Name.Baby Names by year 1910s 1917 Most Popular Baby Names of 1917 Social Security has card records for 2,083,001 people born in the U.S. in 1917. Mary was the top girl name (64,280 babies) and John the top boy name (51,852).
Top 100 names of 1917 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1917, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 64,280 #125 2 Helen 34,251 #461 3 Dorothy 28,852 #421 4 Margaret 25,560 #112 5 Ruth 23,568 #173 6 Mildred 16,256 #1,962 7 Anna 15,160 #107 8 Elizabeth 15,131 #17 9 Frances 14,363 #318 10 Virginia 14,261 #525 11 Evelyn 12,532 #8 12 Marie 11,813 #617 13 Alice 10,990 #65 14 Florence 10,538 #391 15 Lillian 9,843 #57 16 Rose 9,783 #114 17 Irene 9,163 #651 18 Catherine 8,689 #313 19 Louise 8,584 #514 20 Edna 8,422 #2,458 21 Josephine 8,326 #53 22 Martha 8,261 #712 23 Gladys 8,075 #3,211 24 Ethel 7,865 #4,172 25 Doris 7,819 #2,895 26 Eleanor 7,669 #12 27 Ruby 7,662 #64 28 Edith 7,532 #499 29 Lucille 7,529 #237 30 Grace 7,373 #38 31 Hazel 7,285 #21 32 Thelma 7,245 #4,661 33 Pauline 6,896 #2,957 34 Betty 6,639 #1,113 35 Annie 6,404 #182 36 Marjorie 6,399 #1,016 37 Gertrude 6,300 #6,546 38 Esther 6,281 #119 39 Beatrice 5,839 #508 40 Jean 5,692 #2,117 41 Clara 5,626 #63 42 Bernice 5,546 #4,067 43 Lois 5,485 #1,666 44 Ann 5,455 #1,076 45 Marion 5,371 #2,036 46 Emma 5,121 #3 47 Julia 5,078 #131 48 Agnes 5,066 #1,016 49 Katherine 4,956 #186 50 Elsie 4,939 #123
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1917, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bertha 4,881 #4,546 52 Sarah 4,766 #90 53 Anne 4,603 #619 54 Eva 4,286 #134 55 Jane 4,258 #221 56 Ida 4,247 #1,120 57 Pearl 4,232 #776 58 Myrtle 4,046 #10,917 59 Viola 4,040 #1,013 60 Kathryn 3,984 #729 61 Bessie 3,927 #6,838 62 Stella 3,872 #52 63 Rita 3,870 #1,285 64 Nellie 3,808 #533 65 Laura 3,807 #379 66 Vera 3,714 #205 67 Barbara 3,535 #968 68 Mabel 3,499 #201 69 Sylvia 3,469 #300 70 Jessie 3,465 #823 71 Alma 3,407 #449 72 Willie 3,381 #10,107 73 June 3,370 #150 74 Marian 3,267 #1,102 75 Minnie 3,262 #3,028 76 Charlotte 3,229 #2 77 Genevieve 3,192 #148 78 Marguerite 3,161 #2,485 79 Vivian 3,119 #70 80 Leona 3,115 #429 81 Jennie 3,109 #2,298 82 Wilma 3,071 #3,645 83 Ella 3,054 #29 84 Violet 3,026 #13 85 Lena 3,004 #279 86 Lillie 2,931 #675 87 Juanita 2,929 #2,778 87 Lucy 2,929 #24 89 Geraldine 2,897 #2,438 90 Ellen 2,855 #1,062 91 Blanche 2,836 #6,838 92 Phyllis 2,696 #11,932 93 Maxine 2,647 #496 94 Mattie 2,572 #1,004 95 Opal 2,541 #423 96 Mae 2,507 #500 97 Theresa 2,490 #1,548 98 Nancy 2,411 #965 98 Velma 2,411 #5,722 100 Sophie 2,382 #55
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1917, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 51,852 #23 2 William 42,422 #9 3 James 37,337 #6 4 Robert 35,220 #92 5 Joseph 24,761 #29 6 George 24,196 #126 7 Charles 24,143 #48 8 Edward 17,501 #224 9 Frank 15,768 #513 10 Thomas 12,611 #34 11 Walter 12,582 #251 12 Harold 11,194 #991 13 Paul 11,156 #262 14 Richard 10,914 #234 15 Henry 10,696 #5 16 Raymond 9,956 #394 17 Arthur 9,282 #87 18 Albert 9,157 #614 19 Harry 8,856 #775 20 Donald 8,729 #690 21 Ralph 7,391 #1,046 22 Jack 6,875 #15 23 Louis 6,771 #249 24 Carl 6,699 #1,132 25 Clarence 6,587 #1,499 26 Howard 6,410 #1,002 27 Kenneth 6,141 #294 28 David 6,099 #35 29 Fred 5,986 #1,932 30 Francis 5,801 #420 31 Willie 5,751 #1,315 32 Earl 5,632 #2,230 33 Roy 5,586 #525 34 Stanley 5,186 #863 35 Joe 5,142 #991 36 Lawrence 5,094 #518 37 Ernest 5,055 #1,038 38 Anthony 5,027 #46 39 Eugene 4,873 #943 40 Herbert 4,745 #2,641 41 Leonard 4,694 #637 42 Samuel 4,490 #18 43 Alfred 4,424 #840 44 Michael 4,288 #21 45 Elmer 3,812 #1,222 46 Norman 3,788 #1,196 47 Leo 3,779 #19 48 Andrew 3,752 #73 49 Bernard 3,711 #1,362 50 Peter 3,464 #187
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1917, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Frederick 3,455 #435 52 Russell 3,436 #345 53 Lloyd 3,417 #1,547 54 Daniel 3,360 #22 55 Edwin 3,346 #398 56 Chester 3,338 #1,585 57 Melvin 3,155 #958 58 Herman 2,974 #2,363 59 Clifford 2,969 #1,352 60 Leroy 2,951 #883 61 Lester 2,854 #1,634 62 Floyd 2,820 #2,230 63 Theodore 2,809 #4 64 Clyde 2,719 #742 65 Vincent 2,636 #107 66 Philip 2,544 #527 67 Charlie 2,536 #145 68 Marvin 2,517 #699 69 Gerald 2,486 #1,204 70 Lewis 2,477 #433 71 Vernon 2,463 #1,382 72 Sam 2,454 #647 73 Woodrow 2,428 #1,644 74 Ray 2,426 #791 75 Milton 2,394 #1,436 76 Benjamin 2,386 #11 77 Martin 2,336 #335 78 Victor 2,207 #209 79 Jesse 2,200 #184 80 Willard 2,188 #2,718 81 Alvin 2,142 #838 82 Leon 2,102 #138 83 Cecil 2,101 #1,486 84 Gordon 2,019 #1,051 85 Lee 2,004 #725 86 Glenn 1,997 #1,443 87 Oscar 1,961 #223 88 Edgar 1,920 #486 89 Stephen 1,892 #383 90 Harvey 1,808 #251 91 Arnold 1,781 #1,477 92 Wilbur 1,749 #3,949 93 Warren 1,743 #240 94 Everett 1,734 #77 95 Sidney 1,727 #1,323 96 Wayne 1,715 #652 97 Alexander 1,664 #30 98 Claude 1,625 #3,036 99 Morris 1,624 #1,753 100 Allen 1,592 #578
Entered the top 100 in 1917
