Top baby names of 1897
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4James83,850
- 5George66,876
- 6Charles54,790
- 7Joseph46,360
- 8Frank44,704
- 9Robert44,310
- 10Anna43,734
- 11Helen36,396
- 12Edward34,782
- 13Margaret33,390
- 14Henry32,700
- 15Thomas32,486
- 16Ruth31,232
- 17Walter31,076
- 18Harry30,830
- 19Elizabeth27,728
- 20Florence27,140
- 21Arthur27,026
- 22Ethel25,624
- 23Marie24,796
- 24Albert22,598
- 25Emma21,734
- 26Lillian21,614
- 27Fred21,336
- 28Edna20,678
- 29Bertha20,156
- 30Grace19,800
- 31Clara19,768
- 32Clarence19,696
- 33Alice19,584
- 34Bessie19,390
- 35Willie18,876
- 36Hazel18,842
- 37Rose18,656
- 38Annie18,584
- 39Minnie18,398
- 40Mabel17,900
- 41Gertrude17,198
- 42Ida16,982
- 43Pearl16,724
- 44Roy16,382
- 45Martha16,030
- 46Frances15,910
- 47Esther15,394
- 48Paul15,136
- 49Myrtle14,766
- 50Edith14,686
- 51Elsie14,202
- 52Harold14,104
- 53Gladys13,992
- 54Mildred13,880
- 55Sarah13,800
- 56Eva13,766
- 57Ella13,758
- 58Raymond13,726
- 59Nellie13,638
- 60Louis13,628
- 61Earl13,594
- 62Carl13,578
- 63Joe13,086
- 64Ernest12,874
- 65Irene12,784
- 66Laura12,768
- 67Agnes12,720
- 68Louise12,582
- 69Samuel12,448
- 70Catherine12,172
- 71David11,972
- 72Dorothy11,858
- 73Charlie11,710
- 74Richard11,512
- 75Ralph11,430
- 76Lillie11,286
- 77Julia11,116
- 78Carrie10,996
- 79Howard10,398
- 80Josephine10,206
- 81Hattie10,078
- 82Cora10,038
- 83Lena9,980
- 84Elmer9,626
- 85Herbert9,266
- 86Andrew9,102
- 87Oscar8,904
- 88Jesse8,676
- 89Daniel8,528
- 90Alfred8,412
- 91Lawrence8,298
- 92Jack8,150
- 93Francis8,134
- 94Will8,052
- 95Sam7,838
- 96Leo7,576
- 97Lee7,428
- 98Floyd7,396
- 99Eugene7,330
- 100Herman6,756