Baby names of 1897

The Social Security data for 1897 holds 234,200 girls under 1,799 different names. The ten most common names covered 20% of them — in 2024 the figure is 7.1%. New to the top 100 that year:Eleanor, Ann, Sallie, Theresa. Leaving it:Lottie, Georgia, Flora, Katie.

The Social Security data for 1897 holds 112,757 boys under 1,229 different names. The ten most common names covered 35% of them — in 2024 the figure is 8.0%. New to the top 100 that year:Norman, Stephen, Alvin, Percy, Ira. Leaving it:Alexander, Horace, Milton, Oliver, Isaac.

Counts for years before 1937 are low: they cover only people who later obtained a Social Security number. Ranks are a better guide than raw counts for this period.