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Top Baby Names 1896

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 237,918 · Total Boys: 119,566

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	13,811	5.805%
2	Anna	5,860	2.463%
3	Helen	4,392	1.846%
4	Margaret	4,050	1.702%
5	Ruth	3,905	1.641%
6	Ethel	3,502	1.472%
7	Elizabeth	3,471	1.459%
8	Florence	3,323	1.397%
9	Marie	3,087	1.298%
10	Emma	2,872	1.207%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Lillian	2,702	1.136%
12	Alice	2,651	1.114%
13	Edna	2,604	1.094%
14	Clara	2,582	1.085%
15	Bertha	2,565	1.078%
16	Minnie	2,530	1.063%
17	Grace	2,485	1.044%
18	Bessie	2,435	1.023%
19	Annie	2,358	0.991%
20	Rose	2,341	0.984%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Mabel	2,283	0.960%
22	Hazel	2,226	0.936%
23	Gertrude	2,221	0.934%
24	Ida	2,159	0.907%
25	Pearl	2,101	0.883%
26	Martha	2,022	0.850%
27	Esther	1,964	0.825%
28	Frances	1,964	0.825%
29	Edith	1,932	0.812%
30	Myrtle	1,928	0.810%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Elsie	1,878	0.789%
32	Eva	1,779	0.748%
33	Gladys	1,757	0.738%
34	Nellie	1,696	0.713%
35	Sarah	1,691	0.711%
36	Ella	1,683	0.707%
37	Laura	1,665	0.700%
38	Agnes	1,654	0.695%
39	Mildred	1,620	0.681%
40	Catherine	1,594	0.670%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Irene	1,593	0.670%
42	Louise	1,531	0.644%
43	Lillie	1,483	0.623%
44	Julia	1,407	0.591%
45	Carrie	1,388	0.583%
46	Dorothy	1,366	0.574%
47	Hattie	1,320	0.555%
48	Lena	1,318	0.554%
49	Mattie	1,288	0.541%
50	Josephine	1,256	0.528%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Alma	1,243	0.522%
52	Cora	1,204	0.506%
53	Jennie	1,178	0.495%
54	Blanche	1,150	0.483%
55	Mae	1,148	0.483%
56	Maude	1,104	0.464%
57	Jessie	1,103	0.464%
58	Mamie	1,081	0.454%
59	Lucy	1,074	0.451%
60	Stella	1,054	0.443%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Katherine	1,047	0.440%
62	Viola	1,047	0.440%
63	Ada	1,041	0.438%
64	Lula	1,012	0.425%
65	Fannie	1,001	0.421%
66	Ruby	994	0.418%
67	Marion	987	0.415%
68	Dora	874	0.367%
69	Maggie	871	0.366%
70	Beatrice	870	0.366%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Nora	844	0.355%
72	Sadie	827	0.348%
73	Ellen	811	0.341%
74	Rosa	808	0.340%
75	Pauline	756	0.318%
76	Willie	755	0.317%
77	Beulah	750	0.315%
78	Marguerite	725	0.305%
79	Susie	718	0.302%
80	Effie	716	0.301%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Vera	675	0.284%
82	May	671	0.282%
83	Daisy	661	0.278%
84	Evelyn	646	0.272%
85	Della	642	0.270%
86	Lucille	637	0.268%
87	Nettie	628	0.264%
88	Kathryn	625	0.263%
89	Virginia	621	0.261%
90	Olive	583	0.245%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Lydia	580	0.244%
92	Lottie	574	0.241%
93	Georgia	562	0.236%
94	Leona	556	0.234%
95	Hilda	549	0.231%
96	Emily	527	0.222%
97	Flora	527	0.222%
98	Nancy	527	0.222%
99	Katie	516	0.217%
100	Lizzie	508	0.214%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	8,138	6.806%
2	William	7,747	6.479%
3	James	5,206	4.354%
4	George	4,286	3.585%
5	Charles	3,639	3.044%
6	Joseph	3,051	2.552%
7	Frank	2,845	2.379%
8	Robert	2,719	2.274%
9	Edward	2,296	1.920%
10	Henry	2,183	1.826%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Harry	2,091	1.749%
12	Thomas	2,088	1.746%
13	Walter	2,017	1.687%
14	Arthur	1,821	1.523%
15	Albert	1,434	1.199%
16	Fred	1,393	1.165%
17	Clarence	1,254	1.049%
18	Willie	1,092	0.913%
19	Roy	1,027	0.859%
20	Paul	964	0.806%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Earl	892	0.746%
22	Louis	871	0.728%
23	Harold	862	0.721%
24	Raymond	859	0.718%
25	Carl	852	0.713%
26	Richard	834	0.698%
27	Joe	767	0.641%
28	David	765	0.640%
29	Ernest	764	0.639%
30	Ralph	746	0.624%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Samuel	734	0.614%
32	Charlie	714	0.597%
33	Howard	677	0.566%
34	Herbert	635	0.531%
35	Jesse	586	0.490%
36	Elmer	576	0.482%
37	Andrew	566	0.473%
38	Daniel	561	0.469%
39	Francis	551	0.461%
40	Jack	539	0.451%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Oscar	539	0.451%
42	Alfred	527	0.441%
43	Sam	518	0.433%
44	Will	508	0.425%
45	Eugene	507	0.424%
46	Lawrence	499	0.417%
47	Leo	497	0.416%
48	Lee	455	0.381%
49	Herman	427	0.357%
50	Ray	426	0.356%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Benjamin	416	0.348%
52	Peter	402	0.336%
53	Michael	399	0.334%
54	Claude	398	0.333%
55	Floyd	396	0.331%
56	Lewis	386	0.323%
57	Frederick	381	0.319%
58	Clyde	372	0.311%
59	Edwin	351	0.294%
60	Leonard	350	0.293%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Martin	343	0.287%
62	Tom	339	0.284%
63	Chester	329	0.275%
64	Russell	327	0.273%
65	Lester	318	0.266%
66	Clifford	311	0.260%
67	Lloyd	308	0.258%
68	Edgar	306	0.256%
69	Ben	299	0.250%
70	Harvey	292	0.244%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Jim	281	0.235%
72	Leroy	278	0.233%
73	Anthony	276	0.231%
74	Luther	265	0.222%
75	Hugh	263	0.220%
76	Eddie	262	0.219%
77	Guy	262	0.219%
78	Stanley	259	0.217%
79	Homer	258	0.216%
80	Otto	250	0.209%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Ed	246	0.206%
82	Bernard	241	0.202%
83	Jacob	241	0.202%
84	Theodore	241	0.202%
85	Leslie	237	0.198%
86	Leon	235	0.197%
87	Alexander	232	0.194%
88	Archie	230	0.192%
89	Jessie	229	0.192%
90	Everett	224	0.187%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Allen	219	0.183%
92	Philip	218	0.182%
93	Patrick	214	0.179%
94	Donald	211	0.176%
95	Horace	204	0.171%
96	Victor	201	0.168%
97	Cecil	200	0.167%
98	Milton	194	0.162%
99	Oliver	194	0.162%
100	Isaac	191	0.160%

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