United States · 988,061 recorded births
Top baby names of 1912
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: Maxine (up 18), Barbara (up 17), Glenn (up 27), Jerome (up 26).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 1911 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 32,304 | · |
| 2 | Helen | 16,133 | · |
| 3 | Dorothy | 12,645 | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | Margaret | 12,536 | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | Ruth | 11,280 | · |
| 6 | Mildred | 8,764 | ▲ 2 |
| 7 | Anna | 8,586 | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 8,527 | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Frances | 6,680 | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Marie | 6,642 | ▼ 1 |
| 11 | Alice | 6,285 | · |
| 12 | Florence | 5,739 | · |
| 13 | Evelyn | 5,620 | ▲ 3 |
| 14 | Lillian | 5,568 | ▼ 1 |
| 15 | Rose | 5,431 | ▼ 1 |
| 16 | Edna | 5,136 | ▲ 1 |
| 17 | Louise | 5,116 | ▲ 2 |
| 18 | Ethel | 5,073 | ▼ 3 |
| 19 | Gladys | 4,980 | ▼ 1 |
| 20 | Virginia | 4,810 | ▲ 6 |
| 21 | Catherine | 4,666 | ▼ 1 |
| 22 | Irene | 4,646 | ▼ 1 |
| 23 | Ruby | 4,452 | ▼ 1 |
| 24 | Grace | 4,418 | ▼ 1 |
| 25 | Hazel | 4,197 | · |
| 26 | Thelma | 4,183 | ▲ 1 |
| 27 | Annie | 4,083 | ▼ 3 |
| 28 | Josephine | 3,980 | ▲ 1 |
| 29 | Martha | 3,911 | ▼ 1 |
| 30 | Gertrude | 3,887 | · |
| 31 | Edith | 3,842 | · |
| 32 | Lucille | 3,763 | · |
| 33 | Esther | 3,569 | ▲ 1 |
| 34 | Clara | 3,480 | ▼ 1 |
| 35 | Emma | 3,357 | · |
| 36 | Bertha | 3,288 | · |
| 37 | Beatrice | 3,205 | · |
| 38 | Pauline | 3,163 | · |
| 39 | Eleanor | 3,120 | ▲ 10 |
| 40 | Agnes | 2,945 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Sarah | 2,919 | ▲ 1 |
| 42 | Elsie | 2,895 | ▼ 1 |
| 43 | Bessie | 2,832 | ▼ 3 |
| 44 | Julia | 2,825 | · |
| 45 | Ida | 2,740 | · |
| 46 | Mabel | 2,714 | ▼ 3 |
| 47 | Ann | 2,666 | ▲ 6 |
| 48 | Doris | 2,657 | ▲ 8 |
| 49 | Eva | 2,636 | ▼ 3 |
| 50 | Myrtle | 2,599 | · |
| 51 | Bernice | 2,593 | · |
| 52 | Viola | 2,550 | ▼ 5 |
| 53 | Katherine | 2,546 | ▲ 2 |
| 54 | Pearl | 2,528 | ▼ 6 |
| 55 | Marion | 2,522 | ▲ 3 |
| 56 | Marjorie | 2,468 | ▲ 3 |
| 57 | Laura | 2,413 | · |
| 58 | Anne | 2,369 | ▲ 6 |
| 59 | Nellie | 2,365 | ▼ 5 |
| 60 | Minnie | 2,295 | ▼ 8 |
| 61 | Willie | 2,267 | · |
| 62 | Alma | 2,183 | · |
| 63 | Lois | 2,146 | ▲ 5 |
| 64 | Jean | 2,056 | ▲ 10 |
| 65 | Jessie | 2,052 | ▲ 1 |
| 66 | Betty | 2,011 | ▲ 3 |
| 67 | Lillie | 2,003 | ▼ 7 |
| 68 | Vera | 1,974 | ▼ 1 |
| 69 | Ella | 1,921 | ▼ 6 |
| 70 | Mattie | 1,915 | ▼ 5 |
| 71 | Kathryn | 1,905 | ▲ 2 |
| 72 | Lena | 1,903 | ▼ 2 |
| 73 | Stella | 1,834 | ▼ 1 |
| 74 | Mae | 1,775 | ▼ 3 |
| 75 | Blanche | 1,761 | · |
| 76 | Leona | 1,650 | · |
| 77 | Sylvia | 1,639 | ▲ 5 |
| 78 | Lucy | 1,636 | ▼ 1 |
| 79 | Marguerite | 1,620 | ▲ 8 |
| 80 | Beulah | 1,607 | ▼ 1 |
| 81 | Jennie | 1,595 | ▲ 4 |
| 82 | Carrie | 1,580 | ▼ 4 |
| 83 | Violet | 1,535 | · |
| 84 | Vivian | 1,487 | ▼ 4 |
| 85 | Opal | 1,465 | ▼ 4 |
| 86 | Ellen | 1,449 | ▼ 2 |
| 87 | Fannie | 1,425 | ▲ 1 |
| 88 | Velma | 1,403 | ▲ 2 |
| 89 | Jane | 1,390 | ▲ 9 |
| 90 | Hattie | 1,389 | ▼ 4 |
| 91 | Charlotte | 1,375 | ▲ 4 |
| 92 | Genevieve | 1,353 | ▲ 1 |
| 93 | Marian | 1,313 | ▲ 12 |
| 94 | Rosa | 1,305 | ▼ 2 |
| 95 | Mamie | 1,273 | ▼ 6 |
| 96 | Ada | 1,268 | ▲ 1 |
