Top Boys Names of 1917 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	John	52K
2	William	42K
3	James	37K
4	Robert	35K
5	Joseph	25K
6	George	24K
7	Charles	24K
8	Edward	18K
9	Frank	16K
10	Thomas	13K
11	Walter	13K
12	Harold	11K
13	Paul	11K
14	Richard	11K
15	Henry	11K
16	Raymond	10K
17	Arthur	9K
18	Albert	9K
19	Harry	9K
20	Donald	9K
21	Ralph	7K
22	Jack	7K
23	Louis	7K
24	Carl	7K
25	Clarence	7K
26	Howard	6K
27	Kenneth	6K
28	David	6K
29	Fred	6K
30	Francis	6K
31	Willie	6K
32	Earl	6K
33	Roy	6K
34	Stanley	5K
35	Joe	5K
36	Lawrence	5K
37	Ernest	5K
38	Anthony	5K
39	Eugene	5K
40	Herbert	5K
41	Leonard	5K
42	Samuel	4K
43	Alfred	4K
44	Michael	4K
45	Elmer	4K
46	Norman	4K
47	Leo	4K
48	Andrew	4K
49	Bernard	4K
50	Peter	3K
51	Frederick	3K
52	Russell	3K
53	Lloyd	3K
54	Daniel	3K
55	Edwin	3K
56	Chester	3K
57	Melvin	3K
58	Herman	3K
59	Clifford	3K
60	Leroy	3K
61	Lester	3K
62	Floyd	3K
63	Theodore	3K
64	Clyde	3K
65	Vincent	3K
66	Philip	3K
67	Charlie	3K
68	Marvin	3K
69	Gerald	2K
70	Lewis	2K
71	Vernon	2K
72	Sam	2K
73	Woodrow	2K
74	Ray	2K
75	Milton	2K
76	Benjamin	2K
77	Martin	2K
78	Victor	2K
79	Jesse	2K
80	Willard	2K
81	Alvin	2K
82	Leon	2K
83	Cecil	2K
84	Gordon	2K
85	Lee	2K
86	Glenn	2K
87	Oscar	2K
88	Edgar	2K
89	Stephen	2K
90	Harvey	2K
91	Arnold	2K
92	Wilbur	2K
93	Warren	2K
94	Everett	2K
95	Sidney	2K
96	Wayne	2K
97	Alexander	2K
98	Claude	2K
99	Morris	2K
100	Allen	2K