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The most popular baby names of 1916

SSA recorded 1,934,414 births in 1916 across all reported names — 1,044,334 girls and 890,080 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1916

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1915.
#NameBirthsvs 1915
1 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 +2
11 Evelyn 11,889 -1
12 Marie 11,682 -1
13 Alice 10,719 —
14 Florence 10,412 —
15 Rose 9,605 +1
16 Lillian 9,592 -1
17 Irene 9,035 —
18 Louise 8,630 —
19 Edna 8,625 +1
20 Catherine 8,469 -1
21 Josephine 8,127 +1
22 Gladys 8,019 -1
23 Ruby 7,686 +1
24 Martha 7,610 +1
25 Ethel 7,601 -2
26 Grace 7,461 +1
27 Eleanor 7,406 +1
28 Edith 7,307 +3
29 Thelma 7,290 +1
30 Lucille 7,241 -1
31 Hazel 7,214 -5
32 Doris 7,161 +2
33 Pauline 6,655 -1
34 Esther 6,421 -1
35 Gertrude 6,243 —
36 Annie 6,105 —
37 Marjorie 5,866 +2
38 Beatrice 5,586 -1
39 Clara 5,544 -1
40 Ann 5,343 +3
41 Emma 5,217 -1
42 Bernice 5,183 —
43 Lois 5,149 +4
44 Betty 5,136 +9
45 Jean 5,081 +3
46 Julia 5,066 -2
47 Marion 5,033 +3
48 Elsie 5,027 -7
49 Bertha 4,900 -3
50 Agnes 4,852 -5
51 Katherine 4,801 -2
52 Sarah 4,798 -1
53 Anne 4,571 -1
54 Ida 4,364 —
55 Eva 4,337 —
56 Bessie 4,122 +1
57 Pearl 4,073 -1
58 Myrtle 3,960 —
59 Viola 3,948 —
60 Kathryn 3,933 —
61 Nellie 3,862 +2
62 Jane 3,826 +7
63 Stella 3,818 +1
64 Laura 3,744 -3
65 Mabel 3,680 -3
66 Vera 3,622 -1
67 Rita 3,477 +4
68 Jessie 3,414 -2
68 Sylvia 3,414 -1
70 Alma 3,403 —
71 Minnie 3,274 -3
72 Marian 3,198 +14
73 Willie 3,116 -1
74 Barbara 3,112 +9
75 Leona 3,086 -1
76 Genevieve 3,063 —
77 Vivian 3,049 +1
78 Marguerite 3,034 +6
79 Jennie 3,010 -6
80 Charlotte 2,995 +1
81 Ella 2,965 -6
82 Wilma 2,962 -2
83 Violet 2,921 -1
84 Lucy 2,877 -5
85 Lena 2,869 -8
86 June 2,840 +10
87 Ellen 2,838 +1
88 Lillie 2,825 -4
89 Blanche 2,714 -2
90 Juanita 2,644 +2
91 Opal 2,636 -1
92 Mae 2,607 -3
93 Mattie 2,556 -2
94 Geraldine 2,549 +14
95 Phyllis 2,427 +5
96 Maxine 2,424 +2
97 Beulah 2,401 -2
98 Theresa 2,348 -5
99 Velma 2,319 -5
100 Emily 2,213 -1

