Top Boys Names of 1882 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	10K
2	William	9K
3	James	6K
4	George	5K
5	Charles	5K
6	Frank	3K
7	Joseph	3K
8	Thomas	3K
9	Henry	3K
10	Robert	2K
11	Edward	2K
12	Harry	2K
13	Walter	2K
14	Arthur	2K
15	Fred	2K
16	Albert	1K
17	Samuel	1K
18	Louis	852
19	David	838
20	Clarence	837
21	Charlie	753
22	Richard	746
23	Joe	739
24	Andrew	673
25	Will	666
26	Jesse	660
27	Ernest	642
28	Oscar	625
29	Daniel	594
30	Sam	555
31	Willie	541
32	Alfred	523
33	Roy	521
34	Benjamin	478
34	Carl	478
36	Peter	461
37	Frederick	457
38	Elmer	441
38	Lewis	441
40	Herbert	431
41	Lee	427
42	Howard	422
43	Ralph	407
44	Paul	397
45	Jim	396
46	Jacob	390
46	Tom	390
48	Martin	387
49	Earl	377
50	Claude	356
51	Herman	348
52	Bert	341
52	Eugene	341
54	Ed	337
55	Ben	334
56	Francis	327
57	Michael	321
58	Edgar	308
59	Edwin	305
60	Chester	300
60	Harvey	300
62	Clyde	293
63	Lawrence	287
64	Luther	284
65	Isaac	278
66	Jack	271
67	Charley	262
68	Guy	253
69	Otto	252
70	Patrick	249
71	Ira	244
71	Oliver	244
73	Hugh	239
74	August	234
75	Theodore	232
76	Floyd	231
76	Leonard	231
78	Raymond	230
79	Alexander	225
80	Allen	206
81	Stephen	201
82	Archie	195
82	Ray	195
84	Jessie	192
85	Homer	190
86	Warren	183
87	Philip	182
88	Horace	176
89	Alex	172
90	Eddie	169
91	Julius	168
92	Emil	157
92	Marion	157
94	Clifford	155
94	Milton	155
96	Leroy	152
97	Dan	150
98	Rufus	147
99	Leo	146
99	Sidney	146