100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1917

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 51,853
2 William 0 42,423
3 James 0 37,339
4 Robert 0 35,220
5 Joseph 0 24,762
6 George +1 24,196
7 Charles -1 24,144
8 Edward 0 17,502
9 Frank 0 15,769
10 Thomas 0 12,611
11 Walter 0 12,582
12 Harold +1 11,194
13 Paul -1 11,155
14 Richard +1 10,914
15 Henry -1 10,696
16 Raymond 0 9,956
17 Arthur +1 9,282
18 Albert -1 9,157
19 Harry 0 8,856
20 Donald 0 8,729
21 Ralph 0 7,393
22 Jack +4 6,874
23 Louis -1 6,771
24 Carl -1 6,699
25 Clarence -1 6,586
26 Howard -1 6,410
27 Kenneth 0 6,142
28 David 0 6,100
29 Fred 0 5,986
30 Francis +1 5,801
31 Willie -1 5,751
32 Earl 0 5,632
33 Roy 0 5,586
34 Stanley 0 5,186
35 Joe 0 5,143
36 Lawrence +2 5,095
37 Ernest -1 5,055
38 Anthony -1 5,027
39 Eugene 0 4,873
40 Herbert 0 4,745
41 Leonard +1 4,694
42 Samuel -1 4,491
43 Alfred 0 4,424
44 Michael 0 4,289
45 Elmer 0 3,812
46 Norman +2 3,789
47 Leo 0 3,779
48 Andrew -2 3,751
49 Bernard 0 3,711
50 Peter 0 3,464
51 Frederick +1 3,455
52 Russell -1 3,436
53 Lloyd +5 3,416
54 Daniel +1 3,360
55 Edwin -2 3,346
56 Chester -2 3,338
57 Melvin 0 3,155
58 Herman -2 2,973
59 Clifford +2 2,969
60 Leroy +3 2,951
61 Lester -2 2,854
62 Floyd -2 2,820
63 Theodore +2 2,809
64 Clyde -2 2,719
65 Vincent +2 2,636
66 Philip +4 2,544
67 Charlie +1 2,537
68 Marvin -2 2,517
69 Gerald +7 2,486
70 Lewis +1 2,477
71 Vernon +4 2,463
72 Sam +2 2,455
73 Woodrow -9 2,428
74 Ray -1 2,427
75 Milton -3 2,394
76 Benjamin +3 2,386
77 Martin +4 2,336
78 Victor 0 2,207
79 Jesse -2 2,200
80 Willard -11 2,188
81 Alvin +1 2,143
82 Leon +3 2,102
83 Cecil -3 2,101
84 Gordon +6 2,019
85 Lee -2 2,004
86 Glenn -2 1,997
87 Oscar -1 1,961
88 Edgar 0 1,920
89 Stephen -2 1,892
90 Harvey +2 1,808
91 Arnold -2 1,781
92 Wilbur +2 1,749
93 Warren +9 1,743
94 Everett -3 1,734
95 Sidney 0 1,727
96 Wayne +2 1,715
97 Alexander +2 1,664
98 Claude -5 1,625
99 Morris -2 1,624
100 Allen +1 1,592
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 64,281
2 Helen 0 34,251
3 Dorothy 0 28,851
4 Margaret 0 25,560
5 Ruth 0 23,568
6 Mildred 0 16,257
7 Anna 0 15,160
8 Elizabeth 0 15,131
9 Frances 0 14,363
10 Virginia 0 14,261
11 Evelyn 0 12,532
12 Marie 0 11,812
13 Alice 0 10,990
14 Florence 0 10,539
15 Lillian +1 9,843
16 Rose -1 9,783
17 Irene 0 9,164
18 Catherine +2 8,689
19 Louise -1 8,584
20 Edna -1 8,422
21 Josephine 0 8,326
22 Martha +2 8,261
23 Gladys -1 8,075
24 Ethel +1 7,864
25 Doris +7 7,819
26 Eleanor +1 7,669
27 Ruby -4 7,662
28 Edith 0 7,532
29 Lucille +1 7,528
30 Grace -4 7,373
31 Hazel 0 7,285
32 Thelma -3 7,245
33 Pauline 0 6,896
34 Betty +10 6,639
35 Annie +1 6,404
36 Marjorie +1 6,399
37 Gertrude -2 6,300
38 Esther -4 6,281
39 Beatrice -1 5,839
40 Jean +5 5,692
41 Clara -2 5,626
42 Bernice 0 5,546
43 Lois 0 5,485
44 Ann -4 5,455
45 Marion +2 5,371
46 Emma -5 5,121
47 Julia -1 5,078
48 Agnes +2 5,066
49 Katherine +2 4,956
50 Elsie -2 4,939
51 Bertha -2 4,881
52 Sarah 0 4,766
53 Anne 0 4,603
54 Eva +1 4,286
55 Jane +7 4,258
56 Ida -2 4,247
57 Pearl 0 4,232
58 Myrtle 0 4,046
59 Viola 0 4,040
60 Kathryn 0 3,984
61 Bessie -5 3,928
62 Stella +1 3,872
63 Rita +4 3,870
64 Laura 0 3,808
65 Nellie -4 3,808
66 Vera 0 3,714
67 Barbara +7 3,535
68 Mabel -3 3,499
69 Sylvia 0 3,469
70 Jessie -2 3,465
71 Alma -1 3,407
72 Willie +1 3,381
73 June +13 3,370
74 Marian -2 3,267
75 Minnie -4 3,262
76 Charlotte +4 3,230
77 Genevieve -1 3,192
78 Marguerite 0 3,161
79 Vivian -2 3,119
80 Leona -5 3,115
81 Jennie -2 3,109
82 Wilma 0 3,071
83 Ella -2 3,054
84 Violet -1 3,026
85 Lena 0 3,004
86 Lillie +2 2,930
87 Juanita +3 2,929
88 Lucy -4 2,929
89 Geraldine +5 2,897
90 Ellen -3 2,855
91 Blanche -2 2,836
92 Phyllis +3 2,696
93 Maxine +3 2,647
94 Mattie -1 2,572
95 Opal -4 2,541
96 Mae -4 2,507
97 Theresa +1 2,490
98 Nancy +4 2,412
99 Velma 0 2,411
100 Sophie +1 2,382