Names by year · United States
The names of 1916
In 1916, the SSA recorded 1,934,414 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 17 | 61,438 | #125 |
| 2 | Helen1 in 32 | 32,661 | #462 |
| 3 | Dorothy1 in 38 | 27,418 | #421 |
| 4 | Margaret1 in 42 | 24,953 | #112 |
| 5 | Ruth1 in 45 | 23,189 | #173 |
| 6 | Mildred1 in 67 | 15,633 | #1,973 |
| 7 | Anna1 in 69 | 15,228 | #107 |
| 8 | Elizabeth1 in 70 | 14,940 | #17 |
| 9 | Frances1 in 76 | 13,746 | #318 |
| 10 | Virginia1 in 84 | 12,487 | #526 |
| 11 | Evelyn1 in 88 | 11,889 | #8 |
| 12 | Marie1 in 89 | 11,682 | #618 |
| 13 | Alice1 in 97 | 10,719 | #65 |
| 14 | Florence1 in 100 | 10,412 | #391 |
| 15 | Rose1 in 109 | 9,605 | #114 |
| 16 | Lillian1 in 109 | 9,592 | #57 |
| 17 | Irene1 in 116 | 9,035 | #651 |
| 18 | Louise1 in 121 | 8,630 | #516 |
| 19 | Edna1 in 121 | 8,625 | #2,463 |
| 20 | Catherine1 in 123 | 8,469 | #314 |
| 21 | Josephine1 in 129 | 8,127 | #53 |
| 22 | Gladys1 in 130 | 8,019 | #3,224 |
| 23 | Ruby1 in 136 | 7,686 | #64 |
| 24 | Martha1 in 137 | 7,610 | #713 |
| 25 | Ethel1 in 137 | 7,601 | #4,211 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 18 | 50,043 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 22 | 40,418 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 25 | 35,569 | #6 |
| 4 | Robert1 in 28 | 31,741 | #92 |
| 5 | Joseph1 in 37 | 23,883 | #29 |
| 6 | Charles1 in 38 | 23,612 | #48 |
| 7 | George1 in 38 | 23,381 | #126 |
| 8 | Edward1 in 52 | 17,005 | #224 |
| 9 | Frank1 in 58 | 15,291 | #514 |
| 10 | Thomas1 in 74 | 11,998 | #34 |
| 11 | Walter1 in 76 | 11,760 | #252 |
| 12 | Paul1 in 82 | 10,790 | #262 |
| 13 | Harold1 in 83 | 10,698 | #993 |
| 14 | Henry1 in 84 | 10,656 | #5 |
| 15 | Richard1 in 88 | 10,134 | #234 |
| 16 | Raymond1 in 93 | 9,565 | #395 |
| 17 | Albert1 in 98 | 9,044 | #614 |
| 18 | Arthur1 in 100 | 8,921 | #87 |
| 19 | Harry1 in 105 | 8,476 | #775 |
| 20 | Donald1 in 115 | 7,736 | #690 |
| 21 | Ralph1 in 126 | 7,085 | #1,048 |
| 22 | Louis1 in 131 | 6,817 | #249 |
| 23 | Carl1 in 131 | 6,785 | #1,134 |
| 24 | Clarence1 in 141 | 6,304 | #1,500 |
| 25 | Howard1 in 144 | 6,171 | #1,004 |
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