1897
Top Baby Names of 1897
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1897
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Mary 13,413 2
Anna 5,429 3
Helen 4,519 4
Margaret 4,146 5
Ruth 3,878 6
Elizabeth 3,442 7
Florence 3,369 8
Ethel 3,182 9
Marie 3,078 10
Emma 2,698 11
Lillian 2,683 12
Edna 2,567 13
Bertha 2,502 14
Grace 2,458 15
Clara 2,454 16
Alice 2,431 17
Bessie 2,407 18
Hazel 2,339 19
Rose 2,316 20
Annie 2,307 21
Minnie 2,284 22
Mabel 2,222 23
Gertrude 2,135 24
Ida 2,108 25
Pearl 2,076 26
Martha 1,990 27
Frances 1,975 28
Esther 1,911 29
Myrtle 1,833 30
Edith 1,823 31
Elsie 1,763 32
Gladys 1,737 33
Mildred 1,723 34
Sarah 1,713 35
Eva 1,709 36
Ella 1,708 37
Nellie 1,693 38
Irene 1,587 39
Laura 1,585 40
Agnes 1,579 41
Louise 1,563 42
Catherine 1,511 43
Dorothy 1,472 44
Lillie 1,401 45
Julia 1,380 46
Carrie 1,365 47
Josephine 1,267 48
Hattie 1,251 49
Cora 1,246 50
Lena 1,239 51
Alma 1,213 52
Jessie 1,191 53
Mattie 1,181 54
Mae 1,144 55
Blanche 1,092 56
Jennie 1,074 57
Ruby 1,025 58
Viola 1,017 59
Mamie 1,006 60
Marion 994 61
Maude 984 61
Lucy 984 63
Lula 971 64
Stella 966 65
Katherine 962 66
Ada 956 66
Fannie 956 68
Beatrice 942 69
Dora 862 70
Willie 818 71
Nora 812 72
Pauline 777 73
Vera 776 74
Rosa 770 75
Maggie 760 76
Sadie 757 77
Ellen 733 78
Marguerite 728 79
Effie 698 80
Evelyn 690 81
Beulah 688 82
Lucille 648 83
Lydia 642 84
Virginia 638 85
Susie 626 86
Daisy 624 86
Della 624 88
Emily 619 88
Leona 619 90
Nettie 614 91
May 595 92
Olive 583 93
Kathryn 570 94
Hilda 561 95
Eleanor 559 96
Nancy 553 97
Sallie 545 97
Ann 545 99
Lizzie 543 100
Theresa 533 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1897
1
John 7,550 2
William 7,198 3
James 5,113 4
George 4,078 5
Charles 3,341 6
Joseph 2,827 7
Frank 2,726 8
Robert 2,701 9
Edward 2,121 10
Henry 1,994 11
Thomas 1,980 12
Walter 1,895 13
Harry 1,879 14
Arthur 1,647 15
Albert 1,377 16
Fred 1,301 17
Clarence 1,201 18
Willie 1,151 19
Roy 999 20
Paul 923 21
Harold 860 22
Raymond 837 23
Louis 831 24
Earl 829 25
Carl 828 26
Joe 798 27
Ernest 785 28
Samuel 759 29
David 730 30
Charlie 714 31
Richard 702 32
Ralph 697 33
Howard 634 34
Elmer 587 35
Herbert 565 36
Andrew 555 37
Oscar 543 38
Jesse 529 39
Daniel 520 40
Alfred 513 41
Lawrence 505 42
Jack 497 43
Francis 496 44
Will 491 45
Sam 478 46
Leo 462 47
Lee 453 48
Floyd 451 49
Eugene 447 50
Herman 412 51
Peter 397 51
Ray 397 53
Edwin 380 54
Lewis 378 54
Benjamin 378 56
Frederick 369 57
Michael 368 58
Clyde 359 59
Claude 345 60
Martin 312 61
Leonard 310 61
Lester 310 63
Tom 298 64
Russell 295 65
Ben 291 65
Leroy 291 67
Chester 290 68
Clifford 285 69
Edgar 278 69
Homer 278 71
Luther 271 72
Harvey 268 73
Eddie 263 74
Lloyd 258 75
Jim 252 76
Anthony 249 77
Stanley 240 78
Otto 234 78
Jessie 234 78
Bernard 234 81
Leon 229 82
Allen 226 83
Leslie 222 84
Cecil 216 85
Theodore 215 86
Hugh 213 87
Patrick 210 88
Jacob 204 89
Philip 200 90
Ed 198 91
Norman 197 92
Guy 195 92
Donald 195 94
Stephen 194 95
Archie 190 95
Victor 190 97
Alvin 186 98
Percy 183 99
Ira 180 100
Everett 179 About 1897 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1897, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.