Name.Baby Names by year 1910s 1916 Most Popular Baby Names of 1916 Social Security has card records for 2,008,960 people born in the U.S. in 1916. Mary was the top girl name (61,438 babies) and John the top boy name (50,043).
Top 100 names of 1916 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1916, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 61,438 #125 2 Helen 32,661 #461 3 Dorothy 27,418 #421 4 Margaret 24,953 #112 5 Ruth 23,189 #173 6 Mildred 15,633 #1,962 7 Anna 15,228 #107 8 Elizabeth 14,940 #17 9 Frances 13,746 #318 10 Virginia 12,487 #525 11 Evelyn 11,889 #8 12 Marie 11,682 #617 13 Alice 10,719 #65 14 Florence 10,412 #391 15 Rose 9,605 #114 16 Lillian 9,592 #57 17 Irene 9,035 #651 18 Louise 8,630 #514 19 Edna 8,625 #2,458 20 Catherine 8,469 #313 21 Josephine 8,127 #53 22 Gladys 8,019 #3,211 23 Ruby 7,686 #64 24 Martha 7,610 #712 25 Ethel 7,601 #4,172 26 Grace 7,461 #38 27 Eleanor 7,406 #12 28 Edith 7,307 #499 29 Thelma 7,290 #4,661 30 Lucille 7,241 #237 31 Hazel 7,214 #21 32 Doris 7,161 #2,895 33 Pauline 6,655 #2,957 34 Esther 6,421 #119 35 Gertrude 6,243 #6,546 36 Annie 6,105 #182 37 Marjorie 5,866 #1,016 38 Beatrice 5,586 #508 39 Clara 5,544 #63 40 Ann 5,343 #1,076 41 Emma 5,217 #3 42 Bernice 5,183 #4,067 43 Lois 5,149 #1,666 44 Betty 5,136 #1,113 45 Jean 5,081 #2,117 46 Julia 5,066 #131 47 Marion 5,033 #2,036 48 Elsie 5,027 #123 49 Bertha 4,900 #4,546 50 Agnes 4,852 #1,016
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1916, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Katherine 4,801 #186 52 Sarah 4,798 #90 53 Anne 4,571 #619 54 Ida 4,364 #1,120 55 Eva 4,337 #134 56 Bessie 4,122 #6,838 57 Pearl 4,073 #776 58 Myrtle 3,960 #10,917 59 Viola 3,948 #1,013 60 Kathryn 3,933 #729 61 Nellie 3,862 #533 62 Jane 3,826 #221 63 Stella 3,818 #52 64 Laura 3,744 #379 65 Mabel 3,680 #201 66 Vera 3,622 #205 67 Rita 3,477 #1,285 68 Jessie 3,414 #823 68 Sylvia 3,414 #300 70 Alma 3,403 #449 71 Minnie 3,274 #3,028 72 Marian 3,198 #1,102 73 Willie 3,116 #10,107 74 Barbara 3,112 #968 75 Leona 3,086 #429 76 Genevieve 3,063 #148 77 Vivian 3,049 #70 78 Marguerite 3,034 #2,485 79 Jennie 3,010 #2,298 80 Charlotte 2,995 #2 81 Ella 2,965 #29 82 Wilma 2,962 #3,645 83 Violet 2,921 #13 84 Lucy 2,877 #24 85 Lena 2,869 #279 86 June 2,840 #150 87 Ellen 2,838 #1,062 88 Lillie 2,825 #675 89 Blanche 2,714 #6,838 90 Juanita 2,644 #2,778 91 Opal 2,636 #423 92 Mae 2,607 #500 93 Mattie 2,556 #1,004 94 Geraldine 2,549 #2,438 95 Phyllis 2,427 #11,932 96 Maxine 2,424 #496 97 Beulah 2,401 #5,917 98 Theresa 2,348 #1,548 99 Velma 2,319 #5,722 100 Emily 2,213 #34
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1916, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 50,043 #23 2 William 40,418 #9 3 James 35,569 #6 4 Robert 31,741 #92 5 Joseph 23,883 #29 6 Charles 23,612 #48 7 George 23,381 #126 8 Edward 17,005 #224 9 Frank 15,291 #513 10 Thomas 11,998 #34 11 Walter 11,760 #251 12 Paul 10,790 #262 13 Harold 10,698 #991 14 Henry 10,656 #5 15 Richard 10,134 #234 16 Raymond 9,565 #394 17 Albert 9,044 #614 18 Arthur 8,921 #87 19 Harry 8,476 #775 20 Donald 7,736 #690 21 Ralph 7,085 #1,046 22 Louis 6,817 #249 23 Carl 6,785 #1,132 24 Clarence 6,304 #1,499 25 Howard 6,171 #1,002 26 Jack 6,161 #15 27 Kenneth 6,012 #294 28 David 5,812 #35 29 Fred 5,745 #1,932 30 Willie 5,660 #1,315 31 Francis 5,652 #420 32 Earl 5,553 #2,230 33 Roy 5,327 #525 34 Stanley 5,130 #863 35 Joe 4,911 #991 36 Ernest 4,823 #1,038 37 Anthony 4,749 #46 38 Lawrence 4,742 #518 39 Eugene 4,646 #943 40 Herbert 4,463 #2,641 41 Samuel 4,399 #18 42 Leonard 4,328 #637 43 Alfred 4,278 #840 44 Michael 4,210 #21 45 Elmer 3,936 #1,222 46 Andrew 3,723 #73 47 Leo 3,621 #19 48 Norman 3,609 #1,196 49 Bernard 3,476 #1,362 50 Peter 3,370 #187
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1916, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Russell 3,330 #345 52 Frederick 3,325 #435 53 Edwin 3,299 #398 54 Chester 3,212 #1,585 55 Daniel 3,149 #22 56 Herman 3,043 #2,363 57 Melvin 2,984 #958 58 Lloyd 2,926 #1,547 59 Lester 2,907 #1,634 60 Floyd 2,783 #2,230 61 Clifford 2,767 #1,352 62 Clyde 2,707 #742 63 Leroy 2,699 #883 64 Woodrow 2,668 #1,644 65 Theodore 2,641 #4 66 Marvin 2,529 #699 67 Vincent 2,500 #107 68 Charlie 2,416 #145 69 Willard 2,413 #2,718 70 Philip 2,409 #527 71 Lewis 2,374 #433 72 Milton 2,345 #1,436 73 Ray 2,334 #791 74 Sam 2,313 #647 75 Vernon 2,288 #1,382 76 Gerald 2,260 #1,204 77 Jesse 2,230 #184 78 Victor 2,215 #209 79 Benjamin 2,186 #11 80 Cecil 2,181 #1,486 81 Martin 2,122 #335 82 Alvin 2,093 #838 83 Lee 2,016 #725 84 Glenn 1,970 #1,443 85 Leon 1,954 #138 86 Oscar 1,916 #223 87 Stephen 1,877 #383 88 Edgar 1,874 #486 89 Arnold 1,858 #1,477 90 Gordon 1,792 #1,051 91 Everett 1,764 #77 92 Harvey 1,763 #251 93 Claude 1,733 #3,036 94 Wilbur 1,680 #3,949 95 Sidney 1,659 #1,323 96 Hugh 1,619 #732 97 Morris 1,618 #1,753 98 Wayne 1,587 #652 99 Alexander 1,584 #30 99 Maurice 1,584 #1,018
Entered the top 100 in 1916
