United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1912

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 24,588 babies =
  2. 2 William 19,626 babies =
  3. 3 James 17,644 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 12,836 babies 1
  5. 5 Joseph 12,062 babies 1
  6. 6 George 11,734 babies 2
  7. 7 Charles 11,070 babies =
  8. 8 Edward 7,936 babies 1
  9. 9 Frank 7,912 babies 1
  10. 10 Thomas 6,087 babies =
  11. 11 Walter 5,809 babies 1
  12. 12 Henry 5,643 babies 1
  13. 13 Harold 5,102 babies 3
  14. 14 Paul 4,785 babies 3
  15. 15 Arthur 4,685 babies 3
  16. 16 Harry 4,624 babies 3
  17. 17 Albert 4,587 babies 2
  18. 18 Raymond 4,374 babies 1
  19. 19 Richard 4,188 babies 1
  20. 20 Louis 3,591 babies 1
  21. 21 Clarence 3,590 babies 2
  22. 22 Willie 3,508 babies 8
  23. 23 Ralph 3,435 babies 1
  24. 24 Carl 3,224 babies 2
  25. 25 Howard 3,212 babies 3
  26. 26 Fred 3,103 babies 4
  27. 27 Donald 2,872 babies 9
  28. 28 Jack 2,870 babies 3
  29. 29 David 2,858 babies 2
  30. 30 Samuel 2,602 babies =
  31. 31 Roy 2,591 babies =
  32. 32 Ernest 2,569 babies =
  33. 33 Kenneth 2,538 babies 7
  34. 34 Earl 2,518 babies =
  35. 35 Francis 2,516 babies 2
  36. 36 Joe 2,515 babies 7
  37. 37 Anthony 2,480 babies 2
  38. 38 Lawrence 2,467 babies 1
  39. 39 Herbert 2,236 babies 2
  40. 40 Alfred 2,210 babies 1
  41. 41 Eugene 2,114 babies 2
  42. 42 Michael 2,104 babies 4
  43. 43 Stanley 2,017 babies 1
  44. 44 Andrew 1,946 babies 2
  45. 45 Leonard 1,928 babies 1
  46. 46 Woodrow 1,843 babies 188
  47. 47 Elmer 1,840 babies 1
  48. 48 Peter 1,679 babies 2
  49. 49 Leo 1,654 babies 2
  50. 50 Herman 1,646 babies 1
  51. 51 Frederick 1,564 babies 1
  52. 52 Theodore 1,561 babies 4
  53. 53 Daniel 1,524 babies =
  54. 54 Edwin 1,518 babies 6
  55. 55 Chester 1,460 babies 3
  56. 56 Russell 1,449 babies 1
  57. 57 Charlie 1,446 babies 12
  58. 58 Lester 1,443 babies 7
  59. 59 Floyd 1,438 babies 2
  60. 60 Bernard 1,437 babies 6
  61. 61 Norman 1,367 babies 2
  62. 62 Clifford 1,345 babies =
  63. 63 Sam 1,325 babies 16
  64. 64 Milton 1,319 babies 6
  65. 65 Clyde 1,314 babies 4
  66. 66 Leroy 1,306 babies 7
  67. 67 Benjamin 1,272 babies 3
  68. 68 Lewis 1,247 babies 2
  69. 69 Philip 1,237 babies =
  70. 70 Lloyd 1,227 babies 4
  71. 71 Melvin 1,185 babies 2
  72. 72 Vincent 1,178 babies 8
  73. 73 Oscar 1,157 babies 5
  74. 74 Jesse 1,106 babies 2
  75. 75 Martin 1,064 babies =
  76. 76 Cecil 1,058 babies =
  77. 77 Ray 1,050 babies 6
  78. 78 Lee 1,030 babies 11
  79. 79 Leon 1,006 babies 2
  80. 80 Sidney 1,003 babies 12
  81. 81 Victor 989 babies =
  82. 82 Morris 960 babies 3
  83. 83 Marvin 958 babies 1
  84. 84 Glenn 948 babies 27
  85. 85 Edgar 945 babies 2
  86. 86 Alvin 929 babies 3
  87. 87 Gerald 929 babies 1
  88. 88 Stephen 928 babies 4
  89. 89 Claude 890 babies 2
  90. 90 Vernon 889 babies 6
  91. 91 Harvey 875 babies =
  92. 92 Wilbur 832 babies 9
  93. 93 Gordon 822 babies 4
  94. 94 Irving 815 babies 1
  95. 95 Maurice 811 babies 4
  96. 96 Everett 806 babies 6
  97. 97 Alexander 803 babies 3
  98. 98 Homer 794 babies 3
  99. 99 Arnold 767 babies 9
  100. 100 Julius 758 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 32,304 babies =
