Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1896

John and Mary topped the list in 1896. The 10 most popular names went to 35% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,265 boy names and 1,824 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1896

  1. John 8,138
  2. William 7,747
  3. James 5,206
  4. George 4,286
  5. Charles 3,639
  6. Joseph 3,051
  7. Frank 2,845
  8. Robert 2,719
  9. Edward 2,296
  10. Henry 2,183
  11. Harry 2,091
  12. Thomas 2,088
  13. Walter 2,017
  14. Arthur 1,821
  15. Albert 1,434
  16. Fred 1,393
  17. Clarence 1,254
  18. Willie 1,092
  19. Roy 1,027
  20. Paul 964
  21. Earl 892
  22. Louis 871
  23. Harold 862
  24. Raymond 859
  25. Carl 852
  26. Richard 834
  27. Joe 767
  28. David 765
  29. Ernest 764
  30. Ralph 746
  31. Samuel 734
  32. Charlie 714
  33. Howard 677
  34. Herbert 635
  35. Jesse 586
  36. Elmer 576
  37. Andrew 566
  38. Daniel 561
  39. Francis 551
  40. Jack 539
  41. Oscar 539
  42. Alfred 527
  43. Sam 518
  44. Will 508
  45. Eugene 507
  46. Lawrence 499
  47. Leo 497
  48. Lee 455
  49. Herman 427
  50. Ray 426
  51. Benjamin 416
  52. Peter 402
  53. Michael 399
  54. Claude 398
  55. Floyd 396
  56. Lewis 386
  57. Frederick 381
  58. Clyde 372
  59. Edwin 351
  60. Leonard 350
  61. Martin 343
  62. Tom 339
  63. Chester 329
  64. Russell 327
  65. Lester 318
  66. Clifford 311
  67. Lloyd 308
  68. Edgar 306
  69. Ben 299
  70. Harvey 292
  71. Jim 281
  72. Leroy 278
  73. Anthony 276
  74. Luther 265
  75. Hugh 263
  76. Eddie 262
  77. Guy 262
  78. Stanley 259
  79. Homer 258
  80. Otto 250
  81. Ed 246
  82. Bernard 241
  83. Jacob 241
  84. Theodore 241
  85. Leslie 237
  86. Leon 235
  87. Alexander 232
  88. Archie 230
  89. Jessie 229
  90. Everett 224
  91. Allen 219
  92. Philip 218
  93. Patrick 214
  94. Donald 211
  95. Horace 204
  96. Victor 201
  97. Cecil 200
  98. Milton 194
  99. Oliver 194
  100. Isaac 191

Top girl names of 1896

  1. Mary 13,811
  2. Anna 5,860
  3. Helen 4,392
  4. Margaret 4,050
  5. Ruth 3,905
  6. Ethel 3,502
  7. Elizabeth 3,471
  8. Florence 3,323
  9. Marie 3,087
  10. Emma 2,872
  11. Lillian 2,702
  12. Alice 2,651
  13. Edna 2,604
  14. Clara 2,582
  15. Bertha 2,565
  16. Minnie 2,530
  17. Grace 2,485
  18. Bessie 2,435
  19. Annie 2,358
  20. Rose 2,341
  21. Mabel 2,283
  22. Hazel 2,226
  23. Gertrude 2,221
  24. Ida 2,159
  25. Pearl 2,101
  26. Martha 2,022
  27. Esther 1,964
  28. Frances 1,964
  29. Edith 1,932
  30. Myrtle 1,928
  31. Elsie 1,878
  32. Eva 1,779
  33. Gladys 1,757
  34. Nellie 1,696
  35. Sarah 1,691
  36. Ella 1,683
  37. Laura 1,665
  38. Agnes 1,654
  39. Mildred 1,620
  40. Catherine 1,594
  41. Irene 1,593
  42. Louise 1,531
  43. Lillie 1,483
  44. Julia 1,407
  45. Carrie 1,388
  46. Dorothy 1,366
  47. Hattie 1,320
  48. Lena 1,318
  49. Mattie 1,288
  50. Josephine 1,256
  51. Alma 1,243
  52. Cora 1,204
  53. Jennie 1,178
  54. Blanche 1,150
  55. Mae 1,148
  56. Maude 1,104
  57. Jessie 1,103
  58. Mamie 1,081
  59. Lucy 1,074
  60. Stella 1,054
  61. Katherine 1,047
  62. Viola 1,047
  63. Ada 1,041
  64. Lula 1,012
  65. Fannie 1,001
  66. Ruby 994
  67. Marion 987
  68. Dora 874
  69. Maggie 871
  70. Beatrice 870
  71. Nora 844
  72. Sadie 827
  73. Ellen 811
  74. Rosa 808
  75. Pauline 756
  76. Willie 755
  77. Beulah 750
  78. Marguerite 725
  79. Susie 718
  80. Effie 716
  81. Vera 675
  82. May 671
  83. Daisy 661
  84. Evelyn 646
  85. Della 642
  86. Lucille 637
  87. Nettie 628
  88. Kathryn 625
  89. Virginia 621
  90. Olive 583
  91. Lydia 580
  92. Lottie 574
  93. Georgia 562
  94. Leona 556
  95. Hilda 549
  96. Emily 527
  97. Flora 527
  98. Nancy 527
  99. Katie 516
  100. Lizzie 508

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1896?
John was the #1 boy name in 1896 (8,138 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (13,811 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1896?
Social Security records list 357,483 babies born in 1896 with names given to at least 5 babies: 119,565 boys and 237,918 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.