Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1917
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1916.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1916 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 51,852 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 42,422 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 37,337 | 0 |
| 4 | Robert | 35,220 | 0 |
| 5 | Joseph | 24,761 | 0 |
| 6 | George | 24,196 | +1 |
| 7 | Charles | 24,143 | -1 |
| 8 | Edward | 17,501 | 0 |
| 9 | Frank | 15,768 | 0 |
| 10 | Thomas | 12,611 | 0 |
| 11 | Walter | 12,582 | 0 |
| 12 | Harold | 11,194 | +1 |
| 13 | Paul | 11,156 | -1 |
| 14 | Richard | 10,914 | +1 |
| 15 | Henry | 10,696 | -1 |
| 16 | Raymond | 9,956 | 0 |
| 17 | Arthur | 9,282 | +1 |
| 18 | Albert | 9,157 | -1 |
| 19 | Harry | 8,856 | 0 |
| 20 | Donald | 8,729 | 0 |
| 21 | Ralph | 7,391 | 0 |
| 22 | Jack | 6,875 | +4 |
| 23 | Louis | 6,771 | -1 |
| 24 | Carl | 6,699 | -1 |
| 25 | Clarence | 6,587 | -1 |
| 26 | Howard | 6,410 | -1 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 6,141 | 0 |
| 28 | David | 6,099 | 0 |
| 29 | Fred | 5,986 | 0 |
| 30 | Francis | 5,801 | +1 |
| 31 | Willie | 5,751 | -1 |
| 32 | Earl | 5,632 | 0 |
| 33 | Roy | 5,586 | 0 |
| 34 | Stanley | 5,186 | 0 |
| 35 | Joe | 5,142 | 0 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,094 | +2 |
| 37 | Ernest | 5,055 | -1 |
| 38 | Anthony | 5,027 | -1 |
| 39 | Eugene | 4,873 | 0 |
| 40 | Herbert | 4,745 | 0 |
| 41 | Leonard | 4,694 | +1 |
| 42 | Samuel | 4,490 | -1 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,424 | 0 |
| 44 | Michael | 4,288 | 0 |
| 45 | Elmer | 3,812 | 0 |
| 46 | Norman | 3,788 | +2 |
| 47 | Leo | 3,779 | 0 |
| 48 | Andrew | 3,752 | -2 |
| 49 | Bernard | 3,711 | 0 |
| 50 | Peter | 3,464 | 0 |
| 51 | Frederick | 3,455 | +1 |
| 52 | Russell | 3,436 | -1 |
| 53 | Lloyd | 3,417 | +5 |
| 54 | Daniel | 3,360 | +1 |
| 55 | Edwin | 3,346 | -2 |
| 56 | Chester | 3,338 | -2 |
| 57 | Melvin | 3,155 | 0 |
| 58 | Herman | 2,974 | -2 |
| 59 | Clifford | 2,969 | +2 |
| 60 | Leroy | 2,951 | +3 |
| 61 | Lester | 2,854 | -2 |
| 62 | Floyd | 2,820 | -2 |
| 63 | Theodore | 2,809 | +2 |
| 64 | Clyde | 2,719 | -2 |
| 65 | Vincent | 2,636 | +2 |
| 66 | Philip | 2,544 | +4 |
| 67 | Charlie | 2,536 | +1 |
| 68 | Marvin | 2,517 | -2 |
| 69 | Gerald | 2,486 | +7 |
| 70 | Lewis | 2,477 | +1 |
| 71 | Vernon | 2,463 | +4 |
| 72 | Sam | 2,454 | +2 |
| 73 | Woodrow | 2,428 | -9 |
| 74 | Ray | 2,426 | -1 |
| 75 | Milton | 2,394 | -3 |
| 76 | Benjamin | 2,386 | +3 |
| 77 | Martin | 2,336 | +4 |
| 78 | Victor | 2,207 | 0 |
| 79 | Jesse | 2,200 | -2 |
| 80 | Willard | 2,188 | -11 |
| 81 | Alvin | 2,142 | +1 |
| 82 | Leon | 2,102 | +3 |
| 83 | Cecil | 2,101 | -3 |
| 84 | Gordon | 2,019 | +6 |
| 85 | Lee | 2,004 | -2 |
| 86 | Glenn | 1,997 | -2 |
| 87 | Oscar | 1,961 | -1 |
| 88 | Edgar | 1,920 | 0 |
| 89 | Stephen | 1,892 | -2 |
| 90 | Harvey | 1,808 | +2 |
| 91 | Arnold | 1,781 | -2 |
| 92 | Wilbur | 1,749 | +2 |
| 93 | Warren | 1,743 | +9 |
| 94 | Everett | 1,734 | -3 |
| 95 | Sidney | 1,727 | 0 |
| 96 | Wayne | 1,715 | +2 |
| 97 | Alexander | 1,664 | +2 |
| 98 | Claude | 1,625 | -5 |
| 99 | Morris | 1,624 | -2 |
| 100 | Allen | 1,592 | +1 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.