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