Popular Baby Names in 1917
The most popular baby names in 1917.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 64,280 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 51,852 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 42,422 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 37,338 |
| 4 | Robert | Boy | 35,220 |
| 2 | Helen | Girl | 34,251 |
| 3 | Dorothy | Girl | 28,852 |
| 4 | Margaret | Girl | 25,560 |
| 5 | Joseph | Boy | 24,761 |
| 6 | George | Boy | 24,196 |
| 7 | Charles | Boy | 24,143 |
| 5 | Ruth | Girl | 23,568 |
| 8 | Edward | Boy | 17,501 |
| 6 | Mildred | Girl | 16,256 |
| 9 | Frank | Boy | 15,768 |
| 7 | Anna | Girl | 15,160 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | Girl | 15,131 |
| 9 | Frances | Girl | 14,363 |
| 10 | Virginia | Girl | 14,261 |
| 10 | Thomas | Boy | 12,611 |
| 11 | Walter | Boy | 12,582 |
| 11 | Evelyn | Girl | 12,532 |
| 12 | Marie | Girl | 11,813 |
| 12 | Harold | Boy | 11,194 |
| 13 | Paul | Boy | 11,156 |
| 13 | Alice | Girl | 10,990 |
| 14 | Richard | Boy | 10,914 |
| 15 | Henry | Boy | 10,696 |
| 14 | Florence | Girl | 10,538 |
| 16 | Raymond | Boy | 9,956 |
| 15 | Lillian | Girl | 9,843 |
| 16 | Rose | Girl | 9,783 |
| 17 | Arthur | Boy | 9,282 |
| 17 | Irene | Girl | 9,163 |
| 18 | Albert | Boy | 9,157 |
| 19 | Harry | Boy | 8,856 |
| 20 | Donald | Boy | 8,729 |
| 18 | Catherine | Girl | 8,689 |
| 19 | Louise | Girl | 8,584 |
| 20 | Edna | Girl | 8,422 |
| 21 | Josephine | Girl | 8,326 |
| 22 | Martha | Girl | 8,261 |
| 23 | Gladys | Girl | 8,075 |
| 24 | Ethel | Girl | 7,865 |
| 25 | Doris | Girl | 7,819 |
| 26 | Eleanor | Girl | 7,669 |
| 27 | Ruby | Girl | 7,662 |
| 28 | Edith | Girl | 7,532 |
| 29 | Lucille | Girl | 7,529 |
| 21 | Ralph | Boy | 7,391 |
| 30 | Grace | Girl | 7,373 |
| 31 | Hazel | Girl | 7,285 |
| 32 | Thelma | Girl | 7,245 |
| 33 | Pauline | Girl | 6,896 |
| 22 | Jack | Boy | 6,874 |
| 23 | Louis | Boy | 6,771 |
| 24 | Carl | Boy | 6,699 |
| 34 | Betty | Girl | 6,639 |
| 25 | Clarence | Boy | 6,587 |
| 26 | Howard | Boy | 6,410 |
| 35 | Annie | Girl | 6,404 |
| 36 | Marjorie | Girl | 6,399 |
| 37 | Gertrude | Girl | 6,300 |
| 38 | Esther | Girl | 6,281 |
| 27 | Kenneth | Boy | 6,141 |
| 28 | David | Boy | 6,099 |
| 29 | Fred | Boy | 5,986 |
| 39 | Beatrice | Girl | 5,839 |
| 30 | Francis | Boy | 5,801 |
| 31 | Willie | Boy | 5,751 |
| 40 | Jean | Girl | 5,692 |
| 32 | Earl | Boy | 5,632 |
| 41 | Clara | Girl | 5,626 |
| 33 | Roy | Boy | 5,586 |
| 42 | Bernice | Girl | 5,546 |
| 43 | Lois | Girl | 5,485 |
| 44 | Ann | Girl | 5,455 |
| 45 | Marion | Girl | 5,371 |
| 34 | Stanley | Boy | 5,186 |
| 35 | Joe | Boy | 5,142 |
| 46 | Emma | Girl | 5,121 |
| 36 | Lawrence | Boy | 5,094 |
| 47 | Julia | Girl | 5,078 |
| 48 | Agnes | Girl | 5,066 |
| 37 | Ernest | Boy | 5,055 |
| 38 | Anthony | Boy | 5,027 |
| 49 | Katherine | Girl | 4,956 |
| 50 | Elsie | Girl | 4,939 |
| 51 | Bertha | Girl | 4,881 |
| 39 | Eugene | Boy | 4,873 |
| 52 | Sarah | Girl | 4,766 |
| 40 | Herbert | Boy | 4,745 |
| 41 | Leonard | Boy | 4,694 |
| 53 | Anne | Girl | 4,603 |
| 42 | Samuel | Boy | 4,490 |
| 43 | Alfred | Boy | 4,424 |
| 44 | Michael | Boy | 4,288 |
| 54 | Eva | Girl | 4,286 |
| 55 | Jane | Girl | 4,258 |
| 56 | Ida | Girl | 4,247 |