Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1897

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1897 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	13,413	5.402	-125	-11,086	1	John	7,550	6.191	-26	1,569
2	Anna	5,429	2.187	-52	-1,284	2	William	7,198	5.903	-1	7,318
3	Helen	4,519	1.820	-410	-3,774	3	James	5,113	4.193	-1	8,412
4	Margaret	4,146	1.670	-123	-1,834	4	George	4,078	3.344	-123	-1,019
5	Ruth	3,878	1.562	-260	-2,644	5	Charles	3,341	2.740	-47	3,263
6	Elizabeth	3,442	1.386	-7	5,071	6	Joseph	2,827	2.318	-17	6,728
7	Florence	3,369	1.357	-964	-3,100	7	Frank	2,726	2.235	-385	-1,923
8	Ethel	3,182	1.282	-4,348	-3,150	8	Robert	2,701	2.215	-63	2,439
9	Marie	3,078	1.240	-567	-2,548	9	Edward	2,121	1.739	-160	147
10	Emma	2,698	1.087	9	15,990	10	Henry	1,994	1.635	-6	8,655
11	Lillian	2,683	1.081	-23	2,851	11	Thomas	1,980	1.624	-38	4,799
12	Edna	2,567	1.034	-1,725	-2,450	12	Walter	1,895	1.554	-259	-592
13	Bertha	2,502	1.008	-4,746	-2,474	13	Harry	1,879	1.541	-607	-1,452
14	Grace	2,458	0.990	-10	4,266	14	Arthur	1,647	1.351	-216	-5
15	Clara	2,454	0.988	-88	423	15	Albert	1,377	1.129	-437	-720
16	Alice	2,431	0.979	-55	1,212	16	Fred	1,301	1.067	-1,634	-1,204
17	Bessie	2,407	0.969	-10,608	-2,398	17	Clarence	1,201	0.985	-1,099	-1,029
18	Hazel	2,339	0.942	-24	2,577	18	Willie	1,151	0.944	-916	-927
19	Rose	2,316	0.933	-104	116	19	Roy	999	0.819	-523	-485
20	Annie	2,307	0.929	-288	-1,227	20	Paul	923	0.757	-214	702
21	Minnie	2,284	0.920	-2,598	-2,218	21	Harold	860	0.705	-776	-579
22	Mabel	2,222	0.895	-414	-1,500	22	Raymond	837	0.686	-277	312
23	Gertrude	2,135	0.860	-5,463	-2,112	23	Louis	831	0.681	-240	537
24	Ida	2,108	0.849	-1,197	-1,918	24	Earl	829	0.680	-1,640	-734
25	Pearl	2,076	0.836	-622	-1,621	25	Carl	828	0.679	-675	-486
26	Martha	1,990	0.802	-771	-1,649	26	Joe	798	0.654	-669	-453
27	Frances	1,975	0.795	-418	-1,260	27	Ernest	785	0.644	-951	-575
28	Esther	1,911	0.770	-125	-80	28	Samuel	759	0.622	7	8,975
29	Myrtle	1,833	0.738	OLD	-1,833	29	David	730	0.599	7	8,967
30	Edith	1,823	0.734	-488	-1,224	30	Charlie	714	0.586	-188	1,002
31	Elsie	1,763	0.710	-249	-585	31	Richard	702	0.576	-157	1,417
32	Gladys	1,737	0.700	-3,407	-1,692	32	Ralph	697	0.572	-919	-480
33	Mildred	1,723	0.694	-2,036	-1,630	33	Howard	634	0.520	-935	-421
34	Sarah	1,713	0.690	-33	2,021	34	Elmer	587	0.481	-1,225	-442
35	Eva	1,709	0.688	-40	1,833	35	Herbert	565	0.463	-1,992	-494
36	Ella	1,708	0.688	21	6,347	36	Andrew	555	0.455	-7	6,679
37	Nellie	1,693	0.682	-1,034	-1,457	37	Oscar	543	0.445	-169	1,402
38	Irene	1,587	0.639	-599	-1,123	38	Jesse	529	0.434	-147	1,597
39	Laura	1,585	0.638	-301	-650	39	Daniel	520	0.426	24	10,653
40	Agnes	1,579	0.636	-1,164	-1,384	40	Alfred	513	0.421	-832	-264
41	Louise	1,563	0.630	-759	-1,224	41	Lawrence	505	0.414	-457	68
42	Catherine	1,511	0.609	-162	-13	42	Jack	497	0.408	14	8,337
43	Dorothy	1,472	0.593	-543	-955	43	Francis	496	0.407	-437	110
44	Lillie	1,401	0.564	-624	-962	44	Will	491	0.403	-848	-249
45	Julia	1,380	0.556	-48	1,609	45	Sam	478	0.392	-558	-27
46	Carrie	1,365	0.550	-1,722	-1,250	46	Leo	462	0.379	-4	6,257
47	Josephine	1,267	0.510	-44	1,756	47	Lee	453	0.371	-642	-103
48	Hattie	1,251	0.504	-447	-627	48	Floyd	451	0.370	-1,768	-368
49	Cora	1,246	0.502	-24	2,328	49	Eugene	447	0.367	-813	-195
50	Lena	1,239	0.499	-251	-145	50	Herman	412	0.338	-2,182	-351

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.