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Most popular baby names in the US, 1897

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1897, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

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

Boys

	Name	Births
1	John	7,550
2	William	7,198
3	James	5,113
4	George	4,078
5	Charles	3,341
6	Joseph	2,827
7	Frank	2,726
8	Robert	2,701
9	Edward	2,121
10	Henry	1,994
11	Thomas	1,980
12	Walter	1,895
13	Harry	1,879
14	Arthur	1,647
15	Albert	1,377
16	Fred	1,301
17	Clarence	1,201
18	Willie	1,151
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
52	Ray	397
53	Edwin	380
54	Benjamin	378
55	Lewis	378
56	Frederick	369
57	Michael	368
58	Clyde	359
59	Claude	345
60	Martin	312
61	Leonard	310
62	Lester	310
63	Tom	298
64	Russell	295
65	Ben	291
66	Leroy	291
67	Chester	290
68	Clifford	285
69	Edgar	278
70	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
79	Jessie	234
80	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
93	Guy	195
94	Stephen	194
95	Archie	190
96	Victor	190
97	Alvin	186
98	Percy	183
99	Ira	180
100	Everett	179

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.