| 97 | Theresa | 1,268 | ▲ 3 |
| 98 | Cora | 1,253 | ▼ 7 |
| 99 | Wilma | 1,241 | ▲ 3 |
| 100 | Inez | 1,228 | ▼ 1 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 1911 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 24,588 | · |
| 2 | William | 19,626 | · |
| 3 | James | 17,644 | · |
| 4 | Robert | 12,836 | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | Joseph | 12,062 | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | George | 11,734 | ▼ 2 |
| 7 | Charles | 11,070 | · |
| 8 | Edward | 7,936 | ▲ 1 |
| 9 | Frank | 7,912 | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | Thomas | 6,087 | · |
| 11 | Walter | 5,809 | ▲ 1 |
| 12 | Henry | 5,643 | ▼ 1 |
| 13 | Harold | 5,102 | ▲ 3 |
| 14 | Paul | 4,785 | ▲ 3 |
| 15 | Arthur | 4,685 | ▲ 3 |
| 16 | Harry | 4,624 | ▼ 3 |
| 17 | Albert | 4,587 | ▼ 2 |
| 18 | Raymond | 4,374 | ▲ 1 |
| 19 | Richard | 4,188 | ▲ 1 |
| 20 | Louis | 3,591 | ▲ 1 |
| 21 | Clarence | 3,590 | ▲ 2 |
| 22 | Willie | 3,508 | ▼ 8 |
| 23 | Ralph | 3,435 | ▲ 1 |
| 24 | Carl | 3,224 | ▲ 2 |
| 25 | Howard | 3,212 | ▲ 3 |
| 26 | Fred | 3,103 | ▼ 4 |
| 27 | Donald | 2,872 | ▲ 9 |
| 28 | Jack | 2,870 | ▼ 3 |
| 29 | David | 2,858 | ▼ 2 |
| 30 | Samuel | 2,602 | · |
| 31 | Roy | 2,591 | · |
| 32 | Ernest | 2,569 | · |
| 33 | Kenneth | 2,538 | ▲ 7 |
| 34 | Earl | 2,518 | · |
| 35 | Francis | 2,516 | ▼ 2 |
| 36 | Joe | 2,515 | ▼ 7 |
| 37 | Anthony | 2,480 | ▼ 2 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 2,467 | ▼ 1 |
| 39 | Herbert | 2,236 | ▲ 2 |
| 40 | Alfred | 2,210 | ▼ 1 |
| 41 | Eugene | 2,114 | ▲ 2 |
| 42 | Michael | 2,104 | ▼ 4 |
| 43 | Stanley | 2,017 | ▲ 1 |
| 44 | Andrew | 1,946 | ▼ 2 |
| 45 | Leonard | 1,928 | ▲ 1 |
| 46 | Woodrow | 1,843 | new |
| 47 | Elmer | 1,840 | ▲ 1 |
| 48 | Peter | 1,679 | ▲ 2 |
| 49 | Leo | 1,654 | ▲ 2 |
| 50 | Herman | 1,646 | ▼ 1 |
| 51 | Frederick | 1,564 | ▲ 1 |
| 52 | Theodore | 1,561 | ▲ 4 |
| 53 | Daniel | 1,524 | · |
| 54 | Edwin | 1,518 | ▲ 6 |
| 55 | Chester | 1,460 | ▲ 3 |
| 56 | Russell | 1,449 | ▼ 1 |
| 57 | Charlie | 1,446 | ▼ 12 |
| 58 | Lester | 1,443 | ▲ 7 |
| 59 | Floyd | 1,438 | ▼ 2 |
| 60 | Bernard | 1,437 | ▼ 6 |
| 61 | Norman | 1,367 | ▲ 2 |
| 62 | Clifford | 1,345 | · |
| 63 | Sam | 1,325 | ▼ 16 |
| 64 | Milton | 1,319 | ▲ 6 |
| 65 | Clyde | 1,314 | ▼ 4 |
| 66 | Leroy | 1,306 | ▼ 7 |
| 67 | Benjamin | 1,272 | ▼ 3 |
| 68 | Lewis | 1,247 | ▼ 2 |
| 69 | Philip | 1,237 | · |
| 70 | Lloyd | 1,227 | ▲ 4 |
| 71 | Melvin | 1,185 | ▲ 2 |
| 72 | Vincent | 1,178 | ▲ 8 |
| 73 | Oscar | 1,157 | ▼ 5 |
| 74 | Jesse | 1,106 | ▼ 2 |
| 75 | Martin | 1,064 | · |
| 76 | Cecil | 1,058 | · |
| 77 | Ray | 1,050 | ▼ 6 |
| 78 | Lee | 1,030 | ▼ 11 |
| 79 | Leon | 1,006 | ▼ 2 |
| 80 | Sidney | 1,003 | ▲ 12 |
| 81 | Victor | 989 | · |
| 82 | Morris | 960 | ▲ 3 |
| 83 | Marvin | 958 | ▼ 1 |
| 84 | Glenn | 948 | ▲ 27 |
| 85 | Edgar | 945 | ▼ 2 |
| 86 | Alvin | 929 | ▲ 3 |
| 87 | Gerald | 929 | ▲ 1 |
| 88 | Stephen | 928 | ▼ 4 |
| 89 | Claude | 890 | ▼ 2 |
| 90 | Vernon | 889 | ▲ 6 |
| 91 | Harvey | 875 | · |
| 92 | Wilbur | 832 | ▲ 9 |
| 93 | Gordon | 822 | ▲ 4 |
| 94 | Irving | 815 | ▼ 1 |
| 95 | Maurice | 811 | ▲ 4 |
| 96 | Everett | 806 | ▲ 6 |
| 97 | Alexander | 803 | ▼ 3 |
| 98 | Homer | 794 | ▼ 3 |
| 99 | Arnold | 767 | ▲ 9 |
| 100 | Julius | 758 | ▲ 4 |