100 Most popular boy names of 1884, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1884 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1884.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
9388
6.82
-
2
William
8897
6.47
-
3
James
5693
4.14
-
4
George
4961
3.61
+1
5
Charles
4802
3.49
-1
6
Frank
3218
2.34
-
7
Joseph
2707
1.97
-
8
Thomas
2572
1.87
+2
9
Henry
2474
1.8
-1
10
Robert
2468
1.79
-1
11
Edward
2439
1.77
-
12
Harry
2323
1.69
-
13
Walter
1902
1.38
-
14
Arthur
1690
1.23
-
15
Fred
1638
1.19
-
16
Albert
1435
1.04
-
17
Samuel
945
0.69
-
18
Clarence
889
0.65
-
19
Louis
886
0.64
-
20
Grover
802
0.58
+84
21
David
761
0.55
-1
22
Joe
759
0.55
+4
23
Richard
749
0.54
-2
24
Charlie
746
0.54
-2
25
Ernest
690
0.5
-2
26
Roy
680
0.49
+4
27
Jesse
670
0.49
+1
28
Will
650
0.47
+1
29
Andrew
616
0.45
-5
30
Oscar
615
0.45
-4
31
Willie
578
0.42
+3
32
Daniel
573
0.42
-7
33
Sam
533
0.39
-
34
Peter
524
0.38
+2
35
Elmer
523
0.38
+5
36
Carl
521
0.38
-4
37
Alfred
520
0.38
-2
38
Benjamin
509
0.37
-7
39
Lewis
476
0.35
-1
40
Earl
464
0.34
+2
40
Ralph
464
0.34
+5
42
Frederick
454
0.33
-5
43
Lee
435
0.32
-
44
Howard
432
0.31
-5
45
Paul
422
0.31
+3
46
Herbert
421
0.31
-5
47
Tom
394
0.29
-3
48
Herman
385
0.28
-1
48
Martin
385
0.28
-2
50
Jacob
381
0.28
-1
51
Michael
373
0.27
+4
52
Ben
367
0.27
+4
53
Harvey
358
0.26
-
54
Claude
353
0.26
-
55
Jim
346
0.25
-3
56
Clyde
345
0.25
-6
57
Francis
340
0.25
+3
58
Chester
338
0.25
+1
59
Eugene
321
0.23
-8
60
Ed
314
0.23
+4
61
Edwin
308
0.22
-4
62
Raymond
299
0.22
+6
63
Charley
290
0.21
-
63
Edgar
290
0.21
-5
65
Otto
288
0.21
+1
66
Ira
284
0.21
+1
67
Bert
280
0.2
-5
68
Jack
274
0.2
-3
69
Luther
273
0.2
-
70
Floyd
263
0.19
+3
71
Lawrence
262
0.19
-10
72
Guy
260
0.19
-1
73
Hugh
246
0.18
+1
74
Oliver
245
0.18
-2
75
Isaac
243
0.18
-5
76
Alexander
236
0.17
+4
77
Ray
232
0.17
+1
78
Patrick
222
0.16
-3
79
Homer
216
0.16
-3
80
August
213
0.15
-3
81
Theodore
211
0.15
-
82
Archie
206
0.15
+2
82
Leonard
206
0.15
-3
84
Leo
192
0.14
+11
85
Harold
191
0.14
+32
86
Marion
184
0.13
+1
87
Allen
182
0.13
-5
88
Anthony
179
0.13
+4
88
Eddie
179
0.13
+17
90
Jessie
177
0.13
-1
91
Emil
175
0.13
+8
92
Cleveland
174
0.13
+187
93
Stephen
165
0.12
+4
94
Warren
164
0.12
-3
95
Julius
162
0.12
-7
96
Philip
161
0.12
-12
97
Dave
159
0.12
+4
98
Horace
154
0.11
-15
98
Leroy
154
0.11
-6
100
Dan
151
0.11
+8
100
Willis
151
0.11
+3
102
Clifford
150
0.11
-2
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1884)

Sources

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