1917
Top Baby Names of 1917
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1917
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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 51
Bertha 4,881 52
Sarah 4,766 53
Anne 4,603 54
Eva 4,286 55
Jane 4,258 56
Ida 4,247 57
Pearl 4,232 58
Myrtle 4,046 59
Viola 4,040 60
Kathryn 3,984 61
Bessie 3,927 62
Stella 3,872 63
Rita 3,870 64
Nellie 3,808 65
Laura 3,807 66
Vera 3,714 67
Barbara 3,535 68
Mabel 3,499 69
Sylvia 3,469 70
Jessie 3,465 71
Alma 3,407 72
Willie 3,381 73
June 3,370 74
Marian 3,267 75
Minnie 3,262 76
Charlotte 3,229 77
Genevieve 3,192 78
Marguerite 3,161 79
Vivian 3,119 80
Leona 3,115 81
Jennie 3,109 82
Wilma 3,071 83
Ella 3,054 84
Violet 3,026 85
Lena 3,004 86
Lillie 2,931 87
Lucy 2,929 87
Juanita 2,929 89
Geraldine 2,897 90
Ellen 2,855 91
Blanche 2,836 92
Phyllis 2,696 93
Maxine 2,647 94
Mattie 2,572 95
Opal 2,541 96
Mae 2,507 97
Theresa 2,490 98
Nancy 2,411 98
Velma 2,411 100
Sophie 2,382 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1917
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 51
Frederick 3,455 52
Russell 3,436 53
Lloyd 3,417 54
Daniel 3,360 55
Edwin 3,346 56
Chester 3,338 57
Melvin 3,155 58
Herman 2,974 59
Clifford 2,969 60
Leroy 2,951 61
Lester 2,854 62
Floyd 2,820 63
Theodore 2,809 64
Clyde 2,719 65
Vincent 2,636 66
Philip 2,544 67
Charlie 2,536 68
Marvin 2,517 69
Gerald 2,486 70
Lewis 2,477 71
Vernon 2,463 72
Sam 2,455 73
Woodrow 2,428 74
Ray 2,426 75
Milton 2,394 76
Benjamin 2,386 77
Martin 2,336 78
Victor 2,207 79
Jesse 2,200 80
Willard 2,188 81
Alvin 2,142 82
Leon 2,102 83
Cecil 2,101 84
Gordon 2,019 85
Lee 2,004 86
Glenn 1,997 87
Oscar 1,961 88
Edgar 1,920 89
Stephen 1,892 90
Harvey 1,808 91
Arnold 1,781 92
Wilbur 1,749 93
Warren 1,743 94
Everett 1,734 95
Sidney 1,727 96
Wayne 1,715 97
Alexander 1,664 98
Claude 1,625 99
Morris 1,624 100
Allen 1,592 About 1917 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1917, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.