Top Boys Names of 1881 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	9K
2	William	9K
3	James	5K
4	George	5K
5	Charles	5K
6	Frank	3K
7	Joseph	2K
8	Henry	2K
9	Thomas	2K
10	Edward	2K
11	Robert	2K
12	Harry	2K
13	Walter	2K
14	Arthur	2K
15	Fred	1K
16	Albert	1K
17	Samuel	919
18	David	750
19	Louis	746
20	Charlie	668
20	Clarence	668
22	Richard	641
23	Joe	639
24	Andrew	588
25	Ernest	571
26	Will	550
27	Jesse	536
28	Oscar	530
29	Daniel	527
30	Willie	498
31	Benjamin	481
31	Sam	481
33	Alfred	466
34	Roy	440
35	Lewis	439
36	Frederick	433
37	Peter	428
38	Elmer	388
39	Jacob	381
40	Herbert	369
41	Carl	359
41	Howard	359
43	Tom	349
44	Lee	342
45	Ralph	329
46	Martin	327
47	Jim	323
48	Earl	314
48	Eugene	314
50	Bert	312
50	Edgar	312
52	Herman	304
53	Claude	302
54	Michael	298
55	Paul	291
56	Ben	289
57	Ira	286
58	Harvey	282
59	Chester	274
59	Edwin	274
61	Ed	272
62	Charley	266
63	Francis	259
64	Isaac	258
65	Luther	249
66	Lawrence	244
67	Oliver	238
68	Clyde	232
69	Otto	221
70	Hugh	219
71	Alexander	209
72	Leonard	206
73	Jack	197
74	Raymond	195
75	Patrick	188
76	Guy	186
77	Homer	181
78	Floyd	178
78	Theodore	178
80	Allen	172
80	August	172
82	Marion	162
83	Philip	156
83	Warren	156
85	Horace	152
86	Dan	148
86	Ray	148
88	Garfield	147
88	Stephen	147
90	Emil	145
91	Jessie	143
91	Milton	143
93	Willis	142
94	Calvin	138
95	Dave	135
96	Bernard	130
97	Julius	129
97	Leroy	129
97	Sidney	129
100	Anthony	128