Names by year · United States
The names of 1917
In 1917, the SSA recorded 2,006,749 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 17 | 64,280 | #125 |
| 2 | Helen1 in 32 | 34,251 | #462 |
| 3 | Dorothy1 in 37 | 28,852 | #421 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 42 | 25,560 | #112 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 46 | 23,568 | #173 |
| 6 | Mildred1 in 67 | 16,256 | #1,973 |
| 7 | Anna1 in 71 | 15,160 | #107 |
| 8 | Elizabeth1 in 71 | 15,131 | #17 |
| 9 | Frances1 in 75 | 14,363 | #318 |
| 10 | Virginia1 in 76 | 14,261 | #526 |
| 11 | Evelyn1 in 86 | 12,532 | #8 |
| 12 | Marie1 in 92 | 11,813 | #618 |
| 13 | Alice1 in 98 | 10,990 | #65 |
| 14 | Florence1 in 103 | 10,538 | #391 |
| 15 | Lillian1 in 110 | 9,843 | #57 |
| 16 | Rose1 in 111 | 9,783 | #114 |
| 17 | Irene1 in 118 | 9,163 | #651 |
| 18 | Catherine1 in 124 | 8,689 | #314 |
| 19 | Louise1 in 126 | 8,584 | #516 |
| 20 | Edna1 in 128 | 8,422 | #2,463 |
| 21 | Josephine1 in 130 | 8,326 | #53 |
| 22 | Martha1 in 131 | 8,261 | #713 |
| 23 | Gladys1 in 134 | 8,075 | #3,224 |
| 24 | Ethel1 in 137 | 7,865 | #4,211 |
| 25 | Doris1 in 138 | 7,819 | #2,909 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 18 | 51,852 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 22 | 42,422 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 25 | 37,337 | #6 |
| 4 | Robert1 in 26 | 35,220 | #92 |
| 5 | Joseph1 in 37 | 24,761 | #29 |
| 6 | George1 in 38 | 24,196 | #126 |
| 7 | Charles1 in 38 | 24,143 | #48 |
| 8 | Edward1 in 53 | 17,501 | #224 |
| 9 | Frank1 in 59 | 15,768 | #514 |
| 10 | Thomas1 in 73 | 12,611 | #34 |
| 11 | Walter1 in 74 | 12,582 | #252 |
| 12 | Harold1 in 83 | 11,194 | #993 |
| 13 | Paul1 in 83 | 11,156 | #262 |
| 14 | Richard1 in 85 | 10,914 | #234 |
| 15 | Henry1 in 87 | 10,696 | #5 |
| 16 | Raymond1 in 93 | 9,956 | #395 |
| 17 | Arthur1 in 100 | 9,282 | #87 |
| 18 | Albert1 in 101 | 9,157 | #614 |
| 19 | Harry1 in 105 | 8,856 | #775 |
| 20 | Donald1 in 106 | 8,729 | #690 |
| 21 | Ralph1 in 125 | 7,391 | #1,048 |
| 22 | Jack1 in 135 | 6,875 | #15 |
| 23 | Louis1 in 137 | 6,771 | #249 |
| 24 | Carl1 in 138 | 6,699 | #1,134 |
| 25 | Clarence1 in 141 | 6,587 | #1,500 |
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