Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1889
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1888.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1888 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,548 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 7,772 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 5,020 | 0 |
| 4 | George | 4,430 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 4,199 | 0 |
| 6 | Frank | 2,975 | 0 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,729 | 0 |
| 8 | Harry | 2,559 | +1 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,513 | -1 |
| 10 | Edward | 2,299 | +1 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,286 | -1 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,233 | 0 |
| 13 | Walter | 1,916 | 0 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,668 | 0 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,554 | 0 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,353 | 0 |
| 17 | Clarence | 984 | 0 |
| 18 | Roy | 888 | +2 |
| 19 | Louis | 837 | 0 |
| 20 | Samuel | 810 | -2 |
| 21 | Benjamin | 760 | +4 |
| 22 | David | 757 | -1 |
| 23 | Ernest | 736 | +4 |
| 24 | Richard | 711 | +2 |
| 25 | Joe | 709 | -2 |
| 26 | Willie | 708 | -2 |
| 27 | Carl | 704 | +2 |
| 28 | Earl | 688 | +1 |
| 29 | Charlie | 685 | -7 |
| 30 | Will | 631 | -2 |
| 31 | Jesse | 576 | +1 |
| 32 | Oscar | 572 | -1 |
| 33 | Andrew | 561 | 0 |
| 34 | Elmer | 557 | +5 |
| 35 | Paul | 555 | +3 |
| 36 | Daniel | 515 | -1 |
| 37 | Raymond | 511 | +8 |
| 38 | Howard | 503 | +2 |
| 39 | Ralph | 495 | -3 |
| 40 | Sam | 486 | -6 |
| 41 | Alfred | 472 | -4 |
| 41 | Herbert | 472 | +2 |
| 43 | Ben | 453 | +4 |
| 44 | Frederick | 451 | -2 |
| 45 | Peter | 425 | -4 |
| 46 | Lee | 415 | +2 |
| 47 | Lewis | 414 | +3 |
| 48 | Herman | 405 | +3 |
| 49 | Claude | 386 | +6 |
| 50 | Tom | 379 | -1 |
| 51 | Michael | 377 | -5 |
| 52 | Eugene | 369 | +1 |
| 53 | Martin | 367 | +1 |
| 54 | Ray | 355 | +9 |
| 55 | Francis | 346 | +2 |
| 56 | Lawrence | 342 | +5 |
| 57 | Harold | 340 | +12 |
| 58 | Jim | 328 | -2 |
| 59 | Leo | 325 | -2 |
| 60 | Edgar | 322 | +5 |
| 60 | Jack | 322 | +4 |
| 62 | Clyde | 318 | -2 |
| 63 | Floyd | 313 | +4 |
| 64 | Harvey | 311 | -2 |
| 65 | Otto | 309 | +1 |
| 66 | Edwin | 306 | +3 |
| 67 | Jacob | 295 | -10 |
| 68 | Harrison | 288 | -16 |
| 69 | Chester | 274 | +3 |
| 70 | Guy | 271 | +1 |
| 71 | Ed | 270 | -3 |
| 71 | Luther | 270 | +3 |
| 73 | Homer | 255 | +3 |
| 74 | Patrick | 236 | +7 |
| 75 | Bert | 231 | -2 |
| 75 | Theodore | 231 | +5 |
| 77 | Leonard | 229 | +6 |
| 78 | Hugh | 225 | +1 |
| 79 | Allen | 222 | -4 |
| 80 | Anthony | 219 | +13 |
| 81 | Bernard | 215 | +6 |
| 82 | Lester | 213 | +15 |
| 83 | Grover | 210 | -39 |
| 83 | Oliver | 210 | +5 |
| 85 | Ira | 207 | -1 |
| 85 | Jessie | 207 | -8 |
| 87 | Clifford | 202 | +5 |
| 88 | Charley | 199 | -11 |
| 89 | Russell | 198 | +25 |
| 90 | Archie | 195 | +6 |
| 91 | Isaac | 188 | -6 |
| 92 | Leroy | 186 | +3 |
| 93 | Alexander | 185 | -11 |
| 94 | Leon | 184 | -4 |
| 95 | Philip | 183 | -5 |
| 96 | August | 171 | -10 |
| 96 | Milton | 171 | +7 |
| 98 | Lloyd | 167 | +1 |
| 98 | Warren | 167 | +14 |
| 100 | Horace | 166 | +3 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.