Popular Baby Names in 1912
The most popular baby names in 1912.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 32,304 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 24,588 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 19,626 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 17,644 |
| 2 | Helen | Girl | 16,133 |
| 4 | Robert | Boy | 12,836 |
| 3 | Dorothy | Girl | 12,645 |
| 4 | Margaret | Girl | 12,536 |
| 5 | Joseph | Boy | 12,062 |
| 6 | George | Boy | 11,734 |
| 5 | Ruth | Girl | 11,280 |
| 7 | Charles | Boy | 11,070 |
| 6 | Mildred | Girl | 8,764 |
| 7 | Anna | Girl | 8,586 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | Girl | 8,527 |
| 8 | Edward | Boy | 7,936 |
| 9 | Frank | Boy | 7,912 |
| 9 | Frances | Girl | 6,680 |
| 10 | Marie | Girl | 6,642 |
| 11 | Alice | Girl | 6,285 |
| 10 | Thomas | Boy | 6,087 |
| 11 | Walter | Boy | 5,809 |
| 12 | Florence | Girl | 5,739 |
| 12 | Henry | Boy | 5,643 |
| 13 | Evelyn | Girl | 5,620 |
| 14 | Lillian | Girl | 5,568 |
| 15 | Rose | Girl | 5,431 |
| 16 | Edna | Girl | 5,136 |
| 17 | Louise | Girl | 5,116 |
| 13 | Harold | Boy | 5,102 |
| 18 | Ethel | Girl | 5,073 |
| 19 | Gladys | Girl | 4,980 |
| 20 | Virginia | Girl | 4,810 |
| 14 | Paul | Boy | 4,785 |
| 15 | Arthur | Boy | 4,685 |
| 21 | Catherine | Girl | 4,666 |
| 22 | Irene | Girl | 4,646 |
| 16 | Harry | Boy | 4,624 |
| 17 | Albert | Boy | 4,587 |
| 23 | Ruby | Girl | 4,452 |
| 24 | Grace | Girl | 4,418 |
| 18 | Raymond | Boy | 4,374 |
| 25 | Hazel | Girl | 4,197 |
| 19 | Richard | Boy | 4,188 |
| 26 | Thelma | Girl | 4,183 |
| 27 | Annie | Girl | 4,083 |
| 28 | Josephine | Girl | 3,980 |
| 29 | Martha | Girl | 3,911 |
| 30 | Gertrude | Girl | 3,887 |
| 31 | Edith | Girl | 3,842 |
| 32 | Lucille | Girl | 3,763 |
| 20 | Louis | Boy | 3,591 |
| 21 | Clarence | Boy | 3,590 |
| 33 | Esther | Girl | 3,569 |
| 22 | Willie | Boy | 3,508 |
| 34 | Clara | Girl | 3,480 |
| 23 | Ralph | Boy | 3,435 |
| 35 | Emma | Girl | 3,357 |
| 36 | Bertha | Girl | 3,288 |
| 24 | Carl | Boy | 3,224 |
| 25 | Howard | Boy | 3,212 |
| 37 | Beatrice | Girl | 3,205 |
| 38 | Pauline | Girl | 3,163 |
| 39 | Eleanor | Girl | 3,120 |
| 26 | Fred | Boy | 3,103 |
| 40 | Agnes | Girl | 2,945 |
| 41 | Sarah | Girl | 2,919 |
| 42 | Elsie | Girl | 2,895 |
| 27 | Donald | Boy | 2,872 |
| 28 | Jack | Boy | 2,870 |
| 29 | David | Boy | 2,858 |
| 43 | Bessie | Girl | 2,832 |
| 44 | Julia | Girl | 2,825 |
| 45 | Ida | Girl | 2,740 |
| 46 | Mabel | Girl | 2,714 |
| 47 | Ann | Girl | 2,666 |
| 48 | Doris | Girl | 2,657 |
| 49 | Eva | Girl | 2,636 |
| 30 | Samuel | Boy | 2,602 |
| 50 | Myrtle | Girl | 2,599 |
| 51 | Bernice | Girl | 2,593 |
| 31 | Roy | Boy | 2,591 |
| 32 | Ernest | Boy | 2,569 |
| 52 | Viola | Girl | 2,550 |
| 53 | Katherine | Girl | 2,546 |
| 33 | Kenneth | Boy | 2,538 |
| 54 | Pearl | Girl | 2,528 |
| 55 | Marion | Girl | 2,522 |
| 34 | Earl | Boy | 2,518 |
| 35 | Francis | Boy | 2,516 |
| 36 | Joe | Boy | 2,515 |
| 37 | Anthony | Boy | 2,480 |
| 56 | Marjorie | Girl | 2,468 |
| 38 | Lawrence | Boy | 2,467 |
| 57 | Laura | Girl | 2,413 |
| 58 | Anne | Girl | 2,369 |
| 59 | Nellie | Girl | 2,365 |
| 60 | Minnie | Girl | 2,295 |
| 61 | Willie | Girl | 2,267 |
| 39 | Herbert | Boy | 2,236 |