Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1882

See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1881.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1881
1	John	9,557	0
2	William	9,298	0
3	James	5,892	0
4	George	5,193	0
5	Charles	5,091	0
6	Frank	3,176	0
7	Joseph	2,670	0
8	Thomas	2,610	+1
9	Henry	2,579	-1
10	Robert	2,500	+1
11	Edward	2,477	-1
12	Harry	2,232	0
13	Walter	1,805	0
14	Arthur	1,686	0
15	Fred	1,641	0
16	Albert	1,499	0
17	Samuel	1,003	0
18	Louis	852	+1
19	David	838	-1
20	Clarence	837	0
21	Charlie	753	-1
22	Richard	746	0
23	Joe	739	0
24	Andrew	673	0
25	Will	666	+1
26	Jesse	660	+1
27	Ernest	642	-2
28	Oscar	625	0
29	Daniel	594	0
30	Sam	555	+1
31	Willie	541	-1
32	Alfred	523	+1
33	Roy	521	+1
34	Benjamin	478	-3
34	Carl	478	+7
36	Peter	461	+1
37	Frederick	457	-1
38	Elmer	441	0
38	Lewis	441	-3
40	Herbert	431	0
41	Lee	427	+3
42	Howard	422	-1
43	Ralph	407	+2
44	Paul	397	+11
45	Jim	396	+2
46	Jacob	390	-7
46	Tom	390	-3
48	Martin	387	-2
49	Earl	377	-1
50	Claude	356	+3
51	Herman	348	+1
52	Bert	341	-2
52	Eugene	341	-4
54	Ed	337	+7
55	Ben	334	+1
56	Francis	327	+7
57	Michael	321	-3
58	Edgar	308	-8
59	Edwin	305	0
60	Chester	300	-1
60	Harvey	300	-2
62	Clyde	293	+6
63	Lawrence	287	+3
64	Luther	284	+1
65	Isaac	278	-1
66	Jack	271	+7
67	Charley	262	-5
68	Guy	253	+8
69	Otto	252	0
70	Patrick	249	+5
71	Ira	244	-14
71	Oliver	244	-4
73	Hugh	239	-3
74	August	234	+6
75	Theodore	232	+3
76	Floyd	231	+2
76	Leonard	231	-4
78	Raymond	230	-4
79	Alexander	225	-8
80	Allen	206	0
81	Stephen	201	+7
82	Archie	195	+19
82	Ray	195	+4
84	Jessie	192	+7
85	Homer	190	-8
86	Warren	183	-3
87	Philip	182	-4
88	Horace	176	-3
89	Alex	172	+20
90	Eddie	169	+24
91	Julius	168	+6
92	Emil	157	-2
92	Marion	157	-10
94	Clifford	155	+18
94	Milton	155	-3
96	Leroy	152	+1
97	Dan	150	-11
98	Rufus	147	+6
99	Leo	146	+4
99	Sidney	146	-2