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Top Baby Names 1897

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 234,200 · Total Boys: 112,757

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	13,413	5.727%
2	Anna	5,429	2.318%
3	Helen	4,519	1.930%
4	Margaret	4,146	1.770%
5	Ruth	3,878	1.656%
6	Elizabeth	3,442	1.470%
7	Florence	3,369	1.439%
8	Ethel	3,182	1.359%
9	Marie	3,078	1.314%
10	Emma	2,698	1.152%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Lillian	2,683	1.146%
12	Edna	2,567	1.096%
13	Bertha	2,502	1.068%
14	Grace	2,458	1.050%
15	Clara	2,454	1.048%
16	Alice	2,431	1.038%
17	Bessie	2,407	1.028%
18	Hazel	2,339	0.999%
19	Rose	2,316	0.989%
20	Annie	2,307	0.985%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Minnie	2,284	0.975%
22	Mabel	2,222	0.949%
23	Gertrude	2,135	0.912%
24	Ida	2,108	0.900%
25	Pearl	2,076	0.886%
26	Martha	1,990	0.850%
27	Frances	1,975	0.843%
28	Esther	1,911	0.816%
29	Myrtle	1,833	0.783%
30	Edith	1,823	0.778%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Elsie	1,763	0.753%
32	Gladys	1,737	0.742%
33	Mildred	1,723	0.736%
34	Sarah	1,713	0.731%
35	Eva	1,709	0.730%
36	Ella	1,708	0.729%
37	Nellie	1,693	0.723%
38	Irene	1,587	0.678%
39	Laura	1,585	0.677%
40	Agnes	1,579	0.674%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Louise	1,563	0.667%
42	Catherine	1,511	0.645%
43	Dorothy	1,472	0.629%
44	Lillie	1,401	0.598%
45	Julia	1,380	0.589%
46	Carrie	1,365	0.583%
47	Josephine	1,267	0.541%
48	Hattie	1,251	0.534%
49	Cora	1,246	0.532%
50	Lena	1,239	0.529%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Alma	1,213	0.518%
52	Jessie	1,191	0.509%
53	Mattie	1,181	0.504%
54	Mae	1,144	0.488%
55	Blanche	1,092	0.466%
56	Jennie	1,074	0.459%
57	Ruby	1,025	0.438%
58	Viola	1,017	0.434%
59	Mamie	1,006	0.430%
60	Marion	994	0.424%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Lucy	984	0.420%
62	Maude	984	0.420%
63	Lula	971	0.415%
64	Stella	966	0.412%
65	Katherine	962	0.411%
66	Ada	956	0.408%
67	Fannie	956	0.408%
68	Beatrice	942	0.402%
69	Dora	862	0.368%
70	Willie	818	0.349%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Nora	812	0.347%
72	Pauline	777	0.332%
73	Vera	776	0.331%
74	Rosa	770	0.329%
75	Maggie	760	0.325%
76	Sadie	757	0.323%
77	Ellen	733	0.313%
78	Marguerite	728	0.311%
79	Effie	698	0.298%
80	Evelyn	690	0.295%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Beulah	688	0.294%
82	Lucille	648	0.277%
83	Lydia	642	0.274%
84	Virginia	638	0.272%
85	Susie	626	0.267%
86	Daisy	624	0.266%
87	Della	624	0.266%
88	Emily	619	0.264%
89	Leona	619	0.264%
90	Nettie	614	0.262%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	May	595	0.254%
92	Olive	583	0.249%
93	Kathryn	570	0.243%
94	Hilda	561	0.240%
95	Eleanor	559	0.239%
96	Nancy	553	0.236%
97	Ann	545	0.233%
98	Sallie	545	0.233%
99	Lizzie	543	0.232%
100	Theresa	533	0.228%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	7,550	6.696%
2	William	7,198	6.384%
3	James	5,113	4.535%
4	George	4,078	3.617%
5	Charles	3,341	2.963%
6	Joseph	2,827	2.507%
7	Frank	2,726	2.418%
8	Robert	2,701	2.395%
9	Edward	2,121	1.881%
10	Henry	1,994	1.768%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Thomas	1,980	1.756%
12	Walter	1,895	1.681%
13	Harry	1,879	1.666%
14	Arthur	1,647	1.461%
15	Albert	1,377	1.221%
16	Fred	1,301	1.154%
17	Clarence	1,201	1.065%
18	Willie	1,151	1.021%
19	Roy	999	0.886%
20	Paul	923	0.819%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Harold	860	0.763%
22	Raymond	837	0.742%
23	Louis	831	0.737%
24	Earl	829	0.735%
25	Carl	828	0.734%
26	Joe	798	0.708%
27	Ernest	785	0.696%
28	Samuel	759	0.673%
29	David	730	0.647%
30	Charlie	714	0.633%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Richard	702	0.623%
32	Ralph	697	0.618%
33	Howard	634	0.562%
34	Elmer	587	0.521%
35	Herbert	565	0.501%
36	Andrew	555	0.492%
37	Oscar	543	0.482%
38	Jesse	529	0.469%
39	Daniel	520	0.461%
40	Alfred	513	0.455%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Lawrence	505	0.448%
42	Jack	497	0.441%
43	Francis	496	0.440%
44	Will	491	0.435%
45	Sam	478	0.424%
46	Leo	462	0.410%
47	Lee	453	0.402%
48	Floyd	451	0.400%
49	Eugene	447	0.396%
50	Herman	412	0.365%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Peter	397	0.352%
52	Ray	397	0.352%
53	Edwin	380	0.337%
54	Benjamin	378	0.335%
55	Lewis	378	0.335%
56	Frederick	369	0.327%
57	Michael	368	0.326%
58	Clyde	359	0.318%
59	Claude	345	0.306%
60	Martin	312	0.277%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Leonard	310	0.275%
62	Lester	310	0.275%
63	Tom	298	0.264%
64	Russell	295	0.262%
65	Ben	291	0.258%
66	Leroy	291	0.258%
67	Chester	290	0.257%
68	Clifford	285	0.253%
69	Edgar	278	0.247%
70	Homer	278	0.247%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Luther	271	0.240%
72	Harvey	268	0.238%
73	Eddie	263	0.233%
74	Lloyd	258	0.229%
75	Jim	252	0.223%
76	Anthony	249	0.221%
77	Stanley	240	0.213%
78	Bernard	234	0.208%
79	Jessie	234	0.208%
80	Otto	234	0.208%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Leon	229	0.203%
82	Allen	226	0.200%
83	Leslie	222	0.197%
84	Cecil	216	0.192%
85	Theodore	215	0.191%
86	Hugh	213	0.189%
87	Patrick	210	0.186%
88	Jacob	204	0.181%
89	Philip	200	0.177%
90	Ed	198	0.176%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Norman	197	0.175%
92	Donald	195	0.173%
93	Guy	195	0.173%
94	Stephen	194	0.172%
95	Archie	190	0.169%
96	Victor	190	0.169%
97	Alvin	186	0.165%
98	Percy	183	0.162%
99	Ira	180	0.160%
100	Everett	179	0.159%

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