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Most popular baby names in the US, 1917

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1917, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Mary	64,280
2	Helen	34,251
3	Dorothy	28,852
4	Margaret	25,560
5	Ruth	23,568
6	Mildred	16,256
7	Anna	15,160
8	Elizabeth	15,131
9	Frances	14,363
10	Virginia	14,261
11	Evelyn	12,532
12	Marie	11,813
13	Alice	10,990
14	Florence	10,538
15	Lillian	9,843
16	Rose	9,783
17	Irene	9,163
18	Catherine	8,689
19	Louise	8,584
20	Edna	8,422
21	Josephine	8,326
22	Martha	8,261
23	Gladys	8,075
24	Ethel	7,865
25	Doris	7,819
26	Eleanor	7,669
27	Ruby	7,662
28	Edith	7,532
29	Lucille	7,529
30	Grace	7,373
31	Hazel	7,285
32	Thelma	7,245
33	Pauline	6,896
34	Betty	6,639
35	Annie	6,404
36	Marjorie	6,399
37	Gertrude	6,300
38	Esther	6,281
39	Beatrice	5,839
40	Jean	5,692
41	Clara	5,626
42	Bernice	5,546
43	Lois	5,485
44	Ann	5,455
45	Marion	5,371
46	Emma	5,121
47	Julia	5,078
48	Agnes	5,066
49	Katherine	4,956
50	Elsie	4,939
51	Bertha	4,881
52	Sarah	4,766
53	Anne	4,603
54	Eva	4,286
55	Jane	4,258
56	Ida	4,247
57	Pearl	4,232
58	Myrtle	4,046
59	Viola	4,040
60	Kathryn	3,984
61	Bessie	3,927
62	Stella	3,872
63	Rita	3,870
64	Nellie	3,808
65	Laura	3,807
66	Vera	3,714
67	Barbara	3,535
68	Mabel	3,499
69	Sylvia	3,469
70	Jessie	3,465
71	Alma	3,407
72	Willie	3,381
73	June	3,370
74	Marian	3,267
75	Minnie	3,262
76	Charlotte	3,229
77	Genevieve	3,192
78	Marguerite	3,161
79	Vivian	3,119
80	Leona	3,115
81	Jennie	3,109
82	Wilma	3,071
83	Ella	3,054
84	Violet	3,026
85	Lena	3,004
86	Lillie	2,931
87	Juanita	2,929
88	Lucy	2,929
89	Geraldine	2,897
90	Ellen	2,855
91	Blanche	2,836
92	Phyllis	2,696
93	Maxine	2,647
94	Mattie	2,572
95	Opal	2,541
96	Mae	2,507
97	Theresa	2,490
98	Nancy	2,411
99	Velma	2,411
100	Sophie	2,382

Boys

	Name	Births
1	John	51,852
2	William	42,422
3	James	37,337
4	Robert	35,220
5	Joseph	24,761
6	George	24,196
7	Charles	24,143
8	Edward	17,501
9	Frank	15,768
10	Thomas	12,611
11	Walter	12,582
12	Harold	11,194
13	Paul	11,156
14	Richard	10,914
15	Henry	10,696
16	Raymond	9,956
17	Arthur	9,282
18	Albert	9,157
19	Harry	8,856
20	Donald	8,729
21	Ralph	7,391
22	Jack	6,875
23	Louis	6,771
24	Carl	6,699
25	Clarence	6,587
26	Howard	6,410
27	Kenneth	6,141
28	David	6,099
29	Fred	5,986
30	Francis	5,801
31	Willie	5,751
32	Earl	5,632
33	Roy	5,586
34	Stanley	5,186
35	Joe	5,142
36	Lawrence	5,094
37	Ernest	5,055
38	Anthony	5,027
39	Eugene	4,873
40	Herbert	4,745
41	Leonard	4,694
42	Samuel	4,490
43	Alfred	4,424
44	Michael	4,288
45	Elmer	3,812
46	Norman	3,788
47	Leo	3,779
48	Andrew	3,752
49	Bernard	3,711
50	Peter	3,464
51	Frederick	3,455
52	Russell	3,436
53	Lloyd	3,417
54	Daniel	3,360
55	Edwin	3,346
56	Chester	3,338
57	Melvin	3,155
58	Herman	2,974
59	Clifford	2,969
60	Leroy	2,951
61	Lester	2,854
62	Floyd	2,820
63	Theodore	2,809
64	Clyde	2,719
65	Vincent	2,636
66	Philip	2,544
67	Charlie	2,536
68	Marvin	2,517
69	Gerald	2,486
70	Lewis	2,477
71	Vernon	2,463
72	Sam	2,454
73	Woodrow	2,428
74	Ray	2,426
75	Milton	2,394
76	Benjamin	2,386
77	Martin	2,336
78	Victor	2,207
79	Jesse	2,200
80	Willard	2,188
81	Alvin	2,142
82	Leon	2,102
83	Cecil	2,101
84	Gordon	2,019
85	Lee	2,004
86	Glenn	1,997
87	Oscar	1,961
88	Edgar	1,920
89	Stephen	1,892
90	Harvey	1,808
91	Arnold	1,781
92	Wilbur	1,749
93	Warren	1,743
94	Everett	1,734
95	Sidney	1,727
96	Wayne	1,715
97	Alexander	1,664
98	Claude	1,625
99	Morris	1,624
100	Allen	1,592

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.