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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1896
1,266 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1896, covering
119,565 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 1 John 8,138 2 William 7,747 3 James 5,206 4 George 4,286 5 Charles 3,639 6 Joseph 3,051 7 Frank 2,845 8 Robert 2,719 9 Edward 2,296 10 Henry 2,183 11 Harry 2,091 12 Thomas 2,088 13 Walter 2,017 14 Arthur 1,821 15 Albert 1,434 16 Fred 1,393 17 Clarence 1,254 18 Willie 1,092 19 Roy 1,027 20 Paul 964 21 Earl 892 22 Louis 871 23 Harold 862 24 Raymond 859 25 Carl 852 26 Richard 834 27 Joe 767 28 David 765 29 Ernest 764 30 Ralph 746 31 Samuel 734 32 Charlie 714 33 Howard 677 34 Herbert 635 35 Jesse 586 36 Elmer 576 37 Andrew 566 38 Daniel 561 39 Francis 551 40 Oscar 539 40 Jack 539 42 Alfred 527 43 Sam 518 44 Will 508 45 Eugene 507 46 Lawrence 499 47 Leo 497 48 Lee 455 49 Herman 427 50 Ray 426 51 Benjamin 416 52 Peter 402 53 Michael 399 54 Claude 398 55 Floyd 396 56 Lewis 386 57 Frederick 381 58 Clyde 372 59 Edwin 351 60 Leonard 350 61 Martin 343 62 Tom 339 63 Chester 329 64 Russell 327 65 Lester 318 66 Clifford 311 67 Lloyd 308 68 Edgar 306 69 Ben 299 70 Harvey 292 71 Jim 281 72 Leroy 278 73 Anthony 276 74 Luther 265 75 Hugh 263 76 Eddie 262 76 Guy 262 78 Stanley 259 79 Homer 258 80 Otto 250 81 Ed 246 82 Jacob 241 82 Theodore 241 82 Bernard 241 85 Leslie 237 86 Leon 235 87 Alexander 232 88 Archie 230 89 Jessie 229 90 Everett 224 91 Allen 219 92 Philip 218 93 Patrick 214 94 Donald 211 95 Horace 204 96 Victor 201 97 Cecil 200 98 Oliver 194 98 Milton 194 100 Isaac 191 101 Ira 190 102 Alvin 183 103 August 180 104 Norman 178 105 Sidney 176 106 Kenneth 175 107 Glenn 174 107 Julius 174 109 Bert 173 110 Marion 172 111 Charley 168 112 Alex 165 113 Stephen 164 114 Lonnie 159 115 Melvin 158 116 Percy 157 116 Bryan 157 118 Willard 152 119 Mack 148 120 Willis 145 120 Rufus 145 120 Wesley 145 120 Max 145 124 Earnest 144 125 Emil 143 126 Virgil 138 127 Morris 136 128 Hobart 135 129 Dan 133 130 Wallace 130 131 Gilbert 129 131 Vernon 129 133 Maurice 127 134 Warren 125 135 Otis 124 136 Matthew 123 137 Mckinley 121 138 Wilbur 120 139 Mark 119 139 Hubert 119 141 Dave 118 141 Marshall 118 143 Gordon 117 144 Johnnie 116 145 Emmett 113 145 Glen 113 147 Vincent 112 148 Perry 111 148 Sylvester 111 150 Amos 110 150 Nathan 110 150 Edmund 110 153 Abraham 109 154 Rudolph 108 155 Curtis 107 156 Nicholas 106 156 Ellis 106 158 Jose 104 158 Manuel 104 160 Clayton 102 160 Arnold 102 162 Sherman 100 163 Calvin 98 164 Bennie 96 164 Franklin 96 164 Adam 96 164 Elbert 96 168 Gus 95 168 Clifton 95 168 Gerald 95 171 Jerry 94 171 Steve 94 173 Ollie 93 173 Adolph 93 173 Clinton 93 173 Marvin 93 177 Roland 92 178 Dennis 90 178 Jasper 90 178 Reuben 90 178 Claud 90 182 Alonzo 89 182 Phillip 89 182 Orville 89 185 Jake 88 186 Jess 87 186 Elijah 87 186 Irving 87 186 Forrest 87 190 Nelson 86 190 Bill 86 192 Mike 85 192 Cornelius 85 192 Simon 85 195 Roscoe 84 196 Felix 83 196 Owen 83 196 Ross 83 199 Moses 81 200 Irvin 79
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1896 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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