Names by year · United States
The names of 1897
In 1897, the SSA recorded 346,957 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 17 | 13,413 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 43 | 5,429 | #107 |
| 3 | Helen1 in 52 | 4,519 | #462 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 56 | 4,146 | #112 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 60 | 3,878 | #173 |
| 6 | Elizabeth1 in 68 | 3,442 | #17 |
| 7 | Florence1 in 70 | 3,369 | #391 |
| 8 | Ethel1 in 74 | 3,182 | #4,211 |
| 9 | Marie1 in 76 | 3,078 | #618 |
| 10 | Emma1 in 87 | 2,698 | #3 |
| 11 | Lillian1 in 87 | 2,683 | #57 |
| 12 | Edna1 in 91 | 2,567 | #2,463 |
| 13 | Bertha1 in 94 | 2,502 | #4,569 |
| 14 | Grace1 in 95 | 2,458 | #38 |
| 15 | Clara1 in 95 | 2,454 | #63 |
| 16 | Alice1 in 96 | 2,431 | #65 |
| 17 | Bessie1 in 97 | 2,407 | #6,889 |
| 18 | Hazel1 in 100 | 2,339 | #21 |
| 19 | Rose1 in 101 | 2,316 | #114 |
| 20 | Annie1 in 102 | 2,307 | #182 |
| 21 | Minnie1 in 103 | 2,284 | #3,060 |
| 22 | Mabel1 in 105 | 2,222 | #201 |
| 23 | Gertrude1 in 110 | 2,135 | #6,632 |
| 24 | Ida1 in 111 | 2,108 | #1,120 |
| 25 | Pearl1 in 113 | 2,076 | #777 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 15 | 7,550 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 16 | 7,198 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 22 | 5,113 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 28 | 4,078 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 34 | 3,341 | #48 |
| 6 | Joseph1 in 40 | 2,827 | #29 |
| 7 | Frank1 in 41 | 2,726 | #514 |
| 8 | Robert1 in 42 | 2,701 | #92 |
| 9 | Edward1 in 53 | 2,121 | #224 |
| 10 | Henry1 in 57 | 1,994 | #5 |
| 11 | Thomas1 in 57 | 1,980 | #34 |
| 12 | Walter1 in 60 | 1,895 | #252 |
| 13 | Harry1 in 60 | 1,879 | #775 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 68 | 1,647 | #87 |
| 15 | Albert1 in 82 | 1,377 | #614 |
| 16 | Fred1 in 87 | 1,301 | #1,936 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 94 | 1,201 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Willie1 in 98 | 1,151 | #1,322 |
| 19 | Roy1 in 113 | 999 | #525 |
| 20 | Paul1 in 122 | 923 | #262 |
| 21 | Harold1 in 131 | 860 | #993 |
| 22 | Raymond1 in 135 | 837 | #395 |
| 23 | Louis1 in 136 | 831 | #249 |
| 24 | Earl1 in 136 | 829 | #2,236 |
| 25 | Carl1 in 136 | 828 | #1,134 |
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