United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1916

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 50,043 babies =
  2. 2 William 40,418 babies =
  3. 3 James 35,569 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 31,741 babies =
  5. 5 Joseph 23,883 babies =
  6. 6 Charles 23,612 babies 1
  7. 7 George 23,381 babies 1
  8. 8 Edward 17,005 babies =
  9. 9 Frank 15,291 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 11,998 babies =
  11. 11 Walter 11,760 babies =
  12. 12 Paul 10,790 babies 1
  13. 13 Harold 10,698 babies 1
  14. 14 Henry 10,656 babies =
  15. 15 Richard 10,134 babies =
  16. 16 Raymond 9,565 babies =
  17. 17 Albert 9,044 babies =
  18. 18 Arthur 8,921 babies =
  19. 19 Harry 8,476 babies =
  20. 20 Donald 7,736 babies =
  21. 21 Ralph 7,085 babies =
  22. 22 Louis 6,817 babies 1
  23. 23 Carl 6,785 babies 1
  24. 24 Clarence 6,304 babies =
  25. 25 Howard 6,171 babies =
  26. 26 Jack 6,161 babies 1
  27. 27 Kenneth 6,012 babies 1
  28. 28 David 5,812 babies 3
  29. 29 Fred 5,745 babies 3
  30. 30 Willie 5,660 babies =
  31. 31 Francis 5,652 babies 2
  32. 32 Earl 5,553 babies 1
  33. 33 Roy 5,327 babies 1
  34. 34 Stanley 5,130 babies =
  35. 35 Joe 4,911 babies 3
  36. 36 Ernest 4,823 babies 1
  37. 37 Anthony 4,749 babies 1
  38. 38 Lawrence 4,742 babies 1
  39. 39 Eugene 4,646 babies 2
  40. 40 Herbert 4,463 babies =
  41. 41 Samuel 4,399 babies 2
  42. 42 Leonard 4,328 babies 2
  43. 43 Alfred 4,278 babies 1
  44. 44 Michael 4,210 babies 1
  45. 45 Elmer 3,936 babies =
  46. 46 Andrew 3,723 babies =
  47. 47 Leo 3,621 babies =
  48. 48 Norman 3,609 babies 2
  49. 49 Bernard 3,476 babies 1
  50. 50 Peter 3,370 babies 1
  51. 51 Russell 3,330 babies =
  52. 52 Frederick 3,325 babies =
  53. 53 Edwin 3,299 babies =
  54. 54 Chester 3,212 babies =
  55. 55 Daniel 3,149 babies =
  56. 56 Herman 3,043 babies =
  57. 57 Melvin 2,984 babies 3
  58. 58 Lloyd 2,926 babies 4
  59. 59 Lester 2,907 babies 2
  60. 60 Floyd 2,783 babies 1
  61. 61 Clifford 2,767 babies =
  62. 62 Clyde 2,707 babies 1
  63. 63 Leroy 2,699 babies 3
  64. 64 Woodrow 2,668 babies 19
  65. 65 Theodore 2,641 babies 1
  66. 66 Marvin 2,529 babies 6
  67. 67 Vincent 2,500 babies 2
  68. 68 Charlie 2,416 babies 7
  69. 69 Willard 2,413 babies 11
  70. 70 Philip 2,409 babies 1
  71. 71 Lewis 2,374 babies 1
  72. 72 Milton 2,345 babies 1
  73. 73 Ray 2,334 babies 6
  74. 74 Sam 2,313 babies 6
  75. 75 Vernon 2,288 babies 5
  76. 76 Gerald 2,260 babies 2
  77. 77 Jesse 2,230 babies =
  78. 78 Victor 2,215 babies 4
  79. 79 Benjamin 2,186 babies 8
  80. 80 Cecil 2,181 babies 4
  81. 81 Martin 2,122 babies 2
  82. 82 Alvin 2,093 babies 1
  83. 83 Lee 2,016 babies 1
  84. 84 Glenn 1,970 babies 3
  85. 85 Leon 1,954 babies 3
  86. 86 Oscar 1,916 babies 2
  87. 87 Stephen 1,877 babies 1
  88. 88 Edgar 1,874 babies 3
  89. 89 Arnold 1,858 babies 2
  90. 90 Gordon 1,792 babies =
  91. 91 Everett 1,764 babies 2
  92. 92 Harvey 1,763 babies 3
  93. 93 Claude 1,733 babies 3
  94. 94 Wilbur 1,680 babies 2
  95. 95 Sidney 1,659 babies 1
  96. 96 Hugh 1,619 babies 15
  97. 97 Morris 1,618 babies 4
  98. 98 Wayne 1,587 babies 1
  99. 99 Alexander 1,584 babies 4
  100. 100 Maurice 1,584 babies 1

