Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Indiana, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,231
2	Helen	1,114
3	Dorothy	829
4	Margaret	707
5	Ruth	670
6	Mildred	545
7	Virginia	537
8	Martha	480
9	Elizabeth	374
10	Frances	369
11	Anna	354
12	Evelyn	345
13	Thelma	302
14	Marjorie	291
15	Alice	269
16	Betty	267
17	Esther	226
18	Doris	224
18	Florence	224
20	Irene	223
21	Marie	217
22	Lois	208
23	Catherine	205
24	Lucille	195
25	Ruby	188
26	Edna	187
26	Pauline	187
28	Hazel	182
29	Edith	180
29	Lillian	180
31	Wilma	179
32	Louise	170
33	Josephine	169
34	Kathryn	162
35	Maxine	159
36	Grace	154
37	Clara	153
38	Gladys	151
39	Ethel	149
40	Rose	139
41	Jane	138
42	Katherine	137
43	Juanita	133
44	Jean	131
45	Mabel	124
46	Ann	123
47	Vivian	120
48	Violet	119
49	Agnes	118
50	Vera	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,314
2	John	1,180
3	William	1,029
4	Charles	960
5	James	819
6	George	595
7	Paul	503
8	Harold	460
9	Joseph	420
10	Richard	405
11	Donald	348
12	Edward	325
13	Raymond	309
14	Ralph	301
15	Kenneth	291
16	Walter	266
17	Frank	253
18	Harry	251
19	Thomas	241
20	Carl	240
21	Arthur	223
22	Howard	210
23	Clarence	198
24	Albert	191
25	Earl	186
26	Jack	160
27	Henry	153
28	Eugene	148
29	Francis	143
29	Roy	143
29	Russell	143
32	Herbert	142
33	Lawrence	140
34	Louis	134
35	Floyd	127
36	Lloyd	125
37	David	124
38	Max	121
39	Wayne	120
40	Elmer	116
41	Ernest	114
42	Chester	112
42	Gerald	112
44	Fred	109
45	Stanley	108
46	Leonard	107
46	Wilbur	107
48	Frederick	103
49	Melvin	98
50	Leo	96