New York ★ 1917

Top names in New York, 1917

Mary led for girls with 5,502 babies ; John for boys with 5,759. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,502
2	Helen	4,015
3	Dorothy	2,928
4	Ruth	2,676
5	Margaret	2,673
6	Anna	2,276
7	Rose	2,254
8	Frances	1,823
9	Florence	1,697
10	Elizabeth	1,581
11	Marie	1,542
12	Josephine	1,500
13	Lillian	1,477
14	Catherine	1,422
15	Mildred	1,378
16	Evelyn	1,199
17	Sylvia	1,145
18	Eleanor	1,114
19	Marion	994
20	Virginia	989
21	Alice	982
22	Anne	964
23	Gertrude	956
24	Jean	931
25	Beatrice	915
26	Grace	909
27	Doris	813
28	Ann	812
29	Irene	768
30	Rita	762
31	Edith	715
31	Ethel	715
33	Esther	637
34	Louise	636
35	Marjorie	629
36	Betty	618
37	Jane	613
38	Edna	589
39	Julia	570
40	Agnes	569
41	Theresa	557
42	Ida	549
43	Katherine	539
44	Gladys	519
45	Martha	506
46	Jennie	498
47	Pauline	480
48	Clara	479
49	Sophie	478
50	Stella	473
51	Elsie	456
52	Muriel	446
53	Shirley	417
54	Miriam	415
55	Charlotte	403
56	Sarah	402
57	Antoinette	400
58	Pearl	396
59	Bertha	395
60	Lucille	376
61	Lucy	373
62	Marian	372
63	Angelina	363
64	Genevieve	361
65	Madeline	352
66	Lena	349
67	Bernice	340
68	Barbara	339
69	Blanche	318
70	Harriet	315
71	Kathryn	313
72	Viola	312
73	Nancy	298
73	Thelma	298
75	Estelle	293
75	Geraldine	293
77	Laura	284
78	Loretta	280
79	Emma	279
80	Eileen	273
81	Olga	262
82	Marguerite	260
83	Carmela	254
84	Vera	249
85	Emily	248
86	Vivian	245
87	Anita	244
87	Eva	244
89	Hazel	243
90	Veronica	237
91	Janet	235
92	Adele	233
93	Hilda	230
94	Norma	226
95	Phyllis	222
96	Jeanette	220
97	Caroline	218
97	Ellen	218
97	Minnie	218
100	Kathleen	213

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	5,759
2	Joseph	4,232
3	William	3,894
4	Robert	2,820
5	Charles	2,382
6	George	2,373
7	Edward	2,315
8	James	2,292
9	Frank	2,248
10	Anthony	1,388
11	Thomas	1,343
12	Arthur	1,236
13	Harold	1,224
14	Walter	1,161
15	Louis	1,153
16	Michael	1,077
17	Henry	1,069
18	Harry	1,038
19	Richard	1,007
20	Albert	933
21	Paul	889
22	Raymond	843
23	Francis	812
24	Donald	791
25	Stanley	781
26	Peter	777
26	Vincent	777
28	Bernard	737
29	David	718
30	Irving	707
31	Jack	694
32	Alfred	676
33	Frederick	632
34	Herbert	622
35	Samuel	618
36	Ralph	609
37	Howard	595
38	Philip	570
39	Leonard	544
40	Daniel	540
41	Kenneth	538
42	Sidney	517
43	Fred	488
44	Milton	474
45	Lawrence	470
46	Benjamin	469
47	Carl	468
48	Eugene	449
49	Leo	440
50	Salvatore	430
51	Morris	425
52	Nicholas	403
53	Martin	401
54	Andrew	385
55	Theodore	375
56	Sam	373
57	Norman	372
58	Edwin	367
59	Abraham	351
60	Stephen	341
61	Alexander	325
62	Max	321
63	Victor	313
64	Ernest	310
65	Angelo	301
66	Seymour	291
67	Julius	283
68	Herman	272
69	Gerald	264
70	Clarence	262
71	Jerome	261
72	Chester	251
73	Nathan	249
74	Leon	239
75	Dominick	237
76	Jacob	211
77	Clifford	209
78	Murray	201
79	Gordon	192
80	Hyman	190
81	Arnold	187
82	Lester	186
83	Earl	180
84	Russell	178
85	Roy	177
86	Patrick	173
87	Solomon	158
88	Matthew	155
89	Edmund	152
89	Warren	152
91	Lewis	151
92	Maurice	150
92	Sol	150
94	Tony	145
95	Isidore	139
96	Rocco	136
97	Morton	133
98	Elmer	129
99	Alex	128
100	Emanuel	126