100 Most popular boy names of 1891, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1891 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1891.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
7680
3.91
-
2
William
6763
3.44
-
3
James
4516
2.3
-
4
George
3931
2
-
5
Charles
3640
1.85
-
6
Frank
2652
1.35
-
7
Joseph
2572
1.31
-
8
Robert
2240
1.14
-
9
Harry
2132
1.08
+1
10
Henry
2049
1.04
-1
11
Edward
1989
1.01
-
12
Thomas
1982
1.01
-
13
Walter
1668
0.85
-
14
Arthur
1514
0.77
-
15
Fred
1362
0.69
-
16
Albert
1207
0.61
-
17
Clarence
1007
0.51
-
18
Roy
838
0.43
-
19
Louis
786
0.4
-
20
Samuel
753
0.38
-
21
Willie
739
0.38
+2
22
Ernest
715
0.36
-
23
Charlie
707
0.36
-2
24
Carl
675
0.34
+3
25
Earl
674
0.34
-1
26
David
673
0.34
-
27
Richard
609
0.31
-2
28
Ralph
587
0.3
+4
29
Joe
584
0.3
-1
30
Raymond
575
0.29
+6
31
Paul
564
0.29
-
32
Oscar
551
0.28
-3
33
Andrew
521
0.27
+1
34
Will
520
0.26
-4
35
Jesse
519
0.26
-2
36
Elmer
508
0.26
+2
37
Daniel
505
0.26
+2
38
Herbert
501
0.25
+4
39
Alfred
499
0.25
-4
40
Howard
485
0.25
-
41
Benjamin
461
0.23
-4
42
Harold
419
0.21
+4
43
Sam
418
0.21
-2
44
Frederick
412
0.21
-1
45
Peter
396
0.2
-2
46
Lawrence
389
0.2
+6
47
Herman
383
0.19
+3
48
Eugene
362
0.18
-2
49
Ray
360
0.18
+7
50
Lewis
357
0.18
+1
51
Leo
353
0.18
-2
52
Lee
342
0.17
-9
53
Floyd
336
0.17
+7
54
Francis
333
0.17
-
54
Michael
333
0.17
-6
56
Martin
331
0.17
+1
57
Claude
327
0.17
-
57
Clyde
327
0.17
+7
57
Edwin
327
0.17
+6
60
Tom
318
0.16
-3
61
Ben
302
0.15
-7
62
Jack
290
0.15
-9
63
Jim
288
0.15
-1
64
Edgar
277
0.14
-3
65
Harvey
274
0.14
-
65
Otto
274
0.14
+3
67
Guy
262
0.13
+5
68
Chester
252
0.13
+1
69
Jacob
238
0.12
-3
70
Ed
237
0.12
-
71
Luther
236
0.12
-
72
Leonard
235
0.12
-5
73
Hugh
233
0.12
+7
74
Homer
230
0.12
+3
75
Jessie
227
0.12
-2
76
Theodore
224
0.11
+13
77
Oliver
212
0.11
+4
77
Patrick
212
0.11
-2
79
Archie
201
0.1
-
80
Philip
198
0.1
+8
81
Clifford
196
0.1
+2
82
Charley
193
0.1
+11
83
Lester
191
0.1
-7
84
Leroy
190
0.1
-10
85
Bernard
187
0.1
+13
86
August
186
0.09
-2
86
Russell
186
0.09
+8
88
Lloyd
185
0.09
+6
89
Bert
181
0.09
+8
90
Eddie
179
0.09
-4
90
Ira
179
0.09
-8
92
Stanley
178
0.09
-15
93
Everett
174
0.09
+9
94
Allen
173
0.09
-4
95
Alexander
172
0.09
-10
96
Anthony
170
0.09
-6
97
Horace
165
0.08
+6
98
Leslie
164
0.08
-2
99
Grover
163
0.08
-
99
Norman
163
0.08
+8
101
Isaac
160
0.08
-9
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1891)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html