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Top Baby Names of 1888

The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1888, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.

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Top 100 Boy Names (1888)

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	9,247
2	William	8,705
3	James	5,562
4	George	4,912
5	Charles	4,591
6	Frank	3,459
7	Joseph	2,993
8	Robert	2,814
9	Harry	2,759
10	Henry	2,596
11	Edward	2,470
12	Thomas	2,449
13	Walter	2,040
14	Arthur	1,710
15	Fred	1,665
16	Albert	1,569
17	Clarence	1,022
18	Samuel	931
19	Louis	884
20	Roy	856
21	David	801
22	Charlie	796
23	Joe	789
24	Willie	786
25	Benjamin	781
26	Richard	772
27	Ernest	766
28	Will	707
29	Carl	675
30	Earl	675
31	Oscar	647
32	Jesse	637
33	Andrew	615
34	Sam	607
35	Daniel	566
36	Ralph	547
37	Alfred	536
38	Paul	529
39	Elmer	527
40	Howard	513
41	Peter	498
42	Frederick	496
43	Herbert	485
44	Grover	474
45	Raymond	469
46	Michael	466
47	Ben	463
48	Lee	430
49	Tom	416
50	Lewis	412
51	Herman	403
52	Harrison	400
53	Eugene	398
54	Martin	378
55	Claude	374
56	Jim	362
57	Francis	353
58	Jacob	353
59	Leo	353
60	Clyde	344
61	Lawrence	343
62	Harvey	334
63	Ray	331
64	Jack	329
65	Edgar	321
66	Otto	312
67	Floyd	302
68	Ed	301
69	Edwin	298
70	Harold	298
71	Guy	297
72	Chester	288
73	Bert	282
74	Luther	275
75	Allen	260
76	Homer	256
77	Charley	254
78	Jessie	254
79	Hugh	253
80	Theodore	249
81	Patrick	245
82	Alexander	237
83	Leonard	225
84	Ira	222
85	Isaac	221
86	August	213
87	Bernard	207
88	Oliver	206
89	Julius	197
90	Leon	196
91	Philip	196
92	Clifford	194
93	Anthony	193
94	Eddie	193
95	Leroy	192
96	Archie	191
97	Lester	189
98	Stephen	187
99	Leslie	175
100	Lloyd	175