The names of 1917

The ten most popular names given in 1917, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  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

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1917

US states in 1917