Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1888

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	9,247
2	2William	8,705
3	3James	5,562
4	4George	4,912
5	5Charles	4,591
6	6Frank	3,459
7	7Joseph	2,993
8	8Robert	2,814
9	9Harry	2,759
10	10Henry	2,596
11	11Edward	2,470
12	12Thomas	2,449
13	13Walter	2,040
14	14Arthur	1,710
15	15Fred	1,665
16	16Albert	1,568
17	17Clarence	1,022
18	18Samuel	931
19	19Louis	884
20	20Roy	856
21	21David	801
22	22Charlie	796
23	23Joe	789
24	24Willie	786
25	25Benjamin	781
26	26Richard	772
27	27Ernest	766
28	28Will	707
29	29Carl	675
30	30Earl	675
31	31Oscar	647
32	32Jesse	637
33	33Andrew	615
34	34Sam	607
35	35Daniel	566
36	36Ralph	547
37	37Alfred	536
38	38Paul	529
39	39Elmer	527
40	40Howard	513
41	41Peter	498
42	42Frederick	496
43	43Herbert	485
44	44Grover	474
45	45Raymond	469
46	46Michael	466
47	47Ben	463
48	48Lee	430
49	49Tom	416
50	50Lewis	412
51	51Herman	403
52	52Harrison	400
53	53Eugene	398
54	54Martin	378
55	55Claude	374
56	56Jim	362
57	57Francis	353
58	58Jacob	353
59	59Leo	353
60	60Clyde	344
61	61Lawrence	343
62	62Harvey	334
63	63Ray	331
64	64Jack	329
65	65Edgar	321
66	66Otto	312
67	67Floyd	302
68	68Ed	301
69	69Edwin	298
70	70Harold	298
71	71Guy	297
72	72Chester	288
73	73Bert	282
74	74Luther	275
75	75Allen	260
76	76Homer	256
77	77Charley	254
78	78Jessie	254
79	79Hugh	253
80	80Theodore	249
81	81Patrick	245
82	82Alexander	237
83	83Leonard	225
84	84Ira	222
85	85Isaac	221
86	86August	213
87	87Bernard	207
88	88Oliver	206
89	89Julius	197
90	90Leon	196
91	91Philip	196
92	92Clifford	194
93	93Anthony	193
94	94Eddie	193
95	95Leroy	192
96	96Archie	191
97	97Lester	189
98	98Stephen	187
99	99Leslie	175
100	100Lloyd	175

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.