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The most popular baby names of 1917

Ranks are per sex, and ties share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

‹ 19161918 ›

Top 10 girls' names

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261

Top 10 boys' names

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611

Biggest movers since 1916

girls
Risers
  1. ↑ 549Georgene#1,445 → #896
  2. ↑ 380Ottie#1,332 → #952
  3. ↑ 365Louis#1,298 → #933
  4. ↑ 334Valentine#1,298 → #964
  5. ↑ 322Harold#1,210 → #888
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Ceola#840 → #1,241
  2. ↓ 373Floretta#964 → #1,337
  3. ↓ 344Buelah#993 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 326Glennie#915 → #1,241
  5. ↓ 290Maye#915 → #1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Nicolas#1,304 → #784
  2. ↑ 469Hezekiah#1,415 → #946
  3. ↑ 433Hilliard#1,415 → #982
  4. ↑ 404Rayford#1,304 → #900
  5. ↑ 338Minoru#1,335 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,738Tatsuo#824 → #2,562
  2. ↓ 709Berlin#984 → #1,693
  3. ↓ 556Prentice#972 → #1,528
  4. ↓ 473Manning#964 → #1,437
  5. ↓ 457Lovell#939 → #1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.