Top baby names of 1917
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4James77,848
- 5Robert73,432
- 6Helen60,956
- 7Joseph51,628
- 8Dorothy51,356
- 9George50,442
- 10Charles50,360
- 11Margaret45,498
- 12Ruth41,940
- 13Edward36,506
- 14Frank32,882
- 15Mildred28,942
- 16Anna26,984
- 17Elizabeth26,936
- 18Thomas26,302
- 19Walter26,234
- 20Frances25,562
- 21Virginia25,398
- 22Harold23,348
- 23Paul23,258
- 24Richard22,764
- 25Henry22,308
- 26Evelyn22,302
- 27Marie21,028
- 28Raymond20,766
- 29Alice19,564
- 30Arthur19,354
- 31Albert19,092
- 32Florence18,762
- 33Harry18,466
- 34Donald18,194
- 35Lillian17,528
- 36Rose17,412
- 37Irene16,316
- 38Catherine15,466
- 39Ralph15,406
- 40Louise15,278
- 41Edna14,990
- 42Josephine14,820
- 43Martha14,710
- 44Gladys14,374
- 45Jack14,330
- 46Louis14,114
- 47Ethel13,998
- 48Carl13,970
- 49Doris13,916
- 50Clarence13,720
- 51Ruby13,640
- 52Eleanor13,636
- 53Edith13,416
- 54Lucille13,390
- 55Howard13,362
- 56Grace13,120
- 57Hazel12,968
- 58Thelma12,892
- 59Kenneth12,792
- 60David12,714
- 61Fred12,480
- 62Pauline12,264
- 63Francis12,096
- 64Willie11,992
- 65Betty11,812
- 66Earl11,744
- 67Roy11,630
- 68Annie11,392
- 69Marjorie11,388
- 70Gertrude11,210
- 71Esther11,180
- 72Stanley10,820
- 73Joe10,718
- 74Lawrence10,630
- 75Ernest10,538
- 76Anthony10,472
- 77Beatrice10,394
- 78Eugene10,160
- 79Jean10,124
- 80Clara10,012
- 81Herbert9,884
- 82Bernice9,870
- 83Leonard9,790
- 84Lois9,768
- 85Ann9,708
- 86Marion9,562
- 87Samuel9,370
- 88Alfred9,226
- 89Emma9,118
- 90Julia9,044
- 91Agnes9,018
- 92Michael8,948
- 93Katherine8,826
- 94Elsie8,790
- 95Elmer7,942
- 96Norman7,902
- 97Leo7,876
- 98Andrew7,818
- 99Bernard7,736
- 100Peter7,226