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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1897
1,229 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1897, covering
112,757 births. These are the top 200.
# 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 Ray 397 51 Peter 397 53 Edwin 380 54 Lewis 378 54 Benjamin 378 56 Frederick 369 57 Michael 368 58 Clyde 359 59 Claude 345 60 Martin 312 61 Leonard 310 61 Lester 310 63 Tom 298 64 Russell 295 65 Ben 291 65 Leroy 291 67 Chester 290 68 Clifford 285 69 Edgar 278 69 Homer 278 71 Luther 271 72 Harvey 268 73 Eddie 263 74 Lloyd 258 75 Jim 252 76 Anthony 249 77 Stanley 240 78 Jessie 234 78 Otto 234 78 Bernard 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 Guy 195 92 Donald 195 94 Stephen 194 95 Archie 190 95 Victor 190 97 Alvin 186 98 Percy 183 99 Ira 180 100 Everett 179 101 Isaac 175 102 Oliver 174 103 Alexander 172 104 Glenn 171 105 Kenneth 164 106 Milton 161 107 Horace 160 108 Julius 159 108 Mack 159 108 Virgil 159 111 Dewey 158 112 Charley 156 113 Marion 153 114 Vernon 152 115 Sidney 149 116 Earnest 148 117 Bert 143 117 Willard 143 119 Nathan 139 120 August 137 120 Warren 137 122 Marvin 134 123 Otis 133 124 Willis 132 124 Morris 132 126 Emil 131 126 Wallace 131 128 Alex 130 129 Melvin 128 130 Johnnie 125 131 Rufus 124 132 Hubert 123 133 Max 122 134 Dave 121 134 Wesley 121 134 Gilbert 121 137 Jerry 118 137 Emmett 118 139 Maurice 117 140 Dan 115 140 Mckinley 115 142 Lonnie 114 143 Vincent 112 144 Sylvester 111 144 Wilbur 111 146 Jess 110 147 Rudolph 109 148 Hobart 105 149 Nelson 104 149 Mark 104 151 Calvin 103 151 Perry 103 151 Arnold 103 154 Jake 102 154 Curtis 102 156 Matthew 100 157 Irving 98 157 Ellis 98 159 Felix 97 159 Bryan 97 161 Bennie 96 161 Dennis 96 161 Edmund 96 164 Elbert 95 165 Amos 94 166 Gerald 93 167 Ollie 92 167 Mike 92 167 Adolph 92 167 Roland 92 171 Cornelius 91 172 Clinton 90 173 Gus 89 173 Gordon 89 175 Adam 88 175 Glen 88 177 Aaron 87 177 Nicholas 87 179 Manuel 86 180 Jose 85 181 Alonzo 84 181 Claud 84 181 Bill 84 184 Jasper 83 184 Orville 83 186 Jay 82 186 Reuben 82 186 Marshall 82 186 Phillip 82 186 Harley 82 191 Forrest 81 192 Simon 79 192 Steve 79 194 Clifton 78 195 Pete 76 196 Irvin 75 196 Clayton 75 198 Roscoe 74 199 Grant 72 200 Johnie 71
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1897 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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