Top Boys Names of 1897 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	8K
2	William	7K
3	James	5K
4	George	4K
5	Charles	3K
6	Joseph	3K
7	Frank	3K
8	Robert	3K
9	Edward	2K
10	Henry	2K
11	Thomas	2K
12	Walter	2K
13	Harry	2K
14	Arthur	2K
15	Albert	1K
16	Fred	1K
17	Clarence	1K
18	Willie	1K
19	Roy	999
20	Paul	923
21	Harold	860
22	Raymond	837
23	Louis	831
24	Earl	829
25	Carl	828
26	Joe	798
27	Ernest	785
28	Samuel	759
29	David	730
30	Charlie	714
31	Richard	702
32	Ralph	697
33	Howard	634
34	Elmer	587
35	Herbert	565
36	Andrew	555
37	Oscar	543
38	Jesse	529
39	Daniel	520
40	Alfred	513
41	Lawrence	505
42	Jack	497
43	Francis	496
44	Will	491
45	Sam	478
46	Leo	462
47	Lee	453
48	Floyd	451
49	Eugene	447
50	Herman	412
51	Peter	397
51	Ray	397
53	Edwin	380
54	Benjamin	378
54	Lewis	378
56	Frederick	369
57	Michael	368
58	Clyde	359
59	Claude	345
60	Martin	312
61	Leonard	310
61	Lester	310
63	Tom	298
64	Russell	295
65	Ben	291
65	Leroy	291
67	Chester	290
68	Clifford	285
69	Edgar	278
69	Homer	278
71	Luther	271
72	Harvey	268
73	Eddie	263
74	Lloyd	258
75	Jim	252
76	Anthony	249
77	Stanley	240
78	Bernard	234
78	Jessie	234
78	Otto	234
81	Leon	229
82	Allen	226
83	Leslie	222
84	Cecil	216
85	Theodore	215
86	Hugh	213
87	Patrick	210
88	Jacob	204
89	Philip	200
90	Ed	198
91	Norman	197
92	Donald	195
92	Guy	195
94	Stephen	194
95	Archie	190
95	Victor	190
97	Alvin	186
98	Percy	183
99	Ira	180
100	Everett	179