Popular Baby Names in 1896
The most popular baby names in 1896.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 13,811 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 8,138 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 7,747 |
| 2 | Anna | Girl | 5,860 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 5,206 |
| 3 | Helen | Girl | 4,392 |
| 4 | George | Boy | 4,286 |
| 4 | Margaret | Girl | 4,050 |
| 5 | Ruth | Girl | 3,905 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 3,639 |
| 6 | Ethel | Girl | 3,502 |
| 7 | Elizabeth | Girl | 3,471 |
| 8 | Florence | Girl | 3,323 |
| 9 | Marie | Girl | 3,087 |
| 6 | Joseph | Boy | 3,051 |
| 10 | Emma | Girl | 2,872 |
| 7 | Frank | Boy | 2,845 |
| 8 | Robert | Boy | 2,719 |
| 11 | Lillian | Girl | 2,702 |
| 12 | Alice | Girl | 2,651 |
| 13 | Edna | Girl | 2,604 |
| 14 | Clara | Girl | 2,582 |
| 15 | Bertha | Girl | 2,565 |
| 16 | Minnie | Girl | 2,530 |
| 17 | Grace | Girl | 2,485 |
| 18 | Bessie | Girl | 2,435 |
| 19 | Annie | Girl | 2,358 |
| 20 | Rose | Girl | 2,341 |
| 9 | Edward | Boy | 2,296 |
| 21 | Mabel | Girl | 2,283 |
| 22 | Hazel | Girl | 2,226 |
| 23 | Gertrude | Girl | 2,221 |
| 10 | Henry | Boy | 2,183 |
| 24 | Ida | Girl | 2,159 |
| 25 | Pearl | Girl | 2,101 |
| 11 | Harry | Boy | 2,091 |
| 12 | Thomas | Boy | 2,088 |
| 26 | Martha | Girl | 2,022 |
| 13 | Walter | Boy | 2,017 |
| 27 | Esther | Girl | 1,964 |
| 28 | Frances | Girl | 1,964 |
| 29 | Edith | Girl | 1,932 |
| 30 | Myrtle | Girl | 1,928 |
| 31 | Elsie | Girl | 1,878 |
| 14 | Arthur | Boy | 1,821 |
| 32 | Eva | Girl | 1,779 |
| 33 | Gladys | Girl | 1,757 |
| 34 | Nellie | Girl | 1,696 |
| 35 | Sarah | Girl | 1,691 |
| 36 | Ella | Girl | 1,683 |
| 37 | Laura | Girl | 1,665 |
| 38 | Agnes | Girl | 1,654 |
| 39 | Mildred | Girl | 1,620 |
| 40 | Catherine | Girl | 1,594 |
| 41 | Irene | Girl | 1,593 |
| 42 | Louise | Girl | 1,531 |
| 43 | Lillie | Girl | 1,483 |
| 15 | Albert | Boy | 1,434 |
| 44 | Julia | Girl | 1,407 |
| 16 | Fred | Boy | 1,393 |
| 45 | Carrie | Girl | 1,388 |
| 46 | Dorothy | Girl | 1,366 |
| 47 | Hattie | Girl | 1,320 |
| 48 | Lena | Girl | 1,318 |
| 49 | Mattie | Girl | 1,288 |
| 50 | Josephine | Girl | 1,256 |
| 17 | Clarence | Boy | 1,254 |
| 51 | Alma | Girl | 1,243 |
| 52 | Cora | Girl | 1,204 |
| 53 | Jennie | Girl | 1,178 |
| 54 | Blanche | Girl | 1,150 |
| 55 | Mae | Girl | 1,148 |
| 56 | Maude | Girl | 1,104 |
| 57 | Jessie | Girl | 1,103 |
| 18 | Willie | Boy | 1,092 |
| 58 | Mamie | Girl | 1,081 |
| 59 | Lucy | Girl | 1,074 |
| 60 | Stella | Girl | 1,054 |
| 62 | Viola | Girl | 1,047 |
| 61 | Katherine | Girl | 1,047 |
| 63 | Ada | Girl | 1,041 |
| 19 | Roy | Boy | 1,027 |
| 64 | Lula | Girl | 1,012 |
| 65 | Fannie | Girl | 1,001 |
| 66 | Ruby | Girl | 994 |
| 67 | Marion | Girl | 987 |
| 20 | Paul | Boy | 964 |
| 21 | Earl | Boy | 892 |
| 68 | Dora | Girl | 874 |
| 69 | Maggie | Girl | 871 |
| 22 | Louis | Boy | 871 |
| 70 | Beatrice | Girl | 870 |
| 23 | Harold | Boy | 862 |
| 24 | Raymond | Boy | 859 |
| 25 | Carl | Boy | 852 |
| 71 | Nora | Girl | 844 |
| 26 | Richard | Boy | 834 |
| 72 | Sadie | Girl | 827 |
| 73 | Ellen | Girl | 811 |
| 74 | Rosa | Girl | 808 |