Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby girl names in the United States in 1897

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

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1896
1	Mary	13,413	0
2	Anna	5,429	0
3	Helen	4,519	0
4	Margaret	4,146	0
5	Ruth	3,878	0
6	Elizabeth	3,442	+1
7	Florence	3,369	+1
8	Ethel	3,182	-2
9	Marie	3,078	0
10	Emma	2,698	0
11	Lillian	2,683	0
12	Edna	2,567	+1
13	Bertha	2,502	+2
14	Grace	2,458	+3
15	Clara	2,454	-1
16	Alice	2,431	-4
17	Bessie	2,407	+1
18	Hazel	2,339	+4
19	Rose	2,316	+1
20	Annie	2,307	-1
21	Minnie	2,284	-5
22	Mabel	2,222	-1
23	Gertrude	2,135	0
24	Ida	2,108	0
25	Pearl	2,076	0
26	Martha	1,990	0
27	Frances	1,975	0
28	Esther	1,911	-1
29	Myrtle	1,833	+1
30	Edith	1,823	-1
31	Elsie	1,763	0
32	Gladys	1,737	+1
33	Mildred	1,723	+6
34	Sarah	1,713	+1
35	Eva	1,709	-3
36	Ella	1,708	0
37	Nellie	1,693	-3
38	Irene	1,587	+3
39	Laura	1,585	-2
40	Agnes	1,579	-2
41	Louise	1,563	+1
42	Catherine	1,511	-2
43	Dorothy	1,472	+3
44	Lillie	1,401	-1
45	Julia	1,380	-1
46	Carrie	1,365	-1
47	Josephine	1,267	+3
48	Hattie	1,251	-1
49	Cora	1,246	+3
50	Lena	1,239	-2
51	Alma	1,213	0
52	Jessie	1,191	+5
53	Mattie	1,181	-4
54	Mae	1,144	+1
55	Blanche	1,092	-1
56	Jennie	1,074	-3
57	Ruby	1,025	+9
58	Viola	1,017	+3
59	Mamie	1,006	-1
60	Marion	994	+7
61	Lucy	984	-2
61	Maude	984	-5
63	Lula	971	+1
64	Stella	966	-4
65	Katherine	962	-4
66	Ada	956	-3
66	Fannie	956	-1
68	Beatrice	942	+2
69	Dora	862	-1
70	Willie	818	+6
71	Nora	812	0
72	Pauline	777	+3
73	Vera	776	+8
74	Rosa	770	0
75	Maggie	760	-6
76	Sadie	757	-4
77	Ellen	733	-4
78	Marguerite	728	0
79	Effie	698	+1
80	Evelyn	690	+4
81	Beulah	688	-4
82	Lucille	648	+4
83	Lydia	642	+8
84	Virginia	638	+5
85	Susie	626	-6
86	Daisy	624	-3
86	Della	624	-1
88	Emily	619	+8
88	Leona	619	+6
90	Nettie	614	-3
91	May	595	-9
92	Olive	583	-2
93	Kathryn	570	-5
94	Hilda	561	+1
95	Eleanor	559	+7
96	Nancy	553	0
97	Ann	545	+8
97	Sallie	545	+4
99	Lizzie	543	+1
100	Theresa	533	+8