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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1889
1,111 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1889, covering
110,580 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 8,548 2 William 7,772 3 James 5,020 4 George 4,430 5 Charles 4,199 6 Frank 2,975 7 Joseph 2,729 8 Harry 2,559 9 Robert 2,513 10 Edward 2,299 11 Henry 2,286 12 Thomas 2,233 13 Walter 1,916 14 Arthur 1,668 15 Fred 1,554 16 Albert 1,353 17 Clarence 984 18 Roy 888 19 Louis 837 20 Samuel 810 21 Benjamin 760 22 David 757 23 Ernest 736 24 Richard 711 25 Joe 709 26 Willie 708 27 Carl 704 28 Earl 688 29 Charlie 685 30 Will 631 31 Jesse 576 32 Oscar 572 33 Andrew 561 34 Elmer 557 35 Paul 555 36 Daniel 515 37 Raymond 511 38 Howard 503 39 Ralph 495 40 Sam 486 41 Alfred 472 41 Herbert 472 43 Ben 453 44 Frederick 451 45 Peter 425 46 Lee 415 47 Lewis 414 48 Herman 405 49 Claude 386 50 Tom 379 51 Michael 377 52 Eugene 369 53 Martin 367 54 Ray 355 55 Francis 346 56 Lawrence 342 57 Harold 340 58 Jim 328 59 Leo 325 60 Edgar 322 60 Jack 322 62 Clyde 318 63 Floyd 313 64 Harvey 311 65 Otto 309 66 Edwin 306 67 Jacob 295 68 Harrison 288 69 Chester 274 70 Guy 271 71 Ed 270 71 Luther 270 73 Homer 255 74 Patrick 236 75 Bert 231 75 Theodore 231 77 Leonard 229 78 Hugh 225 79 Allen 222 80 Anthony 219 81 Bernard 215 82 Lester 213 83 Oliver 210 83 Grover 210 85 Jessie 207 85 Ira 207 87 Clifford 202 88 Charley 199 89 Russell 198 90 Archie 195 91 Isaac 188 92 Leroy 186 93 Alexander 185 94 Leon 184 95 Philip 183 96 August 171 96 Milton 171 98 Warren 167 98 Lloyd 167 100 Horace 166 101 Stephen 164 102 Everett 163 103 Julius 159 104 Victor 158 105 Eddie 155 105 Leslie 155 107 Marion 153 108 Stanley 151 109 Emil 146 110 Sidney 144 110 Percy 144 112 Norman 141 113 Alvin 137 114 Alex 127 115 Willis 124 116 Nathan 121 116 Jess 121 118 Matthew 118 119 Dan 116 119 Dave 116 119 Otis 116 122 Wallace 115 122 Ross 115 124 Amos 114 124 Gus 114 126 Sylvester 112 126 Morris 112 128 Dennis 111 129 Jerry 110 129 Mack 110 131 Maurice 109 132 Rufus 108 132 Emmett 108 134 Calvin 107 134 Jake 107 136 Lonnie 106 137 Perry 105 137 Gilbert 105 139 Jay 104 140 Glenn 103 141 Cecil 102 141 Alonzo 102 141 Wilbur 102 144 Wesley 101 144 Adolph 101 144 Earnest 101 144 Mark 101 148 Franklin 100 148 Willard 100 150 Melvin 97 151 Clinton 95 151 Elbert 95 153 Adam 93 153 Virgil 93 155 Edmund 89 156 Levi 88 156 Claud 88 158 Noah 85 158 Aaron 85 160 Felix 83 160 Roscoe 83 160 Abraham 83 160 Hubert 83 160 Rudolph 83 160 Max 83 166 Timothy 82 167 Manuel 81 168 Nelson 80 168 Jose 80 168 Ellis 80 171 Moses 78 171 Phillip 78 173 Cornelius 77 173 Marshall 77 173 Marvin 77 176 Ollie 76 176 Jasper 76 176 Irvin 76 176 Clayton 76 180 Owen 75 180 Donald 75 182 Anton 74 183 Reuben 73 183 Wiley 73 183 Vernon 73 186 Mike 72 187 Johnnie 71 187 Christopher 71 189 Jeff 70 190 Simon 69 191 Fredrick 68 191 Nicholas 68 191 Austin 68 191 Monroe 68 195 Silas 67 195 Curtis 67 197 Bennie 66 197 Hiram 66 197 Kenneth 66 200 Irving 65
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1889 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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