Top baby names of 1897

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

Girls

  1. Mary13,413
  2. Anna5,429
  3. Helen4,519
  4. Margaret4,146
  5. Ruth3,878
  6. Elizabeth3,442
  7. Florence3,369
  8. Ethel3,182
  9. Marie3,078
  10. Emma2,698
  11. Lillian2,683
  12. Edna2,567
  13. Bertha2,502
  14. Grace2,458
  15. Clara2,454
  16. Alice2,431
  17. Bessie2,407
  18. Hazel2,339
  19. Rose2,316
  20. Annie2,307
  21. Minnie2,284
  22. Mabel2,222
  23. Gertrude2,135
  24. Ida2,108
  25. Pearl2,076
  26. Martha1,990
  27. Frances1,975
  28. Esther1,911
  29. Myrtle1,833
  30. Edith1,823
  31. Elsie1,763
  32. Gladys1,737
  33. Mildred1,723
  34. Sarah1,713
  35. Eva1,709
  36. Ella1,708
  37. Nellie1,693
  38. Irene1,587
  39. Laura1,585
  40. Agnes1,579
  41. Louise1,563
  42. Catherine1,511
  43. Dorothy1,472
  44. Lillie1,401
  45. Julia1,380
  46. Carrie1,365
  47. Josephine1,267
  48. Hattie1,251
  49. Cora1,246
  50. Lena1,239

Boys

  1. John7,550
  2. William7,198
  3. James5,113
  4. George4,078
  5. Charles3,341
  6. Joseph2,827
  7. Frank2,726
  8. Robert2,701
  9. Edward2,121
  10. Henry1,994
  11. Thomas1,980
  12. Walter1,895
  13. Harry1,879
  14. Arthur1,647
  15. Albert1,377
  16. Fred1,301
  17. Clarence1,201
  18. Willie1,151
  19. Roy999
  20. Paul923
  21. Harold860
  22. Raymond837
  23. Louis831
  24. Earl829
  25. Carl828
  26. Joe798
  27. Ernest785
  28. Samuel759
  29. David730
  30. Charlie714
  31. Richard702
  32. Ralph697
  33. Howard634
  34. Elmer587
  35. Herbert565
  36. Andrew555
  37. Oscar543
  38. Jesse529
  39. Daniel520
  40. Alfred513
  41. Lawrence505
  42. Jack497
  43. Francis496
  44. Will491
  45. Sam478
  46. Leo462
  47. Lee453
  48. Floyd451
  49. Eugene447
  50. Herman412