Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1916
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1915.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1915 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 50,043 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 40,418 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 35,569 | 0 |
| 4 | Robert | 31,741 | 0 |
| 5 | Joseph | 23,883 | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | 23,612 | +1 |
| 7 | George | 23,381 | -1 |
| 8 | Edward | 17,005 | 0 |
| 9 | Frank | 15,291 | 0 |
| 10 | Thomas | 11,998 | 0 |
| 11 | Walter | 11,760 | 0 |
| 12 | Paul | 10,790 | +1 |
| 13 | Harold | 10,698 | -1 |
| 14 | Henry | 10,656 | 0 |
| 15 | Richard | 10,134 | 0 |
| 16 | Raymond | 9,565 | 0 |
| 17 | Albert | 9,044 | 0 |
| 18 | Arthur | 8,921 | 0 |
| 19 | Harry | 8,476 | 0 |
| 20 | Donald | 7,736 | 0 |
| 21 | Ralph | 7,085 | 0 |
| 22 | Louis | 6,817 | +1 |
| 23 | Carl | 6,785 | -1 |
| 24 | Clarence | 6,304 | 0 |
| 25 | Howard | 6,171 | 0 |
| 26 | Jack | 6,161 | +1 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 6,012 | +1 |
| 28 | David | 5,812 | +3 |
| 29 | Fred | 5,745 | -3 |
| 30 | Willie | 5,660 | 0 |
| 31 | Francis | 5,652 | -2 |
| 32 | Earl | 5,553 | +1 |
| 33 | Roy | 5,327 | -1 |
| 34 | Stanley | 5,130 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 41 | Samuel | 4,399 | -2 |
| 42 | Leonard | 4,328 | +2 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,278 | -1 |
| 44 | Michael | 4,210 | -1 |
| 45 | Elmer | 3,936 | 0 |
| 46 | Andrew | 3,723 | 0 |
| 47 | Leo | 3,621 | 0 |
| 48 | Norman | 3,609 | +2 |
| 49 | Bernard | 3,476 | -1 |
| 50 | Peter | 3,370 | -2 |
| 51 | Russell | 3,330 | 0 |
| 52 | Frederick | 3,325 | 0 |
| 53 | Edwin | 3,299 | 0 |
| 54 | Chester | 3,212 | 0 |
| 55 | Daniel | 3,149 | 0 |
| 56 | Herman | 3,043 | 0 |
| 57 | Melvin | 2,984 | +3 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 2,926 | +4 |
| 59 | Lester | 2,907 | -2 |
| 60 | Floyd | 2,783 | -1 |
| 61 | Clifford | 2,767 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 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 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.