The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1917

4,602 different boys’ names were recorded in 1917, covering 925,482 births. These are the top 200.

#	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
101	Maurice	1,554
102	Homer	1,552
103	Virgil	1,523
104	Max	1,511
105	Gilbert	1,510
106	Irving	1,470
107	Leslie	1,440
108	Marion	1,416
109	Nicholas	1,412
110	Johnnie	1,403
110	Hugh	1,403
112	Steve	1,385
113	Julius	1,384
114	Jessie	1,361
115	Hubert	1,338
116	Luther	1,304
117	Roland	1,285
118	Eddie	1,265
119	Roger	1,249
120	Dale	1,248
121	Curtis	1,243
122	Glen	1,235
123	Wallace	1,215
124	Franklin	1,194
125	Horace	1,182
126	Mike	1,181
127	Oliver	1,175
128	Manuel	1,157
129	Ben	1,128
130	Jacob	1,122
131	Tony	1,111
132	Alex	1,081
133	Jerome	1,073
134	Orville	1,061
135	Edmund	1,045
136	Wesley	1,014
137	Emil	1,004
138	Tom	981
138	Douglas	981
140	Willis	954
141	Rudolph	946
142	Archie	939
143	Earnest	924
144	Wilson	921
145	Otis	912
146	Guy	904
147	Bill	891
148	Nathan	881
149	Matthew	862
150	Jerry	861
151	Ira	857
152	Angelo	856
153	Lyle	855
154	Patrick	836
155	Salvatore	834
156	Bruce	805
157	Otto	803
158	Jose	800
159	Clifton	794
160	Calvin	785
161	Marshall	777
162	Delbert	775
163	Jim	774
164	Wilfred	772
165	Ronald	766
166	Clayton	759
167	Don	757
168	Ivan	756
169	Wilbert	755
170	Irvin	734
171	Abraham	731
172	Bennie	730
173	Phillip	722
174	Ervin	718
175	Sylvester	715
176	Jimmie	712
177	Nick	705
178	Merle	701
179	Elbert	675
180	Adolph	673
180	Karl	673
182	Clinton	670
183	Forrest	663
184	August	661
185	Felix	660
186	Julian	652
187	Rufus	646
188	Jay	643
189	Nathaniel	640
190	Pete	639
191	Leland	627
192	Isaac	622
193	Adam	614
194	Nelson	605
195	Alton	604
196	Lonnie	597
197	Aaron	596
198	Dan	595
199	Dennis	582
200	Antonio	579

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1917 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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