Top Baby Names of 1917
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.