| Description: | Most popular names for male newborns in united Germany 2017, only first names |
| Source: | Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (GfdS) |
| Series: | Germany First |
| Following list: | 2018 |
| Previous list: | 2016 |
| Highest new entries: | Emil (new at 13) |
| Largest rises: | Felix +6 (now at 6), Paul +5 (now at 2), Noa +3 (now at 3), Henry +3 (now at 12), Noah +3 (now at 3) |
| Largest falls: | Luca -9 (now at 14), Luka -9 (now at 14), Elias -5 (now at 7), Jonas -4 (now at 5), Jacob -2 (now at 15) |
| Note: | Only first names are counted, any second names ignored, unlike in most other German name statistics |
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