Top Names of 1912

The most popular names recorded in 1912 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary32,304
2Helen16,133
3Dorothy12,645
4Margaret12,536
5Ruth11,280
6Mildred8,764
7Anna8,586
8Elizabeth8,527
9Frances6,680
10Marie6,642
11Alice6,285
12Florence5,739
13Evelyn5,620
14Lillian5,568
15Rose5,431
16Edna5,136
17Louise5,116
18Ethel5,073
19Gladys4,980
20Virginia4,810
21Catherine4,666
22Irene4,646
23Ruby4,452
24Grace4,418
25Hazel4,197
26Thelma4,183
27Annie4,083
28Josephine3,980
29Martha3,911
30Gertrude3,887
31Edith3,842
32Lucille3,763
33Esther3,569
34Clara3,480
35Emma3,357
36Bertha3,288
37Beatrice3,205
38Pauline3,163
39Eleanor3,120
40Agnes2,945
41Sarah2,919
42Elsie2,895
43Bessie2,832
44Julia2,825
45Ida2,740
46Mabel2,714
47Ann2,666
48Doris2,657
49Eva2,636
50Myrtle2,599

Boys

#NameBabies
1John24,588
2William19,626
3James17,644
4Robert12,836
5Joseph12,062
6George11,734
7Charles11,070
8Edward7,936
9Frank7,912
10Thomas6,087
11Walter5,809
12Henry5,643
13Harold5,102
14Paul4,785
15Arthur4,685
16Harry4,624
17Albert4,587
18Raymond4,374
19Richard4,188
20Louis3,591
21Clarence3,590
22Willie3,508
23Ralph3,435
24Carl3,224
25Howard3,212
26Fred3,103
27Donald2,872
28Jack2,870
29David2,858
30Samuel2,602
31Roy2,591
32Ernest2,569
33Kenneth2,538
34Earl2,518
35Francis2,516
36Joe2,515
37Anthony2,480
38Lawrence2,467
39Herbert2,236
40Alfred2,210
41Eugene2,114
42Michael2,104
43Stanley2,017
44Andrew1,946
45Leonard1,928
46Woodrow1,843
47Elmer1,840
48Peter1,679
49Leo1,654
50Herman1,646