Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1912

John and Mary topped the list in 1912. The 10 most popular names went to 31% of boys and 22% of girls, from 2,904 boy names and 3,443 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 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
  87. 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

Top girl names of 1912

  1. 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
  97. Theresa 1,268
  98. Cora 1,253
  99. Wilma 1,241
  100. Inez 1,228

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1912?
John was the #1 boy name in 1912 (24,588 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (32,304 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1912?
Social Security records list 988,061 babies born in 1912 with names given to at least 5 babies: 429,942 boys and 558,119 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.