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The most popular baby names of 1912

SSA recorded 988,061 births in 1912 across all reported names — 558,119 girls and 429,942 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1912

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1911.
#NameBirthsvs 1911
1 Mary 32,304 —
2 Helen 16,133 —
3 Dorothy 12,645 +1
4 Margaret 12,536 -1
5 Ruth 11,280 —
6 Mildred 8,764 +2
7 Anna 8,586 -1
8 Elizabeth 8,527 -1
9 Frances 6,680 +1
10 Marie 6,642 -1
11 Alice 6,285 —
12 Florence 5,739 —
13 Evelyn 5,620 +3
14 Lillian 5,568 -1
15 Rose 5,431 -1
16 Edna 5,136 +1
17 Louise 5,116 +2
18 Ethel 5,073 -3
19 Gladys 4,980 -1
20 Virginia 4,810 +6
21 Catherine 4,666 -1
22 Irene 4,646 -1
23 Ruby 4,452 -1
24 Grace 4,418 -1
25 Hazel 4,197 —
26 Thelma 4,183 +1
27 Annie 4,083 -3
28 Josephine 3,980 +1
29 Martha 3,911 -1
30 Gertrude 3,887 —
31 Edith 3,842 —
32 Lucille 3,763 —
33 Esther 3,569 +1
34 Clara 3,480 -1
35 Emma 3,357 —
36 Bertha 3,288 —
37 Beatrice 3,205 —
38 Pauline 3,163 —
39 Eleanor 3,120 +10
40 Agnes 2,945 -1
41 Sarah 2,919 +1
42 Elsie 2,895 -1
43 Bessie 2,832 -3
44 Julia 2,825 —
45 Ida 2,740 —
46 Mabel 2,714 -3
47 Ann 2,666 +6
48 Doris 2,657 +8
49 Eva 2,636 -3
50 Myrtle 2,599 —
51 Bernice 2,593 —
52 Viola 2,550 -5
53 Katherine 2,546 +2
54 Pearl 2,528 -6
55 Marion 2,522 +3
56 Marjorie 2,468 +3
57 Laura 2,413 —
58 Anne 2,369 +6
59 Nellie 2,365 -5
60 Minnie 2,295 -8
61 Willie 2,267 —
62 Alma 2,183 —
63 Lois 2,146 +5
64 Jean 2,056 +10
65 Jessie 2,052 +1
66 Betty 2,011 +3
67 Lillie 2,003 -7
68 Vera 1,974 -1
69 Ella 1,921 -6
70 Mattie 1,915 -5
71 Kathryn 1,905 +2
72 Lena 1,903 -2
73 Stella 1,834 -1
74 Mae 1,775 -4
75 Blanche 1,761 —
76 Leona 1,650 —
77 Sylvia 1,639 +5
78 Lucy 1,636 -1
79 Marguerite 1,620 +8
80 Beulah 1,607 -1
81 Jennie 1,595 +4
82 Carrie 1,580 -4
83 Violet 1,535 —
84 Vivian 1,487 -4
85 Opal 1,465 -4
86 Ellen 1,449 -2
87 Fannie 1,425 +1
88 Velma 1,403 +2
89 Jane 1,390 +9
90 Hattie 1,389 -4
91 Charlotte 1,375 +4
92 Genevieve 1,353 +1
93 Marian 1,313 +12
94 Rosa 1,305 -3
95 Mamie 1,273 -6
96 Ada 1,268 +1
96 Theresa 1,268 +4
98 Cora 1,253 -7
99 Wilma 1,241 +3
100 Inez 1,228 -1

Top 100 boys' names in 1912

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1911.
#NameBirthsvs 1911
1 John 24,588 —
2 William 19,626 —
3 James 17,644 —
4 Robert 12,836 +1
5 Joseph 12,062 +1
6 George 11,734 -2
7 Charles 11,070 —
8 Edward 7,936 +1
9 Frank 7,912 -1
10 Thomas 6,087 —
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 —
31 Roy 2,591 —
32 Ernest 2,569 —
33 Kenneth 2,538 +7
34 Earl 2,518 —
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 —
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 —
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 —
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 —
76 Cecil 1,058 —
77 Ray 1,050 -6
78 Lee 1,030 -11
79 Leon 1,006 -2
80 Sidney 1,003 +12
81 Victor 989 —
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 —
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

Names that climbed fastest in 1912

Ranked by places gained against 1911, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1912Rank 1911Change
Muriel girls 155 203 +48
June girls 205 236 +31
Glenn boys 84 111 +27
Jerome boys 132 159 +27
Veronica girls 178 203 +25
Patricia girls 195 218 +23
Franklin boys 129 152 +23
Roland boys 126 146 +20
Marcella girls 197 216 +19
Elnora girls 251 270 +19
Maxine girls 134 152 +18
Barbara girls 102 119 +17
Lorraine girls 176 193 +17
Eloise girls 202 219 +17
Sally girls 136 151 +15

Names that fell fastest in 1912

NameRank 1912Rank 1911Change
Will boys 213 146 -67
Jose boys 163 129 -34
Estella girls 227 194 -33
Gussie girls 282 249 -33
Bill boys 168 135 -33
Angelina girls 229 199 -30
Jessie boys 109 79 -30
Phillip boys 189 159 -30
Dan boys 194 164 -30
Lessie girls 290 261 -29
Rufus boys 175 146 -29
Callie girls 286 259 -27
Madge girls 296 269 -27
Eddie boys 104 78 -26
Manuel boys 137 112 -25

Names that first appear in 1912

1912 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.