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Top Baby Names of 1897

The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1897, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.

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Top 100 Boy Names (1897)

Rank	Name	Count
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