Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1897
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |