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Top Baby Names 1917

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,081,267 · Total Boys: 925,483

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	64,280	5.945%
2	Helen	34,251	3.168%
3	Dorothy	28,852	2.668%
4	Margaret	25,560	2.364%
5	Ruth	23,568	2.180%
6	Mildred	16,256	1.503%
7	Anna	15,160	1.402%
8	Elizabeth	15,131	1.399%
9	Frances	14,363	1.328%
10	Virginia	14,261	1.319%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Evelyn	12,532	1.159%
12	Marie	11,813	1.093%
13	Alice	10,990	1.016%
14	Florence	10,538	0.975%
15	Lillian	9,843	0.910%
16	Rose	9,783	0.905%
17	Irene	9,163	0.847%
18	Catherine	8,689	0.804%
19	Louise	8,584	0.794%
20	Edna	8,422	0.779%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Josephine	8,326	0.770%
22	Martha	8,261	0.764%
23	Gladys	8,075	0.747%
24	Ethel	7,865	0.727%
25	Doris	7,819	0.723%
26	Eleanor	7,669	0.709%
27	Ruby	7,662	0.709%
28	Edith	7,532	0.697%
29	Lucille	7,529	0.696%
30	Grace	7,373	0.682%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Hazel	7,285	0.674%
32	Thelma	7,245	0.670%
33	Pauline	6,896	0.638%
34	Betty	6,639	0.614%
35	Annie	6,404	0.592%
36	Marjorie	6,399	0.592%
37	Gertrude	6,300	0.583%
38	Esther	6,281	0.581%
39	Beatrice	5,839	0.540%
40	Jean	5,692	0.526%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Clara	5,626	0.520%
42	Bernice	5,546	0.513%
43	Lois	5,485	0.507%
44	Ann	5,455	0.505%
45	Marion	5,371	0.497%
46	Emma	5,121	0.474%
47	Julia	5,078	0.470%
48	Agnes	5,066	0.469%
49	Katherine	4,956	0.458%
50	Elsie	4,939	0.457%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Bertha	4,881	0.451%
52	Sarah	4,766	0.441%
53	Anne	4,603	0.426%
54	Eva	4,286	0.396%
55	Jane	4,258	0.394%
56	Ida	4,247	0.393%
57	Pearl	4,232	0.391%
58	Myrtle	4,046	0.374%
59	Viola	4,040	0.374%
60	Kathryn	3,984	0.368%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Bessie	3,927	0.363%
62	Stella	3,872	0.358%
63	Rita	3,870	0.358%
64	Nellie	3,808	0.352%
65	Laura	3,807	0.352%
66	Vera	3,714	0.343%
67	Barbara	3,535	0.327%
68	Mabel	3,499	0.324%
69	Sylvia	3,469	0.321%
70	Jessie	3,465	0.320%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Alma	3,407	0.315%
72	Willie	3,381	0.313%
73	June	3,370	0.312%
74	Marian	3,267	0.302%
75	Minnie	3,262	0.302%
76	Charlotte	3,229	0.299%
77	Genevieve	3,192	0.295%
78	Marguerite	3,161	0.292%
79	Vivian	3,119	0.288%
80	Leona	3,115	0.288%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Jennie	3,109	0.288%
82	Wilma	3,071	0.284%
83	Ella	3,054	0.282%
84	Violet	3,026	0.280%
85	Lena	3,004	0.278%
86	Lillie	2,931	0.271%
87	Juanita	2,929	0.271%
88	Lucy	2,929	0.271%
89	Geraldine	2,897	0.268%
90	Ellen	2,855	0.264%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Blanche	2,836	0.262%
92	Phyllis	2,696	0.249%
93	Maxine	2,647	0.245%
94	Mattie	2,572	0.238%
95	Opal	2,541	0.235%
96	Mae	2,507	0.232%
97	Theresa	2,490	0.230%
98	Nancy	2,411	0.223%
