Most Popular Baby Names in 1897

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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