Top Boys Names of 1899 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	7K
2	William	6K
3	James	5K
4	George	4K
5	Charles	3K
6	Joseph	3K
7	Robert	3K
8	Frank	3K
9	Edward	2K
10	Henry	2K
11	Thomas	2K
12	Walter	2K
13	Harry	2K
14	Arthur	1K
15	Albert	1K
16	Fred	1K
17	Clarence	1K
18	Willie	1K
19	Harold	914
20	Roy	912
21	Paul	885
22	Raymond	869
23	Earl	821
24	Joe	780
25	Carl	774
26	Louis	770
27	Ernest	744
27	Richard	744
29	Ralph	742
30	Samuel	704
31	Charlie	678
32	David	646
33	Herbert	590
34	Howard	589
35	Jack	582
36	Andrew	578
37	Elmer	514
38	Francis	501
39	Dewey	499
40	Lawrence	497
41	Alfred	496
42	Daniel	485
43	Leo	482
44	Sam	469
45	Eugene	449
46	Oscar	447
47	Jesse	423
48	Will	414
49	Herman	413
50	Lee	388
51	Michael	375
52	Floyd	356
53	Peter	354
54	Lewis	352
55	Frederick	350
56	Russell	338
57	Benjamin	335
58	Clyde	330
59	Edwin	329
60	Leonard	321
61	Ray	315
62	Clifford	297
63	Claude	293
64	Anthony	291
65	Lester	290
66	Chester	288
66	Tom	288
68	Lloyd	287
69	Leroy	269
70	Jessie	261
70	Jim	261
72	Martin	260
73	Ben	259
74	Donald	258
74	Eddie	258
74	Stanley	258
77	Cecil	256
78	Theodore	252
79	Harvey	251
80	Edgar	249
81	Luther	248
82	Homer	239
83	Norman	223
83	Philip	223
85	Bernard	222
86	Patrick	221
87	Kenneth	214
88	Hugh	209
89	Milton	207
90	Guy	200
91	Allen	191
92	Jacob	189
93	Leon	188
94	Otis	185
95	Everett	181
95	Leslie	181
97	Alexander	178
97	Stephen	178
99	Archie	177
100	Victor	175