  2. 2 Helen 16,133 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 12,645 babies 1
  4. 4 Margaret 12,536 babies 1
  5. 5 Ruth 11,280 babies =
  6. 6 Mildred 8,764 babies 2
  7. 7 Anna 8,586 babies 1
  8. 8 Elizabeth 8,527 babies 1
  9. 9 Frances 6,680 babies 1
  10. 10 Marie 6,642 babies 1
  11. 11 Alice 6,285 babies =
  12. 12 Florence 5,739 babies =
  13. 13 Evelyn 5,620 babies 3
  14. 14 Lillian 5,568 babies 1
  15. 15 Rose 5,431 babies 1
  16. 16 Edna 5,136 babies 1
  17. 17 Louise 5,116 babies 2
  18. 18 Ethel 5,073 babies 3
  19. 19 Gladys 4,980 babies 1
  20. 20 Virginia 4,810 babies 6
  21. 21 Catherine 4,666 babies 1
  22. 22 Irene 4,646 babies 1
  23. 23 Ruby 4,452 babies 1
  24. 24 Grace 4,418 babies 1
  25. 25 Hazel 4,197 babies =
  26. 26 Thelma 4,183 babies 1
  27. 27 Annie 4,083 babies 3
  28. 28 Josephine 3,980 babies 1
  29. 29 Martha 3,911 babies 1
  30. 30 Gertrude 3,887 babies =
  31. 31 Edith 3,842 babies =
  32. 32 Lucille 3,763 babies =
  33. 33 Esther 3,569 babies 1
  34. 34 Clara 3,480 babies 1
  35. 35 Emma 3,357 babies =
  36. 36 Bertha 3,288 babies =
  37. 37 Beatrice 3,205 babies =
  38. 38 Pauline 3,163 babies =
  39. 39 Eleanor 3,120 babies 10
  40. 40 Agnes 2,945 babies 1
  41. 41 Sarah 2,919 babies 1
  42. 42 Elsie 2,895 babies 1
  43. 43 Bessie 2,832 babies 3
  44. 44 Julia 2,825 babies =
  45. 45 Ida 2,740 babies =
  46. 46 Mabel 2,714 babies 3
  47. 47 Ann 2,666 babies 6
  48. 48 Doris 2,657 babies 8
  49. 49 Eva 2,636 babies 3
  50. 50 Myrtle 2,599 babies =
  51. 51 Bernice 2,593 babies =
  52. 52 Viola 2,550 babies 5
  53. 53 Katherine 2,546 babies 2
  54. 54 Pearl 2,528 babies 6
  55. 55 Marion 2,522 babies 3
  56. 56 Marjorie 2,468 babies 3
  57. 57 Laura 2,413 babies =
  58. 58 Anne 2,369 babies 6
  59. 59 Nellie 2,365 babies 5
  60. 60 Minnie 2,295 babies 8
  61. 61 Willie 2,267 babies =
  62. 62 Alma 2,183 babies =
  63. 63 Lois 2,146 babies 5
  64. 64 Jean 2,056 babies 10
  65. 65 Jessie 2,052 babies 1
  66. 66 Betty 2,011 babies 3
  67. 67 Lillie 2,003 babies 7
  68. 68 Vera 1,974 babies 1
  69. 69 Ella 1,921 babies 6
  70. 70 Mattie 1,915 babies 5
  71. 71 Kathryn 1,905 babies 2
  72. 72 Lena 1,903 babies 2
  73. 73 Stella 1,834 babies 1
  74. 74 Mae 1,775 babies 3
  75. 75 Blanche 1,761 babies =
  76. 76 Leona 1,650 babies =
  77. 77 Sylvia 1,639 babies 5
  78. 78 Lucy 1,636 babies 1
  79. 79 Marguerite 1,620 babies 8
  80. 80 Beulah 1,607 babies 1
  81. 81 Jennie 1,595 babies 4
  82. 82 Carrie 1,580 babies 4
  83. 83 Violet 1,535 babies =
  84. 84 Vivian 1,487 babies 4
  85. 85 Opal 1,465 babies 4
  86. 86 Ellen 1,449 babies 2
  87. 87 Fannie 1,425 babies 1
  88. 88 Velma 1,403 babies 2
  89. 89 Jane 1,390 babies 9
  90. 90 Hattie 1,389 babies 4
  91. 91 Charlotte 1,375 babies 4
  92. 92 Genevieve 1,353 babies 1
  93. 93 Marian 1,313 babies 12
  94. 94 Rosa 1,305 babies 2
  95. 95 Mamie 1,273 babies 6
  96. 96 Ada 1,268 babies 1
  97. 97 Theresa 1,268 babies 3
  98. 98 Cora 1,253 babies 7
  99. 99 Wilma 1,241 babies 3
  100. 100 Inez 1,228 babies 1

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Source: Social Security Administration

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