Top names of 1897

Girls

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

Boys

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