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Baby Names from 1917

2,006,750 registered births | 925,483 boys | 1,081,267 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1917

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
51,852 births
2 William
42,422 births
3 James
37,338 births
4 Robert
35,220 births
5 Joseph
24,761 births
6 George
24,196 births
7 Charles
24,143 births
8 Edward
17,501 births
9 Frank
15,768 births
10 Thomas
12,611 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
64,280 births
2 Helen
34,251 births
3 Dorothy
28,852 births
4 Margaret
25,560 births
5 Ruth
23,568 births
6 Mildred
16,256 births
7 Anna
15,160 births
8 Elizabeth
15,131 births
9 Frances
14,363 births
10 Virginia
14,261 births

Top Unisex Names of 1917

Willie
5,751 boys 3,381 girls
Marion
1,416 boys 5,371 girls
Francis
5,801 boys 627 girls
Jessie
1,361 boys 3,465 girls
Lee
2,004 boys 479 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

New to the Top 200 in 1917

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Joan #182 Joyce #185 Claire #200
1916 All Years 1918