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The most popular names in 1896

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‹ 18951897 ›

Top 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

  1. #1Mary13,811
  2. #2Anna5,860
  3. #3Helen4,392
  4. #4Margaret4,050
  5. #5Ruth3,905
  6. #6Ethel3,502
  7. #7Elizabeth3,471
  8. #8Florence3,323
  9. #9Marie3,087
  10. #10Emma2,872
  11. #11Lillian2,702
  12. #12Alice2,651
  13. #13Edna2,604
  14. #14Clara2,582
  15. #15Bertha2,565
  16. #16Minnie2,530
  17. #17Grace2,485
  18. #18Bessie2,435
  19. #19Annie2,358
  20. #20Rose2,341
  21. #21Mabel2,283
  22. #22Hazel2,226
  23. #23Gertrude2,221
  24. #24Ida2,159
  25. #25Pearl2,101
  26. #26Martha2,022
  27. #27Esther1,964
  28. #27Frances1,964
  29. #29Edith1,932
  30. #30Myrtle1,928
  31. #31Elsie1,878
  32. #32Eva1,779
  33. #33Gladys1,757
  34. #34Nellie1,696
  35. #35Sarah1,691
  36. #36Ella1,683
  37. #37Laura1,665
  38. #38Agnes1,654
  39. #39Mildred1,620
  40. #40Catherine1,594
  41. #41Irene1,593
  42. #42Louise1,531
  43. #43Lillie1,483
  44. #44Julia1,407
  45. #45Carrie1,388
  46. #46Dorothy1,366
  47. #47Hattie1,320
  48. #48Lena1,318
  49. #49Mattie1,288
  50. #50Josephine1,256
  51. #51Alma1,243
  52. #52Cora1,204
  53. #53Jennie1,178
  54. #54Blanche1,150
  55. #55Mae1,148
  56. #56Maude1,104
  57. #57Jessie1,103
  58. #58Mamie1,081
  59. #59Lucy1,074
  60. #60Stella1,054
  61. #61Katherine1,047
  62. #61Viola1,047
  63. #63Ada1,041
  64. #64Lula1,012
  65. #65Fannie1,001
  66. #66Ruby994
  67. #67Marion987
  68. #68Dora874
  69. #69Maggie871
  70. #70Beatrice870
  71. #71Nora844
  72. #72Sadie827
  73. #73Ellen811
  74. #74Rosa808
  75. #75Pauline756
  76. #76Willie755
  77. #77Beulah750
  78. #78Marguerite725
  79. #79Susie718
  80. #80Effie716
  81. #81Vera675
  82. #82May671
  83. #83Daisy661
  84. #84Evelyn646
  85. #85Della642
  86. #86Lucille637
  87. #87Nettie628
  88. #88Kathryn625
  89. #89Virginia621
  90. #90Olive583
  91. #91Lydia580
  92. #92Lottie574
  93. #93Georgia562
  94. #94Leona556
  95. #95Hilda549
  96. #96Emily527
  97. #96Flora527
  98. #96Nancy527
  99. #99Katie516
  100. #100Lizzie508

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #11Harry2,091
  12. #12Thomas2,088
  13. #13Walter2,017
  14. #14Arthur1,821
  15. #15Albert1,434
  16. #16Fred1,393
  17. #17Clarence1,254
  18. #18Willie1,092
  19. #19Roy1,027
  20. #20Paul964
  21. #21Earl892
  22. #22Louis871
  23. #23Harold862
  24. #24Raymond859
  25. #25Carl852
  26. #26Richard834
  27. #27Joe767
  28. #28David765
  29. #29Ernest764
  30. #30Ralph746
  31. #31Samuel734
  32. #32Charlie714
  33. #33Howard677
  34. #34Herbert635
  35. #35Jesse586
  36. #36Elmer576
  37. #37Andrew566
  38. #38Daniel561
  39. #39Francis551
  40. #40Jack539
  41. #40Oscar539
  42. #42Alfred527
  43. #43Sam518
  44. #44Will508
  45. #45Eugene507
  46. #46Lawrence499
  47. #47Leo497
  48. #48Lee455
  49. #49Herman427
  50. #50Ray426
  51. #51Benjamin416
  52. #52Peter402
  53. #53Michael399
  54. #54Claude398
  55. #55Floyd396
  56. #56Lewis386
  57. #57Frederick381
  58. #58Clyde372
  59. #59Edwin351
  60. #60Leonard350
  61. #61Martin343
  62. #62Tom339
  63. #63Chester329
  64. #64Russell327
  65. #65Lester318
  66. #66Clifford311
  67. #67Lloyd308
  68. #68Edgar306
  69. #69Ben299
  70. #70Harvey292
  71. #71Jim281
  72. #72Leroy278
  73. #73Anthony276
  74. #74Luther265
  75. #75Hugh263
  76. #76Eddie262
  77. #76Guy262
  78. #78Stanley259
  79. #79Homer258
  80. #80Otto250
  81. #81Ed246
  82. #82Bernard241
  83. #82Jacob241
  84. #82Theodore241
  85. #85Leslie237
  86. #86Leon235
  87. #87Alexander232
  88. #88Archie230
  89. #89Jessie229
  90. #90Everett224
  91. #91Allen219
  92. #92Philip218
  93. #93Patrick214
  94. #94Donald211
  95. #95Horace204
  96. #96Victor201
  97. #97Cecil200
  98. #98Milton194
  99. #98Oliver194
  100. #100Isaac191