Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1897

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1896.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1896
1	Mary	13,476	0
2	John	7,596	0
3	William	7,230	0
4	Anna	5,448	0
5	James	5,143	0
6	Helen	4,535	0
7	Margaret	4,155	+1
8	George	4,104	-1
9	Ruth	3,898	0
10	Elizabeth	3,454	+2
11	Florence	3,389	+2
12	Charles	3,361	-2
13	Ethel	3,199	-2
14	Marie	3,090	0
15	Joseph	2,847	0
16	Frank	2,743	+1
17	Robert	2,719	+1
18	Emma	2,698	-2
19	Lillian	2,696	0
20	Edna	2,577	+1
21	Bertha	2,511	+2
22	Grace	2,468	+3
23	Clara	2,454	-1
24	Alice	2,448	-4
25	Bessie	2,413	+1
26	Hazel	2,354	+5
27	Rose	2,328	+1
28	Annie	2,312	-1
29	Minnie	2,300	-5
30	Mabel	2,232	0
31	Gertrude	2,141	+1
32	Edward	2,131	-3
33	Pearl	2,120	+2
34	Ida	2,114	0
35	Henry	2,009	-2
36	Martha	1,996	+2
36	Thomas	1,996	+1
38	Frances	1,993	+2
39	Willie	1,969	+6
40	Esther	1,918	+1
41	Walter	1,912	-2
42	Harry	1,888	-6
43	Myrtle	1,833	0
44	Edith	1,830	-2
45	Elsie	1,770	-1
46	Gladys	1,746	+2
47	Mildred	1,729	+7
48	Sarah	1,722	+2
49	Eva	1,716	-2
50	Ella	1,708	+1
51	Nellie	1,699	-2
52	Arthur	1,653	-6
53	Irene	1,597	+3
54	Laura	1,592	-2
55	Agnes	1,585	-2
56	Louise	1,568	+1
57	Catherine	1,511	-2
58	Dorothy	1,478	+5
59	Jessie	1,425	+5
60	Lillie	1,406	-2
61	Albert	1,385	-2
61	Julia	1,385	0
63	Carrie	1,371	-1
64	Fred	1,315	-4
65	Josephine	1,274	+3
66	Hattie	1,256	0
67	Cora	1,246	+4
68	Lena	1,239	-3
69	Alma	1,220	0
70	Clarence	1,201	0
71	Mattie	1,188	-4
72	Marion	1,147	+1
73	Mae	1,144	+2
74	Blanche	1,092	0
75	Jennie	1,074	-3
76	Ruby	1,036	+8
77	Viola	1,017	+3
78	Roy	1,008	+5
79	Mamie	1,006	-2
80	Lucy	990	-2
81	Maude	984	-5
82	Lula	971	+2
82	Stella	971	-3
84	Ada	966	-2
85	Katherine	962	-5
86	Fannie	961	0
87	Beatrice	942	+4
88	Paul	928	-1
89	Harold	868	+4
90	Dora	867	0
91	Raymond	842	+3
92	Carl	840	+3
92	Earl	840	-4
92	Louis	840	-3
95	Joe	822	+6
96	Nora	819	0
97	Ernest	785	+6
98	Vera	782	+15
99	Pauline	777	+5
100	Rosa	770	0