Top 200 Boy Names of 1883

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1883 with 8,894 births. The list ends at 57 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, 1883
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	8,894
2	William	8,387
3	James	5,223
4	Charles	4,826
5	George	4,736
6	Frank	2,986
7	Joseph	2,515
8	Henry	2,383
9	Robert	2,334
10	Thomas	2,316
11	Edward	2,250
12	Harry	2,110
13	Walter	1,705
14	Arthur	1,591
15	Fred	1,502
16	Albert	1,496
17	Samuel	937
18	Clarence	837
19	Louis	796
20	David	734
21	Richard	649
22	Charlie	643
23	Ernest	641
24	Andrew	623
25	Daniel	615
26	Joe	607
26	Oscar	607
28	Jesse	584
29	Will	576
30	Roy	556
31	Benjamin	508
32	Carl	480
33	Sam	476
34	Willie	474
35	Alfred	457
36	Peter	450
37	Frederick	438
38	Lewis	431
39	Howard	429
40	Elmer	423
41	Herbert	422
42	Earl	389
43	Lee	388
44	Tom	386
45	Ralph	385
46	Martin	377
47	Herman	359
48	Paul	358
49	Jacob	356
50	Clyde	336
51	Eugene	325
52	Jim	322
53	Harvey	318
54	Claude	315
55	Michael	307
56	Ben	306
57	Edwin	299
58	Edgar	292
59	Chester	290
60	Francis	285
61	Lawrence	282
62	Bert	273
63	Charley	254
64	Ed	247
65	Jack	242
66	Otto	240
67	Ira	239
68	Raymond	233
69	Luther	229
70	Isaac	227
71	Guy	224
72	Oliver	219
73	Floyd	217
74	Hugh	215
75	Patrick	213
76	Homer	210
77	August	209
78	Ray	202
79	Leonard	200
80	Alexander	187
81	Theodore	185
82	Allen	175
83	Horace	167
84	Archie	166
84	Philip	166
86	Sidney	165
87	Marion	163
88	Julius	160
89	Jessie	151
90	Milton	149
91	Warren	146
92	Anthony	143
92	Everett	143
92	Leroy	143
95	Leo	142
96	Bernard	141
97	Leon	140
97	Stephen	140
99	Emil	139
100	Clifford	138
101	Dave	135
102	Perry	133
103	Willis	131
104	Grover	127
105	Eddie	125
105	Rufus	125
107	Calvin	122
108	Alex	120
108	Dan	120
108	Leslie	120
111	Lester	116
112	Adolph	115
113	Alvin	113
113	Amos	113
115	Dennis	112
115	Jess	112
117	Harold	108
118	Adam	107
118	Jerry	107
120	Norman	106
121	Aaron	105
122	Wesley	104
123	Alonzo	100
123	Wallace	100
125	Victor	99
126	Lloyd	98
126	Mack	98
128	Jay	97
129	Jake	96
129	Melvin	96
131	Franklin	94
132	Nathan	93
133	Cornelius	92
133	Elbert	92
133	Elijah	92
133	Gilbert	92
133	Phillip	92
133	Roscoe	92
133	Willard	92
140	Claud	91
140	Lonnie	91
140	Mark	91
143	Simon	90
144	Christopher	89
144	Maurice	89
144	Otis	89
147	Ross	88
148	Clinton	87
148	Earnest	87
148	Emmett	87
148	Percy	87
152	Matthew	86
153	Hiram	85
153	Levi	85
155	Fredrick	84
156	Eli	82
156	Moses	82
158	Gus	81
158	Noah	81
160	Marshall	79
160	Nelson	79
162	Silas	77
163	Max	75
163	Morris	75
165	Jasper	74
165	Jose	74
165	Manuel	74
168	Ellis	73
168	Irvin	73
168	Mike	73
168	Wilbur	73
172	Alva	72
172	Wiley	72
174	Marvin	71
174	Nicholas	71
176	Virgil	70
177	Sylvester	69
178	Felix	68
178	Stanley	68
180	Russell	67
180	Wilson	67
182	Glenn	65
182	Mose	65
182	Ora	65
185	Anton	63
185	Dock	63
185	Edmund	63
185	Harley	63
185	Owen	63
190	Bob	62
190	Steve	62
190	Timothy	62
193	Asa	61
193	Harrison	61
193	Ollie	61
193	Rudolph	61
197	Newton	59
197	Orville	59
199	Clayton	58
200	Pearl	57
200	Reuben	57