1896
Top Baby Names of 1896
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1896
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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
Frances 1,964 27
Esther 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 61
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
Nancy 527 96
Flora 527 96
Emily 527 99
Katie 516 100
Lizzie 508 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 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
Oscar 539 40
Jack 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
Guy 262 76
Eddie 262 78
Stanley 259 79
Homer 258 80
Otto 250 81
Ed 246 82
Jacob 241 82
Theodore 241 82
Bernard 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
Oliver 194 98
Milton 194 100
Isaac 191 About 1896 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1896, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.