Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1917

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1John	51,853
2	2William	42,421
3	3James	37,339
4	4Robert	35,220
5	5Joseph	24,763
6	6George	24,197
7	7Charles	24,146
8	8Edward	17,502
9	9Frank	15,769
10	10Thomas	12,611
11	11Walter	12,582
12	12Harold	11,196
13	13Paul	11,153
14	14Richard	10,914
15	15Henry	10,696
16	16Raymond	9,957
17	17Arthur	9,283
18	18Albert	9,157
19	19Harry	8,856
20	20Donald	8,728
21	21Ralph	7,393
22	22Jack	6,874
23	23Louis	6,771
24	24Carl	6,699
25	25Clarence	6,586
26	26Howard	6,410
27	27Kenneth	6,142
28	28David	6,100
29	29Fred	5,986
30	30Francis	5,801
31	31Willie	5,752
32	32Earl	5,632
33	33Roy	5,586
34	34Stanley	5,185
35	35Joe	5,143
36	36Lawrence	5,095
37	37Ernest	5,055
38	38Anthony	5,027
39	39Eugene	4,873
40	40Herbert	4,744
41	41Leonard	4,694
42	42Samuel	4,490
43	43Alfred	4,423
44	44Michael	4,290
45	45Elmer	3,812
46	46Norman	3,789
47	47Leo	3,779
48	48Andrew	3,751
49	49Bernard	3,711
50	50Peter	3,464
51	51Frederick	3,455
52	52Russell	3,437
53	53Lloyd	3,416
54	54Daniel	3,359
55	55Edwin	3,346
56	56Chester	3,338
57	57Melvin	3,156
58	58Herman	2,973
59	59Clifford	2,969
60	60Leroy	2,951
61	61Lester	2,854
62	62Floyd	2,820
63	63Theodore	2,809
64	64Clyde	2,719
65	65Vincent	2,636
66	66Philip	2,544
67	67Charlie	2,537
68	68Marvin	2,517
69	69Gerald	2,487
70	70Lewis	2,477
71	71Vernon	2,463
72	72Sam	2,455
73	73Woodrow	2,428
74	74Ray	2,427
75	75Milton	2,394
76	76Benjamin	2,386
77	77Martin	2,337
78	78Victor	2,207
79	79Jesse	2,200
80	80Willard	2,188
81	81Alvin	2,142
82	82Cecil	2,101
83	83Leon	2,101
84	84Gordon	2,019
85	85Lee	2,004
86	86Glenn	1,997
87	87Oscar	1,962
88	88Edgar	1,920
89	89Stephen	1,893
90	90Harvey	1,808
91	91Arnold	1,781
92	92Wilbur	1,749
93	93Warren	1,743
94	94Everett	1,734
95	95Sidney	1,727
96	96Wayne	1,715
97	97Alexander	1,664
98	98Claude	1,625
99	99Morris	1,624
100	100Allen	1,592

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.