Top Boys Names of 1889 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	9K
2	William	8K
3	James	5K
4	George	4K
5	Charles	4K
6	Frank	3K
7	Joseph	3K
8	Harry	3K
9	Robert	3K
10	Edward	2K
11	Henry	2K
12	Thomas	2K
13	Walter	2K
14	Arthur	2K
15	Fred	2K
16	Albert	1K
17	Clarence	984
18	Roy	888
19	Louis	837
20	Samuel	810
21	Benjamin	760
22	David	757
23	Ernest	736
24	Richard	711
25	Joe	709
26	Willie	708
27	Carl	704
28	Earl	688
29	Charlie	685
30	Will	631
31	Jesse	576
32	Oscar	572
33	Andrew	561
34	Elmer	557
35	Paul	555
36	Daniel	515
37	Raymond	511
38	Howard	503
39	Ralph	495
40	Sam	486
41	Alfred	472
41	Herbert	472
43	Ben	453
44	Frederick	451
45	Peter	425
46	Lee	415
47	Lewis	414
48	Herman	405
49	Claude	386
50	Tom	379
51	Michael	377
52	Eugene	369
53	Martin	367
54	Ray	355
55	Francis	346
56	Lawrence	342
57	Harold	340
58	Jim	328
59	Leo	325
60	Edgar	322
60	Jack	322
62	Clyde	318
63	Floyd	313
64	Harvey	311
65	Otto	309
66	Edwin	306
67	Jacob	295
68	Harrison	288
69	Chester	274
70	Guy	271
71	Ed	270
71	Luther	270
73	Homer	255
74	Patrick	236
75	Bert	231
75	Theodore	231
77	Leonard	229
78	Hugh	225
79	Allen	222
80	Anthony	219
81	Bernard	215
82	Lester	213
83	Grover	210
83	Oliver	210
85	Ira	207
85	Jessie	207
87	Clifford	202
88	Charley	199
89	Russell	198
90	Archie	195
91	Isaac	188
92	Leroy	186
93	Alexander	185
94	Leon	184
95	Philip	183
96	August	171
96	Milton	171
98	Lloyd	167
98	Warren	167
100	Horace	166