Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1890
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1889.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1889 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,502 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 7,494 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 5,097 | 0 |
| 4 | George | 4,458 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 4,061 | 0 |
| 6 | Frank | 3,078 | 0 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,670 | 0 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,541 | +1 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,349 | +2 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,345 | -2 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,282 | -1 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,200 | 0 |
| 13 | Walter | 1,905 | 0 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,610 | 0 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,506 | 0 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,417 | 0 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,018 | 0 |
| 18 | Roy | 941 | 0 |
| 19 | Louis | 860 | 0 |
| 20 | Samuel | 815 | 0 |
| 21 | Charlie | 797 | +8 |
| 22 | Ernest | 774 | +1 |
| 23 | Willie | 758 | +3 |
| 24 | Earl | 744 | +4 |
| 25 | Richard | 743 | -1 |
| 26 | David | 731 | -4 |
| 27 | Carl | 693 | 0 |
| 28 | Joe | 682 | -3 |
| 29 | Oscar | 628 | +3 |
| 30 | Will | 613 | 0 |
| 31 | Paul | 607 | +4 |
| 32 | Ralph | 587 | +7 |
| 33 | Jesse | 576 | -2 |
| 34 | Andrew | 575 | -1 |
| 35 | Alfred | 549 | +6 |
| 36 | Raymond | 546 | +1 |
| 37 | Benjamin | 537 | -16 |
| 38 | Elmer | 528 | -4 |
| 39 | Daniel | 505 | -3 |
| 40 | Howard | 501 | -2 |
| 41 | Sam | 489 | -1 |
| 42 | Herbert | 467 | -1 |
| 43 | Frederick | 410 | +1 |
| 43 | Lee | 410 | +3 |
| 43 | Peter | 410 | +2 |
| 46 | Eugene | 408 | +6 |
| 46 | Harold | 408 | +11 |
| 48 | Michael | 394 | +3 |
| 49 | Leo | 393 | +10 |
| 50 | Herman | 382 | -2 |
| 51 | Lewis | 375 | -4 |
| 52 | Lawrence | 372 | +4 |
| 53 | Jack | 368 | +7 |
| 54 | Ben | 363 | -11 |
| 54 | Francis | 363 | +1 |
| 56 | Ray | 349 | -2 |
| 57 | Claude | 347 | -8 |
| 57 | Martin | 347 | -4 |
| 57 | Tom | 347 | -7 |
| 60 | Floyd | 341 | +3 |
| 61 | Edgar | 338 | -1 |
| 62 | Jim | 336 | -4 |
| 63 | Edwin | 323 | +3 |
| 64 | Clyde | 317 | -2 |
| 65 | Harvey | 296 | -1 |
| 66 | Jacob | 290 | +1 |
| 67 | Leonard | 275 | +10 |
| 68 | Otto | 267 | -3 |
| 69 | Chester | 263 | 0 |
| 70 | Ed | 262 | +1 |
| 71 | Luther | 253 | 0 |
| 72 | Guy | 249 | -2 |
| 73 | Jessie | 241 | +12 |
| 74 | Leroy | 236 | +18 |
| 75 | Patrick | 227 | -1 |
| 76 | Lester | 226 | +6 |
| 77 | Homer | 223 | -4 |
| 77 | Stanley | 223 | +31 |
| 79 | Archie | 221 | +11 |
| 80 | Hugh | 219 | -2 |
| 81 | Oliver | 218 | +2 |
| 82 | Ira | 209 | +3 |
| 83 | Clifford | 207 | +4 |
| 84 | August | 206 | +12 |
| 85 | Alexander | 202 | +8 |
| 86 | Eddie | 197 | +19 |
| 86 | Leon | 197 | +8 |
| 88 | Philip | 192 | +7 |
| 89 | Theodore | 190 | -14 |
| 90 | Allen | 189 | -11 |
| 90 | Anthony | 189 | -10 |
| 92 | Isaac | 187 | -1 |
| 93 | Charley | 183 | -5 |
| 94 | Lloyd | 182 | +4 |
| 94 | Russell | 182 | -5 |
| 96 | Leslie | 181 | +9 |
| 97 | Bert | 180 | -22 |
| 98 | Bernard | 178 | -17 |
| 99 | Grover | 177 | -16 |
| 100 | Sidney | 176 | +10 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.