Top Baby Names of 1916
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.