Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1896

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1896 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1895						Change from 1895
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	13,811	5.481	0	365	1	John	8,138	6.305	0	-182
2	Anna	5,860	2.325	0	-90	2	William	7,747	6.002	0	470
3	Helen	4,392	1.743	0	369	3	James	5,207	4.034	0	-128
4	Margaret	4,050	1.607	0	119	4	George	4,286	3.321	0	-3
5	Ruth	3,905	1.550	1	354	5	Charles	3,639	2.819	0	6
6	Ethel	3,502	1.390	2	111	6	Joseph	3,051	2.364	1	59
7	Elizabeth	3,471	1.377	-2	-132	7	Frank	2,845	2.204	-1	-167
8	Florence	3,323	1.319	-1	-148	8	Robert	2,719	2.107	0	84
9	Marie	3,087	1.225	0	76	9	Edward	2,296	1.779	1	93
10	Emma	2,872	1.140	0	-80	10	Henry	2,183	1.691	-1	-38
11	Lillian	2,702	1.072	5	207	11	Harry	2,091	1.620	1	-37
12	Alice	2,651	1.052	5	194	12	Thomas	2,088	1.618	-1	-65
13	Edna	2,604	1.033	1	44	13	Walter	2,017	1.563	0	2
14	Clara	2,582	1.025	-2	-31	14	Arthur	1,821	1.411	0	155
15	Bertha	2,565	1.018	-4	-61	15	Albert	1,434	1.111	1	43
16	Minnie	2,530	1.004	-3	-37	16	Fred	1,393	1.079	-1	-90
17	Grace	2,485	0.986	1	37	17	Clarence	1,254	0.972	0	-71
18	Bessie	2,435	0.966	-3	-107	18	Willie	1,092	0.846	0	21
19	Annie	2,358	0.936	0	-32	19	Roy	1,027	0.796	0	-1
20	Rose	2,341	0.929	1	79	20	Paul	964	0.747	0	31
21	Mabel	2,283	0.906	-1	-76	21	Earl	892	0.691	2	41
22	Hazel	2,226	0.883	0	-26	22	Louis	871	0.675	-1	-42
23	Gertrude	2,221	0.881	1	92	23	Harold	862	0.668	6	109
24	Ida	2,159	0.857	-1	-11	24	Raymond	859	0.666	2	53
25	Pearl	2,101	0.834	1	143	25	Carl	852	0.660	-3	1
26	Martha	2,022	0.802	-1	-74	26	Richard	834	0.646	5	107
27	Esther	1,964	0.779	4	161	27	Joe	767	0.594	1	4
28	Frances	1,964	0.779	1	130	28	David	765	0.593	4	58
29	Edith	1,932	0.767	-2	-8	29	Ernest	764	0.592	-5	-70
30	Myrtle	1,928	0.765	-2	-10	30	Ralph	746	0.578	0	10
31	Elsie	1,878	0.745	1	83	31	Samuel	734	0.569	-6	-80
32	Eva	1,779	0.706	2	12	32	Charlie	714	0.553	-5	-53
33	Gladys	1,757	0.697	8	293	33	Howard	677	0.525	0	36
34	Nellie	1,696	0.673	-4	-137	34	Herbert	635	0.492	2	66
35	Sarah	1,691	0.671	-2	-86	35	Jesse	586	0.454	0	9
36	Ella	1,683	0.668	-1	-9	36	Elmer	576	0.446	-2	-34
37	Laura	1,665	0.661	-1	22	37	Andrew	566	0.439	0	4
38	Agnes	1,654	0.656	2	188	38	Daniel	561	0.435	2	45
39	Mildred	1,620	0.643	0	146	39	Francis	551	0.427	6	71
40	Catherine	1,594	0.633	-2	80	40	Jack	539	0.418	6	60
41	Irene	1,593	0.632	2	165	41	Oscar	539	0.418	-2	-10
42	Louise	1,531	0.608	-5	-51	42	Alfred	527	0.408	-4	-24
43	Lillie	1,483	0.589	1	69	43	Sam	518	0.401	0	31
44	Julia	1,407	0.558	1	27	44	Will	508	0.394	0	23
45	Carrie	1,388	0.551	-3	-75	45	Eugene	507	0.393	5	77
46	Dorothy	1,366	0.542	11	239	46	Lawrence	499	0.387	-5	-10
47	Hattie	1,320	0.524	-1	-18	47	Leo	497	0.385	-5	-12
48	Lena	1,318	0.523	2	29	48	Lee	455	0.353	-1	-23
49	Mattie	1,288	0.511	2	12	49	Herman	427	0.331	0	-12
50	Josephine	1,256	0.498	-3	-78	50	Ray	426	0.330	6	46

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.