Top 200 Boy Names of 1889

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1889 with 8,548 births. The list ends at 65 births and includes the 2 names tied at the last rank; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1889
Rank	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	Grover	210
83	Oliver	210
85	Ira	207
85	Jessie	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	Lloyd	167
98	Warren	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	Percy	144
110	Sidney	144
112	Norman	141
113	Alvin	137
114	Alex	127
115	Willis	124
116	Jess	121
116	Nathan	121
118	Matthew	118
119	Dan	116
119	Dave	116
119	Otis	116
122	Ross	115
122	Wallace	115
124	Amos	114
124	Gus	114
126	Morris	112
126	Sylvester	112
128	Dennis	111
129	Jerry	110
129	Mack	110
131	Maurice	109
132	Emmett	108
132	Rufus	108
134	Calvin	107
134	Jake	107
136	Lonnie	106
137	Gilbert	105
137	Perry	105
139	Jay	104
140	Glenn	103
141	Alonzo	102
141	Cecil	102
141	Wilbur	102
144	Adolph	101
144	Earnest	101
144	Mark	101
144	Wesley	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	Claud	88
156	Levi	88
158	Aaron	85
158	Noah	85
160	Abraham	83
160	Felix	83
160	Hubert	83
160	Max	83
160	Roscoe	83
160	Rudolph	83
166	Timothy	82
167	Manuel	81
168	Ellis	80
168	Jose	80
168	Nelson	80
171	Moses	78
171	Phillip	78
173	Cornelius	77
173	Marshall	77
173	Marvin	77
176	Clayton	76
176	Irvin	76
176	Jasper	76
176	Ollie	76
180	Donald	75
180	Owen	75
182	Anton	74
183	Reuben	73
183	Vernon	73
183	Wiley	73
186	Mike	72
187	Christopher	71
187	Johnnie	71
189	Jeff	70
190	Simon	69
191	Austin	68
191	Fredrick	68
191	Monroe	68
191	Nicholas	68
195	Curtis	67
195	Silas	67
197	Bennie	66
197	Hiram	66
197	Kenneth	66
200	Forrest	65
200	Irving	65
200	Vincent	65