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Most popular baby names in the US, 1916

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1916, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

	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
51	Katherine	4,801
52	Sarah	4,798
53	Anne	4,571
54	Ida	4,364
55	Eva	4,337
56	Bessie	4,122
57	Pearl	4,073
58	Myrtle	3,960
59	Viola	3,948
60	Kathryn	3,933
61	Nellie	3,862
62	Jane	3,826
63	Stella	3,818
64	Laura	3,744
65	Mabel	3,680
66	Vera	3,622
67	Rita	3,477
68	Jessie	3,414
69	Sylvia	3,414
70	Alma	3,403
71	Minnie	3,274
72	Marian	3,198
73	Willie	3,116
74	Barbara	3,112
75	Leona	3,086
76	Genevieve	3,063
77	Vivian	3,049
78	Marguerite	3,034
79	Jennie	3,010
80	Charlotte	2,995
81	Ella	2,965
82	Wilma	2,962
83	Violet	2,921
84	Lucy	2,877
85	Lena	2,869
86	June	2,840
87	Ellen	2,838
88	Lillie	2,825
89	Blanche	2,714
90	Juanita	2,644
91	Opal	2,636
92	Mae	2,607
93	Mattie	2,556
94	Geraldine	2,549
95	Phyllis	2,427
96	Maxine	2,424
97	Beulah	2,401
98	Theresa	2,348
99	Velma	2,319
100	Emily	2,213

Boys

	Name	Births
1	John	50,043
2	William	40,418
3	James	35,569
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	7,736
21	Ralph	7,085
22	Louis	6,817
23	Carl	6,785
24	Clarence	6,304
25	Howard	6,171
26	Jack	6,161
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

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.