California ★ 1917

Top names in California, 1917

Mary led for girls with 1,149 babies ; John for boys with 1,066. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,149
2	Dorothy	779
3	Helen	613
4	Margaret	549
5	Virginia	460
6	Ruth	432
7	Frances	400
8	Evelyn	334
9	Alice	316
10	Elizabeth	304
11	Barbara	298
12	Betty	269
13	Marie	268
14	Rose	246
15	Mildred	241
16	Florence	236
17	Eleanor	230
18	Marjorie	228
19	Josephine	214
20	Jean	208
21	Doris	193
22	Jane	180
23	Lillian	170
24	June	169
25	Grace	168
26	Louise	160
27	Bernice	156
28	Lois	154
29	Irene	150
29	Lucille	150
31	Anna	141
32	Edna	138
33	Patricia	137
34	Catherine	135
35	Gladys	128
36	Phyllis	127
37	Marian	126
38	Marion	125
39	Katherine	123
40	Edith	122
41	Thelma	121
42	Pauline	118
43	Hazel	117
44	Esther	116
45	Elsie	114
46	Gertrude	112
47	Martha	104
48	Ethel	103
49	Geraldine	99
50	Ann	97
51	Emma	95
52	Agnes	93
53	Lorraine	91
54	Eva	90
55	Anita	89
56	Beatrice	88
56	Vivian	88
58	Dolores	86
59	Charlotte	83
60	Laura	82
61	Clara	81
62	Mabel	78
62	Norma	78
64	Jessie	77
64	Muriel	77
66	Audrey	76
67	Ellen	75
67	Julia	75
69	Kathryn	74
70	Winifred	73
71	Vera	71
72	Genevieve	70
72	Ida	70
72	Lena	70
75	Kathleen	69
75	Marguerite	69
77	Violet	68
78	Juanita	66
78	Viola	66
80	Nellie	63
81	Jeanne	62
81	Jennie	62
83	Alma	61
83	May	61
83	Ruby	61
83	Shirley	61
87	Anne	60
87	Wilma	60
89	Carmen	59
90	Emily	58
90	Janet	58
92	Maria	57
93	Pearl	56
94	Lucy	55
94	Maxine	55
96	Isabel	54
97	Madeline	53
98	Sylvia	52
99	Roberta	51
99	Theresa	51

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	1,066
2	Robert	1,036
3	William	1,005
4	George	671
5	James	589
6	Frank	492
7	Charles	484
8	Richard	367
9	Edward	366
10	Joseph	358
11	Jack	326
12	Donald	282
13	Walter	280
14	Albert	268
15	Joe	240
16	Thomas	237
17	Arthur	220
17	Harold	220
17	Paul	220
20	Raymond	214
21	Henry	205
22	Harry	203
23	Ernest	183
24	Fred	180
25	Louis	160
26	David	156
27	Kenneth	153
28	Manuel	152
29	Ralph	150
30	Roy	146
31	Alfred	144
32	Lawrence	129
33	Howard	124
34	Francis	121
35	Clarence	120
36	Norman	117
37	Earl	115
38	Carl	114
39	Edwin	112
40	Herbert	109
40	Stanley	109
42	Eugene	104
43	Peter	99
44	Lloyd	98
45	Tony	92
46	Anthony	87
47	Daniel	82
47	Frederick	82
49	Elmer	81
50	Philip	77
51	Clifford	76
52	Ray	75
53	Leonard	73
54	Leo	72
55	Melvin	70
56	Andrew	68
57	Victor	66
58	Gordon	65
59	Lester	62
59	Milton	62
61	Russell	60
62	Chester	58
62	Sam	58
62	Vernon	58
62	Vincent	58
66	Gerald	55
67	Pete	54
68	Glenn	53
68	Warren	53
70	Leroy	50
71	Theodore	49
72	Douglas	48
72	Everett	48
72	Leslie	48
72	Martin	48
76	Jose	47
77	Leland	46
78	Clyde	45
78	Willard	45
80	Tom	44
81	Alvin	43
81	Bill	43
83	Bernard	42
84	Lee	39
84	Wesley	39
86	Benjamin	38
86	Mike	38
88	Floyd	37
89	Ben	36
89	Gilbert	36
89	Harvey	36
89	Marvin	36
89	Wilbur	36
94	Don	35
95	Allen	34
95	Homer	34
97	Jesse	33
97	Phillip	33
99	Antonio	32
99	Herman	32