Top Baby Names of 1896
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.