Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1893
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,049 |
| 2 | William | 7,223 |
| 3 | James | 5,030 |
| 4 | George | 4,320 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,723 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,997 |
| 7 | Frank | 2,917 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,563 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,309 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,245 |
| 11 | Henry | 2,162 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,157 |
| 13 | Walter | 2,004 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,635 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,493 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,353 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,169 |
| 18 | Roy | 919 |
| 19 | Willie | 882 |
| 20 | Samuel | 851 |
| 21 | Earl | 819 |
| 22 | Louis | 816 |
| 23 | Ernest | 796 |
| 24 | Carl | 786 |
| 25 | Paul | 743 |