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The most popular names in 1897

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‹ 18961898 ›

Top 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

  1. #1Mary13,413
  2. #2Anna5,429
  3. #3Helen4,519
  4. #4Margaret4,146
  5. #5Ruth3,878
  6. #6Elizabeth3,442
  7. #7Florence3,369
  8. #8Ethel3,182
  9. #9Marie3,078
  10. #10Emma2,698
  11. #11Lillian2,683
  12. #12Edna2,567
  13. #13Bertha2,502
  14. #14Grace2,458
  15. #15Clara2,454
  16. #16Alice2,431
  17. #17Bessie2,407
  18. #18Hazel2,339
  19. #19Rose2,316
  20. #20Annie2,307
  21. #21Minnie2,284
  22. #22Mabel2,222
  23. #23Gertrude2,135
  24. #24Ida2,108
  25. #25Pearl2,076
  26. #26Martha1,990
  27. #27Frances1,975
  28. #28Esther1,911
  29. #29Myrtle1,833
  30. #30Edith1,823
  31. #31Elsie1,763
  32. #32Gladys1,737
  33. #33Mildred1,723
  34. #34Sarah1,713
  35. #35Eva1,709
  36. #36Ella1,708
  37. #37Nellie1,693
  38. #38Irene1,587
  39. #39Laura1,585
  40. #40Agnes1,579
  41. #41Louise1,563
  42. #42Catherine1,511
  43. #43Dorothy1,472
  44. #44Lillie1,401
  45. #45Julia1,380
  46. #46Carrie1,365
  47. #47Josephine1,267
  48. #48Hattie1,251
  49. #49Cora1,246
  50. #50Lena1,239
  51. #51Alma1,213
  52. #52Jessie1,191
  53. #53Mattie1,181
  54. #54Mae1,144
  55. #55Blanche1,092
  56. #56Jennie1,074
  57. #57Ruby1,025
  58. #58Viola1,017
  59. #59Mamie1,006
  60. #60Marion994
  61. #61Lucy984
  62. #61Maude984
  63. #63Lula971
  64. #64Stella966
  65. #65Katherine962
  66. #66Ada956
  67. #66Fannie956
  68. #68Beatrice942
  69. #69Dora862
  70. #70Willie818
  71. #71Nora812
  72. #72Pauline777
  73. #73Vera776
  74. #74Rosa770
  75. #75Maggie760
  76. #76Sadie757
  77. #77Ellen733
  78. #78Marguerite728
  79. #79Effie698
  80. #80Evelyn690
  81. #81Beulah688
  82. #82Lucille648
  83. #83Lydia642
  84. #84Virginia638
  85. #85Susie626
  86. #86Daisy624
  87. #86Della624
  88. #88Emily619
  89. #88Leona619
  90. #90Nettie614
  91. #91May595
  92. #92Olive583
  93. #93Kathryn570
  94. #94Hilda561
  95. #95Eleanor559
  96. #96Nancy553
  97. #97Ann545
  98. #97Sallie545
  99. #99Lizzie543
  100. #100Theresa533

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #11Thomas1,980
  12. #12Walter1,895
  13. #13Harry1,879
  14. #14Arthur1,647
  15. #15Albert1,377
  16. #16Fred1,301
  17. #17Clarence1,201
  18. #18Willie1,151
  19. #19Roy999
  20. #20Paul923
  21. #21Harold860
  22. #22Raymond837
  23. #23Louis831
  24. #24Earl829
  25. #25Carl828
  26. #26Joe798
  27. #27Ernest785
  28. #28Samuel759
  29. #29David730
  30. #30Charlie714
  31. #31Richard702
  32. #32Ralph697
  33. #33Howard634
  34. #34Elmer587
  35. #35Herbert565
  36. #36Andrew555
  37. #37Oscar543
  38. #38Jesse529
  39. #39Daniel520
  40. #40Alfred513
  41. #41Lawrence505
  42. #42Jack497
  43. #43Francis496
  44. #44Will491
  45. #45Sam478
  46. #46Leo462
  47. #47Lee453
  48. #48Floyd451
  49. #49Eugene447
  50. #50Herman412
  51. #51Peter397
  52. #51Ray397
  53. #53Edwin380
  54. #54Benjamin378
  55. #54Lewis378
  56. #56Frederick369
  57. #57Michael368
  58. #58Clyde359
  59. #59Claude345
  60. #60Martin312
  61. #61Leonard310
  62. #61Lester310
  63. #63Tom298
  64. #64Russell295
  65. #65Ben291
  66. #65Leroy291
  67. #67Chester290
  68. #68Clifford285
  69. #69Edgar278
  70. #69Homer278
  71. #71Luther271
  72. #72Harvey268
  73. #73Eddie263
  74. #74Lloyd258
  75. #75Jim252
  76. #76Anthony249
  77. #77Stanley240
  78. #78Bernard234
  79. #78Jessie234
  80. #78Otto234
  81. #81Leon229
  82. #82Allen226
  83. #83Leslie222
  84. #84Cecil216
  85. #85Theodore215
  86. #86Hugh213
  87. #87Patrick210
  88. #88Jacob204
  89. #89Philip200
  90. #90Ed198
  91. #91Norman197
  92. #92Donald195
  93. #92Guy195
  94. #94Stephen194
  95. #95Archie190
  96. #95Victor190
  97. #97Alvin186
  98. #98Percy183
  99. #99Ira180
  100. #100Everett179