Top names of 1896

Girls

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

Boys

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