Top Boys Names of 1886 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	Robert	2K
9	Henry	2K
10	Thomas	2K
11	Edward	2K
12	Harry	2K
13	Walter	2K
14	Arthur	2K
15	Fred	2K
16	Albert	1K
17	Clarence	995
18	Samuel	870
19	Louis	846
20	Roy	767
21	Joe	759
22	Charlie	723
23	Richard	720
24	David	674
25	Ernest	668
26	Oscar	645
27	Will	642
28	Willie	641
29	Andrew	614
29	Jesse	614
31	Earl	570
32	Carl	556
33	Daniel	555
34	Sam	519
35	Elmer	485
36	Alfred	480
37	Howard	467
38	Paul	466
39	Benjamin	463
40	Frederick	461
41	Ralph	440
42	Peter	437
43	Lewis	431
44	Herman	418
45	Grover	407
46	Herbert	400
47	Lee	399
48	Claude	391
49	Jim	389
50	Tom	383
51	Eugene	362
52	Raymond	353
53	Michael	348
54	Jacob	346
55	Francis	344
56	Ben	335
57	Lawrence	331
58	Martin	329
59	Edwin	313
60	Harvey	310
61	Edgar	309
62	Clyde	307
63	Ed	303
64	Jack	299
65	Chester	287
66	Floyd	275
67	Ray	271
68	Otto	270
69	Theodore	258
70	Guy	255
71	Luther	253
72	Patrick	249
73	Leo	240
74	Leonard	236
75	Oliver	230
76	Bert	228
77	Hugh	227
78	Harold	224
78	Homer	224
78	Isaac	224
81	Charley	214
82	Allen	211
83	Alexander	206
84	August	203
85	Ira	198
86	Eddie	197
87	Philip	187
88	Marion	182
89	Jessie	181
89	Stephen	181
91	Bernard	180
92	Archie	175
93	Anthony	174
94	Julius	173
95	Clifford	172
96	Alex	161
96	Norman	161
98	Lester	160
99	Horace	156
100	Leroy	155