Top Baby Names of 1897
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 About 1897 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1897, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.