Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1912

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1912 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	32,304	5.506	-125	-29,977	1	John	24,587	5.446	-26	-15,468
2	Helen	16,133	2.750	-411	-15,388	2	William	19,626	4.347	-1	-5,110
3	Dorothy	12,645	2.155	-583	-12,128	3	James	17,644	3.908	-1	-4,119
4	Margaret	12,536	2.137	-123	-10,224	4	Robert	12,836	2.843	-67	-7,696
5	Ruth	11,280	1.923	-260	-10,046	5	Joseph	12,062	2.672	-18	-2,507
6	Mildred	8,764	1.494	-2,063	-8,671	6	George	11,734	2.599	-121	-8,675
7	Anna	8,586	1.463	-47	-4,441	7	Charles	11,070	2.452	-45	-4,466
8	Elizabeth	8,528	1.454	-5	-15	8	Edward	7,936	1.758	-161	-5,668
9	Frances	6,680	1.139	-436	-5,965	9	Frank	7,912	1.753	-383	-7,109
10	Marie	6,642	1.132	-566	-6,112	10	Thomas	6,087	1.348	-39	692
11	Alice	6,285	1.071	-60	-2,642	11	Walter	5,808	1.287	-260	-4,505
12	Florence	5,739	0.978	-959	-5,470	12	Henry	5,643	1.250	-4	5,006
13	Evelyn	5,620	0.958	3	4,756	13	Harold	5,102	1.130	-784	-4,821
14	Lillian	5,568	0.949	-20	-34	14	Paul	4,785	1.060	-220	-3,160
15	Rose	5,431	0.926	-108	-2,999	15	Arthur	4,685	1.038	-215	-3,043
16	Edna	5,136	0.875	-1,721	-5,019	16	Harry	4,624	1.024	-604	-4,197
17	Louise	5,116	0.872	-783	-4,777	17	Albert	4,587	1.016	-435	-3,930
18	Ethel	5,073	0.865	-4,338	-5,041	18	Raymond	4,374	0.969	-281	-3,225
19	Gladys	4,980	0.849	-3,420	-4,935	19	Richard	4,188	0.928	-169	-2,069
20	Virginia	4,810	0.820	-520	-4,232	20	Louis	3,591	0.795	-243	-2,223
21	Catherine	4,666	0.795	-183	-3,168	21	Clarence	3,590	0.795	-1,095	-3,418
22	Irene	4,646	0.792	-615	-4,182	22	Willie	3,508	0.777	-912	-3,284
23	Ruby	4,452	0.759	-51	-900	23	Ralph	3,435	0.761	-928	-3,218
24	Grace	4,418	0.753	0	2,306	24	Carl	3,224	0.714	-676	-2,882
25	Hazel	4,197	0.715	-17	719	25	Howard	3,212	0.711	-943	-2,999
26	Thelma	4,183	0.713	-4,932	-4,156	26	Fred	3,103	0.687	-1,624	-3,006
27	Annie	4,083	0.696	-281	-3,003	27	Donald	2,872	0.636	-499	-2,339
28	Josephine	3,980	0.678	-63	-957	28	Jack	2,870	0.636	0	5,964
29	Martha	3,911	0.667	-768	-3,570	29	David	2,858	0.633	7	6,839
30	Gertrude	3,887	0.663	-5,456	-3,864	30	Samuel	2,602	0.576	9	7,132
31	Edith	3,841	0.655	-487	-3,242	31	Roy	2,591	0.574	-511	-2,077
32	Lucille	3,763	0.641	-263	-2,648	32	Ernest	2,569	0.569	-946	-2,359
33	Esther	3,569	0.608	-120	-1,738	33	Kenneth	2,538	0.562	-193	-883
34	Clara	3,480	0.593	-69	-603	34	Earl	2,518	0.558	-1,630	-2,423
35	Emma	3,357	0.572	34	15,331	35	Francis	2,516	0.557	-445	-1,910
36	Bertha	3,288	0.560	-4,723	-3,260	36	Joe	2,515	0.557	-659	-2,170
37	Beatrice	3,205	0.546	-536	-2,670	37	Anthony	2,480	0.549	-1	5,523
38	Pauline	3,163	0.539	-2,747	-3,102	38	Lawrence	2,467	0.546	-460	-1,894
39	Eleanor	3,120	0.532	7	2,574	39	Herbert	2,236	0.495	-1,988	-2,165
40	Agnes	2,945	0.502	-1,164	-2,750	40	Alfred	2,210	0.490	-832	-1,961
41	Sarah	2,919	0.498	-26	815	41	Eugene	2,114	0.468	-821	-1,862
42	Elsie	2,895	0.493	-238	-1,717	42	Michael	2,104	0.466	28	9,516
43	Bessie	2,832	0.483	-10,582	-2,823	43	Stanley	2,017	0.447	-664	-1,678
44	Julia	2,825	0.481	-49	164	44	Andrew	1,946	0.431	1	5,288
45	Ida	2,740	0.467	-1,176	-2,550	45	Leonard	1,928	0.427	-588	-1,513
46	Mabel	2,714	0.463	-390	-1,992	46	Woodrow	1,843	0.408	-1,828	-1,763
47	Ann	2,666	0.454	-936	-2,399	47	Elmer	1,840	0.408	-1,212	-1,695
48	Doris	2,657	0.453	-1,766	-2,546	48	Peter	1,679	0.372	-163	133
49	Eva	2,636	0.449	-26	906	49	Leo	1,654	0.366	-1	5,065
50	Myrtle	2,599	0.443	OLD	-2,599	50	Herman	1,646	0.365	-2,182	-1,585

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.