Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1891
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 7,680 |
| 2 | William | 6,763 |
| 3 | James | 4,516 |
| 4 | George | 3,931 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,640 |
| 6 | Frank | 2,652 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,572 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,240 |
| 9 | Harry | 2,132 |
| 10 | Henry | 2,049 |
| 11 | Edward | 1,989 |
| 12 | Thomas | 1,982 |
| 13 | Walter | 1,668 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,514 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,362 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,207 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,007 |
| 18 | Roy | 838 |
| 19 | Louis | 786 |
| 20 | Samuel | 753 |
| 21 | Willie | 739 |
| 22 | Ernest | 715 |
| 23 | Charlie | 707 |
| 24 | Carl | 675 |
| 25 | Earl | 674 |