Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1897

John and Mary topped the list in 1897. The 10 most popular names went to 35% of boys and 20% of girls, from 1,228 boy names and 1,798 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 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
  52. Ray 397
  53. Edwin 380
  54. Benjamin 378
  55. Lewis 378
  56. Frederick 369
  57. Michael 368
  58. Clyde 359
  59. Claude 345
  60. Martin 312
  61. Leonard 310
  62. Lester 310
  63. Tom 298
  64. Russell 295
  65. Ben 291
  66. Leroy 291
  67. Chester 290
  68. Clifford 285
  69. Edgar 278
  70. Homer 278
  71. Luther 271
  72. Harvey 268
  73. Eddie 263
  74. Lloyd 258
  75. Jim 252
  76. Anthony 249
  77. Stanley 240
  78. Bernard 234
  79. Jessie 234
  80. Otto 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. Donald 195
  93. Guy 195
  94. Stephen 194
  95. Archie 190
  96. Victor 190
  97. Alvin 186
  98. Percy 183
  99. Ira 180
  100. Everett 179

Top girl names of 1897

  1. 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. Lucy 984
  62. Maude 984
  63. Lula 971
  64. Stella 966
  65. Katherine 962
  66. Ada 956
  67. 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
  87. Della 624
  88. Emily 619
  89. Leona 619
  90. Nettie 614
  91. May 595
  92. Olive 583
  93. Kathryn 570
  94. Hilda 561
  95. Eleanor 559
  96. Nancy 553
  97. Ann 545
  98. Sallie 545
  99. Lizzie 543
  100. Theresa 533

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1897?
John was the #1 boy name in 1897 (7,550 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (13,413 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1897?
Social Security records list 346,957 babies born in 1897 with names given to at least 5 babies: 112,757 boys and 234,200 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.