Top Baby Names of 1912
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.