Name Yearbook

Top baby names in New Hampshire, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	139
2	Helen	107
3	Dorothy	96
4	Ruth	93
5	Irene	83
6	Doris	72
6	Elizabeth	72
8	Margaret	65
9	Alice	56
9	Rita	56
11	Florence	55
12	Beatrice	53
13	Evelyn	50
14	Lillian	49
15	Pauline	48
16	Virginia	46
17	Marion	45
18	Lucille	44
19	Eleanor	43
20	Barbara	40
20	Louise	40
20	Mildred	40
23	Marie	37
24	Catherine	35
25	Gertrude	33
25	Jeannette	33
27	Frances	32
28	Anna	30
28	Cecile	30
28	Marjorie	30
28	Rose	30
32	Blanche	29
32	Thelma	29
34	Geraldine	26
35	Bertha	25
35	Charlotte	25
35	Katherine	25
35	Madeline	25
39	Bernice	23
39	Grace	23
39	Olive	23
39	Yvette	23
43	Edith	22
43	Esther	22
43	Josephine	22
43	Phyllis	22
47	Marguerite	21
47	Martha	21
49	Edna	20
49	Ethel	20

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	148
2	Robert	140
3	George	99
4	Joseph	95
5	Charles	91
6	William	88
7	Arthur	83
8	Raymond	67
9	Albert	63
9	James	63
11	Edward	62
12	Leo	59
13	Richard	58
14	Paul	56
15	Frank	54
16	Henry	51
17	Roland	50
18	Harold	44
19	Walter	43
20	Norman	40
21	Donald	39
21	Francis	39
23	Stanley	38
24	Maurice	37
25	Kenneth	36
26	Ernest	33
27	Thomas	31
28	Philip	30
28	Ralph	30
30	Alfred	27
30	Roger	27
32	Bernard	26
32	Earl	26
32	Harry	26
32	Lawrence	26
36	Wilfred	25
37	Carl	23
37	Frederick	23
37	Gerard	23
37	Louis	23
41	Armand	22
42	David	20
42	Theodore	20
44	Clarence	19
45	Howard	18
45	Lionel	18
47	Gordon	16
47	Leon	16
47	Peter	16
50	Daniel	15