Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1912
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1911.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1911 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 24,588 | 0 |
| 2 | William | 19,626 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 17,644 | 0 |
| 4 | Robert | 12,836 | +1 |
| 5 | Joseph | 12,062 | +1 |
| 6 | George | 11,734 | -2 |
| 7 | Charles | 11,070 | 0 |
| 8 | Edward | 7,936 | +1 |
| 9 | Frank | 7,912 | -1 |
| 10 | Thomas | 6,087 | 0 |
| 11 | Walter | 5,809 | +1 |
| 12 | Henry | 5,643 | -1 |
| 13 | Harold | 5,102 | +3 |
| 14 | Paul | 4,785 | +3 |
| 15 | Arthur | 4,685 | +3 |
| 16 | Harry | 4,624 | -3 |
| 17 | Albert | 4,587 | -2 |
| 18 | Raymond | 4,374 | +1 |
| 19 | Richard | 4,188 | +1 |
| 20 | Louis | 3,591 | +1 |
| 21 | Clarence | 3,590 | +2 |
| 22 | Willie | 3,508 | -8 |
| 23 | Ralph | 3,435 | +1 |
| 24 | Carl | 3,224 | +2 |
| 25 | Howard | 3,212 | +3 |
| 26 | Fred | 3,103 | -4 |
| 27 | Donald | 2,872 | +9 |
| 28 | Jack | 2,870 | -3 |
| 29 | David | 2,858 | -2 |
| 30 | Samuel | 2,602 | 0 |
| 31 | Roy | 2,591 | 0 |
| 32 | Ernest | 2,569 | 0 |
| 33 | Kenneth | 2,538 | +7 |
| 34 | Earl | 2,518 | 0 |
| 35 | Francis | 2,516 | -2 |
| 36 | Joe | 2,515 | -7 |
| 37 | Anthony | 2,480 | -2 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 2,467 | -1 |
| 39 | Herbert | 2,236 | +2 |
| 40 | Alfred | 2,210 | -1 |
| 41 | Eugene | 2,114 | +2 |
| 42 | Michael | 2,104 | -4 |
| 43 | Stanley | 2,017 | +1 |
| 44 | Andrew | 1,946 | -2 |
| 45 | Leonard | 1,928 | +1 |
| 46 | Woodrow | 1,843 | +186 |
| 47 | Elmer | 1,840 | +1 |
| 48 | Peter | 1,679 | +2 |
| 49 | Leo | 1,654 | +2 |
| 50 | Herman | 1,646 | -1 |
| 51 | Frederick | 1,564 | +1 |
| 52 | Theodore | 1,561 | +4 |
| 53 | Daniel | 1,524 | 0 |
| 54 | Edwin | 1,518 | +6 |
| 55 | Chester | 1,460 | +3 |
| 56 | Russell | 1,449 | -1 |
| 57 | Charlie | 1,446 | -12 |
| 58 | Lester | 1,443 | +7 |
| 59 | Floyd | 1,438 | -2 |
| 60 | Bernard | 1,437 | -6 |
| 61 | Norman | 1,367 | +2 |
| 62 | Clifford | 1,345 | 0 |
| 63 | Sam | 1,325 | -16 |
| 64 | Milton | 1,319 | +6 |
| 65 | Clyde | 1,314 | -4 |
| 66 | Leroy | 1,306 | -7 |
| 67 | Benjamin | 1,272 | -3 |
| 68 | Lewis | 1,247 | -2 |
| 69 | Philip | 1,237 | 0 |
| 70 | Lloyd | 1,227 | +4 |
| 71 | Melvin | 1,185 | +2 |
| 72 | Vincent | 1,178 | +8 |
| 73 | Oscar | 1,157 | -5 |
| 74 | Jesse | 1,106 | -2 |
| 75 | Martin | 1,064 | 0 |
| 76 | Cecil | 1,058 | 0 |
| 77 | Ray | 1,050 | -6 |
| 78 | Lee | 1,030 | -11 |
| 79 | Leon | 1,006 | -2 |
| 80 | Sidney | 1,003 | +12 |
| 81 | Victor | 989 | 0 |
| 82 | Morris | 960 | +3 |
| 83 | Marvin | 958 | -1 |
| 84 | Glenn | 948 | +27 |
| 85 | Edgar | 945 | -2 |
| 86 | Alvin | 929 | +3 |
| 86 | Gerald | 929 | +2 |
| 88 | Stephen | 928 | -5 |
| 89 | Claude | 890 | -2 |
| 90 | Vernon | 889 | +6 |
| 91 | Harvey | 875 | 0 |
| 92 | Wilbur | 832 | +9 |
| 93 | Gordon | 822 | +4 |
| 94 | Irving | 815 | -1 |
| 95 | Maurice | 811 | +4 |
| 96 | Everett | 806 | +6 |
| 97 | Alexander | 803 | -3 |
| 98 | Homer | 794 | -3 |
| 99 | Arnold | 767 | +9 |
| 100 | Julius | 758 | +4 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.