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