Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1883
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1882.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1882 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,894 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 8,387 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 5,223 | 0 |
| 4 | Charles | 4,826 | +1 |
| 5 | George | 4,736 | -1 |
| 6 | Frank | 2,986 | 0 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,515 | 0 |
| 8 | Henry | 2,383 | +1 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,334 | +1 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,316 | -2 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,250 | 0 |
| 12 | Harry | 2,110 | 0 |
| 13 | Walter | 1,705 | 0 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,591 | 0 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,502 | 0 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,496 | 0 |
| 17 | Samuel | 937 | 0 |
| 18 | Clarence | 837 | +2 |
| 19 | Louis | 796 | -1 |
| 20 | David | 734 | -1 |
| 21 | Richard | 649 | +1 |
| 22 | Charlie | 643 | -1 |
| 23 | Ernest | 641 | +4 |
| 24 | Andrew | 623 | 0 |
| 25 | Daniel | 615 | +4 |
| 26 | Joe | 607 | -3 |
| 26 | Oscar | 607 | +2 |
| 28 | Jesse | 584 | -2 |
| 29 | Will | 576 | -4 |
| 30 | Roy | 556 | +3 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 508 | +3 |
| 32 | Carl | 480 | +2 |
| 33 | Sam | 476 | -3 |
| 34 | Willie | 474 | -3 |
| 35 | Alfred | 457 | -3 |
| 36 | Peter | 450 | 0 |
| 37 | Frederick | 438 | 0 |
| 38 | Lewis | 431 | 0 |
| 39 | Howard | 429 | +3 |
| 40 | Elmer | 423 | -2 |
| 41 | Herbert | 422 | -1 |
| 42 | Earl | 389 | +7 |
| 43 | Lee | 388 | -2 |
| 44 | Tom | 386 | +2 |
| 45 | Ralph | 385 | -2 |
| 46 | Martin | 377 | +2 |
| 47 | Herman | 359 | +4 |
| 48 | Paul | 358 | -4 |
| 49 | Jacob | 356 | -3 |
| 50 | Clyde | 336 | +12 |
| 51 | Eugene | 325 | +1 |
| 52 | Jim | 322 | -7 |
| 53 | Harvey | 318 | +7 |
| 54 | Claude | 315 | -4 |
| 55 | Michael | 307 | +2 |
| 56 | Ben | 306 | -1 |
| 57 | Edwin | 299 | +2 |
| 58 | Edgar | 292 | 0 |
| 59 | Chester | 290 | +1 |
| 60 | Francis | 285 | -4 |
| 61 | Lawrence | 282 | +2 |
| 62 | Bert | 273 | -10 |
| 63 | Charley | 254 | +4 |
| 64 | Ed | 247 | -10 |
| 65 | Jack | 242 | +1 |
| 66 | Otto | 240 | +3 |
| 67 | Ira | 239 | +4 |
| 68 | Raymond | 233 | +10 |
| 69 | Luther | 229 | -5 |
| 70 | Isaac | 227 | -5 |
| 71 | Guy | 224 | -3 |
| 72 | Oliver | 219 | -1 |
| 73 | Floyd | 217 | +3 |
| 74 | Hugh | 215 | -1 |
| 75 | Patrick | 213 | -5 |
| 76 | Homer | 210 | +9 |
| 77 | August | 209 | -3 |
| 78 | Ray | 202 | +4 |
| 79 | Leonard | 200 | -3 |
| 80 | Alexander | 187 | -1 |
| 81 | Theodore | 185 | -6 |
| 82 | Allen | 175 | -2 |
| 83 | Horace | 167 | +5 |
| 84 | Archie | 166 | -2 |
| 84 | Philip | 166 | +3 |
| 86 | Sidney | 165 | +13 |
| 87 | Marion | 163 | +5 |
| 88 | Julius | 160 | +3 |
| 89 | Jessie | 151 | -5 |
| 90 | Milton | 149 | +4 |
| 91 | Warren | 146 | -5 |
| 92 | Anthony | 143 | +13 |
| 92 | Everett | 143 | +13 |
| 92 | Leroy | 143 | +4 |
| 95 | Leo | 142 | +4 |
| 96 | Bernard | 141 | +7 |
| 97 | Leon | 140 | +17 |
| 97 | Stephen | 140 | -16 |
| 99 | Emil | 139 | -7 |
| 100 | Clifford | 138 | -6 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.
