Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1890
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,502 |
| 2 | William | 7,494 |
| 3 | James | 5,097 |
| 4 | George | 4,458 |
| 5 | Charles | 4,061 |
| 6 | Frank | 3,078 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,670 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,541 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,349 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,345 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,282 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,200 |
| 13 | Walter | 1,905 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,610 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,506 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,417 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,018 |
| 18 | Roy | 941 |
| 19 | Louis | 860 |
| 20 | Samuel | 815 |
| 21 | Charlie | 797 |
| 22 | Ernest | 774 |
| 23 | Willie | 758 |
| 24 | Earl | 744 |
| 25 | Richard | 743 |