Most Popular Baby Names in 1917

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	John	51,852
2	William	42,422
3	James	37,338
4	Robert	35,220
5	Joseph	24,761
6	George	24,196
7	Charles	24,143
8	Edward	17,501
9	Frank	15,768
10	Thomas	12,611
11	Walter	12,582
12	Harold	11,194
13	Paul	11,156
14	Richard	10,914
15	Henry	10,696
16	Raymond	9,956
17	Arthur	9,282
18	Albert	9,157
19	Harry	8,856
20	Donald	8,729
21	Ralph	7,391
22	Jack	6,874
23	Louis	6,771
24	Carl	6,699
25	Clarence	6,587
26	Howard	6,410
27	Kenneth	6,141
28	David	6,099
29	Fred	5,986
30	Francis	5,801
31	Willie	5,751
32	Earl	5,632
33	Roy	5,586
34	Stanley	5,186
35	Joe	5,142
36	Lawrence	5,094
37	Ernest	5,055
38	Anthony	5,027
39	Eugene	4,873
40	Herbert	4,745
41	Leonard	4,694
42	Samuel	4,490
43	Alfred	4,424
44	Michael	4,288
45	Elmer	3,812
46	Norman	3,788
47	Leo	3,779
48	Andrew	3,752
49	Bernard	3,711
50	Peter	3,464

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	64,280
2	Helen	34,251
3	Dorothy	28,852
4	Margaret	25,560
5	Ruth	23,568
6	Mildred	16,256
7	Anna	15,160
8	Elizabeth	15,131
9	Frances	14,363
10	Virginia	14,261
11	Evelyn	12,532
12	Marie	11,813
13	Alice	10,990
14	Florence	10,538
15	Lillian	9,843
16	Rose	9,783
17	Irene	9,163
18	Catherine	8,689
19	Louise	8,584
20	Edna	8,422
21	Josephine	8,326
22	Martha	8,261
23	Gladys	8,075
24	Ethel	7,865
25	Doris	7,819
26	Eleanor	7,669
27	Ruby	7,662
28	Edith	7,532
29	Lucille	7,529
30	Grace	7,373
31	Hazel	7,285
32	Thelma	7,245
33	Pauline	6,896
34	Betty	6,639
35	Annie	6,404
36	Marjorie	6,399
37	Gertrude	6,300
38	Esther	6,281
39	Beatrice	5,839
40	Jean	5,692
41	Clara	5,626
42	Bernice	5,546
43	Lois	5,485
44	Ann	5,455
45	Marion	5,371
46	Emma	5,121
47	Julia	5,078
48	Agnes	5,066
49	Katherine	4,956
50	Elsie	4,939