Thread: 1880s Name Elimination Boys

Here are the top 200 names of the 1880s for boys via the ssa website. I was surprised to see a ton of names that are very popular right now! There are some duplicates there as well, due to alternate spellings.

and a reminder of how to play, choose one name to remove each turn, you can post a reason why if you so desire, but not required. When we finish with the decades, we'll do a quick elimination with the winners.


John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, Elmer, Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Homer, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Marion, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Clifford, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Adolph, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Cornelius, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Cleveland, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton, Rudolph, Vernon, Hubert

John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, Elmer, Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Homer, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Marion, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Clifford, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Cornelius, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Cleveland, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton, Rudolph, Vernon, Hubert

removed Adolph, too Hitler (it was probably a nice enough name before that)

John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, Elmer, Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Homer, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Marion, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Clifford, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Cornelius, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Cleveland, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton, Vernon, Hubert

Removed Rudolph... too red nosed.

John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, Elmer, Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Homer, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Marion, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Cornelius, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Cleveland, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton, Vernon, Hubert

Removed Clifford Too Big Red Dog

John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, Elmer, Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Homer, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Marion, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Cornelius, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Cleveland, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton,, Hubert

Vernon... just don't like the name.

John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, Elmer, Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Marion, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Cornelius, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Cleveland, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton,, Hubert

Removed Homer I loathe the Simpsons

John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, , Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Marion, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Cornelius, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Cleveland, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton,, Hubert

Removed Elmer

John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, , Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Marion, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Cornelius, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton,, Hubert

removed Cleveland, too Ohio? lol

John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, , Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Marion, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton,, Hubert

Removed Cornelius. Yukon Cornelius! lol

John, William, James, George, Charles, Frank, Joseph, Henry, Robert, Thomas, Edward, Harry, Walter, Arthur, Fred, Albert, Samuel, Clarence, Louis, David, Joe, Charlie, Richard, Ernest, Roy, Will, Andrew, Jesse, Oscar, Willie, Daniel, Benjamin, Carl, Sam, Alfred, Earl, Peter, , Frederick, Howard, Lewis, Ralph, Herbert, Paul, Lee, Tom, Herman, Martin, Jacob, Michael, Jim, Claude, Ben, Eugene, Francis, Grover, Raymond, Harvey, Clyde, Edwin, Edgar, Ed, Lawrence, Bert, Chester, Jack, Otto, Luther, Charley, Guy, Floyd, Ira, Ray, Hugh, Isaac, Oliver, Patrick, Theodore, Leonard, Leo, Alexander, August, Harold, Allen, Jessie, Archie, Philip, Stephen, Horace, Bernard, Anthony, Julius, Warren, Leroy, Eddie, Sidney, Milton, Leon, Alex, Lester, Emil, Dan, Willis, Everett, Dave, Leslie, Rufus, Alvin, Perry, Lloyd, Victor, Calvin, Harrison, Norman, Wesley, Jess, Percy, Amos, Dennis, Jerry, Nathan, Franklin, Alonzo, Matthew, Mack, Earnest, Gus, Russell, Adam, Jay, Wallace, Otis, Stanley, Jake, Roscoe, Maurice, Melvin, Gilbert, Ross, Willard, Mark, Levi, Wilbur, Jose, Aaron, Elbert, Emmett, Phillip, Morris, Noah, Claud, Clinton, Felix, Moses, Elijah, Nelson, Simon, Lonnie, Virgil, Hiram, Jasper, Marshall, Manuel, Sylvester, Fredrick, Mike, Abraham, Silas, Irvin, Max, Owen, Christopher, Reuben, Glenn, Nicholas, Ellis, Marvin, Wiley, Eli, Edmund, Ollie, Cecil, Curtis, Timothy, Harley, Jeff, Anton, Alva, Wilson, Irving, Clayton,, Hubert

Removed Marion It's the name of the town I grew up in and when used as a name I think it is a female name