Popular Baby Names in 1897
The most popular baby names in 1897.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 13,413 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 7,550 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 7,198 |
| 2 | Anna | Girl | 5,429 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 5,113 |
| 3 | Helen | Girl | 4,519 |
| 4 | Margaret | Girl | 4,146 |
| 4 | George | Boy | 4,078 |
| 5 | Ruth | Girl | 3,878 |
| 6 | Elizabeth | Girl | 3,442 |
| 7 | Florence | Girl | 3,369 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 3,341 |
| 8 | Ethel | Girl | 3,182 |
| 9 | Marie | Girl | 3,078 |
| 6 | Joseph | Boy | 2,827 |
| 7 | Frank | Boy | 2,726 |
| 8 | Robert | Boy | 2,701 |
| 10 | Emma | Girl | 2,698 |
| 11 | Lillian | Girl | 2,683 |
| 12 | Edna | Girl | 2,567 |
| 13 | Bertha | Girl | 2,502 |
| 14 | Grace | Girl | 2,458 |
| 15 | Clara | Girl | 2,454 |
| 16 | Alice | Girl | 2,431 |
| 17 | Bessie | Girl | 2,407 |
| 18 | Hazel | Girl | 2,339 |
| 19 | Rose | Girl | 2,316 |
| 20 | Annie | Girl | 2,307 |
| 21 | Minnie | Girl | 2,284 |
| 22 | Mabel | Girl | 2,222 |
| 23 | Gertrude | Girl | 2,135 |
| 9 | Edward | Boy | 2,121 |
| 24 | Ida | Girl | 2,108 |
| 25 | Pearl | Girl | 2,076 |
| 10 | Henry | Boy | 1,994 |
| 26 | Martha | Girl | 1,990 |
| 11 | Thomas | Boy | 1,980 |
| 27 | Frances | Girl | 1,975 |
| 28 | Esther | Girl | 1,911 |
| 12 | Walter | Boy | 1,895 |
| 13 | Harry | Boy | 1,879 |
| 29 | Myrtle | Girl | 1,833 |
| 30 | Edith | Girl | 1,823 |
| 31 | Elsie | Girl | 1,763 |
| 32 | Gladys | Girl | 1,737 |
| 33 | Mildred | Girl | 1,723 |
| 34 | Sarah | Girl | 1,713 |
| 35 | Eva | Girl | 1,709 |
| 36 | Ella | Girl | 1,708 |
| 37 | Nellie | Girl | 1,693 |
| 14 | Arthur | Boy | 1,647 |
| 38 | Irene | Girl | 1,587 |
| 39 | Laura | Girl | 1,585 |
| 40 | Agnes | Girl | 1,579 |
| 41 | Louise | Girl | 1,563 |
| 42 | Catherine | Girl | 1,511 |
| 43 | Dorothy | Girl | 1,472 |
| 44 | Lillie | Girl | 1,401 |
| 45 | Julia | Girl | 1,380 |
| 15 | Albert | Boy | 1,377 |
| 46 | Carrie | Girl | 1,365 |
| 16 | Fred | Boy | 1,301 |
| 47 | Josephine | Girl | 1,267 |
| 48 | Hattie | Girl | 1,251 |
| 49 | Cora | Girl | 1,246 |
| 50 | Lena | Girl | 1,239 |
| 51 | Alma | Girl | 1,213 |
| 17 | Clarence | Boy | 1,201 |
| 52 | Jessie | Girl | 1,191 |
| 53 | Mattie | Girl | 1,181 |
| 18 | Willie | Boy | 1,151 |
| 54 | Mae | Girl | 1,144 |
| 55 | Blanche | Girl | 1,092 |
| 56 | Jennie | Girl | 1,074 |
| 57 | Ruby | Girl | 1,025 |
| 58 | Viola | Girl | 1,017 |
| 59 | Mamie | Girl | 1,006 |
| 19 | Roy | Boy | 999 |
| 60 | Marion | Girl | 994 |
| 62 | Maude | Girl | 984 |
| 61 | Lucy | Girl | 984 |
| 63 | Lula | Girl | 971 |
| 64 | Stella | Girl | 966 |
| 65 | Katherine | Girl | 962 |
| 66 | Ada | Girl | 956 |
| 67 | Fannie | Girl | 956 |
| 68 | Beatrice | Girl | 942 |
| 20 | Paul | Boy | 923 |
| 69 | Dora | Girl | 862 |
| 21 | Harold | Boy | 860 |
| 22 | Raymond | Boy | 837 |
| 23 | Louis | Boy | 831 |
| 24 | Earl | Boy | 829 |
| 25 | Carl | Boy | 828 |
| 70 | Willie | Girl | 818 |
| 71 | Nora | Girl | 812 |
| 26 | Joe | Boy | 798 |
| 27 | Ernest | Boy | 785 |
| 72 | Pauline | Girl | 777 |
| 73 | Vera | Girl | 776 |