Name.Baby Names by year 1890s 1897 Most Popular Baby Names of 1897 Social Security has card records for 370,217 people born in the U.S. in 1897. Mary was the top girl name (13,413 babies) and John the top boy name (7,550).
Top 100 names of 1897 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1897, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 13,413 #125 2 Anna 5,429 #107 3 Helen 4,519 #461 4 Margaret 4,146 #112 5 Ruth 3,878 #173 6 Elizabeth 3,442 #17 7 Florence 3,369 #391 8 Ethel 3,182 #4,172 9 Marie 3,078 #617 10 Emma 2,698 #3 11 Lillian 2,683 #57 12 Edna 2,567 #2,458 13 Bertha 2,502 #4,546 14 Grace 2,458 #38 15 Clara 2,454 #63 16 Alice 2,431 #65 17 Bessie 2,407 #6,838 18 Hazel 2,339 #21 19 Rose 2,316 #114 20 Annie 2,307 #182 21 Minnie 2,284 #3,028 22 Mabel 2,222 #201 23 Gertrude 2,135 #6,546 24 Ida 2,108 #1,120 25 Pearl 2,076 #776 26 Martha 1,990 #712 27 Frances 1,975 #318 28 Esther 1,911 #119 29 Myrtle 1,833 #10,917 30 Edith 1,823 #499 31 Elsie 1,763 #123 32 Gladys 1,737 #3,211 33 Mildred 1,723 #1,962 34 Sarah 1,713 #90 35 Eva 1,709 #134 36 Ella 1,708 #29 37 Nellie 1,693 #533 38 Irene 1,587 #651 39 Laura 1,585 #379 40 Agnes 1,579 #1,016 41 Louise 1,563 #514 42 Catherine 1,511 #313 43 Dorothy 1,472 #421 44 Lillie 1,401 #675 45 Julia 1,380 #131 46 Carrie 1,365 #2,719 47 Josephine 1,267 #53 48 Hattie 1,251 #334 49 Cora 1,246 #113 50 Lena 1,239 #279
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1897, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Alma 1,213 #449 52 Jessie 1,191 #823 53 Mattie 1,181 #1,004 54 Mae 1,144 #500 55 Blanche 1,092 #6,838 56 Jennie 1,074 #2,298 57 Ruby 1,025 #64 58 Viola 1,017 #1,013 59 Mamie 1,006 #6,116 60 Marion 994 #2,036 61 Lucy 984 #24 61 Maude 984 #3,342 63 Lula 971 #1,927 64 Stella 966 #52 65 Katherine 962 #186 66 Ada 956 #219 66 Fannie 956 #3,342 68 Beatrice 942 #508 69 Dora 862 #2,387 70 Willie 818 #10,107 71 Nora 812 #20 72 Pauline 777 #2,957 73 Vera 776 #205 74 Rosa 770 #652 75 Maggie 760 #294 76 Sadie 757 #50 77 Ellen 733 #1,062 78 Marguerite 728 #2,485 79 Effie 698 #2,239 80 Evelyn 690 #8 81 Beulah 688 #5,917 82 Lucille 648 #237 83 Lydia 642 #92 84 Virginia 638 #525 85 Susie 626 #1,911 86 Daisy 624 #75 86 Della 624 #563 88 Emily 619 #34 88 Leona 619 #429 90 Nettie 614 #5,554 91 May 595 #1,229 92 Olive 583 #197 93 Kathryn 570 #729 94 Hilda 561 #2,998 95 Eleanor 559 #12 96 Nancy 553 #965 97 Ann 545 #1,076 97 Sallie 545 #4,265 99 Lizzie 543 #2,139 100 Theresa 533 #1,548
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1897, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 7,550 #23 2 William 7,198 #9 3 James 5,113 #6 4 George 4,078 #126 5 Charles 3,341 #48 6 Joseph 2,827 #29 7 Frank 2,726 #513 8 Robert 2,701 #92 9 Edward 2,121 #224 10 Henry 1,994 #5 11 Thomas 1,980 #34 12 Walter 1,895 #251 13 Harry 1,879 #775 14 Arthur 1,647 #87 15 Albert 1,377 #614 16 Fred 1,301 #1,932 17 Clarence 1,201 #1,499 18 Willie 1,151 #1,315 19 Roy 999 #525 20 Paul 923 #262 21 Harold 860 #991 22 Raymond 837 #394 23 Louis 831 #249 24 Earl 829 #2,230 25 Carl 828 #1,132 26 Joe 798 #991 27 Ernest 785 #1,038 28 Samuel 759 #18 29 David 730 #35 30 Charlie 714 #145 31 Richard 702 #234 32 Ralph 697 #1,046 33 Howard 634 #1,002 34 Elmer 587 #1,222 35 Herbert 565 #2,641 36 Andrew 555 #73 37 Oscar 543 #223 38 Jesse 529 #184 39 Daniel 520 #22 40 Alfred 513 #840 41 Lawrence 505 #518 42 Jack 497 #15 43 Francis 496 #420 44 Will 491 #1,193 45 Sam 478 #647 46 Leo 462 #19 47 Lee 453 #725 48 Floyd 451 #2,230 49 Eugene 447 #943 50 Herman 412 #2,363
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1897, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Peter 397 #187 51 Ray 397 #791 53 Edwin 380 #398 54 Benjamin 378 #11 54 Lewis 378 #433 56 Frederick 369 #435 57 Michael 368 #21 58 Clyde 359 #742 59 Claude 345 #3,036 60 Martin 312 #335 61 Leonard 310 #637 61 Lester 310 #1,634 63 Tom 298 #2,183 64 Russell 295 #345 65 Ben 291 #843 65 Leroy 291 #883 67 Chester 290 #1,585 68 Clifford 285 #1,352 69 Edgar 278 #486 69 Homer 278 #4,707 71 Luther 271 #1,459 72 Harvey 268 #251 73 Eddie 263 #860 74 Lloyd 258 #1,547 75 Jim 252 #3,128 76 Anthony 249 #46 77 Stanley 240 #863 78 Bernard 234 #1,362 78 Jessie 234 #1,425 78 Otto 234 #277 81 Leon 229 #138 82 Allen 226 #578 83 Leslie 222 #3,513 84 Cecil 216 #1,486 85 Theodore 215 #4 86 Hugh 213 #732 87 Patrick 210 #235 88 Jacob 204 #43 89 Philip 200 #527 90 Ed 198 – 91 Norman 197 #1,196 92 Donald 195 #690 92 Guy 195 #1,634 94 Stephen 194 #383 95 Archie 190 #301 95 Victor 190 #209 97 Alvin 186 #838 98 Percy 183 #1,276 99 Ira 180 #819 100 Everett 179 #77
Entered the top 100 in 1897
