United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1896

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

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

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 13,811 babies =
  2. 2 Anna 5,860 babies =
  3. 3 Helen 4,392 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 4,050 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 3,905 babies 1
  6. 6 Ethel 3,502 babies 2
  7. 7 Elizabeth 3,471 babies 2
  8. 8 Florence 3,323 babies 1
  9. 9 Marie 3,087 babies =
  10. 10 Emma 2,872 babies =
  11. 11 Lillian 2,702 babies 5
  12. 12 Alice 2,651 babies 5
  13. 13 Edna 2,604 babies 1
  14. 14 Clara 2,582 babies 2
  15. 15 Bertha 2,565 babies 4
  16. 16 Minnie 2,530 babies 3
  17. 17 Grace 2,485 babies 1
  18. 18 Bessie 2,435 babies 3
  19. 19 Annie 2,358 babies =
  20. 20 Rose 2,341 babies 1
  21. 21 Mabel 2,283 babies 1
  22. 22 Hazel 2,226 babies =
  23. 23 Gertrude 2,221 babies 1
  24. 24 Ida 2,159 babies 1
  25. 25 Pearl 2,101 babies 1
  26. 26 Martha 2,022 babies 1
  27. 27 Esther 1,964 babies 4
  28. 28 Frances 1,964 babies 1
  29. 29 Edith 1,932 babies 2
  30. 30 Myrtle 1,928 babies 2
  31. 31 Elsie 1,878 babies 1
  32. 32 Eva 1,779 babies 2
  33. 33 Gladys 1,757 babies 8
  34. 34 Nellie 1,696 babies 4
  35. 35 Sarah 1,691 babies 2
  36. 36 Ella 1,683 babies 1
  37. 37 Laura 1,665 babies 1
  38. 38 Agnes 1,654 babies 2
  39. 39 Mildred 1,620 babies =
  40. 40 Catherine 1,594 babies 2
  41. 41 Irene 1,593 babies 2
  42. 42 Louise 1,531 babies 5
  43. 43 Lillie 1,483 babies 1
  44. 44 Julia 1,407 babies 1
  45. 45 Carrie 1,388 babies 3
  46. 46 Dorothy 1,366 babies 11
  47. 47 Hattie 1,320 babies 1
  48. 48 Lena 1,318 babies 2
  49. 49 Mattie 1,288 babies 2
  50. 50 Josephine 1,256 babies 3
  51. 51 Alma 1,243 babies 4
  52. 52 Cora 1,204 babies 3
  53. 53 Jennie 1,178 babies =
  54. 54 Blanche 1,150 babies =
  55. 55 Mae 1,148 babies 3
  56. 56 Maude 1,104 babies =
  57. 57 Jessie 1,103 babies 9
  58. 58 Mamie 1,081 babies 1
  59. 59 Lucy 1,074 babies 2
  60. 60 Stella 1,054 babies =
  61. 61 Katherine 1,047 babies 4
  62. 62 Viola 1,047 babies 1
  63. 63 Ada 1,041 babies 5
  64. 64 Lula 1,012 babies =
  65. 65 Fannie 1,001 babies 3
  66. 66 Ruby 994 babies =
  67. 67 Marion 987 babies 2
  68. 68 Dora 874 babies =
  69. 69 Maggie 871 babies 2
  70. 70 Beatrice 870 babies 3
  71. 71 Nora 844 babies 1
  72. 72 Sadie 827 babies =
  73. 73 Ellen 811 babies 2
  74. 74 Rosa 808 babies 3
  75. 75 Pauline 756 babies 1
  76. 76 Willie 755 babies 2
  77. 77 Beulah 750 babies 3
  78. 78 Marguerite 725 babies 3
  79. 79 Susie 718 babies 4
  80. 80 Effie 716 babies 1
  81. 81 Vera 675 babies 4
  82. 82 May 671 babies 2
  83. 83 Daisy 661 babies 1
  84. 84 Evelyn 646 babies 3
  85. 85 Della 642 babies 1
  86. 86 Lucille 637 babies 15
  87. 87 Nettie 628 babies 5
  88. 88 Kathryn 625 babies 2
  89. 89 Virginia 621 babies 1
  90. 90 Olive 583 babies 1
  91. 91 Lydia 580 babies 6
  92. 92 Lottie 574 babies 3
  93. 93 Georgia 562 babies 1
  94. 94 Leona 556 babies 8
  95. 95 Hilda 549 babies 9
  96. 96 Emily 527 babies 7
  97. 97 Flora 527 babies 1
  98. 98 Nancy 527 babies 5
  99. 99 Katie 516 babies 1
  100. 100 Lizzie 508 babies 1

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Source: Social Security Administration

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