Most Popular Baby Names in 1916

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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
11	Evelyn	11,889
12	Marie	11,682
13	Alice	10,719
14	Florence	10,412
15	Rose	9,605
16	Lillian	9,592
17	Irene	9,035
18	Louise	8,630
19	Edna	8,625
20	Catherine	8,469
21	Josephine	8,127
22	Gladys	8,019
23	Ruby	7,686
24	Martha	7,610
25	Ethel	7,601
26	Grace	7,461
27	Eleanor	7,406
28	Edith	7,307
29	Thelma	7,290
30	Lucille	7,241
31	Hazel	7,214
32	Doris	7,161
33	Pauline	6,655
34	Esther	6,421
35	Gertrude	6,243
36	Annie	6,105
37	Marjorie	5,866
38	Beatrice	5,586
39	Clara	5,544
40	Ann	5,343
41	Emma	5,217
42	Bernice	5,183
43	Lois	5,149
44	Betty	5,136
45	Jean	5,081
46	Julia	5,066
47	Marion	5,033
48	Elsie	5,027
49	Bertha	4,900
50	Agnes	4,852