Top 200 Boy Names of 1896

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1896 with 8,138 births. The list ends at 79 births and includes the 1 names tied at the last rank; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1896
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	8,138
2	William	7,747
3	James	5,206
4	George	4,286
5	Charles	3,639
6	Joseph	3,051
7	Frank	2,845
8	Robert	2,719
9	Edward	2,296
10	Henry	2,183
11	Harry	2,091
12	Thomas	2,088
13	Walter	2,017
14	Arthur	1,821
15	Albert	1,434
16	Fred	1,393
17	Clarence	1,254
18	Willie	1,092
19	Roy	1,027
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
101	Ira	190
102	Alvin	183
103	August	180
104	Norman	178
105	Sidney	176
106	Kenneth	175
107	Glenn	174
107	Julius	174
109	Bert	173
110	Marion	172
111	Charley	168
112	Alex	165
113	Stephen	164
114	Lonnie	159
115	Melvin	158
116	Bryan	157
116	Percy	157
118	Willard	152
119	Mack	148
120	Max	145
120	Rufus	145
120	Wesley	145
120	Willis	145
124	Earnest	144
125	Emil	143
126	Virgil	138
127	Morris	136
128	Hobart	135
129	Dan	133
130	Wallace	130
131	Gilbert	129
131	Vernon	129
133	Maurice	127
134	Warren	125
135	Otis	124
136	Matthew	123
137	Mckinley	121
138	Wilbur	120
139	Hubert	119
139	Mark	119
141	Dave	118
141	Marshall	118
143	Gordon	117
144	Johnnie	116
145	Emmett	113
145	Glen	113
147	Vincent	112
148	Perry	111
148	Sylvester	111
150	Amos	110
150	Edmund	110
150	Nathan	110
153	Abraham	109
154	Rudolph	108
155	Curtis	107
156	Ellis	106
156	Nicholas	106
158	Jose	104
158	Manuel	104
160	Arnold	102
160	Clayton	102
162	Sherman	100
163	Calvin	98
164	Adam	96
164	Bennie	96
164	Elbert	96
164	Franklin	96
168	Clifton	95
168	Gerald	95
168	Gus	95
171	Jerry	94
171	Steve	94
173	Adolph	93
173	Clinton	93
173	Marvin	93
173	Ollie	93
177	Roland	92
178	Claud	90
178	Dennis	90
178	Jasper	90
178	Reuben	90
182	Alonzo	89
182	Orville	89
182	Phillip	89
185	Jake	88
186	Elijah	87
186	Forrest	87
186	Irving	87
186	Jess	87
190	Bill	86
190	Nelson	86
192	Cornelius	85
192	Mike	85
192	Simon	85
195	Roscoe	84
196	Felix	83
196	Owen	83
196	Ross	83
199	Moses	81
200	Harrison	79
200	Irvin	79