Popular baby names of 1916

In 1916, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (61,438 babies) and John for boys (50,043). Social Security records show 1,934,414 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,161 girls' names and 4,535 boys' names.

1916 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.1% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 30.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Geraldine.
New in the boys' top 100: Hugh, Alexander, Maurice.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915
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	↑2
11	Evelyn	11,889	↓1
12	Marie	11,682	↓1
13	Alice	10,719	–
14	Florence	10,412	–
15	Rose	9,605	↑1
16	Lillian	9,592	↓1
17	Irene	9,035	–
18	Louise	8,630	–
19	Edna	8,625	↑1
20	Catherine	8,469	↓1
21	Josephine	8,127	↑1
22	Gladys	8,019	↓1
23	Ruby	7,686	↑1
24	Martha	7,610	↑1
25	Ethel	7,601	↓2
26	Grace	7,461	↑1
27	Eleanor	7,406	↑1
28	Edith	7,307	↑3
29	Thelma	7,290	↑1
30	Lucille	7,241	↓1
31	Hazel	7,214	↓5
32	Doris	7,161	↑2
33	Pauline	6,655	↓1
34	Esther	6,421	↓1
35	Gertrude	6,243	–
36	Annie	6,105	–
37	Marjorie	5,866	↑2
38	Beatrice	5,586	↓1
39	Clara	5,544	↓1
40	Ann	5,343	↑3
41	Emma	5,217	↓1
42	Bernice	5,183	–
43	Lois	5,149	↑4
44	Betty	5,136	↑9
45	Jean	5,081	↑3
46	Julia	5,066	↓2
47	Marion	5,033	↑3
48	Elsie	5,027	↓7
49	Bertha	4,900	↓3
50	Agnes	4,852	↓5
51	Katherine	4,801	↓2
52	Sarah	4,798	↓1
53	Anne	4,571	↓1
54	Ida	4,364	–
55	Eva	4,337	–
56	Bessie	4,122	↑1
57	Pearl	4,073	↓1
58	Myrtle	3,960	–
59	Viola	3,948	–
60	Kathryn	3,933	–
61	Nellie	3,862	↑2
62	Jane	3,826	↑7
63	Stella	3,818	↑1
64	Laura	3,744	↓3
65	Mabel	3,680	↓3
66	Vera	3,622	↓1
67	Rita	3,477	↑4
68	Jessie	3,414	↓2
69	Sylvia	3,414	↓2
70	Alma	3,403	–
71	Minnie	3,274	↓3
72	Marian	3,198	↑14
73	Willie	3,116	↓1
74	Barbara	3,112	↑9
75	Leona	3,086	↓1
76	Genevieve	3,063	–
77	Vivian	3,049	↑1
78	Marguerite	3,034	↑7
79	Jennie	3,010	↓6
80	Charlotte	2,995	↑1
81	Ella	2,965	↓6
82	Wilma	2,962	↓2
83	Violet	2,921	↓1
84	Lucy	2,877	↓5
85	Lena	2,869	↓8
86	June	2,840	↑10
87	Ellen	2,838	↑1
88	Lillie	2,825	↓4
89	Blanche	2,714	↓2
90	Juanita	2,644	↑2
91	Opal	2,636	↓1
92	Mae	2,607	↓3
93	Mattie	2,556	↓2
94	Geraldine	2,549	new
95	Phyllis	2,427	↑5
96	Maxine	2,424	↑2
97	Beulah	2,401	↓2
98	Theresa	2,348	↓5
99	Velma	2,319	↓5
100	Emily	2,213	↓1

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915
1	John	50,043	–
2	William	40,418	–
3	James	35,569	–
4	Robert	31,741	–
5	Joseph	23,883	–
6	Charles	23,612	↑1
7	George	23,381	↓1
8	Edward	17,005	–
9	Frank	15,291	–
10	Thomas	11,998	–
11	Walter	11,760	–
12	Paul	10,790	↑1
13	Harold	10,698	↓1
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	7,736	–
21	Ralph	7,085	–
22	Louis	6,817	↑1
23	Carl	6,785	↓1
24	Clarence	6,304	–
25	Howard	6,171	–
26	Jack	6,161	↑1
27	Kenneth	6,012	↑1
28	David	5,812	↑3
29	Fred	5,745	↓3
30	Willie	5,660	–
31	Francis	5,652	↓2
32	Earl	5,553	↑1
33	Roy	5,327	↓1
34	Stanley	5,130	–
35	Joe	4,911	↑3
36	Ernest	4,823	↓1
37	Anthony	4,749	↓1
38	Lawrence	4,742	↓1
39	Eugene	4,646	↑2
40	Herbert	4,463	–
41	Samuel	4,399	↓2
42	Leonard	4,328	↑2
43	Alfred	4,278	↓1
44	Michael	4,210	↓1
45	Elmer	3,936	–
46	Andrew	3,723	–
47	Leo	3,621	–
48	Norman	3,609	↑2
49	Bernard	3,476	↓1
50	Peter	3,370	↓1
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	↑3
58	Lloyd	2,926	↑4
59	Lester	2,907	↓2
60	Floyd	2,783	↓1
61	Clifford	2,767	–
62	Clyde	2,707	↑1
63	Leroy	2,699	↑3
64	Woodrow	2,668	↑19
65	Theodore	2,641	↓1
66	Marvin	2,529	↑6
67	Vincent	2,500	↓2
68	Charlie	2,416	↑7
69	Willard	2,413	↓11
70	Philip	2,409	↓1
71	Lewis	2,374	↓1
72	Milton	2,345	↑1
73	Ray	2,334	↓6
74	Sam	2,313	↓6
75	Vernon	2,288	↑5
76	Gerald	2,260	↑2
77	Jesse	2,230	–
78	Victor	2,215	↓4
79	Benjamin	2,186	↓8
80	Cecil	2,181	↓4
81	Martin	2,122	↓2
82	Alvin	2,093	↓1
83	Lee	2,016	↑1
84	Glenn	1,970	↑3
85	Leon	1,954	↓3
86	Oscar	1,916	↑2
87	Stephen	1,877	↓1
88	Edgar	1,874	↓3
89	Arnold	1,858	↑2
90	Gordon	1,792	–
91	Everett	1,764	↓2
92	Harvey	1,763	↑3
93	Claude	1,733	↑3
94	Wilbur	1,680	↓2
95	Sidney	1,659	↓1
96	Hugh	1,619	new
97	Morris	1,618	↓4
98	Wayne	1,587	↓1
99	Alexander	1,584	new
100	Maurice	1,584	new

Every name given in 1916

All 9,696 names Social Security recorded for 1916, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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