Top 100 boys' names in 1916

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1915.
#NameBirthsvs 1915
1 John 50,043 —
2 William 40,418 —
3 James 35,569 —
4 Robert 31,741 —
5 Joseph 23,883 —
6 Charles 23,612 +1
7 George 23,381 -1
8 Edward 17,005 —
9 Frank 15,291 —
10 Thomas 11,998 —
11 Walter 11,760 —
12 Paul 10,790 +1
13 Harold 10,698 -1
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 7,736 —
21 Ralph 7,085 —
22 Louis 6,817 +1
23 Carl 6,785 -1
24 Clarence 6,304 —
25 Howard 6,171 —
26 Jack 6,161 +1
27 Kenneth 6,012 +1
28 David 5,812 +3
29 Fred 5,745 -3
30 Willie 5,660 —
31 Francis 5,652 -2
32 Earl 5,553 +1
33 Roy 5,327 -1
34 Stanley 5,130 —
35 Joe 4,911 +3
36 Ernest 4,823 -1
37 Anthony 4,749 -1
38 Lawrence 4,742 -1
39 Eugene 4,646 +2
40 Herbert 4,463 —
41 Samuel 4,399 -2
42 Leonard 4,328 +2
43 Alfred 4,278 -1
44 Michael 4,210 -1
45 Elmer 3,936 —
46 Andrew 3,723 —
47 Leo 3,621 —
48 Norman 3,609 +2
49 Bernard 3,476 -1
50 Peter 3,370 -2
51 Russell 3,330 —
52 Frederick 3,325 —
53 Edwin 3,299 —
54 Chester 3,212 —
55 Daniel 3,149 —
56 Herman 3,043 —
57 Melvin 2,984 +3
58 Lloyd 2,926 +4
59 Lester 2,907 -2
60 Floyd 2,783 -1
61 Clifford 2,767 —
62 Clyde 2,707 +1
63 Leroy 2,699 +3
64 Woodrow 2,668 +19
65 Theodore 2,641 -1
66 Marvin 2,529 +6
67 Vincent 2,500 -2
68 Charlie 2,416 +7
69 Willard 2,413 -11
70 Philip 2,409 -1
71 Lewis 2,374 -1
72 Milton 2,345 +1
73 Ray 2,334 -6
74 Sam 2,313 -6
75 Vernon 2,288 +5
76 Gerald 2,260 +2
77 Jesse 2,230 —
78 Victor 2,215 -4
79 Benjamin 2,186 -8
80 Cecil 2,181 -4
81 Martin 2,122 -2
82 Alvin 2,093 -1
83 Lee 2,016 +1
84 Glenn 1,970 +3
85 Leon 1,954 -3
86 Oscar 1,916 +2
87 Stephen 1,877 -1
88 Edgar 1,874 -3
89 Arnold 1,858 +2
90 Gordon 1,792 —
91 Everett 1,764 -2
92 Harvey 1,763 +3
93 Claude 1,733 +3
94 Wilbur 1,680 -2
95 Sidney 1,659 -1
96 Hugh 1,619 +15
97 Morris 1,618 -4
98 Wayne 1,587 -1
99 Alexander 1,584 +4
99 Maurice 1,584 +2

Names that climbed fastest in 1916

Ranked by places gained against 1915, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1916Rank 1915Change
Beverly girls 272 338 +66
Carmen boys 313 370 +57
Gloria girls 338 390 +52
Beth girls 364 414 +50
Neal boys 308 355 +47
Jimmie girls 339 385 +46
Billy boys 264 306 +42
Nadine girls 287 328 +41
Neil boys 256 296 +40
Elmo boys 261 301 +40
Janice girls 314 353 +39
Paula girls 361 398 +37
Wade boys 283 319 +36
Forest boys 299 333 +34
Randolph boys 327 361 +34

Names that fell fastest in 1916

NameRank 1916Rank 1915Change
Elsa girls 446 391 -55
Kermit boys 327 273 -54
Harriette girls 443 395 -48
Belle girls 335 288 -47
Frederic boys 390 343 -47
Carlos boys 352 309 -43
Maurine girls 377 336 -41
Mavis girls 413 372 -41
Ed boys 315 274 -41
Isabell girls 422 384 -38
Elvin boys 324 287 -37
Roxie girls 375 341 -34
Emanuel boys 294 261 -33
Ward boys 380 347 -33
Eddie girls 390 358 -32

Names that first appear in 1916

1916 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1916

For these names, 1916 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.