100 Most popular boy names of 1888, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1888 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1888.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
9247
4.88
-
2
William
8705
4.6
-
3
James
5562
2.94
-
4
George
4912
2.59
-
5
Charles
4591
2.42
-
6
Frank
3459
1.83
-
7
Joseph
2993
1.58
-
8
Robert
2814
1.49
+2
9
Harry
2759
1.46
+3
10
Henry
2596
1.37
-2
11
Edward
2470
1.3
-1
12
Thomas
2449
1.29
-3
13
Walter
2040
1.08
-
14
Arthur
1710
0.9
-
15
Fred
1665
0.88
-
16
Albert
1569
0.83
-
17
Clarence
1022
0.54
-
18
Samuel
931
0.49
-
19
Louis
884
0.47
-
20
Roy
856
0.45
-
21
David
801
0.42
+1
22
Charlie
796
0.42
+2
23
Joe
789
0.42
-2
24
Willie
786
0.41
+3
25
Benjamin
781
0.41
+9
26
Richard
772
0.41
-1
27
Ernest
766
0.4
-4
28
Will
707
0.37
+2
29
Carl
675
0.36
-1
29
Earl
675
0.36
+3
31
Oscar
647
0.34
-2
32
Jesse
637
0.34
-6
33
Andrew
615
0.32
-
34
Sam
607
0.32
+4
35
Daniel
566
0.3
-4
36
Ralph
547
0.29
+2
37
Alfred
536
0.28
-2
38
Paul
529
0.28
+2
39
Elmer
527
0.28
-3
40
Howard
513
0.27
+2
41
Peter
498
0.26
+2
42
Frederick
496
0.26
-5
43
Herbert
485
0.26
-2
44
Grover
474
0.25
+15
45
Raymond
469
0.25
+2
46
Michael
466
0.25
+2
47
Ben
463
0.24
+11
48
Lee
430
0.23
-4
49
Tom
416
0.22
+3
50
Lewis
412
0.22
-1
51
Herman
403
0.21
-6
52
Harrison
400
0.21
+77
53
Eugene
398
0.21
-
54
Martin
378
0.2
-3
55
Claude
374
0.2
-9
56
Jim
362
0.19
-6
57
Francis
353
0.19
-4
57
Jacob
353
0.19
-1
57
Leo
353
0.19
+16
60
Clyde
344
0.18
-5
61
Lawrence
343
0.18
-1
62
Harvey
334
0.18
+3
63
Ray
331
0.17
+3
64
Jack
329
0.17
+4
65
Edgar
321
0.17
-1
66
Otto
312
0.16
+1
67
Floyd
302
0.16
+6
68
Ed
301
0.16
-6
69
Edwin
298
0.16
-12
69
Harold
298
0.16
-8
71
Guy
297
0.16
-
72
Chester
288
0.15
+6
73
Bert
282
0.15
-1
74
Luther
275
0.15
-11
75
Allen
260
0.14
+6
76
Homer
256
0.14
-6
77
Charley
254
0.13
-2
77
Jessie
254
0.13
+9
79
Hugh
253
0.13
-10
80
Theodore
249
0.13
+2
81
Patrick
245
0.13
-5
82
Alexander
237
0.13
+5
83
Leonard
225
0.12
-5
84
Ira
222
0.12
-7
85
Isaac
221
0.12
-2
86
August
213
0.11
-3
87
Bernard
207
0.11
+10
88
Oliver
206
0.11
-8
89
Julius
197
0.1
+4
90
Leon
196
0.1
+9
90
Philip
196
0.1
+5
92
Clifford
194
0.1
-1
93
Anthony
193
0.1
+5
93
Eddie
193
0.1
+13
95
Leroy
192
0.1
-7
96
Archie
191
0.1
-11
97
Lester
189
0.1
-8
98
Stephen
187
0.1
-7
99
Leslie
175
0.09
-9
99
Lloyd
175
0.09
+9
101
Sidney
168
0.09
-
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1888)

Sources

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