Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1896

See the most popular baby girl names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1895.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1895
1	Mary	13,811	0
2	Anna	5,860	0
3	Helen	4,392	0
4	Margaret	4,050	0
5	Ruth	3,905	+1
6	Ethel	3,502	+2
7	Elizabeth	3,471	-2
8	Florence	3,323	-1
9	Marie	3,087	0
10	Emma	2,872	0
11	Lillian	2,702	+5
12	Alice	2,651	+5
13	Edna	2,604	+1
14	Clara	2,582	-2
15	Bertha	2,565	-4
16	Minnie	2,530	-3
17	Grace	2,485	+1
18	Bessie	2,435	-3
19	Annie	2,358	0
20	Rose	2,341	+1
21	Mabel	2,283	-1
22	Hazel	2,226	0
23	Gertrude	2,221	+1
24	Ida	2,159	-1
25	Pearl	2,101	+1
26	Martha	2,022	-1
27	Esther	1,964	+4
27	Frances	1,964	+2
29	Edith	1,932	-2
30	Myrtle	1,928	-2
31	Elsie	1,878	+1
32	Eva	1,779	+2
33	Gladys	1,757	+8
34	Nellie	1,696	-5
35	Sarah	1,691	-2
36	Ella	1,683	-1
37	Laura	1,665	-1
38	Agnes	1,654	+2
39	Mildred	1,620	0
40	Catherine	1,594	-2
41	Irene	1,593	+2
42	Louise	1,531	-5
43	Lillie	1,483	+1
44	Julia	1,407	+1
45	Carrie	1,388	-3
46	Dorothy	1,366	+11
47	Hattie	1,320	-1
48	Lena	1,318	+2
49	Mattie	1,288	+2
50	Josephine	1,256	-3
51	Alma	1,243	+4
52	Cora	1,204	-3
53	Jennie	1,178	0
54	Blanche	1,150	0
55	Mae	1,148	-3
56	Maude	1,104	0
57	Jessie	1,103	-9
58	Mamie	1,081	+1
59	Lucy	1,074	+2
60	Stella	1,054	0
61	Katherine	1,047	+4
61	Viola	1,047	+2
63	Ada	1,041	-5
64	Lula	1,012	0
65	Fannie	1,001	-3
66	Ruby	994	0
67	Marion	987	+2
68	Dora	874	0
69	Maggie	871	-2
70	Beatrice	870	+3
71	Nora	844	-1
72	Sadie	827	0
73	Ellen	811	+2
74	Rosa	808	-3
75	Pauline	756	+1
76	Willie	755	+2
77	Beulah	750	-3
78	Marguerite	725	+3
79	Susie	718	+4
80	Effie	716	-1
81	Vera	675	-4
82	May	671	-2
83	Daisy	661	+1
84	Evelyn	646	+3
85	Della	642	+1
86	Lucille	637	+15
87	Nettie	628	-5
88	Kathryn	625	+2
89	Virginia	621	-1
90	Olive	583	+1
91	Lydia	580	-6
92	Lottie	574	+3
93	Georgia	562	+1
94	Leona	556	+8
95	Hilda	549	+9
96	Emily	527	-7
96	Flora	527	0
96	Nancy	527	-3
99	Katie	516	+1
100	Lizzie	508	-1