Top 200 Boy Names of 1884

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1884 with 9,388 births. The list ends at 67 births and includes the 1 names tied at the last rank; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1884
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	9,388
2	William	8,897
3	James	5,693
4	George	4,961
5	Charles	4,802
6	Frank	3,218
7	Joseph	2,707
8	Thomas	2,572
9	Henry	2,474
10	Robert	2,468
11	Edward	2,439
12	Harry	2,323
13	Walter	1,902
14	Arthur	1,690
15	Fred	1,638
16	Albert	1,435
17	Samuel	945
18	Clarence	889
19	Louis	886
20	Grover	802
21	David	761
22	Joe	759
23	Richard	749
24	Charlie	746
25	Ernest	690
26	Roy	680
27	Jesse	670
28	Will	650
29	Andrew	616
30	Oscar	615
31	Willie	578
32	Daniel	573
33	Sam	533
34	Peter	524
35	Elmer	523
36	Carl	521
37	Alfred	520
38	Benjamin	509
39	Lewis	476
40	Earl	464
40	Ralph	464
42	Frederick	454
43	Lee	435
44	Howard	432
45	Paul	422
46	Herbert	421
47	Tom	394
48	Herman	385
48	Martin	385
50	Jacob	381
51	Michael	373
52	Ben	367
53	Harvey	358
54	Claude	353
55	Jim	346
56	Clyde	345
57	Francis	340
58	Chester	338
59	Eugene	321
60	Ed	314
61	Edwin	308
62	Raymond	299
63	Charley	290
63	Edgar	290
65	Otto	288
66	Ira	284
67	Bert	280
68	Jack	274
69	Luther	273
70	Floyd	263
71	Lawrence	262
72	Guy	260
73	Hugh	246
74	Oliver	245
75	Isaac	243
76	Alexander	236
77	Ray	232
78	Patrick	222
79	Homer	216
80	August	213
81	Theodore	211
82	Archie	206
82	Leonard	206
84	Leo	192
85	Harold	191
86	Marion	184
87	Allen	182
88	Anthony	179
88	Eddie	179
90	Jessie	177
91	Emil	175
92	Cleveland	174
93	Stephen	165
94	Warren	164
95	Julius	162
96	Philip	161
97	Dave	159
98	Horace	154
98	Leroy	154
100	Dan	151
100	Willis	151
102	Clifford	150
102	Leon	150
102	Milton	150
105	Alex	148
106	Alvin	145
107	Sidney	142
108	Bernard	140
109	Calvin	139
110	Amos	137
111	Perry	135
112	Everett	134
113	Norman	130
114	Percy	126
115	Leslie	125
116	Jess	124
116	Victor	124
118	Lester	123
119	Lloyd	122
120	Jerry	121
121	Wesley	120
122	Mack	119
123	Gus	117
123	Matthew	117
123	Rufus	117
126	Maurice	115
127	Dennis	113
128	Alonzo	112
128	Jose	112
130	Jay	110
130	Ross	110
132	Earnest	109
133	Adolph	107
133	Otis	107
133	Russell	107
136	Stanley	105
137	Felix	102
137	Wallace	102
139	Clinton	101
140	Gilbert	100
140	Nathan	100
142	Aaron	97
142	Hiram	97
144	Mark	96
145	Melvin	95
146	Noah	94
147	Franklin	93
148	Jake	92
148	Roscoe	92
150	Levi	91
150	Owen	91
152	Elbert	90
152	Manuel	90
154	Nelson	89
154	Phillip	89
154	Willard	89
157	Cornelius	88
157	Lonnie	88
157	Marshall	88
157	Virgil	88
161	Fredrick	86
161	Irvin	86
163	Claud	85
163	Elijah	85
163	Simon	85
166	Mike	84
167	Adam	83
167	Emmett	83
167	Jasper	83
167	Silas	83
171	Bill	82
171	Reuben	82
171	Wilbur	82
174	Ollie	81
174	Pete	81
176	Irving	80
176	Max	80
176	Wiley	80
179	Morris	78
179	Wilson	78
181	Moses	77
181	Rudolph	77
181	Timothy	77
184	Ike	76
185	Jeff	74
186	Cecil	73
186	Curtis	73
186	Ellis	73
186	Harley	73
186	Marvin	73
191	Edmund	72
192	Austin	70
193	Clayton	69
193	Nicholas	69
193	Sherman	69
196	Christopher	68
196	Mose	68
196	Ora	68
199	Abraham	67
199	Eli	67
199	Sylvester	67