Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1894
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1893.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1893 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,237 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 7,274 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 5,110 | 0 |
| 4 | George | 4,365 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,788 | 0 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,977 | 0 |
| 7 | Frank | 2,863 | 0 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,497 | 0 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,278 | +2 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,189 | 0 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,179 | -2 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,170 | 0 |
| 13 | Walter | 2,010 | 0 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,712 | 0 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,475 | 0 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,447 | 0 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,185 | 0 |
| 18 | Roy | 1,018 | 0 |
| 19 | Willie | 986 | 0 |
| 20 | Earl | 896 | +1 |
| 21 | Louis | 869 | +1 |
| 22 | Carl | 861 | +2 |
| 23 | Paul | 824 | +2 |
| 24 | Ernest | 821 | -1 |
| 25 | Richard | 808 | +1 |
| 26 | Samuel | 776 | -6 |
| 27 | Raymond | 767 | +2 |
| 28 | Joe | 741 | 0 |
| 29 | David | 729 | -2 |
| 30 | Charlie | 704 | 0 |
| 31 | Ralph | 692 | 0 |
| 32 | Harold | 690 | +2 |
| 33 | Howard | 612 | +2 |
| 34 | Oscar | 601 | -2 |
| 35 | Andrew | 594 | +5 |
| 36 | Herbert | 585 | +5 |
| 37 | Elmer | 575 | -5 |
| 38 | Jesse | 567 | -2 |
| 39 | Will | 559 | -2 |
| 40 | Alfred | 521 | -2 |
| 41 | Daniel | 515 | -2 |
| 41 | Leo | 515 | +4 |
| 43 | Sam | 507 | 0 |
| 44 | Benjamin | 469 | -2 |
| 45 | Lee | 455 | +1 |
| 46 | Floyd | 445 | +13 |
| 47 | Jack | 441 | +3 |
| 48 | Herman | 433 | -4 |
| 49 | Lawrence | 430 | +2 |
| 50 | Francis | 423 | -2 |
| 50 | Michael | 423 | -1 |
| 52 | Eugene | 421 | +1 |
| 53 | Claude | 419 | -1 |
| 54 | Frederick | 413 | -7 |
| 55 | Peter | 391 | -2 |
| 56 | Clyde | 386 | -1 |
| 57 | Ray | 379 | -1 |
| 58 | Edwin | 366 | 0 |
| 59 | Lewis | 359 | -2 |
| 60 | Leonard | 343 | +9 |
| 60 | Tom | 343 | 0 |
| 62 | Ben | 326 | 0 |
| 63 | Chester | 325 | +3 |
| 64 | Edgar | 313 | -1 |
| 65 | Clifford | 307 | +6 |
| 66 | Martin | 299 | -5 |
| 67 | Harvey | 293 | +1 |
| 68 | Jacob | 292 | -3 |
| 69 | Lester | 291 | +8 |
| 70 | Jim | 287 | +4 |
| 71 | Luther | 285 | -1 |
| 72 | Russell | 278 | +3 |
| 73 | Homer | 273 | -9 |
| 74 | Otto | 270 | -1 |
| 75 | Hugh | 269 | +3 |
| 76 | Guy | 261 | -4 |
| 77 | Anthony | 257 | +4 |
| 78 | Bernard | 256 | +6 |
| 79 | Jessie | 255 | +6 |
| 80 | Lloyd | 253 | +8 |
| 81 | Ed | 241 | -1 |
| 81 | Theodore | 241 | +9 |
| 83 | Leroy | 239 | -7 |
| 84 | Leon | 236 | +4 |
| 85 | Patrick | 229 | -6 |
| 86 | Everett | 226 | +23 |
| 87 | Leslie | 223 | +8 |
| 88 | Oliver | 222 | -3 |
| 89 | Allen | 219 | +10 |
| 90 | Stanley | 218 | -3 |
| 91 | Philip | 214 | 0 |
| 92 | Archie | 207 | +1 |
| 93 | Ira | 206 | +5 |
| 94 | Eddie | 203 | -13 |
| 95 | Alexander | 199 | -12 |
| 95 | Norman | 199 | +10 |
| 97 | Horace | 196 | +7 |
| 98 | Bert | 187 | -2 |
| 99 | Charley | 186 | -5 |
| 100 | Victor | 180 | +3 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.