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Top Baby Names 1916

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,044,334 · Total Boys: 890,083

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	61,438	5.883%
2	Helen	32,661	3.127%
3	Dorothy	27,418	2.625%
4	Margaret	24,953	2.389%
5	Ruth	23,189	2.220%
6	Mildred	15,633	1.497%
7	Anna	15,228	1.458%
8	Elizabeth	14,940	1.431%
9	Frances	13,746	1.316%
10	Virginia	12,487	1.196%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Evelyn	11,889	1.138%
12	Marie	11,682	1.119%
13	Alice	10,719	1.026%
14	Florence	10,412	0.997%
15	Rose	9,605	0.920%
16	Lillian	9,592	0.918%
17	Irene	9,035	0.865%
18	Louise	8,630	0.826%
19	Edna	8,625	0.826%
20	Catherine	8,469	0.811%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Josephine	8,127	0.778%
22	Gladys	8,019	0.768%
23	Ruby	7,686	0.736%
24	Martha	7,610	0.729%
25	Ethel	7,601	0.728%
26	Grace	7,461	0.714%
27	Eleanor	7,406	0.709%
28	Edith	7,307	0.700%
29	Thelma	7,290	0.698%
30	Lucille	7,241	0.693%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Hazel	7,214	0.691%
32	Doris	7,161	0.686%
33	Pauline	6,655	0.637%
34	Esther	6,421	0.615%
35	Gertrude	6,243	0.598%
36	Annie	6,105	0.585%
37	Marjorie	5,866	0.562%
38	Beatrice	5,586	0.535%
39	Clara	5,544	0.531%
40	Ann	5,343	0.512%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Emma	5,217	0.500%
42	Bernice	5,183	0.496%
43	Lois	5,149	0.493%
44	Betty	5,136	0.492%
45	Jean	5,081	0.487%
46	Julia	5,066	0.485%
47	Marion	5,033	0.482%
48	Elsie	5,027	0.481%
49	Bertha	4,900	0.469%
50	Agnes	4,852	0.465%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Katherine	4,801	0.460%
52	Sarah	4,798	0.459%
53	Anne	4,571	0.438%
54	Ida	4,364	0.418%
55	Eva	4,337	0.415%
56	Bessie	4,122	0.395%
57	Pearl	4,073	0.390%
58	Myrtle	3,960	0.379%
59	Viola	3,948	0.378%
60	Kathryn	3,933	0.377%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Nellie	3,862	0.370%
62	Jane	3,826	0.366%
63	Stella	3,818	0.366%
64	Laura	3,744	0.359%
65	Mabel	3,680	0.352%
66	Vera	3,622	0.347%
67	Rita	3,477	0.333%
68	Jessie	3,414	0.327%
69	Sylvia	3,414	0.327%
70	Alma	3,403	0.326%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Minnie	3,274	0.314%
72	Marian	3,198	0.306%
73	Willie	3,116	0.298%
74	Barbara	3,112	0.298%
75	Leona	3,086	0.296%
76	Genevieve	3,063	0.293%
77	Vivian	3,049	0.292%
78	Marguerite	3,034	0.291%
79	Jennie	3,010	0.288%
80	Charlotte	2,995	0.287%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Ella	2,965	0.284%
82	Wilma	2,962	0.284%
83	Violet	2,921	0.280%
84	Lucy	2,877	0.275%
85	Lena	2,869	0.275%
86	June	2,840	0.272%
87	Ellen	2,838	0.272%
88	Lillie	2,825	0.271%
89	Blanche	2,714	0.260%
90	Juanita	2,644	0.253%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Opal	2,636	0.252%
92	Mae	2,607	0.250%
93	Mattie	2,556	0.245%
94	Geraldine	2,549	0.244%
95	Phyllis	2,427	0.232%
96	Maxine	2,424	0.232%
97	Beulah	2,401	0.230%
98	Theresa	2,348	0.225%
