1916
Top Baby Names of 1916
The most popular baby names in the United States
👧
Girl Names
Top 100 in 1916
1
Mary 61,438 2
Helen 32,661 3
Dorothy 27,418 4
Margaret 24,953 5
Ruth 23,189 6
Mildred 15,633 7
Anna 15,228 8
Elizabeth 14,940 9
Frances 13,746 10
Virginia 12,487 11
Evelyn 11,889 12
Marie 11,682 13
Alice 10,719 14
Florence 10,412 15
Rose 9,605 16
Lillian 9,592 17
Irene 9,035 18
Louise 8,630 19
Edna 8,625 20
Catherine 8,469 21
Josephine 8,127 22
Gladys 8,019 23
Ruby 7,686 24
Martha 7,610 25
Ethel 7,601 26
Grace 7,461 27
Eleanor 7,406 28
Edith 7,307 29
Thelma 7,290 30
Lucille 7,241 31
Hazel 7,214 32
Doris 7,161 33
Pauline 6,655 34
Esther 6,421 35
Gertrude 6,243 36
Annie 6,105 37
Marjorie 5,866 38
Beatrice 5,586 39
Clara 5,544 40
Ann 5,343 41
Emma 5,217 42
Bernice 5,183 43
Lois 5,149 44
Betty 5,136 45
Jean 5,081 46
Julia 5,066 47
Marion 5,033 48
Elsie 5,027 49
Bertha 4,900 50
Agnes 4,852 51
Katherine 4,801 52
Sarah 4,798 53
Anne 4,571 54
Ida 4,364 55
Eva 4,337 56
Bessie 4,122 57
Pearl 4,073 58
Myrtle 3,960 59
Viola 3,948 60
Kathryn 3,933 61
Nellie 3,862 62
Jane 3,826 63
Stella 3,818 64
Laura 3,744 65
Mabel 3,680 66
Vera 3,622 67
Rita 3,477 68
Jessie 3,414 68
Sylvia 3,414 70
Alma 3,403 71
Minnie 3,274 72
Marian 3,198 73
Willie 3,116 74
Barbara 3,112 75
Leona 3,086 76
Genevieve 3,063 77
Vivian 3,049 78
Marguerite 3,034 79
Jennie 3,010 80
Charlotte 2,995 81
Ella 2,965 82
Wilma 2,962 83
Violet 2,921 84
Lucy 2,877 85
Lena 2,869 86
June 2,840 87
Ellen 2,838 88
Lillie 2,825 89
Blanche 2,714 90
Juanita 2,644 91
Opal 2,636 92
Mae 2,607 93
Mattie 2,556 94
Geraldine 2,549 95
Phyllis 2,427 96
Maxine 2,424 97
Beulah 2,401 98
Theresa 2,348 99
Velma 2,319 100
Emily 2,213 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1916
1
John 50,043 2
William 40,418 3
James 35,568 4
Robert 31,741 5
Joseph 23,883 6
Charles 23,612 7
George 23,381 8
Edward 17,005 9
Frank 15,291 10
Thomas 11,998 11
Walter 11,760 12
Paul 10,790 13
Harold 10,698 14
Henry 10,656 15
Richard 10,134 16
Raymond 9,565 17
Albert 9,044 18
Arthur 8,921 19
Harry 8,476 20
Donald 7,737 21
Ralph 7,085 22
Louis 6,817 23
Carl 6,786 24
Clarence 6,304 25
Howard 6,171 26
Jack 6,162 27
Kenneth 6,012 28
David 5,812 29
Fred 5,745 30
Willie 5,660 31
Francis 5,652 32
Earl 5,553 33
Roy 5,327 34
Stanley 5,130 35
Joe 4,911 36
Ernest 4,823 37
Anthony 4,749 38
Lawrence 4,742 39
Eugene 4,646 40
Herbert 4,463 41
Samuel 4,399 42
Leonard 4,328 43
Alfred 4,278 44
Michael 4,210 45
Elmer 3,936 46
Andrew 3,723 47
Leo 3,621 48
Norman 3,609 49
Bernard 3,476 50
Peter 3,370 51
Russell 3,330 52
Frederick 3,325 53
Edwin 3,299 54
Chester 3,212 55
Daniel 3,149 56
Herman 3,043 57
Melvin 2,984 58
Lloyd 2,926 59
Lester 2,907 60
Floyd 2,783 61
Clifford 2,767 62
Clyde 2,707 63
Leroy 2,699 64
Woodrow 2,668 65
Theodore 2,641 66
Marvin 2,529 67
Vincent 2,500 68
Charlie 2,416 69
Willard 2,413 70
Philip 2,409 71
Lewis 2,374 72
Milton 2,345 73
Ray 2,334 74
Sam 2,313 75
Vernon 2,288 76
Gerald 2,260 77
Jesse 2,230 78
Victor 2,215 79
Benjamin 2,186 80
Cecil 2,181 81
Martin 2,122 82
Alvin 2,093 83
Lee 2,016 84
Glenn 1,970 85
Leon 1,954 86
Oscar 1,916 87
Stephen 1,877 88
Edgar 1,874 89
Arnold 1,858 90
Gordon 1,792 91
Everett 1,764 92
Harvey 1,763 93
Claude 1,733 94
Wilbur 1,680 95
Sidney 1,659 96
Hugh 1,619 97
Morris 1,618 98
Wayne 1,587 99
Alexander 1,584 99
Maurice 1,584 About 1916 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1916, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.