Top 200 Boy Names of 1886

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1886 with 9,026 births. The list ends at 66 births and includes the 4 names tied at the last rank; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1886
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	9,026
2	William	8,252
3	James	5,355
4	George	4,671
5	Charles	4,533
6	Frank	3,127
7	Joseph	2,594
8	Robert	2,443
9	Henry	2,404
10	Thomas	2,337
11	Edward	2,312
12	Harry	2,257
13	Walter	1,880
14	Arthur	1,656
15	Fred	1,599
16	Albert	1,488
17	Clarence	995
18	Samuel	870
19	Louis	846
20	Roy	767
21	Joe	759
22	Charlie	723
23	Richard	720
24	David	674
25	Ernest	668
26	Oscar	645
27	Will	642
28	Willie	641
29	Andrew	614
29	Jesse	614
31	Earl	570
32	Carl	556
33	Daniel	555
34	Sam	519
35	Elmer	485
36	Alfred	480
37	Howard	467
38	Paul	466
39	Benjamin	463
40	Frederick	461
41	Ralph	440
42	Peter	437
43	Lewis	431
44	Herman	418
45	Grover	407
46	Herbert	400
47	Lee	399
48	Claude	391
49	Jim	389
50	Tom	383
51	Eugene	362
52	Raymond	353
53	Michael	348
54	Jacob	346
55	Francis	344
56	Ben	335
57	Lawrence	331
58	Martin	329
59	Edwin	313
60	Harvey	310
61	Edgar	309
62	Clyde	307
63	Ed	303
64	Jack	299
65	Chester	287
66	Floyd	275
67	Ray	271
68	Otto	270
69	Theodore	258
70	Guy	255
71	Luther	253
72	Patrick	249
73	Leo	240
74	Leonard	236
75	Oliver	230
76	Bert	228
77	Hugh	227
78	Harold	224
78	Homer	224
78	Isaac	224
81	Charley	214
82	Allen	211
83	Alexander	206
84	August	203
85	Ira	198
86	Eddie	197
87	Philip	187
88	Marion	182
89	Jessie	181
89	Stephen	181
91	Bernard	180
92	Archie	175
93	Anthony	174
94	Julius	173
95	Clifford	172
96	Alex	161
96	Norman	161
98	Lester	160
99	Horace	156
100	Leroy	155
100	Sidney	155
102	Dan	154
103	Everett	150
103	Willis	150
105	Victor	146
106	Milton	145
107	Lloyd	144
107	Warren	144
109	Leon	142
110	Perry	141
111	Jess	140
112	Dave	139
112	Rufus	139
114	Leslie	136
114	Nathan	136
116	Emil	127
116	Franklin	127
118	Jerry	125
119	Percy	122
120	Amos	121
120	Wesley	121
122	Russell	115
123	Alvin	112
123	Matthew	112
125	Calvin	109
126	Jay	107
126	Ross	107
128	Alonzo	106
128	Mark	106
128	Wilbur	106
131	Earnest	105
131	Marshall	105
133	Wallace	104
134	Adam	103
135	Gus	102
136	Glenn	99
136	Otis	99
138	Dennis	98
139	Levi	97
139	Mack	97
139	Maurice	97
139	Simon	97
143	Claud	96
143	Morris	96
145	Adolph	95
145	Cornelius	95
145	Jake	95
145	Stanley	95
149	Elbert	94
149	Emmett	94
149	Phillip	94
152	Elijah	93
153	Felix	92
154	Gilbert	91
155	Marvin	90
155	Noah	90
157	Jasper	88
157	Lonnie	88
157	Roscoe	88
160	Cleveland	87
161	Aaron	86
162	Clinton	85
162	Ellis	85
162	Jose	85
162	Nicholas	85
166	Mike	84
166	Moses	84
168	Cecil	83
168	Melvin	83
168	Owen	83
171	Ollie	81
171	Reuben	81
173	Edmund	80
173	Willard	80
175	Virgil	79
176	Nelson	78
177	Abraham	77
177	Harrison	77
177	Silas	77
180	Fredrick	75
181	Timothy	74
182	Clayton	73
182	Harley	73
182	Max	73
182	Monroe	73
182	Pearl	73
182	Sylvester	73
182	Vernon	73
189	Curtis	72
190	Irvin	71
190	Wilson	71
192	Manuel	70
192	Steve	70
194	Dock	69
194	Grant	69
194	Juan	69
194	Mose	69
198	Rudolph	68
199	Johnnie	67
200	Bob	66
200	Christopher	66
200	Eli	66
200	Newton	66
200	Sherman	66