 93 Everett 174 94 Allen 173 95 Alexander 172 96 Anthony 170 97 Horace 165 98 Leslie 164 99 Norman 163 99 Grover 163 101 Isaac 160 102 Julius 155 103 Victor 154 104 Leon 150 105 Milton 141 106 Stephen 140 107 Warren 139 108 Glenn 138 109 Alex 133 109 Emil 133 111 Percy 131 112 Mack 127 113 Dave 124 114 Virgil 123 115 Marion 121 115 Alvin 121 117 Willis 118 118 Lonnie 117 118 Maurice 117 120 Wesley 115 121 Earnest 114 122 Sidney 113 122 Dan 113 122 Matthew 113 125 Franklin 109 126 Cecil 108 126 Melvin 108 128 Rufus 107 128 Jerry 107 130 Nathan 106 130 Harrison 106 132 Calvin 104 132 Perry 104 132 Amos 104 135 Willard 101 136 Donald 100 137 Jay 99 138 Otis 97 138 Wilbur 97 138 Morris 97 141 Ollie 96 141 Vernon 96 143 Marvin 93 144 Hubert 92 145 Max 91 146 Wallace 90 147 Dennis 89 147 Emmett 89 149 Adam 87 149 Jess 87 149 Clinton 87 152 Gilbert 86 152 Nelson 86 152 Felix 86 152 Mark 86 152 Ross 86 157 Gus 85 157 Manuel 85 157 Glen 85 160 Adolph 81 161 Marshall 80 161 Clifton 80 163 Johnnie 79 164 Jake 78 164 Nicholas 78 166 Jose 77 166 Elbert 77 166 Jeff 77 166 Sherman 77 170 Noah 76 171 Bennie 75 171 Cornelius 75 171 Reuben 75 171 Irving 75 175 Alonzo 74 175 Claud 74 175 Phillip 74 175 Vincent 74 179 Irvin 73 179 Owen 73 181 Roscoe 71 181 Gordon 71 183 Moses 70 184 Aaron 69 184 Roland 69 186 Levi 68 186 Rudolph 68 188 Alva 66 188 Timothy 66 188 Ellis 66 191 Austin 65 191 Bill 65 191 Kenneth 65 194 Mike 64 194 Sylvester 64 194 Harley 64 194 Clayton 64 198 Simon 63 199 Christopher 62 199 Abraham 62
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1891 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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