Year rank 1916

Names picked for kids in 1916

For a girl

1. mary

61438

2. helen

32661

3. dorothy

27418

4. margaret

24953

5. ruth

23189

6. mildred

15633

7. anna

15228

8. elizabeth

14940

9. frances

13746

10. virginia

12487

11. evelyn

11889

12. marie

11682

13. alice

10719

14. florence

10412

15. rose

9605

16. lillian

9592

17. irene

9035

18. louise

8630

19. edna

8625

20. catherine

8469

21. josephine

8127

22. gladys

8019

23. ruby

7686

24. martha

7610

25. ethel

7601

26. grace

7461

27. eleanor

7406

28. edith

7307

29. thelma

7290

30. lucille

7241

31. hazel

7214

32. doris

7161

33. pauline

6655

34. esther

6421

35. gertrude

6243

36. annie

6105

37. marjorie

5866

38. beatrice

5586

39. clara

5544

40. ann

5343

41. emma

5217

42. bernice

5183

43. lois

5149

44. betty

5136

45. jean

5081

46. julia

5066

47. marion

5033

48. elsie

5027

49. bertha

4900

50. agnes

4852

51. katherine

4801

52. sarah

4798

53. anne

4571

54. ida

4364

55. eva

4337

56. bessie

4122

57. pearl

4073

58. myrtle

3960

59. viola

3948

60. kathryn

3933

61. nellie

3862

62. jane

3826

63. stella

3818

64. laura

3744

65. mabel

3680

66. vera

3622

67. rita

3477

68. sylvia

3414

69. jessie

3414

70. alma

3403

71. minnie

3274

72. marian

3198

73. willie

3116

74. barbara

3112

75. leona

3086

76. genevieve

3063

77. vivian

3049

78. marguerite

3034

79. jennie

3010

80. charlotte

2995

81. ella

2965

82. wilma

2962

83. violet

2921

84. lucy

2877

85. lena

2869

86. june

2840

87. ellen

2838

88. lillie

2825

89. blanche

2714

90. juanita

2644

91. opal

2636

92. mae

2607

93. mattie

2556

94. geraldine

2549

95. phyllis

2427

96. maxine

2424

97. beulah

2401

98. theresa

2348

99. velma

2319

100. emily

2213

For a boy

1. john

50043

2. william

40418

3. james

35568

4. robert

31741

5. joseph

23883

6. charles

23612

7. george

23381

8. edward

17005

9. frank

15291

10. thomas

11998

11. walter

11760

12. paul

10790

13. harold

10698

14. henry

10656

15. richard

10134

16. raymond

9565

17. albert

9044

18. arthur

8921

19. harry

8476

20. donald

7737

21. ralph

7086

22. louis

6817

23. carl

6786

24. clarence

6304

25. howard

6171

26. jack

6162

27. kenneth

6012

28. david

5813

29. fred

5745

30. willie

5660

31. francis

5652

32. earl

5553

33. roy

5327

34. stanley

5130

35. joe

4911

36. ernest

4823

37. anthony

4749

38. lawrence

4742

39. eugene

4646

40. herbert

4463

41. samuel

4399

42. leonard

4328

43. alfred

4278

44. michael

4210

45. elmer

3936

46. andrew

3723

47. leo

3621

48. norman

3609

49. bernard

3476

50. peter

3370

51. russell

3330

52. frederick

3325

53. edwin

3299

54. chester

3212

55. daniel

3149

56. herman

3043

57. melvin

2984

58. lloyd

2926

59. lester

2907

60. floyd

2783

61. clifford

2767

62. clyde

2707

63. leroy

2699

64. woodrow

2668

65. theodore

2641

66. marvin

2529

67. vincent

2500

68. charlie

2416

69. willard

2413

70. philip

2409

71. lewis

2374

72. milton

2345

73. ray

2334

74. sam

2313

75. vernon

2288

76. gerald

2260

77. jesse

2230

78. victor

2215

79. benjamin

2186

80. cecil

2181

81. martin

2122

82. alvin

2093

83. lee

2016

84. glenn

1970

85. leon

1954

86. oscar

1916

87. stephen

1877

88. edgar

1874

89. arnold

1858

90. gordon

1792

91. everett

1764

92. harvey

1763

93. claude

1733

94. wilbur

1680

95. sidney

1659

96. hugh

1619

97. morris

1618

98. wayne

1587

99. maurice

1584

100. alexander

1584