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Baby Names from 1916

1,934,417 registered births | 890,083 boys | 1,044,334 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1916

Top 10 Boy Names

1 John
50,043 births
2 William
40,418 births
3 James
35,568 births
4 Robert
31,741 births
5 Joseph
23,883 births
6 Charles
23,612 births
7 George
23,381 births
8 Edward
17,005 births
9 Frank
15,291 births
10 Thomas
11,998 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Mary
61,438 births
2 Helen
32,661 births
3 Dorothy
27,418 births
4 Margaret
24,953 births
5 Ruth
23,189 births
6 Mildred
15,633 births
7 Anna
15,228 births
8 Elizabeth
14,940 births
9 Frances
13,746 births
10 Virginia
12,487 births

Top Unisex Names of 1916

Willie
5,660 boys 3,116 girls
Marion
1,357 boys 5,033 girls
Jessie
1,269 boys 3,414 girls
Lee
2,016 boys 475 girls
Cecil
2,181 boys 241 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

New to the Top 200 in 1916

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Rosemary #184 Margie #195
1915 All Years 1917