Top 200 Boy Names of 1880

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1880 with 9,655 births. The list ends at 60 births and includes the 6 names tied at the last rank; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1880
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	9,655
2	William	9,532
3	James	5,927
4	Charles	5,348
5	George	5,126
6	Frank	3,242
7	Joseph	2,632
8	Thomas	2,534
9	Henry	2,444
10	Robert	2,415
11	Edward	2,364
12	Harry	2,152
13	Walter	1,755
14	Arthur	1,599
15	Fred	1,569
16	Albert	1,493
17	Samuel	1,024
18	David	869
19	Louis	828
20	Joe	731
21	Charlie	730
21	Clarence	730
23	Richard	728
24	Andrew	644
25	Daniel	643
26	Ernest	615
27	Will	588
28	Jesse	569
29	Oscar	544
30	Lewis	517
31	Peter	496
32	Benjamin	490
33	Frederick	483
34	Willie	476
35	Alfred	469
36	Sam	457
37	Roy	440
38	Herbert	424
39	Jacob	404
40	Tom	399
41	Elmer	373
42	Carl	372
43	Lee	361
44	Howard	357
44	Martin	357
46	Michael	354
47	Bert	348
48	Herman	347
49	Jim	345
50	Francis	344
50	Harvey	344
52	Earl	335
53	Eugene	328
54	Ralph	317
55	Ed	310
56	Claude	309
56	Edwin	309
58	Ben	305
58	Charley	305
60	Paul	301
61	Edgar	283
62	Isaac	274
63	Otto	271
64	Luther	260
65	Lawrence	257
66	Ira	249
67	Patrick	248
68	Guy	239
69	Oliver	234
70	Theodore	232
71	Hugh	224
72	Clyde	221
73	Alexander	211
74	August	210
75	Floyd	206
76	Homer	205
77	Jack	204
78	Leonard	200
79	Horace	199
80	Marion	189
81	Philip	186
82	Allen	184
83	Archie	183
84	Stephen	176
85	Chester	168
86	Willis	166
87	Raymond	165
88	Rufus	163
89	Warren	158
90	Jessie	154
91	Milton	149
92	Alex	147
92	Leo	147
94	Julius	143
95	Ray	142
95	Sidney	142
97	Bernard	140
97	Dan	140
99	Jerry	136
100	Calvin	134
100	Perry	134
102	Dave	131
103	Anthony	130
104	Eddie	129
105	Amos	128
105	Dennis	128
107	Clifford	127
108	Leroy	124
109	Wesley	123
110	Alonzo	122
110	Garfield	122
112	Franklin	120
113	Emil	119
114	Leon	118
115	Nathan	114
116	Harold	113
116	Matthew	113
118	Levi	112
119	Moses	111
120	Everett	110
121	Lester	109
122	Winfield	108
123	Adam	104
123	Lloyd	104
123	Mack	104
126	Fredrick	103
126	Jay	103
126	Jess	103
126	Melvin	103
126	Noah	103
131	Aaron	102
131	Alvin	102
131	Norman	102
134	Gilbert	101
135	Elijah	100
135	Victor	100
137	Gus	99
137	Nelson	99
139	Jasper	98
139	Silas	98
141	Jake	96
142	Christopher	95
142	Mike	95
144	Percy	94
145	Adolph	93
145	Maurice	93
147	Cornelius	92
147	Felix	92
147	Reuben	92
150	Wallace	91
151	Claud	90
151	Roscoe	90
153	Sylvester	89
154	Earnest	88
154	Hiram	88
154	Otis	88
154	Simon	88
154	Willard	88
159	Irvin	86
160	Mark	85
161	Jose	84
162	Wilbur	82
163	Abraham	81
163	Virgil	81
165	Clinton	79
165	Elbert	79
165	Leslie	79
168	Marshall	78
168	Owen	78
168	Wiley	78
171	Anton	77
171	Morris	77
173	Manuel	75
173	Phillip	75
175	Augustus	74
175	Emmett	74
177	Eli	73
177	Nicholas	73
179	Wilson	72
180	Alva	70
180	Harley	70
180	Newton	70
180	Timothy	70
184	Marvin	69
184	Ross	69
186	Curtis	68
187	Edmund	67
188	Jeff	66
189	Elias	65
189	Harrison	65
189	Stanley	65
192	Columbus	64
192	Lon	64
192	Ora	64
195	Ollie	63
196	Pearl	62
196	Russell	62
196	Solomon	62
199	Arch	61
200	Asa	60
200	Clayton	60
200	Enoch	60
200	Irving	60
200	Mathew	60
200	Nathaniel	60
200	Scott	60