United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1917

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 51,852 babies =
  2. 2 William 42,422 babies =
  3. 3 James 37,337 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 35,220 babies =
  5. 5 Joseph 24,761 babies =
  6. 6 George 24,196 babies 1
  7. 7 Charles 24,143 babies 1
  8. 8 Edward 17,501 babies =
  9. 9 Frank 15,768 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 12,611 babies =
  11. 11 Walter 12,582 babies =
  12. 12 Harold 11,194 babies 1
  13. 13 Paul 11,156 babies 1
  14. 14 Richard 10,914 babies 1
  15. 15 Henry 10,696 babies 1
  16. 16 Raymond 9,956 babies =
  17. 17 Arthur 9,282 babies 1
  18. 18 Albert 9,157 babies 1
  19. 19 Harry 8,856 babies =
  20. 20 Donald 8,729 babies =
  21. 21 Ralph 7,391 babies =
  22. 22 Jack 6,875 babies 4
  23. 23 Louis 6,771 babies 1
  24. 24 Carl 6,699 babies 1
  25. 25 Clarence 6,587 babies 1
  26. 26 Howard 6,410 babies 1
  27. 27 Kenneth 6,141 babies =
  28. 28 David 6,099 babies =
  29. 29 Fred 5,986 babies =
  30. 30 Francis 5,801 babies 1
  31. 31 Willie 5,751 babies 1
  32. 32 Earl 5,632 babies =
  33. 33 Roy 5,586 babies =
  34. 34 Stanley 5,186 babies =
  35. 35 Joe 5,142 babies =
  36. 36 Lawrence 5,094 babies 2
  37. 37 Ernest 5,055 babies 1
  38. 38 Anthony 5,027 babies 1
  39. 39 Eugene 4,873 babies =
  40. 40 Herbert 4,745 babies =
  41. 41 Leonard 4,694 babies 1
  42. 42 Samuel 4,490 babies 1
  43. 43 Alfred 4,424 babies =
  44. 44 Michael 4,288 babies =
  45. 45 Elmer 3,812 babies =
  46. 46 Norman 3,788 babies 2
  47. 47 Leo 3,779 babies =
  48. 48 Andrew 3,752 babies 2
  49. 49 Bernard 3,711 babies =
  50. 50 Peter 3,464 babies =
  51. 51 Frederick 3,455 babies 1
  52. 52 Russell 3,436 babies 1
  53. 53 Lloyd 3,417 babies 5
  54. 54 Daniel 3,360 babies 1
  55. 55 Edwin 3,346 babies 2
  56. 56 Chester 3,338 babies 2
  57. 57 Melvin 3,155 babies =
  58. 58 Herman 2,974 babies 2
  59. 59 Clifford 2,969 babies 2
  60. 60 Leroy 2,951 babies 3
  61. 61 Lester 2,854 babies 2
  62. 62 Floyd 2,820 babies 2
  63. 63 Theodore 2,809 babies 2
  64. 64 Clyde 2,719 babies 2
  65. 65 Vincent 2,636 babies 2
  66. 66 Philip 2,544 babies 4
  67. 67 Charlie 2,536 babies 1
  68. 68 Marvin 2,517 babies 2
  69. 69 Gerald 2,486 babies 7
  70. 70 Lewis 2,477 babies 1
  71. 71 Vernon 2,463 babies 4
  72. 72 Sam 2,454 babies 2
  73. 73 Woodrow 2,428 babies 9
  74. 74 Ray 2,426 babies 1
  75. 75 Milton 2,394 babies 3
  76. 76 Benjamin 2,386 babies 3
  77. 77 Martin 2,336 babies 4
  78. 78 Victor 2,207 babies =
  79. 79 Jesse 2,200 babies 2
  80. 80 Willard 2,188 babies 11
  81. 81 Alvin 2,142 babies 1
  82. 82 Leon 2,102 babies 3
  83. 83 Cecil 2,101 babies 3
  84. 84 Gordon 2,019 babies 6
  85. 85 Lee 2,004 babies 2
  86. 86 Glenn 1,997 babies 2
  87. 87 Oscar 1,961 babies 1
  88. 88 Edgar 1,920 babies =
  89. 89 Stephen 1,892 babies 2
  90. 90 Harvey 1,808 babies 2
  91. 91 Arnold 1,781 babies 2
  92. 92 Wilbur 1,749 babies 2
  93. 93 Warren 1,743 babies 9
  94. 94 Everett 1,734 babies 3
  95. 95 Sidney 1,727 babies =
  96. 96 Wayne 1,715 babies 2
  97. 97 Alexander 1,664 babies 2
  98. 98 Claude 1,625 babies 5
  99. 99 Morris 1,624 babies 2