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 61,438 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 32,661 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 27,418 babies =
  4. 4 Margaret 24,953 babies =
  5. 5 Ruth 23,189 babies =
  6. 6 Mildred 15,633 babies =
  7. 7 Anna 15,228 babies =
  8. 8 Elizabeth 14,940 babies =
  9. 9 Frances 13,746 babies =
  10. 10 Virginia 12,487 babies 2
  11. 11 Evelyn 11,889 babies 1
  12. 12 Marie 11,682 babies 1
  13. 13 Alice 10,719 babies =
  14. 14 Florence 10,412 babies =
  15. 15 Rose 9,605 babies 1
  16. 16 Lillian 9,592 babies 1
  17. 17 Irene 9,035 babies =
  18. 18 Louise 8,630 babies =
  19. 19 Edna 8,625 babies 1
  20. 20 Catherine 8,469 babies 1
  21. 21 Josephine 8,127 babies 1
  22. 22 Gladys 8,019 babies 1
  23. 23 Ruby 7,686 babies 1
  24. 24 Martha 7,610 babies 1
  25. 25 Ethel 7,601 babies 2
  26. 26 Grace 7,461 babies 1
  27. 27 Eleanor 7,406 babies 1
  28. 28 Edith 7,307 babies 3
  29. 29 Thelma 7,290 babies 1
  30. 30 Lucille 7,241 babies 1
  31. 31 Hazel 7,214 babies 5
  32. 32 Doris 7,161 babies 2
  33. 33 Pauline 6,655 babies 1
  34. 34 Esther 6,421 babies 1
  35. 35 Gertrude 6,243 babies =
  36. 36 Annie 6,105 babies =
  37. 37 Marjorie 5,866 babies 2
  38. 38 Beatrice 5,586 babies 1
  39. 39 Clara 5,544 babies 1
  40. 40 Ann 5,343 babies 3
  41. 41 Emma 5,217 babies 1
  42. 42 Bernice 5,183 babies =
  43. 43 Lois 5,149 babies 4
  44. 44 Betty 5,136 babies 9
  45. 45 Jean 5,081 babies 3
  46. 46 Julia 5,066 babies 2
  47. 47 Marion 5,033 babies 3
  48. 48 Elsie 5,027 babies 7
  49. 49 Bertha 4,900 babies 3
  50. 50 Agnes 4,852 babies 5
  51. 51 Katherine 4,801 babies 2
  52. 52 Sarah 4,798 babies 1
  53. 53 Anne 4,571 babies 1
  54. 54 Ida 4,364 babies =
  55. 55 Eva 4,337 babies =
  56. 56 Bessie 4,122 babies 1
  57. 57 Pearl 4,073 babies 1
  58. 58 Myrtle 3,960 babies =
  59. 59 Viola 3,948 babies =
  60. 60 Kathryn 3,933 babies =
  61. 61 Nellie 3,862 babies 2
  62. 62 Jane 3,826 babies 7
  63. 63 Stella 3,818 babies 1
  64. 64 Laura 3,744 babies 3
  65. 65 Mabel 3,680 babies 3
  66. 66 Vera 3,622 babies 1
  67. 67 Rita 3,477 babies 4
  68. 68 Jessie 3,414 babies 2
  69. 69 Sylvia 3,414 babies 2
  70. 70 Alma 3,403 babies =
  71. 71 Minnie 3,274 babies 3
  72. 72 Marian 3,198 babies 14
  73. 73 Willie 3,116 babies 1
  74. 74 Barbara 3,112 babies 9
  75. 75 Leona 3,086 babies 1
  76. 76 Genevieve 3,063 babies =
  77. 77 Vivian 3,049 babies 1
  78. 78 Marguerite 3,034 babies 7
  79. 79 Jennie 3,010 babies 6
  80. 80 Charlotte 2,995 babies 1
  81. 81 Ella 2,965 babies 6
  82. 82 Wilma 2,962 babies 2
  83. 83 Violet 2,921 babies 1
  84. 84 Lucy 2,877 babies 5
  85. 85 Lena 2,869 babies 8
  86. 86 June 2,840 babies 10
  87. 87 Ellen 2,838 babies 1
  88. 88 Lillie 2,825 babies 4
  89. 89 Blanche 2,714 babies 2
  90. 90 Juanita 2,644 babies 2
  91. 91 Opal 2,636 babies 1
  92. 92 Mae 2,607 babies 3
  93. 93 Mattie 2,556 babies 2
  94. 94 Geraldine 2,549 babies 14
  95. 95 Phyllis 2,427 babies 5
  96. 96 Maxine 2,424 babies 2
  97. 97 Beulah 2,401 babies 2
  98. 98 Theresa 2,348 babies 5
  99. 99 Velma 2,319 babies 5
  100. 100 Emily 2,213 babies 1

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Source: Social Security Administration

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