Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1894
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,237 |
| 2 | William | 7,274 |
| 3 | James | 5,110 |
| 4 | George | 4,365 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,788 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,977 |
| 7 | Frank | 2,863 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,497 |
| 9 | Henry | 2,278 |
| 10 | Harry | 2,189 |
| 11 | Edward | 2,179 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,170 |
| 13 | Walter | 2,010 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,712 |
| 15 | Fred | 1,475 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,447 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,185 |
| 18 | Roy | 1,018 |
| 19 | Willie | 986 |
| 20 | Earl | 896 |
| 21 | Louis | 869 |
| 22 | Carl | 861 |
| 23 | Paul | 824 |
| 24 | Ernest | 821 |
| 25 | Richard | 808 |