  100. 100 Allen 1,592 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 64,280 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 34,251 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 28,852 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 25,560 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 23,568 babies =
  6. 6 Mildred 16,256 babies =
  7. 7 Anna 15,160 babies =
  8. 8 Elizabeth 15,131 babies =
  9. 9 Frances 14,363 babies =
  10. 10 Virginia 14,261 babies =
  11. 11 Evelyn 12,532 babies =
  12. 12 Marie 11,813 babies =
  13. 13 Alice 10,990 babies =
  14. 14 Florence 10,538 babies =
  15. 15 Lillian 9,843 babies 1
  16. 16 Rose 9,783 babies 1
  17. 17 Irene 9,163 babies =
  18. 18 Catherine 8,689 babies 2
  19. 19 Louise 8,584 babies 1
  20. 20 Edna 8,422 babies 1
  21. 21 Josephine 8,326 babies =
  22. 22 Martha 8,261 babies 2
  23. 23 Gladys 8,075 babies 1
  24. 24 Ethel 7,865 babies 1
  25. 25 Doris 7,819 babies 7
  26. 26 Eleanor 7,669 babies 1
  27. 27 Ruby 7,662 babies 4
  28. 28 Edith 7,532 babies =
  29. 29 Lucille 7,529 babies 1
  30. 30 Grace 7,373 babies 4
  31. 31 Hazel 7,285 babies =
  32. 32 Thelma 7,245 babies 3
  33. 33 Pauline 6,896 babies =
  34. 34 Betty 6,639 babies 10
  35. 35 Annie 6,404 babies 1
  36. 36 Marjorie 6,399 babies 1
  37. 37 Gertrude 6,300 babies 2
  38. 38 Esther 6,281 babies 4
  39. 39 Beatrice 5,839 babies 1
  40. 40 Jean 5,692 babies 5
  41. 41 Clara 5,626 babies 2
  42. 42 Bernice 5,546 babies =
  43. 43 Lois 5,485 babies =
  44. 44 Ann 5,455 babies 4
  45. 45 Marion 5,371 babies 2
  46. 46 Emma 5,121 babies 5
  47. 47 Julia 5,078 babies 1
  48. 48 Agnes 5,066 babies 2
  49. 49 Katherine 4,956 babies 2
  50. 50 Elsie 4,939 babies 2
  51. 51 Bertha 4,881 babies 2
  52. 52 Sarah 4,766 babies =
  53. 53 Anne 4,603 babies =
  54. 54 Eva 4,286 babies 1
  55. 55 Jane 4,258 babies 7
  56. 56 Ida 4,247 babies 2
  57. 57 Pearl 4,232 babies =
  58. 58 Myrtle 4,046 babies =
  59. 59 Viola 4,040 babies =
  60. 60 Kathryn 3,984 babies =
  61. 61 Bessie 3,927 babies 5
  62. 62 Stella 3,872 babies 1
  63. 63 Rita 3,870 babies 4
  64. 64 Nellie 3,808 babies 3
  65. 65 Laura 3,807 babies 1
  66. 66 Vera 3,714 babies =
  67. 67 Barbara 3,535 babies 7
  68. 68 Mabel 3,499 babies 3
  69. 69 Sylvia 3,469 babies =
  70. 70 Jessie 3,465 babies 2
  71. 71 Alma 3,407 babies 1
  72. 72 Willie 3,381 babies 1
  73. 73 June 3,370 babies 13
  74. 74 Marian 3,267 babies 2
  75. 75 Minnie 3,262 babies 4
  76. 76 Charlotte 3,229 babies 4
  77. 77 Genevieve 3,192 babies 1
  78. 78 Marguerite 3,161 babies =
  79. 79 Vivian 3,119 babies 2
  80. 80 Leona 3,115 babies 5
  81. 81 Jennie 3,109 babies 2
  82. 82 Wilma 3,071 babies =
  83. 83 Ella 3,054 babies 2
  84. 84 Violet 3,026 babies 1
  85. 85 Lena 3,004 babies =
  86. 86 Lillie 2,931 babies 2
  87. 87 Juanita 2,929 babies 3
  88. 88 Lucy 2,929 babies 4
  89. 89 Geraldine 2,897 babies 5
  90. 90 Ellen 2,855 babies 3
  91. 91 Blanche 2,836 babies 2
  92. 92 Phyllis 2,696 babies 3
  93. 93 Maxine 2,647 babies 3
  94. 94 Mattie 2,572 babies 1
  95. 95 Opal 2,541 babies 4
  96. 96 Mae 2,507 babies 4
  97. 97 Theresa 2,490 babies 1
  98. 98 Nancy 2,411 babies 4
  99. 99 Velma 2,411 babies =
  100. 100 Sophie 2,382 babies 1

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Source: Social Security Administration

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