100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1916

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 50,045
2 William 0 40,419
3 James 0 35,569
4 Robert 0 31,741
5 Joseph 0 23,883
6 Charles +1 23,612
7 George -1 23,379
8 Edward 0 17,005
9 Frank 0 15,292
10 Thomas 0 11,998
11 Walter 0 11,760
12 Paul +1 10,790
13 Harold -1 10,698
14 Henry 0 10,655
15 Richard 0 10,134
16 Raymond 0 9,566
17 Albert 0 9,044
18 Arthur 0 8,921
19 Harry 0 8,476
20 Donald 0 7,737
21 Ralph 0 7,085
22 Louis +1 6,817
23 Carl -1 6,786
24 Clarence 0 6,304
25 Howard 0 6,172
26 Jack +1 6,162
27 Kenneth +1 6,012
28 David +3 5,813
29 Fred -3 5,745
30 Willie 0 5,660
31 Francis -2 5,652
32 Earl +1 5,553
33 Roy -1 5,327
34 Stanley 0 5,130
35 Joe +3 4,911
36 Ernest -1 4,823
37 Anthony -1 4,749
38 Lawrence -1 4,742
39 Eugene +2 4,646
40 Herbert 0 4,463
41 Samuel -2 4,399
42 Leonard +2 4,328
43 Alfred -1 4,278
44 Michael -1 4,210
45 Elmer 0 3,936
46 Andrew 0 3,723
47 Leo 0 3,621
48 Norman +2 3,609
49 Bernard -1 3,476
50 Peter -1 3,370
51 Russell 0 3,330
52 Frederick 0 3,325
53 Edwin 0 3,299
54 Chester 0 3,212
55 Daniel 0 3,149
56 Herman 0 3,043
57 Melvin +3 2,984
58 Lloyd +4 2,926
59 Lester -2 2,907
60 Floyd -1 2,783
61 Clifford 0 2,767
62 Clyde +1 2,707
63 Leroy +3 2,699
64 Woodrow +19 2,668
65 Theodore -1 2,641
66 Marvin +6 2,529
67 Vincent -2 2,500
68 Charlie +7 2,415
69 Willard -11 2,413
70 Philip -1 2,410
71 Lewis -1 2,374
72 Milton +1 2,345
73 Ray -6 2,334
74 Sam -6 2,313
75 Vernon +5 2,288
76 Gerald +2 2,260
77 Jesse 0 2,230
78 Victor -4 2,215
79 Benjamin -8 2,186
80 Cecil -4 2,181
81 Martin -2 2,122
82 Alvin -1 2,093
83 Lee +1 2,016
84 Glenn +3 1,970
85 Leon -3 1,954
86 Oscar +2 1,916
87 Stephen -1 1,877
88 Edgar -3 1,874
89 Arnold +2 1,858
90 Gordon 0 1,792
91 Everett -2 1,764
92 Harvey +3 1,763
93 Claude +3 1,733
94 Wilbur -2 1,680
95 Sidney -1 1,659
96 Hugh +15 1,619
97 Morris -4 1,618
98 Wayne -1 1,587
99 Alexander +4 1,584
100 Maurice +1 1,584
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 61,438
2 Helen 0 32,662
3 Dorothy 0 27,417
4 Margaret 0 24,952
5 Ruth 0 23,190
6 Mildred 0 15,633
7 Anna 0 15,228
8 Elizabeth 0 14,939
9 Frances 0 13,746
10 Virginia +2 12,487
11 Evelyn -1 11,889
12 Marie -1 11,683
13 Alice 0 10,719
14 Florence 0 10,412
15 Rose +1 9,605
16 Lillian -1 9,592
17 Irene 0 9,034
18 Louise 0 8,630
19 Edna +1 8,625
20 Catherine -1 8,469
21 Josephine +1 8,127
22 Gladys -1 8,019
23 Ruby +1 7,685
24 Martha +1 7,610
25 Ethel -2 7,601
26 Grace +1 7,461
27 Eleanor +1 7,406
28 Edith +3 7,306
29 Thelma +1 7,290
30 Lucille -1 7,241
31 Hazel -5 7,214
32 Doris +2 7,161
33 Pauline -1 6,655
34 Esther -1 6,421
35 Gertrude 0 6,243
36 Annie 0 6,105
37 Marjorie +2 5,866
38 Beatrice -1 5,586
39 Clara -1 5,544
40 Ann +3 5,343
41 Emma -1 5,217
42 Bernice 0 5,183
43 Lois +4 5,149
44 Betty +9 5,136
45 Jean +3 5,081
46 Julia -2 5,066
47 Marion +3 5,033
48 Elsie -7 5,027
49 Bertha -3 4,900
50 Agnes -5 4,853
51 Katherine -2 4,801
52 Sarah -1 4,798
53 Anne -1 4,571
54 Ida 0 4,364
55 Eva 0 4,337
56 Bessie +1 4,122
57 Pearl -1 4,073
58 Myrtle 0 3,960
59 Viola 0 3,948
60 Kathryn 0 3,933
61 Nellie +2 3,862
62 Jane +7 3,826
63 Stella +1 3,818
64 Laura -3 3,744
65 Mabel -3 3,680
66 Vera -1 3,622
67 Rita +4 3,477
68 Jessie -2 3,414
69 Sylvia -2 3,414
70 Alma 0 3,403
71 Minnie -3 3,274
72 Marian +14 3,198
73 Willie -1 3,116
74 Barbara +9 3,113
75 Leona -1 3,086
76 Genevieve 0 3,063
77 Vivian +1 3,049
78 Marguerite +7 3,034
79 Jennie -6 3,010
80 Charlotte +1 2,995
81 Ella -6 2,965
82 Wilma -2 2,962
83 Violet -1 2,921
84 Lucy -5 2,877
85 Lena -8 2,869
86 June +10 2,840
87 Ellen +1 2,838
88 Lillie -4 2,825
89 Blanche -2 2,714
90 Juanita +2 2,644
91 Opal -1 2,636
92 Mae -3 2,607
93 Mattie -2 2,556
94 Geraldine +14 2,549
95 Phyllis +5 2,427
96 Maxine +2 2,424
97 Beulah -2 2,401
98 Theresa -5 2,348
99 Velma -5 2,319
100 Emily -1 2,213