Popular Baby Names in 1916
The most popular baby names in 1916.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 61,438 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 50,043 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 40,418 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 35,568 |
| 2 | Helen | Girl | 32,661 |
| 4 | Robert | Boy | 31,741 |
| 3 | Dorothy | Girl | 27,418 |
| 4 | Margaret | Girl | 24,953 |
| 5 | Joseph | Boy | 23,883 |
| 6 | Charles | Boy | 23,612 |
| 7 | George | Boy | 23,381 |
| 5 | Ruth | Girl | 23,189 |
| 8 | Edward | Boy | 17,005 |
| 6 | Mildred | Girl | 15,633 |
| 9 | Frank | Boy | 15,291 |
| 7 | Anna | Girl | 15,228 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | Girl | 14,940 |
| 9 | Frances | Girl | 13,746 |
| 10 | Virginia | Girl | 12,487 |
| 10 | Thomas | Boy | 11,998 |
| 11 | Evelyn | Girl | 11,889 |
| 11 | Walter | Boy | 11,760 |
| 12 | Marie | Girl | 11,682 |
| 12 | Paul | Boy | 10,790 |
| 13 | Alice | Girl | 10,719 |
| 13 | Harold | Boy | 10,698 |
| 14 | Henry | Boy | 10,656 |
| 14 | Florence | Girl | 10,412 |
| 15 | Richard | Boy | 10,134 |
| 15 | Rose | Girl | 9,605 |
| 16 | Lillian | Girl | 9,592 |
| 16 | Raymond | Boy | 9,565 |
| 17 | Albert | Boy | 9,044 |
| 17 | Irene | Girl | 9,035 |
| 18 | Arthur | Boy | 8,921 |
| 18 | Louise | Girl | 8,630 |
| 19 | Edna | Girl | 8,625 |
| 19 | Harry | Boy | 8,476 |
| 20 | Catherine | Girl | 8,469 |
| 21 | Josephine | Girl | 8,127 |
| 22 | Gladys | Girl | 8,019 |
| 20 | Donald | Boy | 7,737 |
| 23 | Ruby | Girl | 7,686 |
| 24 | Martha | Girl | 7,610 |
| 25 | Ethel | Girl | 7,601 |
| 26 | Grace | Girl | 7,461 |
| 27 | Eleanor | Girl | 7,406 |
| 28 | Edith | Girl | 7,307 |
| 29 | Thelma | Girl | 7,290 |
| 30 | Lucille | Girl | 7,241 |
| 31 | Hazel | Girl | 7,214 |
| 32 | Doris | Girl | 7,161 |
| 21 | Ralph | Boy | 7,085 |
| 22 | Louis | Boy | 6,817 |
| 23 | Carl | Boy | 6,786 |
| 33 | Pauline | Girl | 6,655 |
| 34 | Esther | Girl | 6,421 |
| 24 | Clarence | Boy | 6,304 |
| 35 | Gertrude | Girl | 6,243 |
| 25 | Howard | Boy | 6,171 |
| 26 | Jack | Boy | 6,162 |
| 36 | Annie | Girl | 6,105 |
| 27 | Kenneth | Boy | 6,012 |
| 37 | Marjorie | Girl | 5,866 |
| 28 | David | Boy | 5,812 |
| 29 | Fred | Boy | 5,745 |
| 30 | Willie | Boy | 5,660 |
| 31 | Francis | Boy | 5,652 |
| 38 | Beatrice | Girl | 5,586 |
| 32 | Earl | Boy | 5,553 |
| 39 | Clara | Girl | 5,544 |
| 40 | Ann | Girl | 5,343 |
| 33 | Roy | Boy | 5,327 |
| 41 | Emma | Girl | 5,217 |
| 42 | Bernice | Girl | 5,183 |
| 43 | Lois | Girl | 5,149 |
| 44 | Betty | Girl | 5,136 |
| 34 | Stanley | Boy | 5,130 |
| 45 | Jean | Girl | 5,081 |
| 46 | Julia | Girl | 5,066 |
| 47 | Marion | Girl | 5,033 |
| 48 | Elsie | Girl | 5,027 |
| 35 | Joe | Boy | 4,911 |
| 49 | Bertha | Girl | 4,900 |
| 50 | Agnes | Girl | 4,852 |
| 36 | Ernest | Boy | 4,823 |
| 51 | Katherine | Girl | 4,801 |
| 52 | Sarah | Girl | 4,798 |
| 37 | Anthony | Boy | 4,749 |
| 38 | Lawrence | Boy | 4,742 |
| 39 | Eugene | Boy | 4,646 |
| 53 | Anne | Girl | 4,571 |
| 40 | Herbert | Boy | 4,463 |
| 41 | Samuel | Boy | 4,399 |
| 54 | Ida | Girl | 4,364 |
| 55 | Eva | Girl | 4,337 |
| 42 | Leonard | Boy | 4,328 |
| 43 | Alfred | Boy | 4,278 |
| 44 | Michael | Boy | 4,210 |
| 56 | Bessie | Girl | 4,122 |