Popular Baby Names in 1896

The most popular baby names in 1896.

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