Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1916

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1916 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1915						Change from 1915
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	61,438	5.659	0	3,251	1	John	50,043	5.420	0	2,467
2	Helen	32,662	3.008	0	1,796	2	William	40,419	4.378	0	1,855
3	Dorothy	27,417	2.525	0	2,263	3	James	35,569	3.853	0	1,794
4	Margaret	24,953	2.298	0	1,899	4	Robert	31,741	3.438	0	3,003
5	Ruth	23,190	2.136	0	1,312	5	Joseph	23,883	2.587	0	831
6	Mildred	15,633	1.440	0	379	6	Charles	23,611	2.557	1	1,651
7	Anna	15,228	1.403	0	109	7	George	23,380	2.532	-1	1,073
8	Elizabeth	14,939	1.376	0	836	8	Edward	17,005	1.842	0	1,116
9	Frances	13,746	1.266	0	959	9	Frank	15,291	1.656	0	285
10	Virginia	12,487	1.150	2	1,535	10	Thomas	11,998	1.300	0	508
11	Evelyn	11,889	1.095	-1	294	11	Walter	11,760	1.274	0	504
12	Marie	11,682	1.076	-1	319	12	Paul	10,791	1.169	1	463
13	Alice	10,719	0.987	0	194	13	Harold	10,698	1.159	-1	254
14	Florence	10,412	0.959	0	307	14	Henry	10,656	1.154	0	518
15	Rose	9,605	0.885	1	230	15	Richard	10,134	1.098	0	991
16	Lillian	9,592	0.883	-1	46	16	Raymond	9,566	1.036	0	585
17	Irene	9,035	0.832	0	712	17	Albert	9,044	0.980	0	219
18	Louise	8,630	0.795	0	317	18	Arthur	8,921	0.966	0	357
19	Edna	8,625	0.794	1	481	19	Harry	8,476	0.918	0	6
20	Catherine	8,469	0.780	-1	288	20	Donald	7,737	0.838	0	621
21	Josephine	8,127	0.749	1	521	21	Ralph	7,085	0.767	0	269
22	Gladys	8,019	0.739	-1	162	22	Louis	6,817	0.738	1	299
23	Ruby	7,685	0.708	1	448	23	Carl	6,786	0.735	-1	173
24	Martha	7,610	0.701	1	394	24	Clarence	6,304	0.683	0	37
25	Ethel	7,601	0.700	-2	222	25	Howard	6,171	0.668	0	68
26	Grace	7,461	0.687	1	417	26	Jack	6,162	0.667	1	414
27	Eleanor	7,406	0.682	1	370	27	Kenneth	6,012	0.651	1	331
28	Edith	7,306	0.673	3	545	28	David	5,813	0.630	3	419
29	Thelma	7,290	0.671	1	528	29	Fred	5,745	0.622	-3	-33
30	Lucille	7,241	0.667	-1	235	30	Willie	5,660	0.613	0	226
31	Hazel	7,214	0.664	-5	122	31	Francis	5,652	0.612	-2	58
32	Doris	7,161	0.660	2	869	32	Earl	5,553	0.601	1	645
33	Pauline	6,655	0.613	-1	321	33	Roy	5,327	0.577	-1	275
34	Esther	6,421	0.591	-1	100	34	Stanley	5,130	0.556	0	322
35	Gertrude	6,243	0.575	0	166	35	Joe	4,911	0.532	3	263
36	Annie	6,105	0.562	0	169	36	Ernest	4,823	0.522	-1	36
37	Marjorie	5,866	0.540	2	747	37	Anthony	4,749	0.514	-1	27
38	Beatrice	5,586	0.515	-1	244	38	Lawrence	4,742	0.514	-1	54
39	Clara	5,544	0.511	-1	259	39	Eugene	4,646	0.503	2	325
40	Ann	5,343	0.492	3	447	40	Herbert	4,463	0.483	0	122
41	Emma	5,217	0.481	-1	173	41	Samuel	4,399	0.476	-2	48
42	Bernice	5,183	0.477	0	246	42	Leonard	4,328	0.469	2	335
43	Lois	5,149	0.474	4	374	43	Alfred	4,278	0.463	-1	46
44	Betty	5,136	0.473	9	955	44	Michael	4,210	0.456	-1	129
45	Jean	5,081	0.468	3	478	45	Elmer	3,936	0.426	0	134
46	Julia	5,066	0.467	-2	235	46	Andrew	3,723	0.403	0	150
47	Marion	5,033	0.464	3	577	47	Leo	3,621	0.392	0	94
48	Elsie	5,027	0.463	-7	60	48	Norman	3,609	0.391	2	347
49	Bertha	4,900	0.451	-3	115	49	Bernard	3,476	0.376	-1	174
50	Agnes	4,853	0.447	-5	58	50	Peter	3,370	0.365	-1	68

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.