Top 100 baby girl names in the USA during year 1916

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
11Mary61,437
22Helen32,661
33Dorothy27,415
44Margaret24,952
55Ruth23,189
66Mildred15,633
77Anna15,228
88Elizabeth14,939
99Frances13,746
1010Virginia12,487
1111Evelyn11,890
1212Marie11,683
1313Alice10,719
1414Florence10,412
1515Rose9,605
1616Lillian9,592
1717Irene9,033
1818Louise8,630
1919Edna8,625
2020Catherine8,469
2121Josephine8,127
2222Gladys8,019
2323Ruby7,685
2424Martha7,610
2525Ethel7,601
2626Grace7,461
2727Eleanor7,406
2828Edith7,306
2929Thelma7,290
3030Lucille7,241
3131Hazel7,214
3232Doris7,161
3333Pauline6,655
3434Esther6,421
3535Gertrude6,243
3636Annie6,105
3737Marjorie5,866
3838Beatrice5,586
3939Clara5,544
4040Ann5,343
4141Emma5,217
4242Bernice5,183
4343Lois5,149
4444Betty5,136
4545Jean5,081
4646Julia5,066
4747Marion5,033
4848Elsie5,028
4949Bertha4,900
5050Agnes4,854
5151Katherine4,801
5252Sarah4,796
5353Anne4,571
5454Ida4,364
5555Eva4,337
5656Bessie4,122
5757Pearl4,073
5858Myrtle3,960
5959Viola3,948
6060Kathryn3,933
6161Nellie3,862
6262Jane3,826
6363Stella3,818
6464Laura3,744
6565Mabel3,680
6666Vera3,622
6767Rita3,477
6868Jessie3,414
6969Sylvia3,414
7070Alma3,403
7171Minnie3,274
7272Marian3,198
7373Willie3,116
7474Barbara3,113
7575Leona3,086
7676Genevieve3,063
7777Vivian3,049
7878Marguerite3,034
7979Jennie3,010
8080Charlotte2,995
8181Ella2,965
8282Wilma2,962
8383Violet2,921
8484Lucy2,877
8585Lena2,869
8686June2,840
8787Ellen2,838
8888Lillie2,825
8989Blanche2,714
9090Juanita2,644
9191Opal2,636
9292Mae2,607
9393Mattie2,556
9494Geraldine2,549
9595Phyllis2,427
9696Maxine2,424
9797Beulah2,401
9898Theresa2,348
9999Velma2,319
100100Emily2,213

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.

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