100 Most popular boy names of 1916, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1916 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1916.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
50043
4.61
-
2
William
40418
3.72
-
3
James
35569
3.28
-
4
Robert
31741
2.92
-
5
Joseph
23883
2.2
-
6
Charles
23612
2.17
+1
7
George
23381
2.15
-1
8
Edward
17005
1.57
-
9
Frank
15291
1.41
-
10
Thomas
11998
1.11
-
11
Walter
11760
1.08
-
12
Paul
10790
0.99
+1
13
Harold
10698
0.99
-1
14
Henry
10656
0.98
-
15
Richard
10134
0.93
-
16
Raymond
9566
0.88
-
17
Albert
9044
0.83
-
18
Arthur
8921
0.82
-
19
Harry
8476
0.78
-
20
Donald
7737
0.71
-
21
Ralph
7086
0.65
-
22
Louis
6817
0.63
+1
23
Carl
6786
0.63
-1
24
Clarence
6304
0.58
-
25
Howard
6171
0.57
-
26
Jack
6162
0.57
+1
27
Kenneth
6012
0.55
+1
28
David
5813
0.54
+3
29
Fred
5745
0.53
-3
30
Willie
5660
0.52
-
31
Francis
5652
0.52
-2
32
Earl
5553
0.51
+1
33
Roy
5327
0.49
-1
34
Stanley
5130
0.47
-
35
Joe
4911
0.45
+3
36
Ernest
4823
0.44
-1
37
Anthony
4749
0.44
-1
38
Lawrence
4742
0.44
-1
39
Eugene
4646
0.43
+2
40
Herbert
4463
0.41
-
41
Samuel
4399
0.41
-2
42
Leonard
4328
0.4
+2
43
Alfred
4278
0.39
-1
44
Michael
4210
0.39
-1
45
Elmer
3936
0.36
-
46
Andrew
3723
0.34
-
47
Leo
3621
0.33
-
48
Norman
3609
0.33
+2
49
Bernard
3476
0.32
-1
50
Peter
3370
0.31
-2
51
Russell
3330
0.31
-
52
Frederick
3325
0.31
-
53
Edwin
3299
0.3
-
54
Chester
3212
0.3
-
55
Daniel
3149
0.29
-
56
Herman
3043
0.28
-
57
Melvin
2984
0.27
+3
58
Lloyd
2926
0.27
+4
59
Lester
2907
0.27
-2
60
Floyd
2783
0.26
-1
61
Clifford
2767
0.25
-
62
Clyde
2707
0.25
+1
63
Leroy
2699
0.25
+3
64
Woodrow
2668
0.25
+19
65
Theodore
2641
0.24
-1
66
Marvin
2529
0.23
+6
67
Vincent
2500
0.23
-2
68
Charlie
2416
0.22
+7
69
Willard
2413
0.22
-11
70
Philip
2409
0.22
-1
71
Lewis
2374
0.22
-1
72
Milton
2345
0.22
+1
73
Ray
2334
0.21
-6
74
Sam
2313
0.21
-6
75
Vernon
2288
0.21
+5
76
Gerald
2260
0.21
+2
77
Jesse
2230
0.21
-
78
Victor
2215
0.2
-4
79
Benjamin
2186
0.2
-8
80
Cecil
2181
0.2
-4
81
Martin
2122
0.2
-2
82
Alvin
2093
0.19
-1
83
Lee
2016
0.19
+1
84
Glenn
1970
0.18
+3
85
Leon
1954
0.18
-3
86
Oscar
1916
0.18
+2
87
Stephen
1877
0.17
-1
88
Edgar
1874
0.17
-3
89
Arnold
1858
0.17
+2
90
Gordon
1792
0.17
-
91
Everett
1764
0.16
-2
92
Harvey
1763
0.16
+3
93
Claude
1733
0.16
+3
94
Wilbur
1680
0.15
-2
95
Sidney
1659
0.15
-1
96
Hugh
1619
0.15
+15
97
Morris
1618
0.15
-4
98
Wayne
1587
0.15
-1
99
Alexander
1584
0.15
+4
99
Maurice
1584
0.15
+2
101
Allen
1572
0.14
-2
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1916)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html