The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1917
5,310 different girls’ names were recorded in 1917, covering 1,081,267 births. These are the top 200.
| # | 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 | Lucy | 2,929 |
| 87 | Juanita | 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 |
| 98 | Velma | 2,411 |
| 100 | Sophie | 2,382 |
| 101 | Kathleen | 2,358 |
| 102 | Beulah | 2,232 |
| 103 | Emily | 2,220 |
| 104 | Harriet | 2,203 |
| 105 | Georgia | 2,163 |
| 106 | Sara | 2,147 |
| 106 | Eileen | 2,147 |
| 108 | Norma | 2,123 |
| 109 | Carrie | 2,073 |
| 110 | Inez | 2,050 |
| 111 | Eunice | 2,035 |
| 112 | Hilda | 2,006 |
| 113 | Geneva | 1,997 |
| 114 | Loretta | 1,970 |
| 115 | Fannie | 1,961 |
| 115 | Lorraine | 1,961 |
| 117 | Audrey | 1,906 |
| 118 | Hattie | 1,858 |
| 119 | Ada | 1,853 |
| 120 | Christine | 1,843 |
| 121 | Rosa | 1,829 |
| 122 | Alberta | 1,818 |
| 123 | Shirley | 1,800 |
| 124 | Verna | 1,799 |
| 125 | Dora | 1,740 |
| 126 | Cora | 1,737 |
| 127 | Madeline | 1,728 |
| 128 | Muriel | 1,714 |
| 129 | Estelle | 1,704 |
| 130 | Mamie | 1,689 |
| 131 | Olga | 1,655 |
| 132 | Jeanette | 1,638 |
| 133 | Naomi | 1,619 |
| 134 | Miriam | 1,614 |
| 135 | Lula | 1,607 |
| 136 | Janet | 1,585 |
| 137 | Anita | 1,573 |
| 138 | Olive | 1,566 |
| 139 | Dolores | 1,562 |
| 140 | Wanda | 1,545 |
| 141 | Winifred | 1,526 |
| 142 | Lucile | 1,516 |
| 143 | Lola | 1,493 |
| 144 | Mable | 1,463 |
| 145 | Flora | 1,450 |
| 146 | Maria | 1,441 |
| 146 | Patricia | 1,441 |
| 148 | Erma | 1,436 |
| 149 | Roberta | 1,426 |
| 150 | Daisy | 1,417 |
| 151 | Sadie | 1,404 |
| 152 | Caroline | 1,368 |
| 153 | Lottie | 1,362 |
| 154 | Nora | 1,360 |
| 155 | Henrietta | 1,350 |
| 156 | Irma | 1,340 |
| 157 | Rachel | 1,339 |
| 158 | Victoria | 1,334 |
| 159 | Susie | 1,329 |
| 160 | Elaine | 1,281 |
| 161 | Maggie | 1,268 |
| 162 | Fern | 1,261 |
| 163 | Adeline | 1,234 |
| 164 | Carolyn | 1,223 |
| 165 | Rebecca | 1,215 |
| 166 | Jeanne | 1,212 |
| 167 | Arlene | 1,208 |
| 168 | Della | 1,192 |
| 169 | Lydia | 1,180 |
| 170 | Antoinette | 1,177 |
| 170 | Bonnie | 1,177 |
| 172 | Eula | 1,170 |
| 173 | Amelia | 1,160 |
| 174 | Nina | 1,154 |
| 175 | Marcella | 1,133 |
| 176 | Rosemary | 1,124 |
| 177 | Jeannette | 1,113 |
| 178 | Nettie | 1,106 |
| 179 | Rosie | 1,099 |
| 180 | Dorothea | 1,076 |
| 181 | Lorene | 1,062 |
| 182 | Joan | 1,048 |
| 183 | Veronica | 1,038 |
| 184 | Sally | 1,029 |
| 185 | Joyce | 1,017 |
| 186 | Regina | 1,016 |
| 187 | Goldie | 1,012 |
| 188 | Freda | 1,010 |
| 189 | Cleo | 1,009 |
| 190 | Isabelle | 982 |
| 191 | Eloise | 964 |
| 192 | Adele | 960 |
| 193 | Margie | 951 |
| 194 | May | 945 |
| 194 | Essie | 945 |
| 196 | Angeline | 941 |
| 197 | Isabel | 931 |
| 197 | Faye | 931 |
| 199 | Katie | 927 |
| 200 | Claire | 926 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1917 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.