100 Most popular girl names of 1917, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

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

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Mary
64280
5.72
-
2
Helen
34251
3.05
-
3
Dorothy
28852
2.57
-
4
Margaret
25560
2.27
-
5
Ruth
23568
2.1
-
6
Mildred
16257
1.45
-
7
Anna
15160
1.35
-
8
Elizabeth
15131
1.35
-
9
Frances
14363
1.28
-
10
Virginia
14261
1.27
-
11
Evelyn
12532
1.12
-
12
Marie
11813
1.05
-
13
Alice
10990
0.98
-
14
Florence
10539
0.94
-
15
Lillian
9843
0.88
+1
16
Rose
9783
0.87
-1
17
Irene
9163
0.82
-
18
Catherine
8689
0.77
+2
19
Louise
8584
0.76
-1
20
Edna
8422
0.75
-1
21
Josephine
8326
0.74
-
22
Martha
8261
0.74
+2
23
Gladys
8075
0.72
-1
24
Ethel
7865
0.7
+1
25
Doris
7819
0.7
+7
26
Eleanor
7669
0.68
+1
27
Ruby
7662
0.68
-4
28
Edith
7532
0.67
-
29
Lucille
7529
0.67
+1
30
Grace
7373
0.66
-4
31
Hazel
7285
0.65
-
32
Thelma
7245
0.64
-3
33
Pauline
6896
0.61
-
34
Betty
6639
0.59
+10
35
Annie
6404
0.57
+1
36
Marjorie
6399
0.57
+1
37
Gertrude
6300
0.56
-2
38
Esther
6281
0.56
-4
39
Beatrice
5839
0.52
-1
40
Jean
5692
0.51
+5
41
Clara
5626
0.5
-2
42
Bernice
5546
0.49
-
43
Lois
5485
0.49
-
44
Ann
5455
0.49
-4
45
Marion
5371
0.48
+2
46
Emma
5121
0.46
-5
47
Julia
5078
0.45
-1
48
Agnes
5066
0.45
+2
49
Katherine
4956
0.44
+2
50
Elsie
4939
0.44
-2
51
Bertha
4881
0.43
-2
52
Sarah
4766
0.42
-
53
Anne
4603
0.41
-
54
Eva
4286
0.38
+1
55
Jane
4258
0.38
+7
56
Ida
4247
0.38
-2
57
Pearl
4232
0.38
-
58
Myrtle
4046
0.36
-
59
Viola
4040
0.36
-
60
Kathryn
3984
0.35
-
61
Bessie
3927
0.35
-5
62
Stella
3872
0.34
+1
63
Rita
3870
0.34
+4
64
Nellie
3808
0.34
-3
65
Laura
3807
0.34
-1
66
Vera
3714
0.33
-
67
Barbara
3535
0.31
+7
68
Mabel
3499
0.31
-3
69
Sylvia
3469
0.31
-1
70
Jessie
3465
0.31
-2
71
Alma
3407
0.3
-1
72
Willie
3381
0.3
+1
73
June
3370
0.3
+13
74
Marian
3267
0.29
-2
75
Minnie
3262
0.29
-4
76
Charlotte
3229
0.29
+4
77
Genevieve
3192
0.28
-1
78
Marguerite
3161
0.28
-
79
Vivian
3119
0.28
-2
80
Leona
3115
0.28
-5
81
Jennie
3109
0.28
-2
82
Wilma
3071
0.27
-
83
Ella
3054
0.27
-2
84
Violet
3026
0.27
-1
85
Lena
3004
0.27
-
86
Lillie
2931
0.26
+2
87
Juanita
2929
0.26
+3
87
Lucy
2929
0.26
-3
89
Geraldine
2897
0.26
+5
90
Ellen
2855
0.25
-3
91
Blanche
2836
0.25
-2
92
Phyllis
2696
0.24
+3
93
Maxine
2647
0.24
+3
94
Mattie
2572
0.23
-1
95
Opal
2541
0.23
-4
96
Mae
2507
0.22
-4
97
Theresa
2490
0.22
+1
98
Nancy
2411
0.21
+4
98
Velma
2411
0.21
+1
100
Sophie
2382
0.21
+1
101
Kathleen
2358
0.21
+3
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100 Most Popular Boy Names in USA (1917)

Sources

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