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
| Rank | Name | Occ.(%in 1888) | Change |
| 1. | John | 9247 (4.881%) | - |
| 2. | William | 8705 (4.595%) | - |
| 3. | James | 5562 (2.936%) | - |
| 4. | George | 4912 (2.593%) | - |
| 5. | Charles | 4591 (2.423%) | - |
| 6. | Frank | 3459 (1.826%) | - |
| 7. | Joseph | 2993 (1.580%) | - |
| 8. | Robert | 2814 (1.485%) | +2 |
| 9. | Harry | 2759 (1.456%) | +3 |
| 10. | Henry | 2596 (1.370%) | -2 |
| 11. | Edward | 2470 (1.304%) | -1 |
| 12. | Thomas | 2449 (1.293%) | -3 |
| 13. | Walter | 2040 (1.077%) | - |
| 14. | Arthur | 1710 (0.903%) | - |
| 15. | Fred | 1665 (0.879%) | - |
| 16. | Albert | 1569 (0.828%) | - |
| 17. | Clarence | 1022 (0.539%) | - |
| 18. | Samuel | 931 (0.491%) | - |
| 19. | Louis | 884 (0.467%) | - |
| 20. | Roy | 856 (0.452%) | - |
| 21. | David | 801 (0.423%) | +1 |
| 22. | Charlie | 796 (0.420%) | +2 |
| 23. | Joe | 789 (0.416%) | -2 |
| 24. | Willie | 786 (0.415%) | +3 |
| 25. | Benjamin | 781 (0.412%) | +9 |
| 26. | Richard | 772 (0.408%) | -1 |
| 27. | Ernest | 766 (0.404%) | -4 |
| 28. | Will | 707 (0.373%) | +2 |
| 29. | Carl | 675 (0.356%) | -1 |
| 29. | Earl | 675 (0.356%) | +3 |
| 31. | Oscar | 647 (0.342%) | -2 |
| 32. | Jesse | 637 (0.336%) | -6 |
| 33. | Andrew | 615 (0.325%) | - |
| 34. | Sam | 607 (0.320%) | +4 |
| 35. | Daniel | 566 (0.299%) | -4 |
| 36. | Ralph | 547 (0.289%) | +2 |
| 37. | Alfred | 536 (0.283%) | -2 |
| 38. | Paul | 529 (0.279%) | +2 |
| 39. | Elmer | 527 (0.278%) | -3 |
| 40. | Howard | 513 (0.271%) | +2 |
| 41. | Peter | 498 (0.263%) | +2 |
| 42. | Frederick | 496 (0.262%) | -5 |
| 43. | Herbert | 485 (0.256%) | -2 |
| 44. | Grover | 474 (0.250%) | +15 |
| 45. | Raymond | 469 (0.248%) | +2 |
| 46. | Michael | 466 (0.246%) | +2 |
| 47. | Ben | 463 (0.244%) | +11 |
| 48. | Lee | 430 (0.227%) | -4 |
| 49. | Tom | 416 (0.220%) | +3 |
| 50. | Lewis | 412 (0.217%) | -1 |
| 51. | Herman | 403 (0.213%) | -6 |
| 52. | Harrison | 400 (0.211%) | +77 |
| 53. | Eugene | 398 (0.210%) | - |
| 54. | Martin | 378 (0.200%) | -3 |
| 55. | Claude | 374 (0.197%) | -9 |
| 56. | Jim | 362 (0.191%) | -6 |
| 57. | Francis | 353 (0.186%) | -4 |
| 57. | Jacob | 353 (0.186%) | -1 |
| 57. | Leo | 353 (0.186%) | +16 |
| 60. | Clyde | 344 (0.182%) | -5 |
| 61. | Lawrence | 343 (0.181%) | -1 |
| 62. | Harvey | 334 (0.176%) | +3 |
| 63. | Ray | 331 (0.175%) | +3 |
| 64. | Jack | 329 (0.174%) | +4 |
| 65. | Edgar | 321 (0.169%) | -1 |
| 66. | Otto | 312 (0.165%) | +1 |
| 67. | Floyd | 302 (0.159%) | +6 |
| 68. | Ed | 301 (0.159%) | -6 |
| 69. | Edwin | 298 (0.157%) | -12 |
| 69. | Harold | 298 (0.157%) | -8 |
| 71. | Guy | 297 (0.157%) | - |
| 72. | Chester | 288 (0.152%) | +6 |
| 73. | Bert | 282 (0.149%) | -1 |
| 74. | Luther | 275 (0.145%) | -11 |
| 75. | Allen | 260 (0.137%) | +6 |
| 76. | Homer | 256 (0.135%) | -6 |
| 77. | Charley | 254 (0.134%) | -2 |
| 77. | Jessie | 254 (0.134%) | +9 |
| 79. | Hugh | 253 (0.134%) | -10 |
| 80. | Theodore | 249 (0.131%) | +2 |
| 81. | Patrick | 245 (0.129%) | -5 |
| 82. | Alexander | 237 (0.125%) | +5 |
| 83. | Leonard | 225 (0.119%) | -5 |
| 84. | Ira | 222 (0.117%) | -7 |
| 85. | Isaac | 221 (0.117%) | -2 |
| 86. | August | 213 (0.112%) | -3 |
| 87. | Bernard | 207 (0.109%) | +10 |
| 88. | Oliver | 206 (0.109%) | -8 |
| 89. | Julius | 197 (0.104%) | +4 |
| 90. | Leon | 196 (0.103%) | +9 |
| 90. | Philip | 196 (0.103%) | +5 |
| 92. | Clifford | 194 (0.102%) | -1 |
| 93. | Anthony | 193 (0.102%) | +5 |
| 93. | Eddie | 193 (0.102%) | +13 |
| 95. | Leroy | 192 (0.101%) | -7 |
| 96. | Archie | 191 (0.101%) | -11 |
| 97. | Lester | 189 (0.100%) | -8 |
| 98. | Stephen | 187 (0.099%) | -7 |
| 99. | Leslie | 175 (0.092%) | -9 |
| 99. | Lloyd | 175 (0.092%) | +9 |
| 101. | Sidney | 168 (0.089%) | - |