Most Popular Names in New York in 1917

These rankings use SSA state records for New York. Girl and boy source categories are shown separately, and every result identifies the year.

Popular Girl Names in New York in 1917

#1 Mary5,502 births #2 Helen4,015 births #3 Dorothy2,928 births #4 Ruth2,676 births #5 Margaret2,673 births #6 Anna2,276 births #7 Rose2,254 births #8 Frances1,823 births #9 Florence1,697 births #10 Elizabeth1,581 births #11 Marie1,542 births #12 Josephine1,500 births #13 Lillian1,477 births #14 Catherine1,422 births #15 Mildred1,378 births #16 Evelyn1,199 births #17 Sylvia1,145 births #18 Eleanor1,114 births #19 Marion994 births #20 Virginia989 births #21 Alice982 births #22 Anne964 births #23 Gertrude956 births #24 Jean931 births #25 Beatrice915 births #26 Grace909 births #27 Doris813 births #28 Ann812 births #29 Irene768 births #30 Rita762 births #31 Edith715 births #31 Ethel715 births #33 Esther637 births #34 Louise636 births #35 Marjorie629 births #36 Betty618 births #37 Jane613 births #38 Edna589 births #39 Julia570 births #40 Agnes569 births #41 Theresa557 births #42 Ida549 births #43 Katherine539 births #44 Gladys519 births #45 Martha506 births #46 Jennie498 births #47 Pauline480 births #48 Clara479 births #49 Sophie478 births #50 Stella473 births #51 Elsie456 births #52 Muriel446 births #53 Shirley417 births #54 Miriam415 births #55 Charlotte403 births #56 Sarah402 births #57 Antoinette400 births #58 Pearl396 births #59 Bertha395 births #60 Lucille376 births #61 Lucy373 births #62 Marian372 births #63 Angelina363 births #64 Genevieve361 births #65 Madeline352 births #66 Lena349 births #67 Bernice340 births #68 Barbara339 births #69 Blanche318 births #70 Harriet315 births #71 Kathryn313 births #72 Viola312 births #73 Nancy298 births #73 Thelma298 births #75 Estelle293 births #75 Geraldine293 births #77 Laura284 births #78 Loretta280 births #79 Emma279 births #80 Eileen273 births #81 Olga262 births #82 Marguerite260 births #83 Carmela254 births #84 Vera249 births #85 Emily248 births #86 Vivian245 births #87 Anita244 births #87 Eva244 births #89 Hazel243 births #90 Veronica237 births #91 Janet235 births #92 Adele233 births #93 Hilda230 births #94 Norma226 births #95 Phyllis222 births #96 Jeanette220 births #97 Caroline218 births #97 Ellen218 births #97 Minnie218 births #100 Kathleen213 births

Popular Boy Names in New York in 1917

#1 John5,759 births #2 Joseph4,232 births #3 William3,894 births #4 Robert2,820 births #5 Charles2,382 births #6 George2,373 births #7 Edward2,315 births #8 James2,292 births #9 Frank2,248 births #10 Anthony1,388 births #11 Thomas1,343 births #12 Arthur1,236 births #13 Harold1,224 births #14 Walter1,161 births #15 Louis1,153 births #16 Michael1,077 births #17 Henry1,069 births #18 Harry1,038 births #19 Richard1,007 births #20 Albert933 births #21 Paul889 births #22 Raymond843 births #23 Francis812 births #24 Donald791 births #25 Stanley781 births #26 Peter777 births #26 Vincent777 births #28 Bernard737 births #29 David718 births #30 Irving707 births #31 Jack694 births #32 Alfred676 births #33 Frederick632 births #34 Herbert622 births #35 Samuel618 births #36 Ralph609 births #37 Howard595 births #38 Philip570 births #39 Leonard544 births #40 Daniel540 births #41 Kenneth538 births #42 Sidney517 births #43 Fred488 births #44 Milton474 births #45 Lawrence470 births #46 Benjamin469 births #47 Carl468 births #48 Eugene449 births #49 Leo440 births #50 Salvatore430 births #51 Morris425 births #52 Nicholas403 births #53 Martin401 births #54 Andrew385 births #55 Theodore375 births #56 Sam373 births #57 Norman372 births #58 Edwin367 births #59 Abraham351 births #60 Stephen341 births #61 Alexander325 births #62 Max321 births #63 Victor313 births #64 Ernest310 births #65 Angelo301 births #66 Seymour291 births #67 Julius283 births #68 Herman272 births #69 Gerald264 births #70 Clarence262 births #71 Jerome261 births #72 Chester251 births #73 Nathan249 births #74 Leon239 births #75 Dominick237 births #76 Jacob211 births #77 Clifford209 births #78 Murray201 births #79 Gordon192 births #80 Hyman190 births #81 Arnold187 births #82 Lester186 births #83 Earl180 births #84 Russell178 births #85 Roy177 births #86 Patrick173 births #87 Solomon158 births #88 Matthew155 births #89 Edmund152 births #89 Warren152 births #91 Lewis151 births #92 Maurice150 births #92 Sol150 births #94 Tony145 births #95 Isidore139 births #96 Rocco136 births #97 Morton133 births #98 Elmer129 births #99 Alex128 births #100 Emanuel126 births

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