Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Maine, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	249
2	Dorothy	226
3	Helen	172
4	Ruth	166
5	Margaret	124
6	Elizabeth	113
7	Frances	109
8	Barbara	98
9	Evelyn	96
10	Alice	95
11	Doris	91
12	Virginia	90
13	Pauline	85
13	Phyllis	85
15	Eleanor	84
16	Florence	82
16	Mildred	82
18	Irene	81
19	Lillian	79
20	Marie	78
21	Gertrude	72
21	Marion	72
23	Edith	68
24	Marjorie	64
25	Rita	63
26	Louise	62
27	Thelma	59
28	Beatrice	53
28	Marguerite	53
30	Madeline	52
31	Arlene	47
31	Esther	47
31	Eva	47
31	Gladys	47
31	Lucille	47
31	Rose	47
37	Catherine	46
38	Jeannette	45
39	Grace	43
40	Edna	40
40	Hazel	40
42	Bertha	39
42	Charlotte	39
44	Elsie	38
44	Katherine	38
46	Ethel	37
47	Muriel	36
48	Anna	35
49	Shirley	34
50	Geraldine	33

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	229
2	John	225
3	William	155
4	George	154
5	Charles	150
6	Joseph	142
7	James	124
8	Harold	122
9	Donald	110
10	Edward	102
11	Arthur	100
12	Richard	94
13	Raymond	84
14	Kenneth	82
15	Paul	76
16	Ralph	74
17	Albert	72
18	Lawrence	71
19	Frank	69
20	Philip	66
21	Ernest	64
22	Roland	63
23	Walter	62
24	Herbert	54
25	Henry	52
25	Leo	52
27	Alfred	49
27	Norman	49
29	Carl	47
30	Arnold	44
30	Francis	44
30	Frederick	44
30	Stanley	44
34	Louis	42
35	Clarence	41
35	Thomas	41
37	Harry	39
38	Gerald	36
39	Eugene	34
39	Fred	34
41	Clifford	33
41	David	33
41	Wilfred	33
44	Howard	31
44	Leroy	31
44	Maurice	31
44	Roger	31
48	Earl	30
48	Everett	30
50	Lionel	29