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The most popular names in 1917

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‹ 19161918 ›

Top 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #11Evelyn12,532
  12. #12Marie11,813
  13. #13Alice10,990
  14. #14Florence10,538
  15. #15Lillian9,843
  16. #16Rose9,783
  17. #17Irene9,163
  18. #18Catherine8,689
  19. #19Louise8,584
  20. #20Edna8,422
  21. #21Josephine8,326
  22. #22Martha8,261
  23. #23Gladys8,075
  24. #24Ethel7,865
  25. #25Doris7,819
  26. #26Eleanor7,669
  27. #27Ruby7,662
  28. #28Edith7,532
  29. #29Lucille7,529
  30. #30Grace7,373
  31. #31Hazel7,285
  32. #32Thelma7,245
  33. #33Pauline6,896
  34. #34Betty6,639
  35. #35Annie6,404
  36. #36Marjorie6,399
  37. #37Gertrude6,300
  38. #38Esther6,281
  39. #39Beatrice5,839
  40. #40Jean5,692
  41. #41Clara5,626
  42. #42Bernice5,546
  43. #43Lois5,485
  44. #44Ann5,455
  45. #45Marion5,371
  46. #46Emma5,121
  47. #47Julia5,078
  48. #48Agnes5,066
  49. #49Katherine4,956
  50. #50Elsie4,939
  51. #51Bertha4,881
  52. #52Sarah4,766
  53. #53Anne4,603
  54. #54Eva4,286
  55. #55Jane4,258
  56. #56Ida4,247
  57. #57Pearl4,232
  58. #58Myrtle4,046
  59. #59Viola4,040
  60. #60Kathryn3,984
  61. #61Bessie3,927
  62. #62Stella3,872
  63. #63Rita3,870
  64. #64Nellie3,808
  65. #65Laura3,807
  66. #66Vera3,714
  67. #67Barbara3,535
  68. #68Mabel3,499
  69. #69Sylvia3,469
  70. #70Jessie3,465
  71. #71Alma3,407
  72. #72Willie3,381
  73. #73June3,370
  74. #74Marian3,267
  75. #75Minnie3,262
  76. #76Charlotte3,229
  77. #77Genevieve3,192
  78. #78Marguerite3,161
  79. #79Vivian3,119
  80. #80Leona3,115
  81. #81Jennie3,109
  82. #82Wilma3,071
  83. #83Ella3,054
  84. #84Violet3,026
  85. #85Lena3,004
  86. #86Lillie2,931
  87. #87Juanita2,929
  88. #87Lucy2,929
  89. #89Geraldine2,897
  90. #90Ellen2,855
  91. #91Blanche2,836
  92. #92Phyllis2,696
  93. #93Maxine2,647
  94. #94Mattie2,572
  95. #95Opal2,541
  96. #96Mae2,507
  97. #97Theresa2,490
  98. #98Nancy2,411
  99. #98Velma2,411
  100. #100Sophie2,382

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #11Walter12,582
  12. #12Harold11,194
  13. #13Paul11,156
  14. #14Richard10,914
  15. #15Henry10,696
  16. #16Raymond9,956
  17. #17Arthur9,282
  18. #18Albert9,157
  19. #19Harry8,856
  20. #20Donald8,729
  21. #21Ralph7,391
  22. #22Jack6,875
  23. #23Louis6,771
  24. #24Carl6,699
  25. #25Clarence6,587
  26. #26Howard6,410
  27. #27Kenneth6,141
  28. #28David6,099
  29. #29Fred5,986
  30. #30Francis5,801
  31. #31Willie5,751
  32. #32Earl5,632
  33. #33Roy5,586
  34. #34Stanley5,186
  35. #35Joe5,142
  36. #36Lawrence5,094
  37. #37Ernest5,055
  38. #38Anthony5,027
  39. #39Eugene4,873
  40. #40Herbert4,745
  41. #41Leonard4,694
  42. #42Samuel4,490
  43. #43Alfred4,424
  44. #44Michael4,288
  45. #45Elmer3,812
  46. #46Norman3,788
  47. #47Leo3,779
  48. #48Andrew3,752
  49. #49Bernard3,711
  50. #50Peter3,464
  51. #51Frederick3,455
  52. #52Russell3,436
  53. #53Lloyd3,417
  54. #54Daniel3,360
  55. #55Edwin3,346
  56. #56Chester3,338
  57. #57Melvin3,155
  58. #58Herman2,974
  59. #59Clifford2,969
  60. #60Leroy2,951
  61. #61Lester2,854
  62. #62Floyd2,820
  63. #63Theodore2,809
  64. #64Clyde2,719
  65. #65Vincent2,636
  66. #66Philip2,544
  67. #67Charlie2,536
  68. #68Marvin2,517
  69. #69Gerald2,486
  70. #70Lewis2,477
  71. #71Vernon2,463
  72. #72Sam2,454
  73. #73Woodrow2,428
  74. #74Ray2,426
  75. #75Milton2,394
  76. #76Benjamin2,386
  77. #77Martin2,336
  78. #78Victor2,207
  79. #79Jesse2,200
  80. #80Willard2,188
  81. #81Alvin2,142
  82. #82Leon2,102
  83. #83Cecil2,101
  84. #84Gordon2,019
  85. #85Lee2,004
  86. #86Glenn1,997
  87. #87Oscar1,961
  88. #88Edgar1,920
  89. #89Stephen1,892
  90. #90Harvey1,808
  91. #91Arnold1,781
  92. #92Wilbur1,749
  93. #93Warren1,743
  94. #94Everett1,734
  95. #95Sidney1,727
  96. #96Wayne1,715
  97. #97Alexander1,664
  98. #98Claude1,625
  99. #99Morris1,624
  100. #100Allen1,592