Top Names of 1897

The most popular names recorded in 1897 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

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

Boys

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