Top Boys Names of 1898 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	8K
2	William	7K
3	James	5K
4	George	5K
5	Charles	4K
6	Joseph	3K
7	Robert	3K
8	Frank	3K
9	Edward	2K
10	Thomas	2K
11	Henry	2K
12	Harry	2K
13	Walter	2K
14	Arthur	2K
15	Fred	1K
16	Albert	1K
17	Clarence	1K
18	Willie	1K
19	Dewey	1K
20	Roy	1K
21	Paul	991
22	Harold	963
23	Raymond	929
24	Carl	919
25	Earl	883
26	Richard	871
27	Louis	861
28	Ernest	839
29	Joe	827
30	David	815
31	Ralph	803
32	Samuel	749
33	Charlie	728
34	Herbert	716
35	Howard	706
36	Alfred	645
37	Jack	633
38	Andrew	611
39	Leo	588
40	Elmer	583
41	Oscar	546
42	Sam	543
43	Francis	541
44	Lawrence	533
45	Daniel	523
46	Lee	498
47	Jesse	476
48	Will	475
49	Eugene	473
50	Herman	467
51	Floyd	434
51	Michael	434
53	Leonard	421
54	Peter	409
55	Benjamin	405
56	Ray	394
57	Edwin	391
58	Clyde	383
59	Claude	371
60	Frederick	368
61	Russell	359
62	Lewis	352
63	Martin	339
64	Tom	337
65	Anthony	325
66	Chester	321
67	Clifford	317
68	Leroy	315
69	Ben	310
70	Lester	298
71	Stanley	295
72	Edgar	285
73	Bernard	284
73	Harvey	284
75	Theodore	281
76	Luther	275
77	Jim	269
78	Jessie	267
79	Lloyd	265
80	Otto	259
81	Eddie	256
81	Jacob	256
83	Leon	251
84	Hugh	250
85	Homer	246
86	Philip	244
87	Cecil	243
88	Donald	238
89	Ed	228
89	Leslie	228
91	Milton	225
92	Archie	222
93	Patrick	219
94	Guy	215
95	Everett	212
96	Norman	207
97	Victor	205
98	Ira	195
98	Stephen	195
100	Kenneth	191