Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names From 1917

The Most Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names in 1917

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1917.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Pennsylvania was John. In total there were 77,608 boys born sharing 596 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1917 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	John	1 in 12 (8.5%)	6,617
2	William	1 in 17 (5.8%)	4,463
3	Joseph	1 in 18 (5.4%)	4,222
4	Robert	1 in 25 (4%)	3,112
5	Charles	1 in 28 (3.6%)	2,766
6	George	1 in 29 (3.4%)	2,632
7	James	1 in 30 (3.3%)	2,567
8	Edward	1 in 38 (2.6%)	2,038
9	Frank	1 in 39 (2.6%)	1,985
10	Paul	1 in 50 (2%)	1,566
11	Thomas	1 in 55 (1.8%)	1,409
12	Harry	1 in 59 (1.7%)	1,309
13	Walter	1 in 59 (1.7%)	1,309
14	Michael	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,099
15	Albert	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,086
16	Richard	1 in 80 (1.2%)	967
17	Anthony	1 in 86 (1.2%)	898
18	Raymond	1 in 87 (1.1%)	888
19	Harold	1 in 88 (1.1%)	878
20	Stanley	1 in 98 (1%)	793
21	Francis	1 in 100 (1%)	776
22	Henry	1 in 105 (0.9%)	737
23	Donald	1 in 106 (0.9%)	735
24	Samuel	1 in 114 (0.9%)	683
25	Andrew	1 in 114 (0.9%)	682
26	Louis	1 in 116 (0.9%)	671
27	Ralph	1 in 116 (0.9%)	668
28	Arthur	1 in 126 (0.8%)	617
29	Carl	1 in 133 (0.7%)	582
30	David	1 in 135 (0.7%)	573
31	Howard	1 in 149 (0.7%)	522
32	Earl	1 in 157 (0.6%)	495
33	Kenneth	1 in 157 (0.6%)	493
34	Peter	1 in 161 (0.6%)	483
35	Daniel	1 in 178 (0.6%)	437
36	Stephen	1 in 178 (0.6%)	435
37	Clarence	1 in 185 (0.5%)	420
38	Bernard	1 in 185 (0.5%)	419
39	Jack	1 in 187 (0.5%)	415
40	Russell	1 in 200 (0.5%)	388
41	Fred	1 in 208 (0.5%)	374
42	Leonard	1 in 209 (0.5%)	371
43	Norman	1 in 213 (0.5%)	364
44	Alfred	1 in 219 (0.5%)	355
45	Eugene	1 in 219 (0.5%)	355
46	Steve	1 in 221 (0.5%)	351
47	Frederick	1 in 236 (0.4%)	329
48	Vincent	1 in 238 (0.4%)	326
49	Chester	1 in 239 (0.4%)	325
50	Theodore	1 in 243 (0.4%)	319
51	Martin	1 in 245 (0.4%)	317
52	Lawrence	1 in 246 (0.4%)	315
53	Herbert	1 in 250 (0.4%)	310
54	Elmer	1 in 251 (0.4%)	309
55	Mike	1 in 254 (0.4%)	305
56	Leo	1 in 267 (0.4%)	291
57	Nicholas	1 in 273 (0.4%)	284
58	Roy	1 in 281 (0.4%)	276
59	Ernest	1 in 290 (0.3%)	268
60	Leroy	1 in 312 (0.3%)	249
61	Lester	1 in 315 (0.3%)	246
62	Philip	1 in 326 (0.3%)	238
63	Edwin	1 in 327 (0.3%)	237
64	Benjamin	1 in 337 (0.3%)	230
65	Alexander	1 in 343 (0.3%)	226
66	Melvin	1 in 382 (0.3%)	203
67	Victor	1 in 382 (0.3%)	203
68	Herman	1 in 400 (0.2%)	194
69	Lewis	1 in 402 (0.2%)	193
70	Joe	1 in 404 (0.2%)	192
71	Leon	1 in 404 (0.2%)	192
72	Gerald	1 in 413 (0.2%)	188
73	Lloyd	1 in 413 (0.2%)	188
74	Clyde	1 in 422 (0.2%)	184
75	Jacob	1 in 438 (0.2%)	177
76	Glenn	1 in 449 (0.2%)	173
77	Clifford	1 in 459 (0.2%)	169
78	Ray	1 in 465 (0.2%)	167
79	Warren	1 in 491 (0.2%)	158
80	Edgar	1 in 497 (0.2%)	156
81	Nick	1 in 521 (0.2%)	149
82	Wilbur	1 in 539 (0.2%)	144
83	Floyd	1 in 547 (0.2%)	142
84	Franklin	1 in 547 (0.2%)	142
85	Willard	1 in 566 (0.2%)	137
86	Milton	1 in 571 (0.2%)	136
87	Alex	1 in 579 (0.2%)	134
88	Rudolph	1 in 597 (0.2%)	130
89	Wayne	1 in 616 (0.2%)	126
90	Clair	1 in 621 (0.2%)	125
91	Elwood	1 in 626 (0.2%)	124
92	Sidney	1 in 626 (0.2%)	124
93	Angelo	1 in 641 (0.2%)	121
94	Tony	1 in 658 (0.2%)	118
95	Matthew	1 in 663 (0.2%)	117
96	Harvey	1 in 669 (0.1%)	116
97	Sam	1 in 675 (0.1%)	115
98	Morris	1 in 693 (0.1%)	112
99	Edmund	1 in 699 (0.1%)	111
100	Maurice	1 in 706 (0.1%)	110