Top Boys Names of 1896 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	8K
2	William	8K
3	James	5K
4	George	4K
5	Charles	4K
6	Joseph	3K
7	Frank	3K
8	Robert	3K
9	Edward	2K
10	Henry	2K
11	Harry	2K
12	Thomas	2K
13	Walter	2K
14	Arthur	2K
15	Albert	1K
16	Fred	1K
17	Clarence	1K
18	Willie	1K
19	Roy	1K
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	Jack	539
40	Oscar	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	Bernard	241
82	Jacob	241
82	Theodore	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	Milton	194
98	Oliver	194
100	Isaac	191