1912
Top Baby Names of 1912
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1912
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Mary 32,304 2
Helen 16,133 3
Dorothy 12,645 4
Margaret 12,536 5
Ruth 11,280 6
Mildred 8,764 7
Anna 8,586 8
Elizabeth 8,527 9
Frances 6,680 10
Marie 6,642 11
Alice 6,285 12
Florence 5,739 13
Evelyn 5,620 14
Lillian 5,568 15
Rose 5,431 16
Edna 5,136 17
Louise 5,116 18
Ethel 5,073 19
Gladys 4,980 20
Virginia 4,810 21
Catherine 4,666 22
Irene 4,646 23
Ruby 4,452 24
Grace 4,418 25
Hazel 4,197 26
Thelma 4,183 27
Annie 4,083 28
Josephine 3,980 29
Martha 3,911 30
Gertrude 3,887 31
Edith 3,842 32
Lucille 3,763 33
Esther 3,569 34
Clara 3,480 35
Emma 3,357 36
Bertha 3,288 37
Beatrice 3,205 38
Pauline 3,163 39
Eleanor 3,120 40
Agnes 2,945 41
Sarah 2,919 42
Elsie 2,895 43
Bessie 2,832 44
Julia 2,825 45
Ida 2,740 46
Mabel 2,714 47
Ann 2,666 48
Doris 2,657 49
Eva 2,636 50
Myrtle 2,599 51
Bernice 2,593 52
Viola 2,550 53
Katherine 2,546 54
Pearl 2,528 55
Marion 2,522 56
Marjorie 2,468 57
Laura 2,413 58
Anne 2,369 59
Nellie 2,365 60
Minnie 2,295 61
Willie 2,267 62
Alma 2,183 63
Lois 2,146 64
Jean 2,056 65
Jessie 2,052 66
Betty 2,011 67
Lillie 2,003 68
Vera 1,974 69
Ella 1,921 70
Mattie 1,915 71
Kathryn 1,905 72
Lena 1,903 73
Stella 1,834 74
Mae 1,775 75
Blanche 1,761 76
Leona 1,650 77
Sylvia 1,639 78
Lucy 1,636 79
Marguerite 1,620 80
Beulah 1,607 81
Jennie 1,595 82
Carrie 1,580 83
Violet 1,535 84
Vivian 1,487 85
Opal 1,465 86
Ellen 1,449 87
Fannie 1,425 88
Velma 1,403 89
Jane 1,390 90
Hattie 1,389 91
Charlotte 1,375 92
Genevieve 1,353 93
Marian 1,313 94
Rosa 1,305 95
Mamie 1,273 96
Ada 1,268 96
Theresa 1,268 98
Cora 1,253 99
Wilma 1,241 100
Inez 1,228 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1912
1
John 24,588 2
William 19,626 3
James 17,644 4
Robert 12,836 5
Joseph 12,062 6
George 11,734 7
Charles 11,070 8
Edward 7,936 9
Frank 7,912 10
Thomas 6,087 11
Walter 5,809 12
Henry 5,643 13
Harold 5,102 14
Paul 4,785 15
Arthur 4,685 16
Harry 4,624 17
Albert 4,587 18
Raymond 4,374 19
Richard 4,188 20
Louis 3,591 21
Clarence 3,590 22
Willie 3,508 23
Ralph 3,435 24
Carl 3,224 25
Howard 3,212 26
Fred 3,103 27
Donald 2,872 28
Jack 2,870 29
David 2,858 30
Samuel 2,602 31
Roy 2,591 32
Ernest 2,569 33
Kenneth 2,538 34
Earl 2,518 35
Francis 2,516 36
Joe 2,515 37
Anthony 2,480 38
Lawrence 2,467 39
Herbert 2,236 40
Alfred 2,210 41
Eugene 2,114 42
Michael 2,104 43
Stanley 2,017 44
Andrew 1,946 45
Leonard 1,928 46
Woodrow 1,843 47
Elmer 1,840 48
Peter 1,679 49
Leo 1,654 50
Herman 1,646 51
Frederick 1,564 52
Theodore 1,561 53
Daniel 1,524 54
Edwin 1,518 55
Chester 1,460 56
Russell 1,449 57
Charlie 1,446 58
Lester 1,443 59
Floyd 1,438 60
Bernard 1,437 61
Norman 1,367 62
Clifford 1,345 63
Sam 1,325 64
Milton 1,319 65
Clyde 1,314 66
Leroy 1,306 67
Benjamin 1,272 68
Lewis 1,247 69
Philip 1,237 70
Lloyd 1,227 71
Melvin 1,185 72
Vincent 1,178 73
Oscar 1,157 74
Jesse 1,106 75
Martin 1,064 76
Cecil 1,058 77
Ray 1,050 78
Lee 1,030 79
Leon 1,006 80
Sidney 1,003 81
Victor 989 82
Morris 960 83
Marvin 958 84
Glenn 948 85
Edgar 945 86
Alvin 929 86
Gerald 929 88
Stephen 928 89
Claude 890 90
Vernon 889 91
Harvey 875 92
Wilbur 832 93
Gordon 822 94
Irving 815 95
Maurice 811 96
Everett 806 97
Alexander 803 98
Homer 794 99
Arnold 767 100
Julius 758 About 1912 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1912, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.