Top 200 Boy Names of 1888

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1888 with 9,247 births. The list ends at 75 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, 1888
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	9,247
2	William	8,705
3	James	5,562
4	George	4,912
5	Charles	4,591
6	Frank	3,459
7	Joseph	2,993
8	Robert	2,814
9	Harry	2,759
10	Henry	2,596
11	Edward	2,470
12	Thomas	2,449
13	Walter	2,040
14	Arthur	1,710
15	Fred	1,665
16	Albert	1,569
17	Clarence	1,022
18	Samuel	931
19	Louis	884
20	Roy	856
21	David	801
22	Charlie	796
23	Joe	789
24	Willie	786
25	Benjamin	781
26	Richard	772
27	Ernest	766
28	Will	707
29	Carl	675
29	Earl	675
31	Oscar	647
32	Jesse	637
33	Andrew	615
34	Sam	607
35	Daniel	566
36	Ralph	547
37	Alfred	536
38	Paul	529
39	Elmer	527
40	Howard	513
41	Peter	498
42	Frederick	496
43	Herbert	485
44	Grover	474
45	Raymond	469
46	Michael	466
47	Ben	463
48	Lee	430
49	Tom	416
50	Lewis	412
51	Herman	403
52	Harrison	400
53	Eugene	398
54	Martin	378
55	Claude	374
56	Jim	362
57	Francis	353
57	Jacob	353
57	Leo	353
60	Clyde	344
61	Lawrence	343
62	Harvey	334
63	Ray	331
64	Jack	329
65	Edgar	321
66	Otto	312
67	Floyd	302
68	Ed	301
69	Edwin	298
69	Harold	298
71	Guy	297
72	Chester	288
73	Bert	282
74	Luther	275
75	Allen	260
76	Homer	256
77	Charley	254
77	Jessie	254
79	Hugh	253
80	Theodore	249
81	Patrick	245
82	Alexander	237
83	Leonard	225
84	Ira	222
85	Isaac	221
86	August	213
87	Bernard	207
88	Oliver	206
89	Julius	197
90	Leon	196
90	Philip	196
92	Clifford	194
93	Anthony	193
93	Eddie	193
95	Leroy	192
96	Archie	191
97	Lester	189
98	Stephen	187
99	Leslie	175
99	Lloyd	175
101	Sidney	168
102	Alex	167
103	Horace	165
103	Milton	165
105	Marion	162
106	Alvin	157
107	Everett	156
107	Norman	156
109	Dan	154
109	Stanley	154
111	Percy	151
112	Warren	148
113	Wesley	147
114	Dave	146
114	Russell	146
116	Emil	142
117	Roscoe	141
118	Earnest	138
119	Willis	135
120	Victor	134
121	Gus	133
122	Jess	132
123	Franklin	129
123	Nathan	129
125	Rufus	126
126	Perry	124
127	Calvin	123
127	Willard	123
129	Jay	122
130	Adam	120
131	Melvin	119
132	Max	118
133	Otis	116
133	Phillip	116
135	Mark	115
136	Matthew	114
137	Virgil	112
138	Wallace	111
139	Alonzo	110
139	Glenn	110
141	Gilbert	109
141	Simon	109
143	Adolph	107
143	Jake	107
145	Dennis	106
146	Cornelius	105
147	Wilbur	103
148	Clinton	101
148	Felix	101
148	Lonnie	101
148	Manuel	101
152	Emmett	100
152	Maurice	100
154	Jose	99
155	Elbert	98
155	Owen	98
157	Nicholas	97
158	Cecil	96
158	Mack	96
160	Morris	95
161	Amos	94
162	Jeff	93
163	Jerry	92
164	Levi	91
164	Marshall	91
166	Aaron	90
166	Marvin	90
166	Ross	90
169	Curtis	89
169	Irving	89
171	Elijah	88
172	Claud	87
172	Cleveland	87
172	Orville	87
175	Nelson	85
176	Reuben	84
177	Gordon	83
177	Noah	83
177	Steve	83
177	Sylvester	83
181	Fredrick	82
181	Harley	82
181	Johnnie	82
181	Pete	82
185	Mike	81
186	Moses	80
187	Austin	79
187	Christopher	79
187	Sherman	79
190	Abraham	78
190	Irvin	78
190	Jasper	78
190	Vernon	78
194	Bennie	77
194	Donald	77
194	Glen	77
197	Edmund	76
197	Ollie	76
197	Timothy	76
200	Eli	75
200	Hubert	75