EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1916

United States · 1,934,414 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary61,438—
#2Helen32,661—
#3Dorothy27,418—
#4Margaret24,953—
#5Ruth23,189—
#6Mildred15,633—
#7Anna15,228—
#8Elizabeth14,940—
#9Frances13,746—
#10Virginia12,487↑2
#11Evelyn11,889↓1
#12Marie11,682↓1
#13Alice10,719—
#14Florence10,412—
#15Rose9,605↑1
#16Lillian9,592↓1
#17Irene9,035—
#18Louise8,630—
#19Edna8,625↑1
#20Catherine8,469↓1
#21Josephine8,127↑1
#22Gladys8,019↓1
#23Ruby7,686↑1
#24Martha7,610↑1
#25Ethel7,601↓2
#26Grace7,461↑1
#27Eleanor7,406↑1
#28Edith7,307↑3
#29Thelma7,290↑1
#30Lucille7,241↓1
#31Hazel7,214↓5
#32Doris7,161↑2
#33Pauline6,655↓1
#34Esther6,421↓1
#35Gertrude6,243—
#36Annie6,105—
#37Marjorie5,866↑2
#38Beatrice5,586↓1
#39Clara5,544↓1
#40Ann5,343↑3
#41Emma5,217↓1
#42Bernice5,183—
#43Lois5,149↑4
#44Betty5,136↑9
#45Jean5,081↑3
#46Julia5,066↓2
#47Marion5,033↑3
#48Elsie5,027↓7
#49Bertha4,900↓3
#50Agnes4,852↓5
#51Katherine4,801↓2
#52Sarah4,798↓1
#53Anne4,571↓1
#54Ida4,364—
#55Eva4,337—
#56Bessie4,122↑1
#57Pearl4,073↓1
#58Myrtle3,960—
#59Viola3,948—
#60Kathryn3,933—
#61Nellie3,862↑2
#62Jane3,826↑7
#63Stella3,818↑1
#64Laura3,744↓3
#65Mabel3,680↓3
#66Vera3,622↓1
#67Rita3,477↑4
#68Jessie3,414↓2
#68Sylvia3,414↓1
#70Alma3,403—
#71Minnie3,274↓3
#72Marian3,198↑14
#73Willie3,116↓1
#74Barbara3,112↑9
#75Leona3,086↓1
#76Genevieve3,063—
#77Vivian3,049↑1
#78Marguerite3,034↑6
#79Jennie3,010↓6
#80Charlotte2,995↑1
#81Ella2,965↓6
#82Wilma2,962↓2
#83Violet2,921↓1
#84Lucy2,877↓5
#85Lena2,869↓8
#86June2,840↑10
#87Ellen2,838↑1
#88Lillie2,825↓4
#89Blanche2,714↓2
#90Juanita2,644↑2
#91Opal2,636↓1
#92Mae2,607↓3
#93Mattie2,556↓2
#94Geraldine2,549
#95Phyllis2,427↑5
#96Maxine2,424↑2
#97Beulah2,401↓2
#98Theresa2,348↓5
#99Velma2,319↓5
#100Emily2,213↓1

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1John50,043—
#2William40,418—
#3James35,569—
#4Robert31,741—
#5Joseph23,883—
#6Charles23,612↑1
#7George23,381↓1
#8Edward17,005—
#9Frank15,291—
#10Thomas11,998—
#11Walter11,760—
#12Paul10,790↑1
#13Harold10,698↓1
#14Henry10,656—
#15Richard10,134—
#16Raymond9,565—
#17Albert9,044—
#18Arthur8,921—
#19Harry8,476—
#20Donald7,736—
#21Ralph7,085—
#22Louis6,817↑1
#23Carl6,785↓1
#24Clarence6,304—
#25Howard6,171—
#26Jack6,161↑1
#27Kenneth6,012↑1
#28David5,812↑3
#29Fred5,745↓3
#30Willie5,660—
#31Francis5,652↓2
#32Earl5,553↑1
#33Roy5,327↓1
#34Stanley5,130—
#35Joe4,911↑3
#36Ernest4,823↓1
#37Anthony4,749↓1
#38Lawrence4,742↓1
#39Eugene4,646↑2
#40Herbert4,463—
#41Samuel4,399↓2
#42Leonard4,328↑2
#43Alfred4,278↓1
#44Michael4,210↓1
#45Elmer3,936—
#46Andrew3,723—
#47Leo3,621—
#48Norman3,609↑2
#49Bernard3,476↓1
#50Peter3,370↓2
#51Russell3,330—
#52Frederick3,325—
#53Edwin3,299—
#54Chester3,212—
#55Daniel3,149—
#56Herman3,043—
#57Melvin2,984↑3
#58Lloyd2,926↑4
#59Lester2,907↓2
#60Floyd2,783↓1
#61Clifford2,767—
#62Clyde2,707↑1
#63Leroy2,699↑3
#64Woodrow2,668↑19
#65Theodore2,641↓1
#66Marvin2,529↑6
#67Vincent2,500↓2
#68Charlie2,416↑7
#69Willard2,413↓11
#70Philip2,409↓1
#71Lewis2,374↓1
#72Milton2,345↑1
#73Ray2,334↓6
#74Sam2,313↓6
#75Vernon2,288↑5
#76Gerald2,260↑2
#77Jesse2,230—
#78Victor2,215↓4
#79Benjamin2,186↓8
#80Cecil2,181↓4
#81Martin2,122↓2
#82Alvin2,093↓1
#83Lee2,016↑1
#84Glenn1,970↑3
#85Leon1,954↓3
#86Oscar1,916↑2
#87Stephen1,877↓1
#88Edgar1,874↓3
#89Arnold1,858↑2
#90Gordon1,792—
#91Everett1,764↓2
#92Harvey1,763↑3
#93Claude1,733↑3
#94Wilbur1,680↓2
#95Sidney1,659↓1
#96Hugh1,619
#97Morris1,618↓4
#98Wayne1,587↓1
#99Alexander1,584
#99Maurice1,584