Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1897

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	7,550
2	2William	7,199
3	3James	5,113
4	4George	4,078
5	5Charles	3,341
6	6Joseph	2,827
7	7Frank	2,726
8	8Robert	2,701
9	9Edward	2,121
10	10Henry	1,994
11	11Thomas	1,980
12	12Walter	1,895
13	13Harry	1,879
14	14Arthur	1,647
15	15Albert	1,377
16	16Fred	1,301
17	17Clarence	1,201
18	18Willie	1,151
19	19Roy	999
20	20Paul	923
21	21Harold	860
22	22Raymond	837
23	23Louis	831
24	24Earl	829
25	25Carl	828
26	26Joe	798
27	27Ernest	785
28	28Samuel	759
29	29David	730
30	30Charlie	714
31	31Richard	702
32	32Ralph	697
33	33Howard	634
34	34Elmer	587
35	35Herbert	565
36	36Andrew	555
37	37Oscar	543
38	38Jesse	529
39	39Daniel	520
40	40Alfred	513
41	41Lawrence	505
42	42Jack	497
43	43Francis	496
44	44Will	491
45	45Sam	478
46	46Leo	462
47	47Lee	453
48	48Floyd	451
49	49Eugene	447
50	50Herman	412
51	51Peter	397
52	52Ray	397
53	53Edwin	380
54	54Benjamin	378
55	55Lewis	378
56	56Frederick	369
57	57Michael	368
58	58Clyde	359
59	59Claude	345
60	60Martin	312
61	61Leonard	310
62	62Lester	310
63	63Tom	298
64	64Russell	295
65	65Ben	291
66	66Leroy	291
67	67Chester	290
68	68Clifford	285
69	69Edgar	278
70	70Homer	278
71	71Luther	271
72	72Harvey	268
73	73Eddie	263
74	74Lloyd	258
75	75Jim	252
76	76Anthony	249
77	77Stanley	240
78	78Bernard	234
79	79Jessie	234
80	80Otto	234
81	81Leon	229
82	82Allen	226
83	83Leslie	222
84	84Cecil	216
85	85Theodore	215
86	86Hugh	213
87	87Patrick	210
88	88Jacob	204
89	89Philip	200
90	90Ed	198
91	91Norman	197
92	92Donald	195
93	93Guy	195
94	94Stephen	194
95	95Archie	190
96	96Victor	190
97	97Alvin	186
98	98Percy	183
99	99Ira	180
100	100Everett	179

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.