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

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1897 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1896						Change from 1896
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	13,413	5.402	0	-398	1	John	7,550	6.191	0	-588
2	Anna	5,429	2.187	0	-431	2	William	7,198	5.903	0	-549
3	Helen	4,519	1.820	0	127	3	James	5,113	4.193	0	-94
4	Margaret	4,146	1.670	0	96	4	George	4,078	3.344	0	-208
5	Ruth	3,878	1.562	0	-27	5	Charles	3,341	2.740	0	-298
6	Elizabeth	3,442	1.386	1	-29	6	Joseph	2,827	2.318	0	-224
7	Florence	3,369	1.357	1	46	7	Frank	2,726	2.235	0	-119
8	Ethel	3,182	1.282	-2	-320	8	Robert	2,701	2.215	0	-18
9	Marie	3,078	1.240	0	-9	9	Edward	2,121	1.739	0	-175
10	Emma	2,698	1.087	0	-174	10	Henry	1,994	1.635	0	-189
11	Lillian	2,683	1.081	0	-19	11	Thomas	1,980	1.624	1	-108
12	Edna	2,567	1.034	1	-37	12	Walter	1,895	1.554	1	-122
13	Bertha	2,502	1.008	2	-63	13	Harry	1,879	1.541	-2	-212
14	Grace	2,458	0.990	3	-27	14	Arthur	1,647	1.351	0	-174
15	Clara	2,454	0.988	-1	-128	15	Albert	1,377	1.129	0	-57
16	Alice	2,431	0.979	-4	-220	16	Fred	1,301	1.067	0	-92
17	Bessie	2,407	0.969	1	-28	17	Clarence	1,201	0.985	0	-53
18	Hazel	2,339	0.942	4	113	18	Willie	1,151	0.944	0	59
19	Rose	2,316	0.933	1	-25	19	Roy	999	0.819	0	-28
20	Annie	2,307	0.929	-1	-51	20	Paul	923	0.757	0	-41
21	Minnie	2,284	0.920	-5	-246	21	Harold	860	0.705	2	-2
22	Mabel	2,222	0.895	-1	-61	22	Raymond	837	0.686	2	-22
23	Gertrude	2,135	0.860	0	-86	23	Louis	831	0.681	-1	-40
24	Ida	2,108	0.849	0	-51	24	Earl	829	0.680	-3	-63
25	Pearl	2,076	0.836	0	-25	25	Carl	828	0.679	0	-24
26	Martha	1,990	0.802	0	-32	26	Joe	798	0.654	1	31
27	Frances	1,975	0.795	1	11	27	Ernest	785	0.644	2	21
28	Esther	1,911	0.770	-1	-53	28	Samuel	759	0.622	3	25
29	Myrtle	1,833	0.738	1	-95	29	David	730	0.599	-1	-35
30	Edith	1,823	0.734	-1	-109	30	Charlie	714	0.586	2	0
31	Elsie	1,763	0.710	0	-115	31	Richard	702	0.576	-5	-132
32	Gladys	1,737	0.700	1	-20	32	Ralph	697	0.572	-2	-49
33	Mildred	1,723	0.694	6	103	33	Howard	634	0.520	0	-43
34	Sarah	1,713	0.690	1	22	34	Elmer	587	0.481	2	11
35	Eva	1,709	0.688	-3	-70	35	Herbert	565	0.463	-1	-70
36	Ella	1,708	0.688	0	25	36	Andrew	555	0.455	1	-11
37	Nellie	1,693	0.682	-3	-3	37	Oscar	543	0.445	4	4
38	Irene	1,587	0.639	3	-6	38	Jesse	529	0.434	-3	-57
39	Laura	1,585	0.638	-2	-80	39	Daniel	520	0.426	-1	-41
40	Agnes	1,579	0.636	-2	-75	40	Alfred	513	0.421	2	-14
41	Louise	1,563	0.630	1	32	41	Lawrence	505	0.414	5	6
42	Catherine	1,511	0.609	-2	-83	42	Jack	497	0.408	-2	-42
43	Dorothy	1,472	0.593	3	106	43	Francis	496	0.407	-4	-55
44	Lillie	1,401	0.564	-1	-82	44	Will	491	0.403	0	-17
45	Julia	1,380	0.556	-1	-27	45	Sam	478	0.392	-2	-40
46	Carrie	1,365	0.550	-1	-23	46	Leo	462	0.379	1	-35
47	Josephine	1,267	0.510	3	11	47	Lee	453	0.371	1	-2
48	Hattie	1,251	0.504	-1	-69	48	Floyd	451	0.370	7	55
49	Cora	1,246	0.502	3	42	49	Eugene	447	0.367	-4	-60
50	Lena	1,239	0.499	-2	-79	50	Herman	412	0.338	-1	-15

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.