The names of 1897

The ten most popular names given in 1897, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

Mary 13,413
Anna 5,429
Helen 4,519
Margaret 4,146
Ruth 3,878
Elizabeth 3,442
Florence 3,369
Ethel 3,182
Marie 3,078
Emma 2,698

US: boys

John 7,550
William 7,198
James 5,113
George 4,078
Charles 3,341
Joseph 2,827
Frank 2,726
Robert 2,701
Edward 2,121
Henry 1,994