Top Boys Names of 1885 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	9K
2	William	8K
3	James	5K
4	George	5K
5	Charles	5K
6	Frank	3K
7	Joseph	3K
8	Henry	2K
9	Robert	2K
10	Thomas	2K
11	Edward	2K
12	Harry	2K
13	Walter	2K
14	Fred	2K
15	Arthur	2K
16	Albert	1K
17	Clarence	906
18	Samuel	888
19	Louis	809
20	Grover	768
21	Ernest	718
22	David	712
23	Charlie	705
24	Roy	691
25	Joe	681
26	Richard	672
27	Will	625
28	Oscar	623
29	Willie	614
30	Andrew	599
31	Jesse	556
32	Daniel	535
33	Peter	516
34	Carl	494
35	Sam	492
36	Earl	481
37	Frederick	466
38	Benjamin	464
39	Alfred	446
40	Elmer	443
41	Howard	438
42	Lewis	437
43	Paul	428
44	Ralph	422
45	Herbert	388
46	Jim	370
46	Michael	370
48	Tom	361
49	Martin	357
50	Lee	348
51	Eugene	345
52	Claude	343
52	Jacob	343
54	Ed	328
55	Herman	326
56	Francis	319
57	Clyde	318
58	Raymond	308
59	Harvey	304
60	Edgar	303
61	Jack	295
62	Ben	292
63	Edwin	289
64	Lawrence	288
65	Charley	285
66	Bert	276
67	Chester	273
68	Guy	266
69	Otto	263
70	Floyd	259
70	Luther	259
72	Oliver	258
73	Hugh	257
74	Ray	237
75	Ira	235
76	Homer	228
77	Patrick	217
78	Alexander	205
79	Isaac	204
79	Leonard	204
81	Jessie	202
82	Harold	201
83	Leo	199
83	Theodore	199
85	Archie	196
86	August	193
87	Allen	184
88	Sidney	170
89	Philip	163
90	Leroy	162
91	Bernard	160
92	Alex	159
93	Stephen	158
94	Horace	155
95	Anthony	153
96	Warren	151
97	Julius	150
98	Cleveland	147
99	Leon	146
100	Victor	143