Top Baby Names of 1916
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1916, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1916)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 50,043 |
| 2 | William | 40,418 |
| 3 | James | 35,568 |
| 4 | Robert | 31,741 |
| 5 | Joseph | 23,883 |
| 6 | Charles | 23,612 |
| 7 | George | 23,381 |
| 8 | Edward | 17,005 |
| 9 | Frank | 15,291 |
| 10 | Thomas | 11,998 |
| 11 | Walter | 11,760 |
| 12 | Paul | 10,790 |
| 13 | Harold | 10,698 |
| 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 | 7,737 |
| 21 | Ralph | 7,085 |
| 22 | Louis | 6,817 |
| 23 | Carl | 6,786 |
| 24 | Clarence | 6,304 |
| 25 | Howard | 6,171 |
| 26 | Jack | 6,162 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 6,012 |
| 28 | David | 5,812 |
| 29 | Fred | 5,745 |
| 30 | Willie | 5,660 |
| 31 | Francis | 5,652 |
| 32 | Earl | 5,553 |
| 33 | Roy | 5,327 |
| 34 | Stanley | 5,130 |
| 35 | Joe | 4,911 |
| 36 | Ernest | 4,823 |
| 37 | Anthony | 4,749 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 4,742 |
| 39 | Eugene | 4,646 |
| 40 | Herbert | 4,463 |
| 41 | Samuel | 4,399 |
| 42 | Leonard | 4,328 |
| 43 | Alfred | 4,278 |
| 44 | Michael | 4,210 |
| 45 | Elmer | 3,936 |
| 46 | Andrew | 3,723 |
| 47 | Leo | 3,621 |
| 48 | Norman | 3,609 |
| 49 | Bernard | 3,476 |
| 50 | Peter | 3,370 |
| 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 |
| 58 | Lloyd | 2,926 |
| 59 | Lester | 2,907 |
| 60 | Floyd | 2,783 |
| 61 | Clifford | 2,767 |
| 62 | Clyde | 2,707 |
| 63 | Leroy | 2,699 |
| 64 | Woodrow | 2,668 |
| 65 | Theodore | 2,641 |
| 66 | Marvin | 2,529 |
| 67 | Vincent | 2,500 |
| 68 | Charlie | 2,416 |
| 69 | Willard | 2,413 |
| 70 | Philip | 2,409 |
| 71 | Lewis | 2,374 |
| 72 | Milton | 2,345 |
| 73 | Ray | 2,334 |
| 74 | Sam | 2,313 |
| 75 | Vernon | 2,288 |
| 76 | Gerald | 2,260 |
| 77 | Jesse | 2,230 |
| 78 | Victor | 2,215 |
| 79 | Benjamin | 2,186 |
| 80 | Cecil | 2,181 |
| 81 | Martin | 2,122 |
| 82 | Alvin | 2,093 |
| 83 | Lee | 2,016 |
| 84 | Glenn | 1,970 |
| 85 | Leon | 1,954 |
| 86 | Oscar | 1,916 |
| 87 | Stephen | 1,877 |
| 88 | Edgar | 1,874 |
| 89 | Arnold | 1,858 |
| 90 | Gordon | 1,792 |
| 91 | Everett | 1,764 |
| 92 | Harvey | 1,763 |
| 93 | Claude | 1,733 |
| 94 | Wilbur | 1,680 |
| 95 | Sidney | 1,659 |
| 96 | Hugh | 1,619 |
| 97 | Morris | 1,618 |
| 98 | Wayne | 1,587 |
| 99 | Alexander | 1,584 |
| 100 | Maurice | 1,584 |