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Top Baby Names 1912

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 558,119 · Total Boys: 429,943

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	32,304	5.788%
2	Helen	16,133	2.891%
3	Dorothy	12,645	2.266%
4	Margaret	12,536	2.246%
5	Ruth	11,280	2.021%
6	Mildred	8,764	1.570%
7	Anna	8,586	1.538%
8	Elizabeth	8,527	1.528%
9	Frances	6,680	1.197%
10	Marie	6,642	1.190%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Alice	6,285	1.126%
12	Florence	5,739	1.028%
13	Evelyn	5,620	1.007%
14	Lillian	5,568	0.998%
15	Rose	5,431	0.973%
16	Edna	5,136	0.920%
17	Louise	5,116	0.917%
18	Ethel	5,073	0.909%
19	Gladys	4,980	0.892%
20	Virginia	4,810	0.862%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Catherine	4,666	0.836%
22	Irene	4,646	0.832%
23	Ruby	4,452	0.798%
24	Grace	4,418	0.792%
25	Hazel	4,197	0.752%
26	Thelma	4,183	0.749%
27	Annie	4,083	0.732%
28	Josephine	3,980	0.713%
29	Martha	3,911	0.701%
30	Gertrude	3,887	0.696%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Edith	3,842	0.688%
32	Lucille	3,763	0.674%
33	Esther	3,569	0.639%
34	Clara	3,480	0.624%
35	Emma	3,357	0.601%
36	Bertha	3,288	0.589%
37	Beatrice	3,205	0.574%
38	Pauline	3,163	0.567%
39	Eleanor	3,120	0.559%
40	Agnes	2,945	0.528%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Sarah	2,919	0.523%
42	Elsie	2,895	0.519%
43	Bessie	2,832	0.507%
44	Julia	2,825	0.506%
45	Ida	2,740	0.491%
46	Mabel	2,714	0.486%
47	Ann	2,666	0.478%
48	Doris	2,657	0.476%
49	Eva	2,636	0.472%
50	Myrtle	2,599	0.466%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Bernice	2,593	0.465%
52	Viola	2,550	0.457%
53	Katherine	2,546	0.456%
54	Pearl	2,528	0.453%
55	Marion	2,522	0.452%
56	Marjorie	2,468	0.442%
57	Laura	2,413	0.432%
58	Anne	2,369	0.424%
59	Nellie	2,365	0.424%
60	Minnie	2,295	0.411%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Willie	2,267	0.406%
62	Alma	2,183	0.391%
63	Lois	2,146	0.385%
64	Jean	2,056	0.368%
65	Jessie	2,052	0.368%
66	Betty	2,011	0.360%
67	Lillie	2,003	0.359%
68	Vera	1,974	0.354%
69	Ella	1,921	0.344%
70	Mattie	1,915	0.343%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Kathryn	1,905	0.341%
72	Lena	1,903	0.341%
73	Stella	1,834	0.329%
74	Mae	1,775	0.318%
75	Blanche	1,761	0.316%
76	Leona	1,650	0.296%
77	Sylvia	1,639	0.294%
78	Lucy	1,636	0.293%
79	Marguerite	1,620	0.290%
80	Beulah	1,607	0.288%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Jennie	1,595	0.286%
82	Carrie	1,580	0.283%
83	Violet	1,535	0.275%
84	Vivian	1,487	0.266%
85	Opal	1,465	0.262%
86	Ellen	1,449	0.260%
87	Fannie	1,425	0.255%
88	Velma	1,403	0.251%
89	Jane	1,390	0.249%
90	Hattie	1,389	0.249%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Charlotte	1,375	0.246%
92	Genevieve	1,353	0.242%
93	Marian	1,313	0.235%
94	Rosa	1,305	0.234%
95	Mamie	1,273	0.228%
96	Ada	1,268	0.227%
97	Theresa	1,268	0.227%
98	Cora	1,253	0.225%
99	Wilma	1,241	0.222%
100	Inez	1,228	0.220%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	24,588	5.719%
2	William	19,626	4.565%
3	James	17,644	4.104%
4	Robert	12,836	2.986%
5	Joseph	12,062	2.805%
6	George	11,734	2.729%
7	Charles	11,070	2.575%
8	Edward	7,936	1.846%
9	Frank	7,912	1.840%
10	Thomas	6,087	1.416%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Walter	5,809	1.351%
12	Henry	5,643	1.313%
13	Harold	5,102	1.187%
14	Paul	4,785	1.113%
15	Arthur	4,685	1.090%
16	Harry	4,624	1.075%
17	Albert	4,587	1.067%
18	Raymond	4,374	1.017%
19	Richard	4,188	0.974%
20	Louis	3,591	0.835%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Clarence	3,590	0.835%
22	Willie	3,508	0.816%
23	Ralph	3,435	0.799%
24	Carl	3,224	0.750%
25	Howard	3,212	0.747%
26	Fred	3,103	0.722%
27	Donald	2,872	0.668%
28	Jack	2,870	0.668%
29	David	2,858	0.665%
30	Samuel	2,602	0.605%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Roy	2,591	0.603%
32	Ernest	2,569	0.598%
33	Kenneth	2,538	0.590%
34	Earl	2,518	0.586%
35	Francis	2,516	0.585%
36	Joe	2,515	0.585%
37	Anthony	2,480	0.577%
38	Lawrence	2,467	0.574%
39	Herbert	2,236	0.520%
40	Alfred	2,210	0.514%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Eugene	2,114	0.492%
42	Michael	2,104	0.489%
43	Stanley	2,017	0.469%
44	Andrew	1,946	0.453%
45	Leonard	1,928	0.448%
46	Woodrow	1,843	0.429%
47	Elmer	1,840	0.428%
48	Peter	1,679	0.391%
49	Leo	1,654	0.385%
50	Herman	1,646	0.383%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Frederick	1,564	0.364%
52	Theodore	1,561	0.363%
53	Daniel	1,524	0.354%
54	Edwin	1,518	0.353%
55	Chester	1,460	0.340%
56	Russell	1,449	0.337%
57	Charlie	1,446	0.336%
58	Lester	1,443	0.336%
59	Floyd	1,438	0.334%
60	Bernard	1,437	0.334%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Norman	1,367	0.318%
62	Clifford	1,345	0.313%
63	Sam	1,325	0.308%
64	Milton	1,319	0.307%
65	Clyde	1,314	0.306%
66	Leroy	1,306	0.304%
67	Benjamin	1,272	0.296%
68	Lewis	1,247	0.290%
69	Philip	1,237	0.288%
70	Lloyd	1,227	0.285%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Melvin	1,185	0.276%
72	Vincent	1,178	0.274%
73	Oscar	1,157	0.269%
74	Jesse	1,106	0.257%
75	Martin	1,064	0.247%
76	Cecil	1,058	0.246%
77	Ray	1,050	0.244%
78	Lee	1,030	0.240%
79	Leon	1,006	0.234%
80	Sidney	1,003	0.233%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Victor	989	0.230%
82	Morris	960	0.223%
83	Marvin	958	0.223%
84	Glenn	948	0.220%
85	Edgar	945	0.220%
86	Alvin	929	0.216%
87	Gerald	929	0.216%
88	Stephen	928	0.216%
89	Claude	890	0.207%
90	Vernon	889	0.207%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Harvey	875	0.204%
92	Wilbur	832	0.194%
93	Gordon	822	0.191%
94	Irving	815	0.190%
95	Maurice	811	0.189%
96	Everett	806	0.187%
97	Alexander	803	0.187%
98	Homer	794	0.185%
99	Arnold	767	0.178%
100	Julius	758	0.176%

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