Top 200 Boy Names of 1885

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1885 with 8,756 births. The list ends at 63 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, 1885
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	8,756
2	William	8,044
3	James	5,175
4	George	4,674
5	Charles	4,599
6	Frank	3,067
7	Joseph	2,540
8	Henry	2,406
9	Robert	2,322
10	Thomas	2,266
11	Edward	2,220
12	Harry	2,198
13	Walter	1,808
14	Fred	1,562
15	Arthur	1,516
16	Albert	1,429
17	Clarence	906
18	Samuel	888
19	Louis	809
20	Grover	768
21	Ernest	718
22	David	712
23	Charlie	705
24	Roy	691
25	Joe	681
26	Richard	672
27	Will	625
28	Oscar	623
29	Willie	614
30	Andrew	599
31	Jesse	556
32	Daniel	535
33	Peter	516
34	Carl	494
35	Sam	492
36	Earl	481
37	Frederick	466
38	Benjamin	464
39	Alfred	446
40	Elmer	443
41	Howard	438
42	Lewis	437
43	Paul	428
44	Ralph	422
45	Herbert	388
46	Jim	370
46	Michael	370
48	Tom	361
49	Martin	357
50	Lee	348
51	Eugene	345
52	Claude	343
52	Jacob	343
54	Ed	328
55	Herman	326
56	Francis	319
57	Clyde	318
58	Raymond	308
59	Harvey	304
60	Edgar	303
61	Jack	295
62	Ben	292
63	Edwin	289
64	Lawrence	288
65	Charley	285
66	Bert	276
67	Chester	273
68	Guy	266
69	Otto	263
70	Floyd	259
70	Luther	259
72	Oliver	258
73	Hugh	257
74	Ray	237
75	Ira	235
76	Homer	228
77	Patrick	217
78	Alexander	205
79	Isaac	204
79	Leonard	204
81	Jessie	202
82	Harold	201
83	Leo	199
83	Theodore	199
85	Archie	196
86	August	193
87	Allen	184
88	Sidney	170
89	Philip	163
90	Leroy	162
91	Bernard	160
92	Alex	159
93	Stephen	158
94	Horace	155
95	Anthony	153
96	Warren	151
97	Julius	150
98	Cleveland	147
99	Leon	146
100	Victor	143
101	Eddie	141
101	Lester	141
101	Marion	141
104	Clifford	139
105	Emil	138
106	Willis	133
107	Milton	130
108	Dan	129
109	Dave	128
109	Everett	128
111	Alvin	125
112	Leslie	122
113	Earnest	120
114	Calvin	119
114	Jess	119
116	Norman	118
116	Rufus	118
118	Franklin	117
119	Jerry	115
119	Perry	115
121	Amos	114
122	Dennis	112
123	Jose	111
123	Matthew	111
125	Melvin	110
126	Lloyd	109
126	Ross	109
128	Wesley	108
129	Wallace	107
130	Alonzo	104
130	Mack	104
132	Nathan	103
133	Adolph	102
134	Emmett	101
135	Jake	100
136	Morris	99
137	Percy	98
137	Roscoe	98
139	Claud	97
139	Stanley	97
141	Adam	96
141	Cornelius	96
141	Maurice	96
144	Willard	95
145	Russell	94
146	Elbert	92
146	Hiram	92
146	Wilbur	92
149	Irvin	91
149	Jay	91
151	Manuel	90
152	Otis	89
153	Aaron	88
154	Cecil	87
154	Gus	87
154	Jasper	87
154	Phillip	87
158	Abraham	86
159	Mike	84
160	Nelson	83
160	Simon	83
162	Clinton	82
162	Elijah	82
162	Sylvester	82
162	Virgil	82
166	Felix	80
167	Levi	79
167	Orville	79
169	Ellis	78
169	Irving	78
169	Marshall	78
172	Gilbert	77
172	Ollie	77
174	Noah	76
174	Wiley	76
176	Anton	74
176	Lonnie	74
176	Mark	74
176	Moses	74
180	Silas	73
181	Hubert	72
181	Reuben	72
183	Christopher	71
183	Johnnie	71
183	Max	71
183	Vernon	71
187	Curtis	70
187	Owen	70
187	Rudolph	70
190	Augustus	69
190	Cleve	69
192	Clayton	68
192	Edmund	68
192	Glenn	68
195	Bill	66
195	Nicholas	66
197	Marvin	65
197	Sherman	65
199	Timothy	64
200	Jeff	63
200	Millard	63