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Top Names of 1897

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary13,413 babies
  2. 2Anna5,429 babies
  3. 3Helen4,519 babies
  4. 4Margaret4,146 babies
  5. 5Ruth3,878 babies
  6. 6Elizabeth3,442 babies
  7. 7Florence3,369 babies
  8. 8Ethel3,182 babies
  9. 9Marie3,078 babies
  10. 10Emma2,698 babies
  11. 11Lillian2,683 babies
  12. 12Edna2,567 babies
  13. 13Bertha2,502 babies
  14. 14Grace2,458 babies
  15. 15Clara2,454 babies
  16. 16Alice2,431 babies
  17. 17Bessie2,407 babies
  18. 18Hazel2,339 babies
  19. 19Rose2,316 babies
  20. 20Annie2,307 babies
  21. 21Minnie2,284 babies
  22. 22Mabel2,222 babies
  23. 23Gertrude2,135 babies
  24. 24Ida2,108 babies
  25. 25Pearl2,076 babies
  26. 26Martha1,990 babies
  27. 27Frances1,975 babies
  28. 28Esther1,911 babies
  29. 29Myrtle1,833 babies
  30. 30Edith1,823 babies
  31. 31Elsie1,763 babies
  32. 32Gladys1,737 babies
  33. 33Mildred1,723 babies
  34. 34Sarah1,713 babies
  35. 35Eva1,709 babies
  36. 36Ella1,708 babies
  37. 37Nellie1,693 babies
  38. 38Irene1,587 babies
  39. 39Laura1,585 babies
  40. 40Agnes1,579 babies
  41. 41Louise1,563 babies
  42. 42Catherine1,511 babies
  43. 43Dorothy1,472 babies
  44. 44Lillie1,401 babies
  45. 45Julia1,380 babies
  46. 46Carrie1,365 babies
  47. 47Josephine1,267 babies
  48. 48Hattie1,251 babies
  49. 49Cora1,246 babies
  50. 50Lena1,239 babies
  51. 51Alma1,213 babies
  52. 52Jessie1,191 babies
  53. 53Mattie1,181 babies
  54. 54Mae1,144 babies
  55. 55Blanche1,092 babies
  56. 56Jennie1,074 babies
  57. 57Ruby1,025 babies
  58. 58Viola1,017 babies
  59. 59Mamie1,006 babies
  60. 60Marion994 babies
  61. 61Lucy984 babies
  62. 61Maude984 babies
  63. 63Lula971 babies
  64. 64Stella966 babies
  65. 65Katherine962 babies
  66. 66Ada956 babies
  67. 66Fannie956 babies
  68. 68Beatrice942 babies
  69. 69Dora862 babies
  70. 70Willie818 babies
  71. 71Nora812 babies
  72. 72Pauline777 babies
  73. 73Vera776 babies
  74. 74Rosa770 babies
  75. 75Maggie760 babies
  76. 76Sadie757 babies
  77. 77Ellen733 babies
  78. 78Marguerite728 babies
  79. 79Effie698 babies
  80. 80Evelyn690 babies
  81. 81Beulah688 babies
  82. 82Lucille648 babies
  83. 83Lydia642 babies
  84. 84Virginia638 babies
  85. 85Susie626 babies
  86. 86Daisy624 babies
  87. 86Della624 babies
  88. 88Emily619 babies
  89. 88Leona619 babies
  90. 90Nettie614 babies
  91. 91May595 babies
  92. 92Olive583 babies
  93. 93Kathryn570 babies
  94. 94Hilda561 babies
  95. 95Eleanor559 babies
  96. 96Nancy553 babies
  97. 97Ann545 babies
  98. 97Sallie545 babies
  99. 99Lizzie543 babies
  100. 100Theresa533 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1John7,550 babies
  2. 2William7,198 babies
  3. 3James5,113 babies
  4. 4George4,078 babies
  5. 5Charles3,341 babies
  6. 6Joseph2,827 babies
  7. 7Frank2,726 babies
  8. 8Robert2,701 babies
  9. 9Edward2,121 babies
  10. 10Henry1,994 babies
  11. 11Thomas1,980 babies
  12. 12Walter1,895 babies
  13. 13Harry1,879 babies
  14. 14Arthur1,647 babies
  15. 15Albert1,377 babies
  16. 16Fred1,301 babies
  17. 17Clarence1,201 babies
  18. 18Willie1,151 babies
  19. 19Roy999 babies
  20. 20Paul923 babies
  21. 21Harold860 babies
  22. 22Raymond837 babies
  23. 23Louis831 babies
  24. 24Earl829 babies
  25. 25Carl828 babies
  26. 26Joe798 babies
  27. 27Ernest785 babies
  28. 28Samuel759 babies
  29. 29David730 babies
  30. 30Charlie714 babies
  31. 31Richard702 babies
  32. 32Ralph697 babies
  33. 33Howard634 babies
  34. 34Elmer587 babies
  35. 35Herbert565 babies
  36. 36Andrew555 babies
  37. 37Oscar543 babies
  38. 38Jesse529 babies
  39. 39Daniel520 babies
  40. 40Alfred513 babies
  41. 41Lawrence505 babies
  42. 42Jack497 babies
  43. 43Francis496 babies
  44. 44Will491 babies
  45. 45Sam478 babies
  46. 46Leo462 babies
  47. 47Lee453 babies
  48. 48Floyd451 babies
  49. 49Eugene447 babies
  50. 50Herman412 babies
  51. 51Peter397 babies
  52. 51Ray397 babies
  53. 53Edwin380 babies
  54. 54Benjamin378 babies
  55. 54Lewis378 babies
  56. 56Frederick369 babies
  57. 57Michael368 babies
  58. 58Clyde359 babies
  59. 59Claude345 babies
  60. 60Martin312 babies
  61. 61Leonard310 babies
  62. 61Lester310 babies
  63. 63Tom298 babies
  64. 64Russell295 babies
  65. 65Ben291 babies
  66. 65Leroy291 babies
  67. 67Chester290 babies
  68. 68Clifford285 babies
  69. 69Edgar278 babies
  70. 69Homer278 babies
  71. 71Luther271 babies
  72. 72Harvey268 babies
  73. 73Eddie263 babies
  74. 74Lloyd258 babies
  75. 75Jim252 babies
  76. 76Anthony249 babies
  77. 77Stanley240 babies
  78. 78Bernard234 babies
  79. 78Jessie234 babies
  80. 78Otto234 babies
  81. 81Leon229 babies
  82. 82Allen226 babies
  83. 83Leslie222 babies
  84. 84Cecil216 babies
  85. 85Theodore215 babies
  86. 86Hugh213 babies
  87. 87Patrick210 babies
  88. 88Jacob204 babies
  89. 89Philip200 babies
  90. 90Ed198 babies
  91. 91Norman197 babies
  92. 92Donald195 babies
  93. 92Guy195 babies
  94. 94Stephen194 babies
  95. 95Archie190 babies
  96. 95Victor190 babies
  97. 97Alvin186 babies
  98. 98Percy183 babies
  99. 99Ira180 babies
  100. 100Everett179 babies
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