Name.Baby Names by year 1910s 1912 Most Popular Baby Names of 1912 Social Security has card records for 1,038,170 people born in the U.S. in 1912. Mary was the top girl name (32,304 babies) and John the top boy name (24,588).
Top 100 names of 1912 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1912, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 32,304 #125 2 Helen 16,133 #461 3 Dorothy 12,645 #421 4 Margaret 12,536 #112 5 Ruth 11,280 #173 6 Mildred 8,764 #1,962 7 Anna 8,586 #107 8 Elizabeth 8,527 #17 9 Frances 6,680 #318 10 Marie 6,642 #617 11 Alice 6,285 #65 12 Florence 5,739 #391 13 Evelyn 5,620 #8 14 Lillian 5,568 #57 15 Rose 5,431 #114 16 Edna 5,136 #2,458 17 Louise 5,116 #514 18 Ethel 5,073 #4,172 19 Gladys 4,980 #3,211 20 Virginia 4,810 #525 21 Catherine 4,666 #313 22 Irene 4,646 #651 23 Ruby 4,452 #64 24 Grace 4,418 #38 25 Hazel 4,197 #21 26 Thelma 4,183 #4,661 27 Annie 4,083 #182 28 Josephine 3,980 #53 29 Martha 3,911 #712 30 Gertrude 3,887 #6,546 31 Edith 3,842 #499 32 Lucille 3,763 #237 33 Esther 3,569 #119 34 Clara 3,480 #63 35 Emma 3,357 #3 36 Bertha 3,288 #4,546 37 Beatrice 3,205 #508 38 Pauline 3,163 #2,957 39 Eleanor 3,120 #12 40 Agnes 2,945 #1,016 41 Sarah 2,919 #90 42 Elsie 2,895 #123 43 Bessie 2,832 #6,838 44 Julia 2,825 #131 45 Ida 2,740 #1,120 46 Mabel 2,714 #201 47 Ann 2,666 #1,076 48 Doris 2,657 #2,895 49 Eva 2,636 #134 50 Myrtle 2,599 #10,917
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1912, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bernice 2,593 #4,067 52 Viola 2,550 #1,013 53 Katherine 2,546 #186 54 Pearl 2,528 #776 55 Marion 2,522 #2,036 56 Marjorie 2,468 #1,016 57 Laura 2,413 #379 58 Anne 2,369 #619 59 Nellie 2,365 #533 60 Minnie 2,295 #3,028 61 Willie 2,267 #10,107 62 Alma 2,183 #449 63 Lois 2,146 #1,666 64 Jean 2,056 #2,117 65 Jessie 2,052 #823 66 Betty 2,011 #1,113 67 Lillie 2,003 #675 68 Vera 1,974 #205 69 Ella 1,921 #29 70 Mattie 1,915 #1,004 71 Kathryn 1,905 #729 72 Lena 1,903 #279 73 Stella 1,834 #52 74 Mae 1,775 #500 75 Blanche 1,761 #6,838 76 Leona 1,650 #429 77 Sylvia 1,639 #300 78 Lucy 1,636 #24 79 Marguerite 1,620 #2,485 80 Beulah 1,607 #5,917 81 Jennie 1,595 #2,298 82 Carrie 1,580 #2,719 83 Violet 1,535 #13 84 Vivian 1,487 #70 85 Opal 1,465 #423 86 Ellen 1,449 #1,062 87 Fannie 1,425 #3,342 88 Velma 1,403 #5,722 89 Jane 1,390 #221 90 Hattie 1,389 #334 91 Charlotte 1,375 #2 92 Genevieve 1,353 #148 93 Marian 1,313 #1,102 94 Rosa 1,305 #652 95 Mamie 1,273 #6,116 96 Ada 1,268 #219 96 Theresa 1,268 #1,548 98 Cora 1,253 #113 99 Wilma 1,241 #3,645 100 Inez 1,228 #1,396
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1912, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 24,588 #23 2 William 19,626 #9 3 James 17,644 #6 4 Robert 12,836 #92 5 Joseph 12,062 #29 6 George 11,734 #126 7 Charles 11,070 #48 8 Edward 7,936 #224 9 Frank 7,912 #513 10 Thomas 6,087 #34 11 Walter 5,809 #251 12 Henry 5,643 #5 13 Harold 5,102 #991 14 Paul 4,785 #262 15 Arthur 4,685 #87 16 Harry 4,624 #775 17 Albert 4,587 #614 18 Raymond 4,374 #394 19 Richard 4,188 #234 20 Louis 3,591 #249 21 Clarence 3,590 #1,499 22 Willie 3,508 #1,315 23 Ralph 3,435 #1,046 24 Carl 3,224 #1,132 25 Howard 3,212 #1,002 26 Fred 3,103 #1,932 27 Donald 2,872 #690 28 Jack 2,870 #15 29 David 2,858 #35 30 Samuel 2,602 #18 31 Roy 2,591 #525 32 Ernest 2,569 #1,038 33 Kenneth 2,538 #294 34 Earl 2,518 #2,230 35 Francis 2,516 #420 36 Joe 2,515 #991 37 Anthony 2,480 #46 38 Lawrence 2,467 #518 39 Herbert 2,236 #2,641 40 Alfred 2,210 #840 41 Eugene 2,114 #943 42 Michael 2,104 #21 43 Stanley 2,017 #863 44 Andrew 1,946 #73 45 Leonard 1,928 #637 46 Woodrow 1,843 #1,644 47 Elmer 1,840 #1,222 48 Peter 1,679 #187 49 Leo 1,654 #19 50 Herman 1,646 #2,363
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1912, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Frederick 1,564 #435 52 Theodore 1,561 #4 53 Daniel 1,524 #22 54 Edwin 1,518 #398 55 Chester 1,460 #1,585 56 Russell 1,449 #345 57 Charlie 1,446 #145 58 Lester 1,443 #1,634 59 Floyd 1,438 #2,230 60 Bernard 1,437 #1,362 61 Norman 1,367 #1,196 62 Clifford 1,345 #1,352 63 Sam 1,325 #647 64 Milton 1,319 #1,436 65 Clyde 1,314 #742 66 Leroy 1,306 #883 67 Benjamin 1,272 #11 68 Lewis 1,247 #433 69 Philip 1,237 #527 70 Lloyd 1,227 #1,547 71 Melvin 1,185 #958 72 Vincent 1,178 #107 73 Oscar 1,157 #223 74 Jesse 1,106 #184 75 Martin 1,064 #335 76 Cecil 1,058 #1,486 77 Ray 1,050 #791 78 Lee 1,030 #725 79 Leon 1,006 #138 80 Sidney 1,003 #1,323 81 Victor 989 #209 82 Morris 960 #1,753 83 Marvin 958 #699 84 Glenn 948 #1,443 85 Edgar 945 #486 86 Alvin 929 #838 86 Gerald 929 #1,204 88 Stephen 928 #383 89 Claude 890 #3,036 90 Vernon 889 #1,382 91 Harvey 875 #251 92 Wilbur 832 #3,949 93 Gordon 822 #1,051 94 Irving 815 #1,778 95 Maurice 811 #1,018 96 Everett 806 #77 97 Alexander 803 #30 98 Homer 794 #4,707 99 Arnold 767 #1,477 100 Julius 758 #424
Entered the top 100 in 1912
