Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1912
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1911.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1911 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 32,422 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 24,700 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 19,704 | +1 |
| 4 | James | 17,725 | +1 |
| 5 | Helen | 16,171 | -2 |
| 6 | Robert | 12,900 | +5 |
| 7 | Dorothy | 12,687 | 0 |
| 8 | Margaret | 12,582 | -2 |
| 9 | Joseph | 12,106 | +3 |
| 10 | George | 11,803 | 0 |
| 11 | Ruth | 11,323 | -3 |
| 12 | Charles | 11,137 | +3 |
| 13 | Mildred | 8,786 | +1 |
| 14 | Anna | 8,615 | -5 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 8,550 | -2 |
| 16 | Edward | 7,963 | +6 |
| 17 | Frank | 7,941 | +4 |
| 18 | Frances | 6,726 | -1 |
| 19 | Marie | 6,662 | -3 |
| 20 | Alice | 6,308 | -2 |
| 21 | Thomas | 6,121 | +14 |
| 22 | Walter | 5,848 | +18 |
| 23 | Willie | 5,775 | +2 |
| 24 | Florence | 5,761 | -5 |
| 25 | Henry | 5,673 | +13 |
| 26 | Evelyn | 5,638 | 0 |
| 27 | Lillian | 5,598 | -7 |
| 28 | Rose | 5,445 | -5 |
| 29 | Edna | 5,159 | -2 |
| 30 | Louise | 5,149 | -1 |
| 31 | Harold | 5,122 | +22 |
| 32 | Ethel | 5,091 | -8 |
| 33 | Gladys | 4,998 | -5 |
| 34 | Virginia | 4,822 | +3 |
| 35 | Paul | 4,812 | +19 |
| 36 | Arthur | 4,707 | +19 |
| 37 | Catherine | 4,677 | -7 |
| 38 | Irene | 4,673 | -7 |
| 39 | Harry | 4,648 | +11 |
| 40 | Albert | 4,601 | +12 |
| 41 | Ruby | 4,503 | -9 |
| 42 | Grace | 4,432 | -9 |
| 43 | Raymond | 4,382 | +23 |
| 44 | Hazel | 4,243 | -11 |
| 45 | Richard | 4,211 | +25 |
| 46 | Thelma | 4,203 | -7 |
| 47 | Annie | 4,103 | -11 |
| 48 | Josephine | 3,990 | -6 |
| 49 | Martha | 3,918 | -8 |
| 50 | Gertrude | 3,901 | -7 |
| 51 | Edith | 3,854 | -7 |
| 52 | Lucille | 3,774 | -7 |
| 53 | Louis | 3,613 | +25 |
| 54 | Clarence | 3,605 | +28 |
| 55 | Esther | 3,586 | -8 |
| 56 | Clara | 3,492 | -10 |
| 57 | Ralph | 3,449 | +28 |
| 58 | Emma | 3,367 | -10 |
| 59 | Bertha | 3,306 | -10 |
| 60 | Carl | 3,243 | +30 |
| 61 | Howard | 3,231 | +36 |
| 62 | Beatrice | 3,215 | -11 |
| 63 | Marion | 3,202 | +4 |
| 64 | Pauline | 3,172 | -8 |
| 65 | Eleanor | 3,126 | +5 |
| 66 | Fred | 3,115 | +14 |
| 67 | Agnes | 2,959 | -10 |
| 68 | Sarah | 2,935 | -8 |
| 69 | Elsie | 2,906 | -10 |
| 70 | Jack | 2,890 | +16 |
| 71 | Donald | 2,879 | +42 |
| 72 | David | 2,874 | +19 |
| 73 | Bessie | 2,848 | -15 |
| 74 | Julia | 2,838 | -12 |
| 75 | Francis | 2,789 | +18 |
| 76 | Ida | 2,754 | -13 |
| 77 | Jessie | 2,744 | -8 |
| 78 | Mabel | 2,729 | -17 |
| 79 | Doris | 2,677 | 0 |
| 80 | Ann | 2,675 | -5 |
| 81 | Eva | 2,648 | -17 |
| 82 | Bernice | 2,624 | -9 |
| 83 | Roy | 2,609 | +20 |
| 84 | Samuel | 2,608 | +20 |
| 85 | Myrtle | 2,604 | -15 |
| 86 | Pearl | 2,581 | -21 |
| 87 | Joe | 2,580 | +9 |
| 88 | Ernest | 2,578 | +19 |
| 89 | Viola | 2,550 | -21 |
| 90 | Kenneth | 2,549 | +34 |
| 91 | Katherine | 2,546 | -14 |
| 92 | Earl | 2,539 | +17 |
| 93 | Anthony | 2,488 | +18 |
| 94 | Lawrence | 2,476 | +22 |
| 94 | Marjorie | 2,476 | -11 |
| 96 | Laura | 2,422 | -15 |
| 97 | Anne | 2,376 | -8 |
| 98 | Nellie | 2,375 | -22 |
| 99 | Minnie | 2,306 | -25 |
| 100 | Herbert | 2,248 | +26 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.