The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1881

996 different boys’ names were recorded in 1881, covering 100,735 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	John	8,768
2	William	8,524
3	James	5,441
4	George	4,664
5	Charles	4,636
6	Frank	2,834
7	Joseph	2,456
8	Henry	2,339
9	Thomas	2,282
10	Edward	2,177
11	Robert	2,140
12	Harry	2,002
13	Walter	1,670
14	Arthur	1,575
15	Fred	1,418
16	Albert	1,319
17	Samuel	919
18	David	750
19	Louis	746
20	Clarence	668
20	Charlie	668
22	Richard	641
23	Joe	639
24	Andrew	588
25	Ernest	571
26	Will	550
27	Jesse	536
28	Oscar	530
29	Daniel	527
30	Willie	498
31	Benjamin	481
31	Sam	481
33	Alfred	466
34	Roy	440
35	Lewis	439
36	Frederick	433
37	Peter	428
38	Elmer	388
39	Jacob	381
40	Herbert	369
41	Carl	359
41	Howard	359
43	Tom	349
44	Lee	342
45	Ralph	329
46	Martin	327
47	Jim	323
48	Earl	314
48	Eugene	314
50	Edgar	312
50	Bert	312
52	Herman	304
53	Claude	302
54	Michael	298
55	Paul	291
56	Ben	289
57	Ira	286
58	Harvey	282
59	Edwin	274
59	Chester	274
61	Ed	272
62	Charley	266
63	Francis	259
64	Isaac	258
65	Luther	249
66	Lawrence	244
67	Oliver	238
68	Clyde	232
69	Otto	221
70	Hugh	219
71	Alexander	209
72	Leonard	206
73	Jack	197
74	Raymond	195
75	Patrick	188
76	Guy	186
77	Homer	181
78	Theodore	178
78	Floyd	178
80	August	172
80	Allen	172
82	Marion	162
83	Philip	156
83	Warren	156
85	Horace	152
86	Ray	148
86	Dan	148
88	Stephen	147
88	Garfield	147
90	Emil	145
91	Jessie	143
91	Milton	143
93	Willis	142
94	Calvin	138
95	Dave	135
96	Bernard	130
97	Sidney	129
97	Julius	129
97	Leroy	129
100	Anthony	128
101	Archie	125
102	Perry	123
103	Leo	122
104	Rufus	121
104	Leon	121
106	Harold	120
107	Franklin	117
108	Adam	116
109	Alex	114
110	Alonzo	111
110	Everett	111
112	Clifford	110
112	Victor	110
114	Eddie	109
115	Alvin	105
116	Levi	104
117	Amos	102
117	Wesley	102
117	Roscoe	102
120	Dennis	99
121	Jerry	97
121	Eli	97
123	Jay	96
124	Norman	95
124	Percy	95
124	Hiram	95
127	Aaron	94
127	Gus	94
127	Willard	94
127	Mark	94
131	Moses	93
132	Leslie	92
132	Gilbert	92
132	Jake	92
132	Earnest	92
136	Nathan	91
137	Nelson	90
137	Adolph	90
139	Otis	89
140	Wallace	88
140	Irvin	88
142	Lester	87
142	Lloyd	87
142	Clinton	87
142	Morris	87
146	Abraham	86
147	Jess	85
148	Elbert	84
148	Phillip	84
150	Jasper	83
151	Ross	82
152	Noah	81
152	Wilbur	81
154	Matthew	80
154	Mack	80
154	Cornelius	80
154	Claud	80
158	Lonnie	77
159	Melvin	76
159	Sylvester	76
159	Wiley	76
159	Stanley	76
163	Simon	75
163	Jose	75
165	Silas	73
165	Reuben	73
165	Wilson	73
168	Maurice	72
168	Felix	72
168	Curtis	72
171	Alva	70
172	Elijah	69
173	Christopher	68
174	Owen	67
175	Austin	66
175	Max	66
175	Clark	66
178	Winfield	65
178	Fredrick	65
178	Virgil	65
178	Emmett	65
178	Russell	65
178	Asa	65
184	Timothy	63
184	Mose	63
186	Rudolph	62
187	Harley	61
187	Edmund	61
187	Jeff	61
187	Harrison	61
187	Orville	61
192	Irving	60
193	Lemuel	58
193	Andy	58
193	Ellis	58
193	Monroe	58
197	Anton	57
197	Manuel	57
197	Marvin	57
197	Vernon	57

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1881 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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