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Top Names of 1896

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary13,811 babies
  2. 2Anna5,860 babies
  3. 3Helen4,392 babies
  4. 4Margaret4,050 babies
  5. 5Ruth3,905 babies
  6. 6Ethel3,502 babies
  7. 7Elizabeth3,471 babies
  8. 8Florence3,323 babies
  9. 9Marie3,087 babies
  10. 10Emma2,872 babies
  11. 11Lillian2,702 babies
  12. 12Alice2,651 babies
  13. 13Edna2,604 babies
  14. 14Clara2,582 babies
  15. 15Bertha2,565 babies
  16. 16Minnie2,530 babies
  17. 17Grace2,485 babies
  18. 18Bessie2,435 babies
  19. 19Annie2,358 babies
  20. 20Rose2,341 babies
  21. 21Mabel2,283 babies
  22. 22Hazel2,226 babies
  23. 23Gertrude2,221 babies
  24. 24Ida2,159 babies
  25. 25Pearl2,101 babies
  26. 26Martha2,022 babies
  27. 27Esther1,964 babies
  28. 27Frances1,964 babies
  29. 29Edith1,932 babies
  30. 30Myrtle1,928 babies
  31. 31Elsie1,878 babies
  32. 32Eva1,779 babies
  33. 33Gladys1,757 babies
  34. 34Nellie1,696 babies
  35. 35Sarah1,691 babies
  36. 36Ella1,683 babies
  37. 37Laura1,665 babies
  38. 38Agnes1,654 babies
  39. 39Mildred1,620 babies
  40. 40Catherine1,594 babies
  41. 41Irene1,593 babies
  42. 42Louise1,531 babies
  43. 43Lillie1,483 babies
  44. 44Julia1,407 babies
  45. 45Carrie1,388 babies
  46. 46Dorothy1,366 babies
  47. 47Hattie1,320 babies
  48. 48Lena1,318 babies
  49. 49Mattie1,288 babies
  50. 50Josephine1,256 babies
  51. 51Alma1,243 babies
  52. 52Cora1,204 babies
  53. 53Jennie1,178 babies
  54. 54Blanche1,150 babies
  55. 55Mae1,148 babies
  56. 56Maude1,104 babies
  57. 57Jessie1,103 babies
  58. 58Mamie1,081 babies
  59. 59Lucy1,074 babies
  60. 60Stella1,054 babies
  61. 61Katherine1,047 babies
  62. 61Viola1,047 babies
  63. 63Ada1,041 babies
  64. 64Lula1,012 babies
  65. 65Fannie1,001 babies
  66. 66Ruby994 babies
  67. 67Marion987 babies
  68. 68Dora874 babies
  69. 69Maggie871 babies
  70. 70Beatrice870 babies
  71. 71Nora844 babies
  72. 72Sadie827 babies
  73. 73Ellen811 babies
  74. 74Rosa808 babies
  75. 75Pauline756 babies
  76. 76Willie755 babies
  77. 77Beulah750 babies
  78. 78Marguerite725 babies
  79. 79Susie718 babies
  80. 80Effie716 babies
  81. 81Vera675 babies
  82. 82May671 babies
  83. 83Daisy661 babies
  84. 84Evelyn646 babies
  85. 85Della642 babies
  86. 86Lucille637 babies
  87. 87Nettie628 babies
  88. 88Kathryn625 babies
  89. 89Virginia621 babies
  90. 90Olive583 babies
  91. 91Lydia580 babies
  92. 92Lottie574 babies
  93. 93Georgia562 babies
  94. 94Leona556 babies
  95. 95Hilda549 babies
  96. 96Emily527 babies
  97. 96Flora527 babies
  98. 96Nancy527 babies
  99. 99Katie516 babies
  100. 100Lizzie508 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1John8,138 babies
  2. 2William7,747 babies
  3. 3James5,206 babies
  4. 4George4,286 babies
  5. 5Charles3,639 babies
  6. 6Joseph3,051 babies
  7. 7Frank2,845 babies
  8. 8Robert2,719 babies
  9. 9Edward2,296 babies
  10. 10Henry2,183 babies
  11. 11Harry2,091 babies
  12. 12Thomas2,088 babies
  13. 13Walter2,017 babies
  14. 14Arthur1,821 babies
  15. 15Albert1,434 babies
  16. 16Fred1,393 babies
  17. 17Clarence1,254 babies
  18. 18Willie1,092 babies
  19. 19Roy1,027 babies
  20. 20Paul964 babies
  21. 21Earl892 babies
  22. 22Louis871 babies
  23. 23Harold862 babies
  24. 24Raymond859 babies
  25. 25Carl852 babies
  26. 26Richard834 babies
  27. 27Joe767 babies
  28. 28David765 babies
  29. 29Ernest764 babies
  30. 30Ralph746 babies
  31. 31Samuel734 babies
  32. 32Charlie714 babies
  33. 33Howard677 babies
  34. 34Herbert635 babies
  35. 35Jesse586 babies
  36. 36Elmer576 babies
  37. 37Andrew566 babies
  38. 38Daniel561 babies
  39. 39Francis551 babies
  40. 40Jack539 babies
  41. 40Oscar539 babies
  42. 42Alfred527 babies
  43. 43Sam518 babies
  44. 44Will508 babies
  45. 45Eugene507 babies
  46. 46Lawrence499 babies
  47. 47Leo497 babies
  48. 48Lee455 babies
  49. 49Herman427 babies
  50. 50Ray426 babies
  51. 51Benjamin416 babies
  52. 52Peter402 babies
  53. 53Michael399 babies
  54. 54Claude398 babies
  55. 55Floyd396 babies
  56. 56Lewis386 babies
  57. 57Frederick381 babies
  58. 58Clyde372 babies
  59. 59Edwin351 babies
  60. 60Leonard350 babies
  61. 61Martin343 babies
  62. 62Tom339 babies
  63. 63Chester329 babies
  64. 64Russell327 babies
  65. 65Lester318 babies
  66. 66Clifford311 babies
  67. 67Lloyd308 babies
  68. 68Edgar306 babies
  69. 69Ben299 babies
  70. 70Harvey292 babies
  71. 71Jim281 babies
  72. 72Leroy278 babies
  73. 73Anthony276 babies
  74. 74Luther265 babies
  75. 75Hugh263 babies
  76. 76Eddie262 babies
  77. 76Guy262 babies
  78. 78Stanley259 babies
  79. 79Homer258 babies
  80. 80Otto250 babies
  81. 81Ed246 babies
  82. 82Bernard241 babies
  83. 82Jacob241 babies
  84. 82Theodore241 babies
  85. 85Leslie237 babies
  86. 86Leon235 babies
  87. 87Alexander232 babies
  88. 88Archie230 babies
  89. 89Jessie229 babies
  90. 90Everett224 babies
  91. 91Allen219 babies
  92. 92Philip218 babies
  93. 93Patrick214 babies
  94. 94Donald211 babies
  95. 95Horace204 babies
  96. 96Victor201 babies
  97. 97Cecil200 babies
  98. 98Milton194 babies
  99. 98Oliver194 babies
  100. 100Isaac191 babies
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