United States · 1,934,414 recorded births
Top baby names of 1916
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Jeanne (up 22), Arlene (up 21), Woodrow (up 19), Delbert (up 18).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 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 |
| 69 | Sylvia | 3,414 | ▼ 2 |
| 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 | ▲ 7 |
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 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 | ▼ 1 |
| 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 |
| 100 | Maurice | 1,584 | ▲ 1 |