Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1896
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1895.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1895 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 8,138 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 7,747 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 5,206 | 0 |
| 4 | George | 4,286 | 0 |
| 5 | Charles | 3,639 | 0 |
| 6 | Joseph | 3,051 | +1 |
| 7 | Frank | 2,845 | -1 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,719 | 0 |
| 9 | Edward | 2,296 | +1 |
| 10 | Henry | 2,183 | -1 |
| 11 | Harry | 2,091 | +1 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,088 | -1 |
| 13 | Walter | 2,017 | 0 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,821 | 0 |
| 15 | Albert | 1,434 | +1 |
| 16 | Fred | 1,393 | -1 |
| 17 | Clarence | 1,254 | 0 |
| 18 | Willie | 1,092 | 0 |
| 19 | Roy | 1,027 | 0 |
| 20 | Paul | 964 | 0 |
| 21 | Earl | 892 | +1 |
| 22 | Louis | 871 | -1 |
| 23 | Harold | 862 | +6 |
| 24 | Raymond | 859 | +2 |
| 25 | Carl | 852 | -3 |
| 26 | Richard | 834 | +5 |
| 27 | Joe | 767 | +1 |
| 28 | David | 765 | +4 |
| 29 | Ernest | 764 | -5 |
| 30 | Ralph | 746 | 0 |
| 31 | Samuel | 734 | -6 |
| 32 | Charlie | 714 | -5 |
| 33 | Howard | 677 | 0 |
| 34 | Herbert | 635 | +2 |
| 35 | Jesse | 586 | 0 |
| 36 | Elmer | 576 | -2 |
| 37 | Andrew | 566 | 0 |
| 38 | Daniel | 561 | +2 |
| 39 | Francis | 551 | +6 |
| 40 | Jack | 539 | +6 |
| 40 | Oscar | 539 | -1 |
| 42 | Alfred | 527 | -4 |
| 43 | Sam | 518 | 0 |
| 44 | Will | 508 | 0 |
| 45 | Eugene | 507 | +5 |
| 46 | Lawrence | 499 | -5 |
| 47 | Leo | 497 | -6 |
| 48 | Lee | 455 | -1 |
| 49 | Herman | 427 | 0 |
| 50 | Ray | 426 | +6 |
| 51 | Benjamin | 416 | -3 |
| 52 | Peter | 402 | +1 |
| 53 | Michael | 399 | -1 |
| 54 | Claude | 398 | +1 |
| 55 | Floyd | 396 | -4 |
| 56 | Lewis | 386 | +1 |
| 57 | Frederick | 381 | -3 |
| 58 | Clyde | 372 | +1 |
| 59 | Edwin | 351 | +1 |
| 60 | Leonard | 350 | +1 |
| 61 | Martin | 343 | +4 |
| 62 | Tom | 339 | 0 |
| 63 | Chester | 329 | -6 |
| 64 | Russell | 327 | +2 |
| 65 | Lester | 318 | +3 |
| 66 | Clifford | 311 | +6 |
| 67 | Lloyd | 308 | +8 |
| 68 | Edgar | 306 | -4 |
| 69 | Ben | 299 | -6 |
| 70 | Harvey | 292 | 0 |
| 71 | Jim | 281 | 0 |
| 72 | Leroy | 278 | +6 |
| 73 | Anthony | 276 | +13 |
| 74 | Luther | 265 | -1 |
| 75 | Hugh | 263 | +5 |
| 76 | Eddie | 262 | +9 |
| 76 | Guy | 262 | 0 |
| 78 | Stanley | 259 | +4 |
| 79 | Homer | 258 | -12 |
| 80 | Otto | 250 | -11 |
| 81 | Ed | 246 | +3 |
| 82 | Bernard | 241 | -5 |
| 82 | Jacob | 241 | -8 |
| 82 | Theodore | 241 | +11 |
| 85 | Leslie | 237 | -4 |
| 86 | Leon | 235 | +1 |
| 87 | Alexander | 232 | +10 |
| 88 | Archie | 230 | +1 |
| 89 | Jessie | 229 | -10 |
| 90 | Everett | 224 | +4 |
| 91 | Allen | 219 | +7 |
| 92 | Philip | 218 | -2 |
| 93 | Patrick | 214 | -11 |
| 94 | Donald | 211 | +2 |
| 95 | Horace | 204 | -5 |
| 96 | Victor | 201 | +2 |
| 97 | Cecil | 200 | +3 |
| 98 | Milton | 194 | +4 |
| 98 | Oliver | 194 | -10 |
| 100 | Isaac | 191 | +7 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.