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Most popular baby names in the US, 1912

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1912, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and John led the year.

Girls

	Name	Births
1	Mary	32,304
2	Helen	16,133
3	Dorothy	12,645
4	Margaret	12,536
5	Ruth	11,280
6	Mildred	8,764
7	Anna	8,586
8	Elizabeth	8,527
9	Frances	6,680
10	Marie	6,642
11	Alice	6,285
12	Florence	5,739
13	Evelyn	5,620
14	Lillian	5,568
15	Rose	5,431
16	Edna	5,136
17	Louise	5,116
18	Ethel	5,073
19	Gladys	4,980
20	Virginia	4,810
21	Catherine	4,666
22	Irene	4,646
23	Ruby	4,452
24	Grace	4,418
25	Hazel	4,197
26	Thelma	4,183
27	Annie	4,083
28	Josephine	3,980
29	Martha	3,911
30	Gertrude	3,887
31	Edith	3,842
32	Lucille	3,763
33	Esther	3,569
34	Clara	3,480
35	Emma	3,357
36	Bertha	3,288
37	Beatrice	3,205
38	Pauline	3,163
39	Eleanor	3,120
40	Agnes	2,945
41	Sarah	2,919
42	Elsie	2,895
43	Bessie	2,832
44	Julia	2,825
45	Ida	2,740
46	Mabel	2,714
47	Ann	2,666
48	Doris	2,657
49	Eva	2,636
50	Myrtle	2,599
51	Bernice	2,593
52	Viola	2,550
53	Katherine	2,546
54	Pearl	2,528
55	Marion	2,522
56	Marjorie	2,468
57	Laura	2,413
58	Anne	2,369
59	Nellie	2,365
60	Minnie	2,295
61	Willie	2,267
62	Alma	2,183
63	Lois	2,146
64	Jean	2,056
65	Jessie	2,052
66	Betty	2,011
67	Lillie	2,003
68	Vera	1,974
69	Ella	1,921
70	Mattie	1,915
71	Kathryn	1,905
72	Lena	1,903
73	Stella	1,834
74	Mae	1,775
75	Blanche	1,761
76	Leona	1,650
77	Sylvia	1,639
78	Lucy	1,636
79	Marguerite	1,620
80	Beulah	1,607
81	Jennie	1,595
82	Carrie	1,580
83	Violet	1,535
84	Vivian	1,487
85	Opal	1,465
86	Ellen	1,449
87	Fannie	1,425
88	Velma	1,403
89	Jane	1,390
90	Hattie	1,389
91	Charlotte	1,375
92	Genevieve	1,353
93	Marian	1,313
94	Rosa	1,305
95	Mamie	1,273
96	Ada	1,268
97	Theresa	1,268
98	Cora	1,253
99	Wilma	1,241
100	Inez	1,228

Boys

	Name	Births
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

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.