Top names of 1917

Girls

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

Boys

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