Names by year · United States
The names of 1896
In 1896, the SSA recorded 357,483 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 17 | 13,811 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 41 | 5,860 | #107 |
| 3 | Helen1 in 54 | 4,392 | #462 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 59 | 4,050 | #112 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 61 | 3,905 | #173 |
| 6 | Ethel1 in 68 | 3,502 | #4,211 |
| 7 | Elizabeth1 in 69 | 3,471 | #17 |
| 8 | Florence1 in 72 | 3,323 | #391 |
| 9 | Marie1 in 77 | 3,087 | #618 |
| 10 | Emma1 in 83 | 2,872 | #3 |
| 11 | Lillian1 in 88 | 2,702 | #57 |
| 12 | Alice1 in 90 | 2,651 | #65 |
| 13 | Edna1 in 91 | 2,604 | #2,463 |
| 14 | Clara1 in 92 | 2,582 | #63 |
| 15 | Bertha1 in 93 | 2,565 | #4,569 |
| 16 | Minnie1 in 94 | 2,530 | #3,060 |
| 17 | Grace1 in 96 | 2,485 | #38 |
| 18 | Bessie1 in 98 | 2,435 | #6,889 |
| 19 | Annie1 in 101 | 2,358 | #182 |
| 20 | Rose1 in 102 | 2,341 | #114 |
| 21 | Mabel1 in 104 | 2,283 | #201 |
| 22 | Hazel1 in 107 | 2,226 | #21 |
| 23 | Gertrude1 in 107 | 2,221 | #6,632 |
| 24 | Ida1 in 110 | 2,159 | #1,120 |
| 25 | Pearl1 in 113 | 2,101 | #777 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 15 | 8,138 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 15 | 7,747 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 23 | 5,206 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 28 | 4,286 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 33 | 3,639 | #48 |
| 6 | Joseph1 in 39 | 3,051 | #29 |
| 7 | Frank1 in 42 | 2,845 | #514 |
| 8 | Robert1 in 44 | 2,719 | #92 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 52 | 2,296 | #224 |
| 10 | Henry1 in 55 | 2,183 | #5 |
| 11 | Harry1 in 57 | 2,091 | #775 |
| 12 | Thomas1 in 57 | 2,088 | #34 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 59 | 2,017 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 66 | 1,821 | #87 |
| 15 | Albert1 in 83 | 1,434 | #614 |
| 16 | Fred1 in 86 | 1,393 | #1,936 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 95 | 1,254 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Willie1 in 109 | 1,092 | #1,322 |
| 19 | Roy1 in 116 | 1,027 | #525 |
| 20 | Paul1 in 124 | 964 | #262 |
| 21 | Earl1 in 134 | 892 | #2,236 |
| 22 | Louis1 in 137 | 871 | #249 |
| 23 | Harold1 in 139 | 862 | #993 |
| 24 | Raymond1 in 139 | 859 | #395 |
| 25 | Carl1 in 140 | 852 | #1,134 |
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