The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1897

1,799 different girls’ names were recorded in 1897, covering 234,200 births. These are the top 200.

#	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	Maude	984
61	Lucy	984
63	Lula	971
64	Stella	966
65	Katherine	962
66	Ada	956
66	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
86	Della	624
88	Emily	619
88	Leona	619
90	Nettie	614
91	May	595
92	Olive	583
93	Kathryn	570
94	Hilda	561
95	Eleanor	559
96	Nancy	553
97	Sallie	545
97	Ann	545
99	Lizzie	543
100	Theresa	533
101	Georgia	529
102	Lottie	523
103	Bernice	519
104	Katie	492
104	Charlotte	492
106	Flora	488
107	Lola	487
108	Anne	479
109	Etta	467
110	Addie	461
111	Lois	457
112	Caroline	456
113	Ollie	455
114	Iva	454
115	Estelle	439
116	Lela	438
117	Thelma	419
118	Henrietta	416
119	Violet	411
120	Marjorie	410
121	Amelia	408
121	Ora	408
123	Loretta	406
124	Goldie	400
125	Jane	396
126	Inez	391
127	Eunice	387
128	Harriet	383
129	Rebecca	376
130	Mable	371
130	Genevieve	371
132	Betty	367
133	Olga	364
134	Eula	359
135	Sylvia	357
136	Amanda	354
137	Sara	353
138	Verna	350
139	Doris	349
140	Susan	341
141	Rosie	339
142	Nina	336
143	Mollie	333
143	Nannie	333
145	Essie	329
146	Matilda	326
147	Estella	317
148	Amy	315
149	Marian	309
150	Sophie	308
150	Irma	308
152	Maria	304
153	Barbara	299
154	Rachel	297
155	Alta	295
156	Alberta	294
157	Madeline	290
158	Hannah	288
159	Christine	281
160	Velma	280
161	Freda	279
162	Sophia	278
162	Frieda	278
162	Flossie	278
165	Maud	270
166	Lucile	269
167	Kate	267
168	Ola	266
169	Allie	265
170	Ina	262
171	Celia	260
172	Jean	258
173	Kathleen	250
174	Janie	247
175	Eliza	244
176	Naomi	241
176	Vivian	241
178	Fern	237
179	Augusta	236
180	Victoria	234
181	Callie	231
182	Opal	230
183	Winifred	217
184	Isabelle	215
185	Erma	213
186	Belle	212
186	Cecelia	212
188	Isabel	210
189	Josie	209
189	Nell	209
191	Mayme	207
192	Luella	206
192	Sally	206
194	Millie	204
195	Norma	200
196	Lulu	199
196	Tillie	199
198	Elva	198
199	Virgie	194
200	Rena	193

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1897 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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