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

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1912 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1911						Change from 1911
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	32,304	5.506	0	7,914	1	John	24,587	5.446	0	11,141
2	Helen	16,133	2.750	0	4,332	2	William	19,626	4.347	0	9,033
3	Dorothy	12,645	2.155	1	3,776	3	James	17,644	3.908	0	7,693
4	Margaret	12,536	2.137	-1	3,257	4	Robert	12,836	2.843	1	6,310
5	Ruth	11,280	1.923	0	3,277	5	Joseph	12,062	2.672	1	5,574
6	Mildred	8,764	1.494	2	2,493	6	George	11,734	2.599	-2	5,148
7	Anna	8,586	1.463	-1	1,833	7	Charles	11,070	2.452	0	5,345
8	Elizabeth	8,528	1.454	-1	2,230	8	Edward	7,936	1.758	1	3,772
9	Frances	6,680	1.139	1	1,713	9	Frank	7,912	1.753	-1	3,598
10	Marie	6,642	1.132	-1	1,625	10	Thomas	6,087	1.348	0	2,795
11	Alice	6,285	1.071	0	1,472	11	Walter	5,808	1.287	1	2,734
12	Florence	5,739	0.978	0	1,315	12	Henry	5,643	1.250	-1	2,476
13	Evelyn	5,620	0.958	3	1,545	13	Harold	5,102	1.130	3	2,654
14	Lillian	5,568	0.949	-1	1,201	14	Paul	4,785	1.060	3	2,392
15	Rose	5,431	0.926	-1	1,280	15	Arthur	4,685	1.038	3	2,309
16	Edna	5,136	0.875	1	1,179	16	Harry	4,624	1.024	-3	2,086
17	Louise	5,116	0.872	2	1,391	17	Albert	4,587	1.016	-2	2,109
18	Ethel	5,073	0.865	-3	932	18	Raymond	4,374	0.969	1	2,286
19	Gladys	4,980	0.849	-1	1,047	19	Richard	4,188	0.928	1	2,158
20	Virginia	4,810	0.820	6	1,547	20	Louis	3,591	0.795	1	1,753
21	Catherine	4,666	0.795	-1	1,101	21	Clarence	3,590	0.795	2	1,815
22	Irene	4,646	0.792	-1	1,144	22	Willie	3,508	0.777	-8	1,016
23	Ruby	4,452	0.759	-1	1,080	23	Ralph	3,435	0.761	1	1,761
24	Grace	4,418	0.753	-1	1,114	24	Carl	3,224	0.714	2	1,650
25	Hazel	4,197	0.715	0	907	25	Howard	3,212	0.711	3	1,745
26	Thelma	4,183	0.713	1	1,017	26	Fred	3,103	0.687	-4	1,295
27	Annie	4,083	0.696	-3	785	27	Donald	2,872	0.636	9	1,597
28	Josephine	3,980	0.678	1	969	28	Jack	2,870	0.636	-3	1,202
29	Martha	3,911	0.667	-1	892	29	David	2,858	0.633	-2	1,302
30	Gertrude	3,887	0.663	0	992	30	Samuel	2,602	0.576	0	1,204
31	Edith	3,841	0.655	0	1,016	31	Roy	2,591	0.574	0	1,197
32	Lucille	3,763	0.641	0	1,023	32	Ernest	2,569	0.569	0	1,231
33	Esther	3,569	0.608	1	893	33	Kenneth	2,538	0.562	7	1,389
34	Clara	3,480	0.593	-1	789	34	Earl	2,518	0.558	0	1,213
35	Emma	3,357	0.572	0	741	35	Francis	2,516	0.557	-2	1,205
36	Bertha	3,288	0.560	0	682	36	Joe	2,515	0.557	-7	1,066
37	Beatrice	3,205	0.546	0	683	37	Anthony	2,480	0.549	-2	1,192
38	Pauline	3,163	0.539	0	818	38	Lawrence	2,467	0.546	-1	1,246
39	Eleanor	3,120	0.532	10	1,085	39	Herbert	2,236	0.495	2	1,111
40	Agnes	2,945	0.502	-1	630	40	Alfred	2,210	0.490	-1	1,052
41	Sarah	2,919	0.498	1	718	41	Eugene	2,114	0.468	2	1,056
42	Elsie	2,895	0.493	-1	671	42	Michael	2,104	0.466	-4	945
43	Bessie	2,832	0.483	-3	553	43	Stanley	2,017	0.447	1	1,020
44	Julia	2,825	0.481	0	667	44	Andrew	1,946	0.431	-2	848
45	Ida	2,740	0.467	0	621	45	Leonard	1,928	0.427	1	975
46	Mabel	2,714	0.463	-3	543	46	Woodrow	1,843	0.408	188	1,722
47	Ann	2,666	0.454	6	784	47	Elmer	1,840	0.408	1	946
48	Doris	2,657	0.453	8	845	48	Peter	1,679	0.372	2	834
49	Eva	2,636	0.449	-3	527	49	Leo	1,654	0.366	2	810
50	Myrtle	2,599	0.443	0	566	50	Herman	1,646	0.365	-1	793

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.