Most Popular Baby Names in 1896

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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