99	Velma	2,411	0.223%
100	Sophie	2,382	0.220%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	51,852	5.603%
2	William	42,422	4.584%
3	James	37,338	4.034%
4	Robert	35,220	3.806%
5	Joseph	24,761	2.675%
6	George	24,196	2.614%
7	Charles	24,143	2.609%
8	Edward	17,501	1.891%
9	Frank	15,768	1.704%
10	Thomas	12,611	1.363%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Walter	12,582	1.360%
12	Harold	11,194	1.210%
13	Paul	11,156	1.205%
14	Richard	10,914	1.179%
15	Henry	10,696	1.156%
16	Raymond	9,956	1.076%
17	Arthur	9,282	1.003%
18	Albert	9,157	0.989%
19	Harry	8,856	0.957%
20	Donald	8,729	0.943%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Ralph	7,391	0.799%
22	Jack	6,874	0.743%
23	Louis	6,771	0.732%
24	Carl	6,699	0.724%
25	Clarence	6,587	0.712%
26	Howard	6,410	0.693%
27	Kenneth	6,141	0.664%
28	David	6,099	0.659%
29	Fred	5,986	0.647%
30	Francis	5,801	0.627%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Willie	5,751	0.621%
32	Earl	5,632	0.609%
33	Roy	5,586	0.604%
34	Stanley	5,186	0.560%
35	Joe	5,142	0.556%
36	Lawrence	5,094	0.550%
37	Ernest	5,055	0.546%
38	Anthony	5,027	0.543%
39	Eugene	4,873	0.527%
40	Herbert	4,745	0.513%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Leonard	4,694	0.507%
42	Samuel	4,490	0.485%
43	Alfred	4,424	0.478%
44	Michael	4,288	0.463%
45	Elmer	3,812	0.412%
46	Norman	3,788	0.409%
47	Leo	3,779	0.408%
48	Andrew	3,752	0.405%
49	Bernard	3,711	0.401%
50	Peter	3,464	0.374%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Frederick	3,455	0.373%
52	Russell	3,436	0.371%
53	Lloyd	3,417	0.369%
54	Daniel	3,360	0.363%
55	Edwin	3,346	0.362%
56	Chester	3,338	0.361%
57	Melvin	3,155	0.341%
58	Herman	2,974	0.321%
59	Clifford	2,969	0.321%
60	Leroy	2,951	0.319%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Lester	2,854	0.308%
62	Floyd	2,820	0.305%
63	Theodore	2,809	0.304%
64	Clyde	2,719	0.294%
65	Vincent	2,636	0.285%
66	Philip	2,544	0.275%
67	Charlie	2,536	0.274%
68	Marvin	2,517	0.272%
69	Gerald	2,486	0.269%
70	Lewis	2,477	0.268%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Vernon	2,463	0.266%
72	Sam	2,455	0.265%
73	Woodrow	2,428	0.262%
74	Ray	2,426	0.262%
75	Milton	2,394	0.259%
76	Benjamin	2,386	0.258%
77	Martin	2,336	0.252%
78	Victor	2,207	0.238%
79	Jesse	2,200	0.238%
80	Willard	2,188	0.236%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Alvin	2,142	0.231%
82	Leon	2,102	0.227%
83	Cecil	2,101	0.227%
84	Gordon	2,019	0.218%
85	Lee	2,004	0.217%
86	Glenn	1,997	0.216%
87	Oscar	1,961	0.212%
88	Edgar	1,920	0.207%
89	Stephen	1,892	0.204%
90	Harvey	1,808	0.195%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Arnold	1,781	0.192%
92	Wilbur	1,749	0.189%
93	Warren	1,743	0.188%
94	Everett	1,734	0.187%
95	Sidney	1,727	0.187%
96	Wayne	1,715	0.185%
97	Alexander	1,664	0.180%
98	Claude	1,625	0.176%
99	Morris	1,624	0.175%
100	Allen	1,592	0.172%

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