Top Names of 1917

The most popular names recorded in 1917 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary64,280
2Helen34,251
3Dorothy28,852
4Margaret25,560
5Ruth23,568
6Mildred16,256
7Anna15,160
8Elizabeth15,131
9Frances14,363
10Virginia14,261
11Evelyn12,532
12Marie11,813
13Alice10,990
14Florence10,538
15Lillian9,843
16Rose9,783
17Irene9,163
18Catherine8,689
19Louise8,584
20Edna8,422
21Josephine8,326
22Martha8,261
23Gladys8,075
24Ethel7,865
25Doris7,819
26Eleanor7,669
27Ruby7,662
28Edith7,532
29Lucille7,529
30Grace7,373
31Hazel7,285
32Thelma7,245
33Pauline6,896
34Betty6,639
35Annie6,404
36Marjorie6,399
37Gertrude6,300
38Esther6,281
39Beatrice5,839
40Jean5,692
41Clara5,626
42Bernice5,546
43Lois5,485
44Ann5,455
45Marion5,371
46Emma5,121
47Julia5,078
48Agnes5,066
49Katherine4,956
50Elsie4,939

Boys

#NameBabies
1John51,852
2William42,422
3James37,338
4Robert35,220
5Joseph24,761
6George24,196
7Charles24,143
8Edward17,501
9Frank15,768
10Thomas12,611
11Walter12,582
12Harold11,194
13Paul11,156
14Richard10,914
15Henry10,696
16Raymond9,956
17Arthur9,282
18Albert9,157
19Harry8,856
20Donald8,729
21Ralph7,391
22Jack6,874
23Louis6,771
24Carl6,699
25Clarence6,587
26Howard6,410
27Kenneth6,141
28David6,099
29Fred5,986
30Francis5,801
31Willie5,751
32Earl5,632
33Roy5,586
34Stanley5,186
35Joe5,142
36Lawrence5,094
37Ernest5,055
38Anthony5,027
39Eugene4,873
40Herbert4,745
41Leonard4,694
42Samuel4,490
43Alfred4,424
44Michael4,288
45Elmer3,812
46Norman3,788
47Leo3,779
48Andrew3,752
49Bernard3,711
50Peter3,464