Top baby names of 1896
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4James80,674
- 5George66,406
- 6Charles56,396
- 7Joseph47,286
- 8Anna46,508
- 9Frank44,080
- 10Robert42,126
- 11Edward35,574
- 12Helen34,856
- 13Henry33,822
- 14Harry32,398
- 15Thomas32,366
- 16Margaret32,150
- 17Walter31,250
- 18Ruth30,992
- 19Arthur28,214
- 20Ethel27,802
- 21Elizabeth27,548
- 22Florence26,372
- 23Marie24,500
- 24Emma22,794
- 25Albert22,218
- 26Fred21,582
- 27Lillian21,444
- 28Alice21,048
- 29Edna20,666
- 30Clara20,492
- 31Bertha20,356
- 32Minnie20,080
- 33Grace19,722
- 34Clarence19,428
- 35Bessie19,326
- 36Annie18,714
- 37Rose18,580
- 38Mabel18,118
- 39Hazel17,666
- 40Gertrude17,626
- 41Ida17,134
- 42Willie16,918
- 43Pearl16,674
- 44Martha16,048
- 45Roy15,912
- 46Esther15,588
- 47Frances15,588
- 48Edith15,334
- 49Myrtle15,302
- 50Paul14,936
- 51Elsie14,904
- 52Eva14,118
- 53Gladys13,944
- 54Earl13,820
- 55Louis13,494
- 56Nellie13,460
- 57Sarah13,420
- 58Ella13,358
- 59Harold13,356
- 60Raymond13,324
- 61Laura13,214
- 62Carl13,200
- 63Agnes13,126
- 64Richard12,906
- 65Mildred12,858
- 66Catherine12,650
- 67Irene12,642
- 68Louise12,150
- 69Joe11,884
- 70David11,852
- 71Ernest11,838
- 72Lillie11,770
- 73Ralph11,558
- 74Samuel11,372
- 75Julia11,166
- 76Charlie11,062
- 77Carrie11,016
- 78Dorothy10,842
- 79Howard10,490
- 80Hattie10,476
- 81Lena10,460
- 82Mattie10,222
- 83Josephine9,968
- 84Herbert9,838
- 85Jesse9,080
- 86Elmer8,924
- 87Andrew8,770
- 88Daniel8,692
- 89Francis8,536
- 90Jack8,352
- 91Oscar8,352
- 92Alfred8,166
- 93Sam8,026
- 94Will7,870
- 95Eugene7,856
- 96Lawrence7,732
- 97Leo7,700
- 98Lee7,050
- 99Herman6,616
- 100Ray6,600