Top Baby Names of 1912
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1912, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1912)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 24,588 |
| 2 | William | 19,626 |
| 3 | James | 17,644 |
| 4 | Robert | 12,836 |
| 5 | Joseph | 12,062 |
| 6 | George | 11,734 |
| 7 | Charles | 11,070 |
| 8 | Edward | 7,936 |
| 9 | Frank | 7,912 |
| 10 | Thomas | 6,087 |
| 11 | Walter | 5,809 |
| 12 | Henry | 5,643 |
| 13 | Harold | 5,102 |
| 14 | Paul | 4,785 |
| 15 | Arthur | 4,685 |
| 16 | Harry | 4,624 |
| 17 | Albert | 4,587 |
| 18 | Raymond | 4,374 |
| 19 | Richard | 4,188 |
| 20 | Louis | 3,591 |
| 21 | Clarence | 3,590 |
| 22 | Willie | 3,508 |
| 23 | Ralph | 3,435 |
| 24 | Carl | 3,224 |
| 25 | Howard | 3,212 |
| 26 | Fred | 3,103 |
| 27 | Donald | 2,872 |
| 28 | Jack | 2,870 |
| 29 | David | 2,858 |
| 30 | Samuel | 2,602 |
| 31 | Roy | 2,591 |
| 32 | Ernest | 2,569 |
| 33 | Kenneth | 2,538 |
| 34 | Earl | 2,518 |
| 35 | Francis | 2,516 |
| 36 | Joe | 2,515 |
| 37 | Anthony | 2,480 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 2,467 |
| 39 | Herbert | 2,236 |
| 40 | Alfred | 2,210 |
| 41 | Eugene | 2,114 |
| 42 | Michael | 2,104 |
| 43 | Stanley | 2,017 |
| 44 | Andrew | 1,946 |
| 45 | Leonard | 1,928 |
| 46 | Woodrow | 1,843 |
| 47 | Elmer | 1,840 |
| 48 | Peter | 1,679 |
| 49 | Leo | 1,654 |
| 50 | Herman | 1,646 |
| 51 | Frederick | 1,564 |
| 52 | Theodore | 1,561 |
| 53 | Daniel | 1,524 |
| 54 | Edwin | 1,518 |
| 55 | Chester | 1,460 |
| 56 | Russell | 1,449 |
| 57 | Charlie | 1,446 |
| 58 | Lester | 1,443 |
| 59 | Floyd | 1,438 |
| 60 | Bernard | 1,437 |
| 61 | Norman | 1,367 |
| 62 | Clifford | 1,345 |
| 63 | Sam | 1,325 |
| 64 | Milton | 1,319 |
| 65 | Clyde | 1,314 |
| 66 | Leroy | 1,306 |
| 67 | Benjamin | 1,272 |
| 68 | Lewis | 1,247 |
| 69 | Philip | 1,237 |
| 70 | Lloyd | 1,227 |
| 71 | Melvin | 1,185 |
| 72 | Vincent | 1,178 |
| 73 | Oscar | 1,157 |
| 74 | Jesse | 1,106 |
| 75 | Martin | 1,064 |
| 76 | Cecil | 1,058 |
| 77 | Ray | 1,050 |
| 78 | Lee | 1,030 |
| 79 | Leon | 1,006 |
| 80 | Sidney | 1,003 |
| 81 | Victor | 989 |
| 82 | Morris | 960 |
| 83 | Marvin | 958 |
| 84 | Glenn | 948 |
| 85 | Edgar | 945 |
| 86 | Alvin | 929 |
| 87 | Gerald | 929 |
| 88 | Stephen | 928 |
| 89 | Claude | 890 |
| 90 | Vernon | 889 |
| 91 | Harvey | 875 |
| 92 | Wilbur | 832 |
| 93 | Gordon | 822 |
| 94 | Irving | 815 |
| 95 | Maurice | 811 |
| 96 | Everett | 806 |
| 97 | Alexander | 803 |
| 98 | Homer | 794 |
| 99 | Arnold | 767 |
| 100 | Julius | 758 |