Name.Baby Names by year 1890s 1896 Most Popular Baby Names of 1896 Social Security has card records for 381,063 people born in the U.S. in 1896. Mary was the top girl name (13,811 babies) and John the top boy name (8,138).
Top 100 names of 1896 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1896, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 13,811 #125 2 Anna 5,860 #107 3 Helen 4,392 #461 4 Margaret 4,050 #112 5 Ruth 3,905 #173 6 Ethel 3,502 #4,172 7 Elizabeth 3,471 #17 8 Florence 3,323 #391 9 Marie 3,087 #617 10 Emma 2,872 #3 11 Lillian 2,702 #57 12 Alice 2,651 #65 13 Edna 2,604 #2,458 14 Clara 2,582 #63 15 Bertha 2,565 #4,546 16 Minnie 2,530 #3,028 17 Grace 2,485 #38 18 Bessie 2,435 #6,838 19 Annie 2,358 #182 20 Rose 2,341 #114 21 Mabel 2,283 #201 22 Hazel 2,226 #21 23 Gertrude 2,221 #6,546 24 Ida 2,159 #1,120 25 Pearl 2,101 #776 26 Martha 2,022 #712 27 Esther 1,964 #119 27 Frances 1,964 #318 29 Edith 1,932 #499 30 Myrtle 1,928 #10,917 31 Elsie 1,878 #123 32 Eva 1,779 #134 33 Gladys 1,757 #3,211 34 Nellie 1,696 #533 35 Sarah 1,691 #90 36 Ella 1,683 #29 37 Laura 1,665 #379 38 Agnes 1,654 #1,016 39 Mildred 1,620 #1,962 40 Catherine 1,594 #313 41 Irene 1,593 #651 42 Louise 1,531 #514 43 Lillie 1,483 #675 44 Julia 1,407 #131 45 Carrie 1,388 #2,719 46 Dorothy 1,366 #421 47 Hattie 1,320 #334 48 Lena 1,318 #279 49 Mattie 1,288 #1,004 50 Josephine 1,256 #53
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1896, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Alma 1,243 #449 52 Cora 1,204 #113 53 Jennie 1,178 #2,298 54 Blanche 1,150 #6,838 55 Mae 1,148 #500 56 Maude 1,104 #3,342 57 Jessie 1,103 #823 58 Mamie 1,081 #6,116 59 Lucy 1,074 #24 60 Stella 1,054 #52 61 Katherine 1,047 #186 61 Viola 1,047 #1,013 63 Ada 1,041 #219 64 Lula 1,012 #1,927 65 Fannie 1,001 #3,342 66 Ruby 994 #64 67 Marion 987 #2,036 68 Dora 874 #2,387 69 Maggie 871 #294 70 Beatrice 870 #508 71 Nora 844 #20 72 Sadie 827 #50 73 Ellen 811 #1,062 74 Rosa 808 #652 75 Pauline 756 #2,957 76 Willie 755 #10,107 77 Beulah 750 #5,917 78 Marguerite 725 #2,485 79 Susie 718 #1,911 80 Effie 716 #2,239 81 Vera 675 #205 82 May 671 #1,229 83 Daisy 661 #75 84 Evelyn 646 #8 85 Della 642 #563 86 Lucille 637 #237 87 Nettie 628 #5,554 88 Kathryn 625 #729 89 Virginia 621 #525 90 Olive 583 #197 91 Lydia 580 #92 92 Lottie 574 #527 93 Georgia 562 #99 94 Leona 556 #429 95 Hilda 549 #2,998 96 Emily 527 #34 96 Flora 527 #607 96 Nancy 527 #965 99 Katie 516 #646 100 Lizzie 508 #2,139
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1896, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,138 #23 2 William 7,747 #9 3 James 5,206 #6 4 George 4,286 #126 5 Charles 3,639 #48 6 Joseph 3,051 #29 7 Frank 2,845 #513 8 Robert 2,719 #92 9 Edward 2,296 #224 10 Henry 2,183 #5 11 Harry 2,091 #775 12 Thomas 2,088 #34 13 Walter 2,017 #251 14 Arthur 1,821 #87 15 Albert 1,434 #614 16 Fred 1,393 #1,932 17 Clarence 1,254 #1,499 18 Willie 1,092 #1,315 19 Roy 1,027 #525 20 Paul 964 #262 21 Earl 892 #2,230 22 Louis 871 #249 23 Harold 862 #991 24 Raymond 859 #394 25 Carl 852 #1,132 26 Richard 834 #234 27 Joe 767 #991 28 David 765 #35 29 Ernest 764 #1,038 30 Ralph 746 #1,046 31 Samuel 734 #18 32 Charlie 714 #145 33 Howard 677 #1,002 34 Herbert 635 #2,641 35 Jesse 586 #184 36 Elmer 576 #1,222 37 Andrew 566 #73 38 Daniel 561 #22 39 Francis 551 #420 40 Jack 539 #15 40 Oscar 539 #223 42 Alfred 527 #840 43 Sam 518 #647 44 Will 508 #1,193 45 Eugene 507 #943 46 Lawrence 499 #518 47 Leo 497 #19 48 Lee 455 #725 49 Herman 427 #2,363 50 Ray 426 #791
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1896, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Benjamin 416 #11 52 Peter 402 #187 53 Michael 399 #21 54 Claude 398 #3,036 55 Floyd 396 #2,230 56 Lewis 386 #433 57 Frederick 381 #435 58 Clyde 372 #742 59 Edwin 351 #398 60 Leonard 350 #637 61 Martin 343 #335 62 Tom 339 #2,183 63 Chester 329 #1,585 64 Russell 327 #345 65 Lester 318 #1,634 66 Clifford 311 #1,352 67 Lloyd 308 #1,547 68 Edgar 306 #486 69 Ben 299 #843 70 Harvey 292 #251 71 Jim 281 #3,128 72 Leroy 278 #883 73 Anthony 276 #46 74 Luther 265 #1,459 75 Hugh 263 #732 76 Eddie 262 #860 76 Guy 262 #1,634 78 Stanley 259 #863 79 Homer 258 #4,707 80 Otto 250 #277 81 Ed 246 – 82 Bernard 241 #1,362 82 Jacob 241 #43 82 Theodore 241 #4 85 Leslie 237 #3,513 86 Leon 235 #138 87 Alexander 232 #30 88 Archie 230 #301 89 Jessie 229 #1,425 90 Everett 224 #77 91 Allen 219 #578 92 Philip 218 #527 93 Patrick 214 #235 94 Donald 211 #690 95 Horace 204 #6,143 96 Victor 201 #209 97 Cecil 200 #1,486 98 Milton 194 #1,436 98 Oliver 194 #3 100 Isaac 191 #47
Entered the top 100 in 1896