99	Velma	2,319	0.222%
100	Emily	2,213	0.212%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	50,043	5.622%
2	William	40,418	4.541%
3	James	35,568	3.996%
4	Robert	31,741	3.566%
5	Joseph	23,883	2.683%
6	Charles	23,612	2.653%
7	George	23,381	2.627%
8	Edward	17,005	1.911%
9	Frank	15,291	1.718%
10	Thomas	11,998	1.348%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Walter	11,760	1.321%
12	Paul	10,790	1.212%
13	Harold	10,698	1.202%
14	Henry	10,656	1.197%
15	Richard	10,134	1.139%
16	Raymond	9,565	1.075%
17	Albert	9,044	1.016%
18	Arthur	8,921	1.002%
19	Harry	8,476	0.952%
20	Donald	7,737	0.869%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Ralph	7,085	0.796%
22	Louis	6,817	0.766%
23	Carl	6,786	0.762%
24	Clarence	6,304	0.708%
25	Howard	6,171	0.693%
26	Jack	6,162	0.692%
27	Kenneth	6,012	0.675%
28	David	5,812	0.653%
29	Fred	5,745	0.645%
30	Willie	5,660	0.636%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Francis	5,652	0.635%
32	Earl	5,553	0.624%
33	Roy	5,327	0.598%
34	Stanley	5,130	0.576%
35	Joe	4,911	0.552%
36	Ernest	4,823	0.542%
37	Anthony	4,749	0.534%
38	Lawrence	4,742	0.533%
39	Eugene	4,646	0.522%
40	Herbert	4,463	0.501%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Samuel	4,399	0.494%
42	Leonard	4,328	0.486%
43	Alfred	4,278	0.481%
44	Michael	4,210	0.473%
45	Elmer	3,936	0.442%
46	Andrew	3,723	0.418%
47	Leo	3,621	0.407%
48	Norman	3,609	0.405%
49	Bernard	3,476	0.391%
50	Peter	3,370	0.379%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Russell	3,330	0.374%
52	Frederick	3,325	0.374%
53	Edwin	3,299	0.371%
54	Chester	3,212	0.361%
55	Daniel	3,149	0.354%
56	Herman	3,043	0.342%
57	Melvin	2,984	0.335%
58	Lloyd	2,926	0.329%
59	Lester	2,907	0.327%
60	Floyd	2,783	0.313%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Clifford	2,767	0.311%
62	Clyde	2,707	0.304%
63	Leroy	2,699	0.303%
64	Woodrow	2,668	0.300%
65	Theodore	2,641	0.297%
66	Marvin	2,529	0.284%
67	Vincent	2,500	0.281%
68	Charlie	2,416	0.271%
69	Willard	2,413	0.271%
70	Philip	2,409	0.271%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Lewis	2,374	0.267%
72	Milton	2,345	0.263%
73	Ray	2,334	0.262%
74	Sam	2,313	0.260%
75	Vernon	2,288	0.257%
76	Gerald	2,260	0.254%
77	Jesse	2,230	0.251%
78	Victor	2,215	0.249%
79	Benjamin	2,186	0.246%
80	Cecil	2,181	0.245%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Martin	2,122	0.238%
82	Alvin	2,093	0.235%
83	Lee	2,016	0.227%
84	Glenn	1,970	0.221%
85	Leon	1,954	0.220%
86	Oscar	1,916	0.215%
87	Stephen	1,877	0.211%
88	Edgar	1,874	0.211%
89	Arnold	1,858	0.209%
90	Gordon	1,792	0.201%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Everett	1,764	0.198%
92	Harvey	1,763	0.198%
93	Claude	1,733	0.195%
94	Wilbur	1,680	0.189%
95	Sidney	1,659	0.186%
96	Hugh	1,619	0.182%
97	Morris	1,618	0.182%
98	Wayne	1,587	0.178%
99	Alexander	1,584	0.178%
100	Maurice	1,584	0.178%

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