Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1917

John and Mary topped the list in 1917. The 10 most popular names went to 31% of boys and 23% of girls, from 4,601 boy names and 5,308 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1917

  1. John 51,852
  2. William 42,422
  3. James 37,337
  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 6,875
  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 2,454
  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

Top girl names of 1917

  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
  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. Juanita 2,929
  88. Lucy 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
  99. Velma 2,411
  100. Sophie 2,382

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1917?
John was the #1 boy name in 1917 (51,852 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (64,280 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1917?
Social Security records list 2,006,749 babies born in 1917 with names given to at least 5 babies: 925,482 boys and 1,081,267 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.