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