Top 200 Boy Names of 1890

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1890 with 8,502 births. The list ends at 67 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1890
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	8,502
2	William	7,494
3	James	5,097
4	George	4,458
5	Charles	4,061
6	Frank	3,078
7	Joseph	2,670
8	Robert	2,541
9	Henry	2,349
10	Harry	2,345
11	Edward	2,282
12	Thomas	2,200
13	Walter	1,905
14	Arthur	1,610
15	Fred	1,506
16	Albert	1,417
17	Clarence	1,018
18	Roy	941
19	Louis	860
20	Samuel	815
21	Charlie	797
22	Ernest	774
23	Willie	758
24	Earl	744
25	Richard	743
26	David	731
27	Carl	693
28	Joe	682
29	Oscar	628
30	Will	613
31	Paul	607
32	Ralph	587
33	Jesse	576
34	Andrew	575
35	Alfred	549
36	Raymond	546
37	Benjamin	537
38	Elmer	528
39	Daniel	505
40	Howard	501
41	Sam	489
42	Herbert	467
43	Frederick	410
43	Lee	410
43	Peter	410
46	Eugene	408
46	Harold	408
48	Michael	394
49	Leo	393
50	Herman	382
51	Lewis	375
52	Lawrence	372
53	Jack	368
54	Ben	363
54	Francis	363
56	Ray	349
57	Claude	347
57	Martin	347
57	Tom	347
60	Floyd	341
61	Edgar	338
62	Jim	336
63	Edwin	323
64	Clyde	317
65	Harvey	296
66	Jacob	290
67	Leonard	275
68	Otto	267
69	Chester	263
70	Ed	262
71	Luther	253
72	Guy	249
73	Jessie	241
74	Leroy	236
75	Patrick	227
76	Lester	226
77	Homer	223
77	Stanley	223
79	Archie	221
80	Hugh	219
81	Oliver	218
82	Ira	209
83	Clifford	207
84	August	206
85	Alexander	202
86	Eddie	197
86	Leon	197
88	Philip	192
89	Theodore	190
90	Allen	189
90	Anthony	189
92	Isaac	187
93	Charley	183
94	Lloyd	182
94	Russell	182
96	Leslie	181
97	Bert	180
98	Bernard	178
99	Grover	177
100	Sidney	176
101	Emil	165
102	Everett	163
103	Horace	162
104	Dan	160
105	Julius	159
106	Warren	157
107	Harrison	156
107	Norman	156
107	Stephen	156
110	Dave	152
111	Alex	147
111	Alvin	147
113	Percy	140
114	Victor	138
114	Wallace	138
116	Marion	137
117	Wesley	131
118	Willis	129
119	Milton	126
120	Earnest	122
121	Cecil	120
122	Otis	119
123	Glenn	117
124	Calvin	116
124	Gilbert	116
126	Rufus	115
127	Amos	114
127	Jess	114
127	Mack	114
130	Nathan	110
131	Donald	109
131	Gus	109
133	Jay	108
133	Perry	108
135	Lonnie	107
136	Emmett	104
137	Jerry	103
138	Adolph	102
138	Dennis	102
138	Maurice	102
141	Ross	101
142	Virgil	100
143	Marvin	99
143	Max	99
143	Roscoe	99
146	Melvin	98
147	Aaron	96
147	Manuel	96
149	Jasper	95
150	Wilbur	94
151	Jose	93
151	Morris	93
151	Sylvester	93
154	Rudolph	92
155	Claud	91
156	Clinton	90
156	Franklin	90
156	Johnnie	90
159	Elbert	89
159	Willard	89
161	Alonzo	88
161	Orville	88
163	Ollie	87
164	Curtis	86
164	Matthew	86
166	Hubert	85
167	Cornelius	84
167	Silas	84
169	Mark	83
169	Mike	83
169	Vernon	83
172	Irvin	82
173	Fredrick	80
173	Phillip	80
175	Nicholas	78
176	Clayton	77
176	Jeff	77
178	Nathaniel	75
178	Reuben	75
180	Adam	74
180	Levi	74
180	Noah	74
183	Anton	73
183	Marshall	73
183	Simon	73
186	Bill	72
186	Felix	72
186	Jake	72
186	Kenneth	72
190	Ellis	71
190	Nelson	71
192	Abraham	70
193	Irving	69
194	Alva	68
194	Glen	68
194	Hiram	68
194	Owen	68
194	Roland	68
199	Sherman	67
199	Wilson	67