Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1917
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1916.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1916 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 64,439 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 52,105 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 42,587 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 37,519 | 0 |
| 5 | Robert | 35,388 | +1 |
| 6 | Helen | 34,312 | -1 |
| 7 | Dorothy | 28,912 | 0 |
| 8 | Margaret | 25,618 | 0 |
| 9 | Joseph | 24,855 | 0 |
| 10 | George | 24,335 | +1 |
| 11 | Charles | 24,267 | -1 |
| 12 | Ruth | 23,618 | 0 |
| 13 | Edward | 17,562 | 0 |
| 14 | Mildred | 16,302 | 0 |
| 15 | Frank | 15,866 | 0 |
| 16 | Anna | 15,193 | 0 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 15,162 | 0 |
| 18 | Frances | 14,435 | 0 |
| 19 | Virginia | 14,289 | 0 |
| 20 | Thomas | 12,666 | 0 |
| 21 | Walter | 12,658 | +1 |
| 22 | Evelyn | 12,561 | -1 |
| 23 | Marie | 11,840 | 0 |
| 24 | Harold | 11,255 | +3 |
| 25 | Paul | 11,218 | -1 |
| 26 | Alice | 11,015 | -1 |
| 27 | Richard | 10,961 | +2 |
| 28 | Henry | 10,776 | -2 |
| 29 | Florence | 10,571 | -1 |
| 30 | Raymond | 10,006 | +2 |
| 31 | Lillian | 9,876 | 0 |
| 32 | Rose | 9,821 | -2 |
| 33 | Arthur | 9,329 | +2 |
| 34 | Albert | 9,197 | -1 |
| 35 | Irene | 9,188 | -1 |
| 36 | Willie | 9,132 | 0 |
| 37 | Harry | 8,891 | +2 |
| 38 | Donald | 8,758 | +5 |
| 39 | Catherine | 8,705 | +1 |
| 40 | Louise | 8,632 | -3 |
| 41 | Edna | 8,447 | -3 |
| 42 | Josephine | 8,344 | -1 |
| 43 | Martha | 8,279 | +2 |
| 44 | Gladys | 8,109 | -2 |
| 45 | Ethel | 7,902 | +1 |
| 46 | Doris | 7,883 | +7 |
| 47 | Ruby | 7,713 | -3 |
| 48 | Eleanor | 7,682 | 0 |
| 49 | Lucille | 7,556 | +3 |
| 50 | Edith | 7,551 | 0 |
| 51 | Ralph | 7,421 | +3 |
| 52 | Grace | 7,389 | -5 |
| 53 | Hazel | 7,355 | -2 |
| 54 | Thelma | 7,273 | -5 |
| 55 | Jack | 6,925 | +7 |
| 56 | Pauline | 6,918 | +1 |
| 57 | Louis | 6,826 | -2 |
| 58 | Marion | 6,787 | +1 |
| 59 | Carl | 6,745 | -3 |
| 60 | Betty | 6,648 | +20 |
| 61 | Clarence | 6,623 | -1 |
| 62 | Howard | 6,444 | +1 |
| 63 | Annie | 6,433 | +2 |
| 64 | Francis | 6,428 | 0 |
| 65 | Marjorie | 6,404 | +2 |
| 66 | Gertrude | 6,315 | -5 |
| 67 | Esther | 6,298 | -9 |
| 68 | Kenneth | 6,169 | -2 |
| 69 | David | 6,133 | -1 |
| 70 | Fred | 6,032 | -1 |
| 71 | Jean | 5,879 | +5 |
| 72 | Beatrice | 5,863 | -2 |
| 73 | Earl | 5,678 | -2 |
| 74 | Clara | 5,643 | -2 |
| 75 | Roy | 5,624 | -2 |
| 76 | Bernice | 5,619 | -1 |
| 77 | Lois | 5,544 | +1 |
| 78 | Ann | 5,469 | -4 |
| 79 | Joe | 5,239 | +4 |
| 80 | Stanley | 5,205 | -1 |
| 81 | Emma | 5,136 | -4 |
| 82 | Lawrence | 5,116 | +8 |
| 83 | Julia | 5,102 | -2 |
| 84 | Agnes | 5,077 | +1 |
| 85 | Ernest | 5,070 | +1 |
| 86 | Anthony | 5,046 | +3 |
| 87 | Katherine | 4,970 | +1 |
| 88 | Elsie | 4,961 | -6 |
| 89 | Eugene | 4,914 | +3 |
| 90 | Bertha | 4,901 | -6 |
| 91 | Jessie | 4,826 | 0 |
| 92 | Sarah | 4,777 | -5 |
| 93 | Herbert | 4,767 | +1 |
| 94 | Leonard | 4,710 | +4 |
| 95 | Anne | 4,610 | -2 |
| 96 | Samuel | 4,506 | -1 |
| 97 | Alfred | 4,446 | +2 |
| 98 | Pearl | 4,316 | +3 |
| 99 | Eva | 4,303 | -2 |
| 100 | Michael | 4,300 | 0 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.