The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1916
4,535 different boys’ names were recorded in 1916, covering 890,080 births. These are the top 200.
| # | 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 |
| 99 | Maurice | 1,584 |
| 101 | Allen | 1,572 |
| 102 | Warren | 1,549 |
| 103 | Homer | 1,506 |
| 104 | Virgil | 1,496 |
| 105 | Max | 1,493 |
| 106 | Gilbert | 1,441 |
| 107 | Nicholas | 1,419 |
| 108 | Steve | 1,399 |
| 109 | Irving | 1,373 |
| 110 | Marion | 1,357 |
| 111 | Leslie | 1,355 |
| 111 | Julius | 1,355 |
| 113 | Hubert | 1,348 |
| 114 | Eddie | 1,311 |
| 115 | Johnnie | 1,306 |
| 116 | Luther | 1,287 |
| 117 | Jessie | 1,269 |
| 118 | Roland | 1,201 |
| 119 | Ben | 1,191 |
| 120 | Curtis | 1,174 |
| 121 | Dale | 1,161 |
| 122 | Glen | 1,156 |
| 123 | Jacob | 1,132 |
| 124 | Wallace | 1,126 |
| 125 | Mike | 1,114 |
| 126 | Horace | 1,106 |
| 127 | Oliver | 1,103 |
| 128 | Alex | 1,094 |
| 129 | Roger | 1,087 |
| 130 | Franklin | 1,073 |
| 131 | Orville | 1,063 |
| 132 | Tony | 1,054 |
| 133 | Manuel | 1,049 |
| 134 | Edmund | 1,032 |
| 135 | Wesley | 1,026 |
| 136 | Willis | 990 |
| 137 | Rudolph | 988 |
| 138 | Jerome | 985 |
| 139 | Tom | 971 |
| 140 | Emil | 970 |
| 141 | Wilson | 912 |
| 142 | Otis | 908 |
| 143 | Nathan | 904 |
| 144 | Guy | 903 |
| 145 | Jerry | 885 |
| 146 | Angelo | 864 |
| 147 | Bill | 854 |
| 148 | Matthew | 825 |
| 149 | Ira | 820 |
| 150 | Salvatore | 819 |
| 151 | Douglas | 815 |
| 152 | Archie | 806 |
| 152 | Lyle | 806 |
| 154 | Patrick | 802 |
| 155 | Earnest | 780 |
| 156 | Clifton | 770 |
| 157 | Calvin | 766 |
| 158 | Abraham | 753 |
| 158 | Clayton | 753 |
| 160 | Don | 744 |
| 161 | Delbert | 743 |
| 162 | Bruce | 740 |
| 163 | Marshall | 739 |
| 164 | Irvin | 724 |
| 165 | Phillip | 723 |
| 165 | Ivan | 723 |
| 165 | Wilfred | 723 |
| 165 | Ronald | 723 |
| 169 | Bennie | 720 |
| 170 | Otto | 719 |
| 171 | Wilbert | 716 |
| 172 | Sylvester | 715 |
| 173 | Felix | 692 |
| 173 | Ervin | 692 |
| 175 | Jose | 686 |
| 176 | Karl | 685 |
| 177 | Jim | 684 |
| 178 | August | 676 |
| 179 | Jimmie | 667 |
| 180 | Clinton | 662 |
| 180 | Elbert | 662 |
| 182 | Nick | 656 |
| 183 | Forrest | 652 |
| 184 | Jay | 640 |
| 185 | Adolph | 633 |
| 186 | Isaac | 629 |
| 187 | Julian | 625 |
| 188 | Nelson | 619 |
| 189 | Adam | 609 |
| 190 | Merle | 604 |
| 190 | Alton | 604 |
| 192 | Dan | 594 |
| 193 | Nathaniel | 590 |
| 193 | Grover | 590 |
| 195 | Aaron | 583 |
| 196 | Pete | 582 |
| 197 | Rufus | 577 |
| 198 | Mark | 571 |
| 198 | Leland | 571 |
| 200 | Ellis | 570 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1916 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.