Top names of 1916

Girls

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

Boys

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