Top baby names of 1917
Top 10 of 1917
Names that peaked in 1917
These names hit their all-time peak in 1917 and never recovered. Often a sign of a generational naming wave – a pop star, a TV character, a royal moment – that crested and broke that year.
Biggest changes 1916 1917
Year-over-year change in babies registered, across boys' and girls' names combined.
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Search a name →Data: SSA birth records, the United States. Counts for very early years can be sparse; the SSA only began recording names with 5+ births per year.