Top baby names of 1897

The 100 most popular boy and girl names in the US in 1897, from Social Security Administration birth records.

Top boy names

  1. 1John7,550
  2. 2William7,198
  3. 3James5,113
  4. 4George4,078
  5. 5Charles3,341
  6. 6Joseph2,827
  7. 7Frank2,726
  8. 8Robert2,701
  9. 9Edward2,121
  10. 10Henry1,994
  11. 11Thomas1,980
  12. 12Walter1,895
  13. 13Harry1,879
  14. 14Arthur1,647
  15. 15Albert1,377
  16. 16Fred1,301
  17. 17Clarence1,201
  18. 18Willie1,151
  19. 19Roy999
  20. 20Paul923
  21. 21Harold860
  22. 22Raymond837
  23. 23Louis831
  24. 24Earl829
  25. 25Carl828
  26. 26Joe798
  27. 27Ernest785
  28. 28Samuel759
  29. 29David730
  30. 30Charlie714
  31. 31Richard702
  32. 32Ralph697
  33. 33Howard634
  34. 34Elmer587
  35. 35Herbert565
  36. 36Andrew555
  37. 37Oscar543
  38. 38Jesse529
  39. 39Daniel520
  40. 40Alfred513
  41. 41Lawrence505
  42. 42Jack497
  43. 43Francis496
  44. 44Will491
  45. 45Sam478
  46. 46Leo462
  47. 47Lee453
  48. 48Floyd451
  49. 49Eugene447
  50. 50Herman412
  51. 51Peter397
  52. 52Ray397
  53. 53Edwin380
  54. 54Benjamin378
  55. 55Lewis378
  56. 56Frederick369
  57. 57Michael368
  58. 58Clyde359
  59. 59Claude345
  60. 60Martin312
  61. 61Leonard310
  62. 62Lester310
  63. 63Tom298
  64. 64Russell295
  65. 65Ben291
  66. 66Leroy291
  67. 67Chester290
  68. 68Clifford285
  69. 69Edgar278
  70. 70Homer278
  71. 71Luther271
  72. 72Harvey268
  73. 73Eddie263
  74. 74Lloyd258
  75. 75Jim252
  76. 76Anthony249
  77. 77Stanley240
  78. 78Bernard234
  79. 79Jessie234
  80. 80Otto234
  81. 81Leon229
  82. 82Allen226
  83. 83Leslie222
  84. 84Cecil216
  85. 85Theodore215
  86. 86Hugh213
  87. 87Patrick210
  88. 88Jacob204
  89. 89Philip200
  90. 90Ed198
  91. 91Norman197
  92. 92Donald195
  93. 93Guy195
  94. 94Stephen194
  95. 95Archie190
  96. 96Victor190
  97. 97Alvin186
  98. 98Percy183
  99. 99Ira180
  100. 100Everett179

Top girl names

  1. 1Mary13,413
  2. 2Anna5,429
  3. 3Helen4,519
  4. 4Margaret4,146
  5. 5Ruth3,878
  6. 6Elizabeth3,442
  7. 7Florence3,369
  8. 8Ethel3,182
  9. 9Marie3,078
  10. 10Emma2,698
  11. 11Lillian2,683
  12. 12Edna2,567
  13. 13Bertha2,502
  14. 14Grace2,458
  15. 15Clara2,454
  16. 16Alice2,431
  17. 17Bessie2,407
  18. 18Hazel2,339
  19. 19Rose2,316
  20. 20Annie2,307
  21. 21Minnie2,284
  22. 22Mabel2,222
  23. 23Gertrude2,135
  24. 24Ida2,108
  25. 25Pearl2,076
  26. 26Martha1,990
  27. 27Frances1,975
  28. 28Esther1,911
  29. 29Myrtle1,833
  30. 30Edith1,823
  31. 31Elsie1,763
  32. 32Gladys1,737
  33. 33Mildred1,723
  34. 34Sarah1,713
  35. 35Eva1,709
  36. 36Ella1,708
  37. 37Nellie1,693
  38. 38Irene1,587
  39. 39Laura1,585
  40. 40Agnes1,579
  41. 41Louise1,563
  42. 42Catherine1,511
  43. 43Dorothy1,472
  44. 44Lillie1,401
  45. 45Julia1,380
  46. 46Carrie1,365
  47. 47Josephine1,267
  48. 48Hattie1,251
  49. 49Cora1,246
  50. 50Lena1,239
  51. 51Alma1,213
  52. 52Jessie1,191
  53. 53Mattie1,181
  54. 54Mae1,144
  55. 55Blanche1,092
  56. 56Jennie1,074
  57. 57Ruby1,025
  58. 58Viola1,017
  59. 59Mamie1,006
  60. 60Marion994
  61. 61Lucy984
  62. 62Maude984
  63. 63Lula971
  64. 64Stella966
  65. 65Katherine962
  66. 66Ada956
  67. 67Fannie956
  68. 68Beatrice942
  69. 69Dora862
  70. 70Willie818
  71. 71Nora812
  72. 72Pauline777
  73. 73Vera776
  74. 74Rosa770
  75. 75Maggie760
  76. 76Sadie757
  77. 77Ellen733
  78. 78Marguerite728
  79. 79Effie698
  80. 80Evelyn690
  81. 81Beulah688
  82. 82Lucille648
  83. 83Lydia642
  84. 84Virginia638
  85. 85Susie626
  86. 86Daisy624
  87. 87Della624
  88. 88Emily619
  89. 89Leona619
  90. 90Nettie614
  91. 91May595
  92. 92Olive583
  93. 93Kathryn570
  94. 94Hilda561
  95. 95Eleanor559
  96. 96Nancy553
  97. 97Ann545
  98. 98Sallie545
  99. 99Lizzie543
  100. 100Theresa533