Top 100 baby girl names in the USA during year 1897

Year

BoysGirls

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	13,413
2	2Anna	5,429
3	3Helen	4,519
4	4Margaret	4,146
5	5Ruth	3,878
6	6Elizabeth	3,442
7	7Florence	3,369
8	8Ethel	3,182
9	9Marie	3,078
10	10Emma	2,698
11	11Lillian	2,683
12	12Edna	2,567
13	13Bertha	2,502
14	14Grace	2,458
15	15Clara	2,454
16	16Alice	2,431
17	17Bessie	2,407
18	18Hazel	2,339
19	19Rose	2,316
20	20Annie	2,307
21	21Minnie	2,284
22	22Mabel	2,222
23	23Gertrude	2,135
24	24Ida	2,108
25	25Pearl	2,076
26	26Martha	1,990
27	27Frances	1,975
28	28Esther	1,911
29	29Myrtle	1,833
30	30Edith	1,823
31	31Elsie	1,763
32	32Gladys	1,737
33	33Mildred	1,723
34	34Sarah	1,713
35	35Eva	1,709
36	36Ella	1,708
37	37Nellie	1,693
38	38Irene	1,587
39	39Laura	1,585
40	40Agnes	1,579
41	41Louise	1,563
42	42Catherine	1,511
43	43Dorothy	1,472
44	44Lillie	1,401
45	45Julia	1,380
46	46Carrie	1,365
47	47Josephine	1,267
48	48Hattie	1,251
49	49Cora	1,246
50	50Lena	1,239
51	51Alma	1,213
52	52Jessie	1,191
53	53Mattie	1,181
54	54Mae	1,144
55	55Blanche	1,092
56	56Jennie	1,074
57	57Ruby	1,025
58	58Viola	1,017
59	59Mamie	1,006
60	60Marion	994
61	61Lucy	984
62	62Maude	984
63	63Lula	971
64	64Stella	966
65	65Katherine	962
66	66Ada	956
67	67Fannie	956
68	68Beatrice	942
69	69Dora	862
70	70Willie	818
71	71Nora	812
72	72Pauline	777
73	73Vera	776
74	74Rosa	770
75	75Maggie	760
76	76Sadie	757
77	77Ellen	733
78	78Marguerite	728
79	79Effie	698
80	80Evelyn	690
81	81Beulah	688
82	82Lucille	648
83	83Lydia	642
84	84Virginia	638
85	85Susie	626
86	86Daisy	624
87	87Della	624
88	88Emily	619
89	89Leona	619
90	90Nettie	614
91	91May	595
92	92Olive	583
93	93Kathryn	570
94	94Hilda	561
95	95Eleanor	559
96	96Nancy	553
97	97Ann	545
98	98Sallie	545
99	99Lizzie	543
100	100Theresa	533

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