100 Most popular boy names of 1917, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1917 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1917.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
51852
4.61
-
2
William
42422
3.78
-
3
James
37338
3.32
-
4
Robert
35220
3.13
-
5
Joseph
24762
2.2
-
6
George
24196
2.15
+1
7
Charles
24143
2.15
-1
8
Edward
17501
1.56
-
9
Frank
15769
1.4
-
10
Thomas
12611
1.12
-
11
Walter
12582
1.12
-
12
Harold
11194
1
+1
13
Paul
11156
0.99
-1
14
Richard
10914
0.97
+1
15
Henry
10696
0.95
-1
16
Raymond
9956
0.89
-
17
Arthur
9282
0.83
+1
18
Albert
9157
0.81
-1
19
Harry
8856
0.79
-
20
Donald
8729
0.78
-
21
Ralph
7391
0.66
-
22
Jack
6874
0.61
+4
23
Louis
6771
0.6
-1
24
Carl
6699
0.6
-1
25
Clarence
6587
0.59
-1
26
Howard
6410
0.57
-1
27
Kenneth
6141
0.55
-
28
David
6100
0.54
-
29
Fred
5986
0.53
-
30
Francis
5801
0.52
+1
31
Willie
5751
0.51
-1
32
Earl
5632
0.5
-
33
Roy
5586
0.5
-
34
Stanley
5186
0.46
-
35
Joe
5143
0.46
-
36
Lawrence
5094
0.45
+2
37
Ernest
5055
0.45
-1
38
Anthony
5027
0.45
-1
39
Eugene
4873
0.43
-
40
Herbert
4745
0.42
-
41
Leonard
4694
0.42
+1
42
Samuel
4490
0.4
-1
43
Alfred
4424
0.39
-
44
Michael
4288
0.38
-
45
Elmer
3812
0.34
-
46
Norman
3788
0.34
+2
47
Leo
3779
0.34
-
48
Andrew
3752
0.33
-2
49
Bernard
3711
0.33
-
50
Peter
3464
0.31
-
51
Frederick
3455
0.31
+1
52
Russell
3436
0.31
-1
53
Lloyd
3417
0.3
+5
54
Daniel
3360
0.3
+1
55
Edwin
3346
0.3
-2
56
Chester
3338
0.3
-2
57
Melvin
3155
0.28
-
58
Herman
2974
0.26
-2
59
Clifford
2969
0.26
+2
60
Leroy
2951
0.26
+3
61
Lester
2854
0.25
-2
62
Floyd
2820
0.25
-2
63
Theodore
2809
0.25
+2
64
Clyde
2719
0.24
-2
65
Vincent
2636
0.23
+2
66
Philip
2544
0.23
+4
67
Charlie
2536
0.23
+1
68
Marvin
2517
0.22
-2
69
Gerald
2486
0.22
+7
70
Lewis
2477
0.22
+1
71
Vernon
2463
0.22
+4
72
Sam
2455
0.22
+2
73
Woodrow
2428
0.22
-9
74
Ray
2426
0.22
-1
75
Milton
2394
0.21
-3
76
Benjamin
2386
0.21
+3
77
Martin
2336
0.21
+4
78
Victor
2207
0.2
-
79
Jesse
2200
0.2
-2
80
Willard
2188
0.19
-11
81
Alvin
2142
0.19
+1
82
Leon
2102
0.19
+3
83
Cecil
2101
0.19
-3
84
Gordon
2019
0.18
+6
85
Lee
2004
0.18
-2
86
Glenn
1997
0.18
-2
87
Oscar
1961
0.17
-1
88
Edgar
1920
0.17
-
89
Stephen
1892
0.17
-2
90
Harvey
1808
0.16
+2
91
Arnold
1781
0.16
-2
92
Wilbur
1749
0.16
+2
93
Warren
1743
0.16
+9
94
Everett
1734
0.15
-3
95
Sidney
1727
0.15
-
96
Wayne
1715
0.15
+2
97
Alexander
1664
0.15
+2
98
Claude
1625
0.14
-5
99
Morris
1624
0.14
-2
100
Allen
1592
0.14
+1
101
Maurice
1554
0.14
-2
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1917)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html