100 Most popular boy names of 1881, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1881 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1881.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
8769
8.87
-
2
William
8524
8.62
-
3
James
5441
5.5
-
4
George
4664
4.72
+1
5
Charles
4636
4.69
-1
6
Frank
2834
2.87
-
7
Joseph
2456
2.48
-
8
Henry
2339
2.37
+1
9
Thomas
2282
2.31
-1
10
Edward
2177
2.2
+1
11
Robert
2140
2.16
-1
12
Harry
2002
2.03
-
13
Walter
1670
1.69
-
14
Arthur
1575
1.59
-
15
Fred
1418
1.43
-
16
Albert
1319
1.33
-
17
Samuel
919
0.93
-
18
David
750
0.76
-
19
Louis
746
0.75
-
20
Charlie
668
0.68
+1
20
Clarence
668
0.68
+1
22
Richard
641
0.65
+1
23
Joe
639
0.65
-3
24
Andrew
588
0.59
-
25
Ernest
571
0.58
+1
26
Will
550
0.56
+1
27
Jesse
536
0.54
+1
28
Oscar
530
0.54
+1
29
Daniel
527
0.53
-4
30
Willie
498
0.5
+4
31
Benjamin
481
0.49
+1
31
Sam
481
0.49
+5
33
Alfred
466
0.47
+2
34
Roy
440
0.45
+3
35
Lewis
439
0.44
-5
36
Frederick
433
0.44
-3
37
Peter
428
0.43
-6
38
Elmer
388
0.39
+3
39
Jacob
381
0.39
-
40
Herbert
369
0.37
-2
41
Carl
359
0.36
+1
41
Howard
359
0.36
+3
43
Tom
349
0.35
-3
44
Lee
342
0.35
-1
45
Ralph
329
0.33
+9
46
Martin
327
0.33
-2
47
Jim
323
0.33
+2
48
Earl
314
0.32
+4
48
Eugene
314
0.32
+5
50
Bert
312
0.32
-3
50
Edgar
312
0.32
+11
52
Herman
304
0.31
-4
53
Claude
302
0.31
+3
54
Michael
298
0.3
-8
55
Paul
291
0.29
+5
56
Ben
289
0.29
+2
57
Ira
286
0.29
+9
58
Harvey
282
0.29
-8
59
Chester
274
0.28
+26
59
Edwin
274
0.28
-3
61
Ed
272
0.28
-6
62
Charley
266
0.27
-4
63
Francis
259
0.26
-13
64
Isaac
258
0.26
-2
65
Luther
249
0.25
-1
66
Lawrence
244
0.25
-1
67
Oliver
238
0.24
+2
68
Clyde
232
0.23
+4
69
Otto
221
0.22
-6
70
Hugh
219
0.22
+1
71
Alexander
209
0.21
+2
72
Leonard
206
0.21
+6
73
Jack
197
0.2
+4
74
Raymond
195
0.2
+13
75
Patrick
188
0.19
-8
76
Guy
186
0.19
-8
77
Homer
181
0.18
-1
78
Floyd
178
0.18
-3
78
Theodore
178
0.18
-8
80
Allen
172
0.17
+2
80
August
172
0.17
-6
82
Marion
162
0.16
-2
83
Philip
156
0.16
-2
83
Warren
156
0.16
+6
85
Horace
152
0.15
-6
86
Dan
148
0.15
+11
86
Ray
148
0.15
+9
88
Garfield
147
0.15
+22
88
Stephen
147
0.15
-4
90
Emil
145
0.15
+23
91
Jessie
143
0.14
-1
91
Milton
143
0.14
-
93
Willis
142
0.14
-7
94
Calvin
138
0.14
+6
95
Dave
135
0.14
+7
96
Bernard
130
0.13
+1
97
Julius
129
0.13
-3
97
Leroy
129
0.13
+11
97
Sidney
129
0.13
-2
100
Anthony
128
0.13
+3
101
Archie
125
0.13
-18
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1881)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html