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The most popular names in 1916

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‹ 19151917 ›

Top 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #11Evelyn11,889
  12. #12Marie11,682
  13. #13Alice10,719
  14. #14Florence10,412
  15. #15Rose9,605
  16. #16Lillian9,592
  17. #17Irene9,035
  18. #18Louise8,630
  19. #19Edna8,625
  20. #20Catherine8,469
  21. #21Josephine8,127
  22. #22Gladys8,019
  23. #23Ruby7,686
  24. #24Martha7,610
  25. #25Ethel7,601
  26. #26Grace7,461
  27. #27Eleanor7,406
  28. #28Edith7,307
  29. #29Thelma7,290
  30. #30Lucille7,241
  31. #31Hazel7,214
  32. #32Doris7,161
  33. #33Pauline6,655
  34. #34Esther6,421
  35. #35Gertrude6,243
  36. #36Annie6,105
  37. #37Marjorie5,866
  38. #38Beatrice5,586
  39. #39Clara5,544
  40. #40Ann5,343
  41. #41Emma5,217
  42. #42Bernice5,183
  43. #43Lois5,149
  44. #44Betty5,136
  45. #45Jean5,081
  46. #46Julia5,066
  47. #47Marion5,033
  48. #48Elsie5,027
  49. #49Bertha4,900
  50. #50Agnes4,852
  51. #51Katherine4,801
  52. #52Sarah4,798
  53. #53Anne4,571
  54. #54Ida4,364
  55. #55Eva4,337
  56. #56Bessie4,122
  57. #57Pearl4,073
  58. #58Myrtle3,960
  59. #59Viola3,948
  60. #60Kathryn3,933
  61. #61Nellie3,862
  62. #62Jane3,826
  63. #63Stella3,818
  64. #64Laura3,744
  65. #65Mabel3,680
  66. #66Vera3,622
  67. #67Rita3,477
  68. #68Jessie3,414
  69. #68Sylvia3,414
  70. #70Alma3,403
  71. #71Minnie3,274
  72. #72Marian3,198
  73. #73Willie3,116
  74. #74Barbara3,112
  75. #75Leona3,086
  76. #76Genevieve3,063
  77. #77Vivian3,049
  78. #78Marguerite3,034
  79. #79Jennie3,010
  80. #80Charlotte2,995
  81. #81Ella2,965
  82. #82Wilma2,962
  83. #83Violet2,921
  84. #84Lucy2,877
  85. #85Lena2,869
  86. #86June2,840
  87. #87Ellen2,838
  88. #88Lillie2,825
  89. #89Blanche2,714
  90. #90Juanita2,644
  91. #91Opal2,636
  92. #92Mae2,607
  93. #93Mattie2,556
  94. #94Geraldine2,549
  95. #95Phyllis2,427
  96. #96Maxine2,424
  97. #97Beulah2,401
  98. #98Theresa2,348
  99. #99Velma2,319
  100. #100Emily2,213

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #11Walter11,760
  12. #12Paul10,790
  13. #13Harold10,698
  14. #14Henry10,656
  15. #15Richard10,134
  16. #16Raymond9,565
  17. #17Albert9,044
  18. #18Arthur8,921
  19. #19Harry8,476
  20. #20Donald7,736
  21. #21Ralph7,085
  22. #22Louis6,817
  23. #23Carl6,785
  24. #24Clarence6,304
  25. #25Howard6,171
  26. #26Jack6,161
  27. #27Kenneth6,012
  28. #28David5,812
  29. #29Fred5,745
  30. #30Willie5,660
  31. #31Francis5,652
  32. #32Earl5,553
  33. #33Roy5,327
  34. #34Stanley5,130
  35. #35Joe4,911
  36. #36Ernest4,823
  37. #37Anthony4,749
  38. #38Lawrence4,742
  39. #39Eugene4,646
  40. #40Herbert4,463
  41. #41Samuel4,399
  42. #42Leonard4,328
  43. #43Alfred4,278
  44. #44Michael4,210
  45. #45Elmer3,936
  46. #46Andrew3,723
  47. #47Leo3,621
  48. #48Norman3,609
  49. #49Bernard3,476
  50. #50Peter3,370
  51. #51Russell3,330
  52. #52Frederick3,325
  53. #53Edwin3,299
  54. #54Chester3,212
  55. #55Daniel3,149
  56. #56Herman3,043
  57. #57Melvin2,984
  58. #58Lloyd2,926
  59. #59Lester2,907
  60. #60Floyd2,783
  61. #61Clifford2,767
  62. #62Clyde2,707
  63. #63Leroy2,699
  64. #64Woodrow2,668
  65. #65Theodore2,641
  66. #66Marvin2,529
  67. #67Vincent2,500
  68. #68Charlie2,416
  69. #69Willard2,413
  70. #70Philip2,409
  71. #71Lewis2,374
  72. #72Milton2,345
  73. #73Ray2,334
  74. #74Sam2,313
  75. #75Vernon2,288
  76. #76Gerald2,260
  77. #77Jesse2,230
  78. #78Victor2,215
  79. #79Benjamin2,186
  80. #80Cecil2,181
  81. #81Martin2,122
  82. #82Alvin2,093
  83. #83Lee2,016
  84. #84Glenn1,970
  85. #85Leon1,954
  86. #86Oscar1,916
  87. #87Stephen1,877
  88. #88Edgar1,874
  89. #89Arnold1,858
  90. #90Gordon1,792
  91. #91Everett1,764
  92. #92Harvey1,763
  93. #93Claude1,733
  94. #94Wilbur1,680
  95. #95Sidney1,659
  96. #96Hugh1,619
  97. #97Morris1,618
  98. #98Wayne1,587
  99. #99Alexander1,584
  100. #99Maurice1,584