Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1916
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1915.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1915 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 61,602 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 50,270 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 40,554 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 35,735 | 0 |
| 5 | Helen | 32,744 | 0 |
| 6 | Robert | 31,863 | 0 |
| 7 | Dorothy | 27,490 | 0 |
| 8 | Margaret | 25,007 | +1 |
| 9 | Joseph | 23,960 | -1 |
| 10 | Charles | 23,735 | +1 |
| 11 | George | 23,516 | -1 |
| 12 | Ruth | 23,244 | 0 |
| 13 | Edward | 17,048 | 0 |
| 14 | Mildred | 15,677 | 0 |
| 15 | Frank | 15,375 | +1 |
| 16 | Anna | 15,263 | -1 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 14,980 | 0 |
| 18 | Frances | 13,853 | 0 |
| 19 | Virginia | 12,508 | +4 |
| 20 | Thomas | 12,047 | 0 |
| 21 | Evelyn | 11,915 | -2 |
| 22 | Walter | 11,834 | 0 |
| 23 | Marie | 11,712 | -2 |
| 24 | Paul | 10,840 | +2 |
| 25 | Alice | 10,749 | -1 |
| 26 | Henry | 10,738 | +1 |
| 27 | Harold | 10,733 | -2 |
| 28 | Florence | 10,443 | 0 |
| 29 | Richard | 10,177 | +2 |
| 30 | Rose | 9,643 | 0 |
| 31 | Lillian | 9,618 | -2 |
| 32 | Raymond | 9,607 | 0 |
| 33 | Albert | 9,077 | 0 |
| 34 | Irene | 9,060 | +4 |
| 35 | Arthur | 8,958 | -1 |
| 36 | Willie | 8,776 | 0 |
| 37 | Louise | 8,663 | 0 |
| 38 | Edna | 8,653 | +2 |
| 39 | Harry | 8,523 | -4 |
| 40 | Catherine | 8,492 | -1 |
| 41 | Josephine | 8,142 | +1 |
| 42 | Gladys | 8,049 | -1 |
| 43 | Donald | 7,758 | +4 |
| 44 | Ruby | 7,750 | 0 |
| 45 | Martha | 7,630 | 0 |
| 46 | Ethel | 7,625 | -3 |
| 47 | Grace | 7,485 | +1 |
| 48 | Eleanor | 7,416 | +1 |
| 49 | Thelma | 7,320 | +3 |
| 50 | Edith | 7,319 | +3 |
| 51 | Hazel | 7,293 | -5 |
| 52 | Lucille | 7,262 | -2 |
| 53 | Doris | 7,208 | +4 |
| 54 | Ralph | 7,117 | -3 |
| 55 | Louis | 6,848 | 0 |
| 56 | Carl | 6,824 | -2 |
| 57 | Pauline | 6,679 | -1 |
| 58 | Esther | 6,447 | 0 |
| 59 | Marion | 6,390 | +7 |
| 60 | Clarence | 6,331 | -1 |
| 61 | Gertrude | 6,259 | +1 |
| 62 | Jack | 6,204 | +3 |
| 63 | Howard | 6,201 | -3 |
| 64 | Francis | 6,171 | -3 |
| 65 | Annie | 6,139 | -2 |
| 66 | Kenneth | 6,042 | +1 |
| 67 | Marjorie | 5,874 | +4 |
| 68 | David | 5,837 | 0 |
| 69 | Fred | 5,783 | -5 |
| 70 | Beatrice | 5,603 | -1 |
| 71 | Earl | 5,583 | +5 |
| 72 | Clara | 5,564 | -2 |
| 73 | Roy | 5,364 | -1 |
| 74 | Ann | 5,355 | +3 |
| 75 | Bernice | 5,276 | -1 |
| 76 | Jean | 5,243 | +8 |
| 77 | Emma | 5,234 | -4 |
| 78 | Lois | 5,221 | 0 |
| 79 | Stanley | 5,149 | +1 |
| 80 | Betty | 5,144 | +16 |
| 81 | Julia | 5,077 | -3 |
| 82 | Elsie | 5,050 | -7 |
| 83 | Joe | 5,012 | +2 |
| 84 | Bertha | 4,915 | -1 |
| 85 | Agnes | 4,860 | -3 |
| 86 | Ernest | 4,850 | -5 |
| 87 | Sarah | 4,817 | +3 |
| 88 | Katherine | 4,814 | +1 |
| 89 | Anthony | 4,765 | -3 |
| 90 | Lawrence | 4,758 | -3 |
| 91 | Jessie | 4,683 | -3 |
| 92 | Eugene | 4,681 | +1 |
| 93 | Anne | 4,583 | +1 |
| 94 | Herbert | 4,479 | -2 |
| 95 | Samuel | 4,413 | -4 |
| 96 | Ida | 4,381 | +1 |
| 97 | Eva | 4,355 | +1 |
| 98 | Leonard | 4,347 | +3 |
| 99 | Alfred | 4,294 | -4 |
| 100 | Michael | 4,228 | -1 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.