Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1917

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1917 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	64,281	5.721	-125	-61,954	1	John	51,853	5.405	-26	-42,734
2	Helen	34,251	3.048	-411	-33,506	2	William	42,422	4.422	-1	-27,906
3	Dorothy	28,851	2.568	-583	-28,334	3	James	37,339	3.892	-1	-23,814
4	Margaret	25,560	2.275	-123	-23,248	4	Robert	35,220	3.671	-67	-30,080
5	Ruth	23,568	2.097	-260	-22,334	5	Joseph	24,762	2.581	-18	-15,207
6	Mildred	16,257	1.447	-2,063	-16,164	6	George	24,196	2.522	-121	-21,137
7	Anna	15,160	1.349	-47	-11,015	7	Charles	24,143	2.517	-45	-17,539
8	Elizabeth	15,131	1.347	-5	-6,618	8	Edward	17,502	1.824	-161	-15,234
9	Frances	14,363	1.278	-436	-13,648	9	Frank	15,769	1.644	-383	-14,966
10	Virginia	14,261	1.269	-530	-13,683	10	Thomas	12,611	1.315	-39	-5,832
11	Evelyn	12,532	1.115	1	-2,156	11	Walter	12,582	1.312	-260	-11,279
12	Marie	11,813	1.051	-564	-11,283	12	Harold	11,194	1.167	-785	-10,913
13	Alice	10,990	0.978	-58	-7,347	13	Paul	11,155	1.163	-221	-9,530
14	Florence	10,539	0.938	-957	-10,270	14	Richard	10,914	1.138	-174	-8,795
15	Lillian	9,843	0.876	-19	-4,309	15	Henry	10,696	1.115	-1	-47
16	Rose	9,783	0.871	-107	-7,351	16	Raymond	9,956	1.038	-283	-8,807
17	Irene	9,163	0.815	-620	-8,699	17	Arthur	9,282	0.968	-213	-7,640
18	Catherine	8,689	0.773	-186	-7,191	18	Albert	9,157	0.955	-434	-8,500
19	Louise	8,584	0.764	-781	-8,245	19	Harry	8,856	0.923	-601	-8,429
20	Edna	8,422	0.749	-1,717	-8,305	20	Donald	8,729	0.910	-506	-8,196
21	Josephine	8,326	0.741	-70	-5,303	21	Ralph	7,392	0.771	-930	-7,175
22	Martha	8,261	0.735	-775	-7,920	22	Jack	6,874	0.717	-6	1,960
23	Gladys	8,075	0.719	-3,416	-8,030	23	Louis	6,771	0.706	-240	-5,403
24	Ethel	7,864	0.700	-4,332	-7,832	24	Carl	6,699	0.698	-676	-6,357
25	Doris	7,819	0.696	-1,789	-7,708	25	Clarence	6,586	0.687	-1,091	-6,414
26	Eleanor	7,669	0.682	-6	-1,975	26	Howard	6,410	0.668	-942	-6,197
27	Ruby	7,662	0.682	-47	-4,110	27	Kenneth	6,142	0.640	-199	-4,487
28	Edith	7,532	0.670	-490	-6,933	28	David	6,100	0.636	6	3,597
29	Lucille	7,528	0.670	-266	-6,413	29	Fred	5,986	0.624	-1,621	-5,889
30	Grace	7,373	0.656	6	-649	30	Francis	5,801	0.605	-450	-5,195
31	Hazel	7,285	0.648	-11	-2,369	31	Willie	5,751	0.599	-903	-5,527
32	Thelma	7,245	0.645	-4,926	-7,218	32	Earl	5,632	0.587	-1,632	-5,537
33	Pauline	6,896	0.614	-2,752	-6,835	33	Roy	5,586	0.582	-509	-5,072
34	Betty	6,639	0.591	-1,094	-6,424	34	Stanley	5,186	0.541	-673	-4,847
35	Annie	6,404	0.570	-273	-5,324	35	Joe	5,143	0.536	-660	-4,798
36	Marjorie	6,399	0.569	-1,131	-6,194	36	Lawrence	5,094	0.531	-462	-4,521
37	Gertrude	6,300	0.561	-5,449	-6,277	37	Ernest	5,055	0.527	-941	-4,845
38	Esther	6,281	0.559	-115	-4,450	38	Anthony	5,027	0.524	0	2,976
39	Beatrice	5,839	0.520	-534	-5,304	39	Eugene	4,873	0.508	-823	-4,621
40	Jean	5,692	0.507	-2,353	-5,617	40	Herbert	4,745	0.495	-1,987	-4,674
41	Clara	5,626	0.501	-62	-2,749	41	Leonard	4,694	0.489	-592	-4,279
42	Bernice	5,546	0.494	-2,626	-5,482	42	Samuel	4,491	0.468	21	5,243
43	Lois	5,485	0.488	-1,650	-5,363	43	Alfred	4,424	0.461	-829	-4,175
44	Ann	5,455	0.485	-939	-5,188	44	Michael	4,289	0.447	30	7,331
45	Marion	5,371	0.478	-1,560	-5,238	45	Elmer	3,812	0.397	-1,214	-3,667
46	Emma	5,121	0.456	45	13,567	46	Norman	3,789	0.395	-1,178	-3,638
47	Julia	5,078	0.452	-46	-2,089	47	Leo	3,779	0.394	-3	2,940
48	Agnes	5,066	0.451	-1,156	-4,871	48	Andrew	3,752	0.391	5	3,482
49	Katherine	4,956	0.441	-63	-2,290	49	Bernard	3,711	0.387	-1,102	-3,546
50	Elsie	4,939	0.440	-230	-3,761	50	Peter	3,464	0.361	-161	-1,652

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.