Birth year roster

Top names in 1912

The 100 most common names on 1912 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1912 baby-name charts, the top names among Greatest Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 115 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1910s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered32,304
#2Helen Endangered16,133
#3Dorothy Endangered12,645
#4Margaret Endangered12,536
#5Ruth Endangered11,280
#6Mildred Endangered8,764
#7Anna Declining8,586
#8Elizabeth Stable8,527
#9Frances Endangered6,680
#10Marie Endangered6,642
#11Alice Stable6,285
#12Florence Endangered5,739
#13Evelyn Stable5,620
#14Lillian Declining5,568
#15Rose Stable5,431
#16Edna Endangered5,136
#17Louise Endangered5,116
#18Ethel Endangered5,073
#19Gladys Endangered4,980
#20Virginia Endangered4,810
#21Catherine Endangered4,666
#22Irene Endangered4,646
#23Ruby Stable4,452
#24Grace Declining4,418
#25Hazel Rising4,197
#26Thelma Endangered4,183
#27Annie Rising4,083
#28Josephine Rising3,980
#29Martha Endangered3,911
#30Gertrude Endangered3,887
#31Edith Endangered3,842
#32Lucille Stable3,763
#33Esther Stable3,569
#34Clara Stable3,480
#35Emma Declining3,357
#36Bertha Endangered3,288
#37Beatrice Endangered3,205
#38Pauline Endangered3,163
#39Eleanor Rising3,120
#40Agnes Endangered2,945
#41Sarah Endangered2,919
#42Elsie Rising2,895
#43Bessie Endangered2,832
#44Julia Stable2,825
#45Ida Endangered2,740
#46Mabel Rising2,714
#47Ann Endangered2,666
#48Doris Endangered2,657
#49Eva Declining2,636
#50Myrtle Endangered2,599
#51Bernice Endangered2,593
#52Viola Endangered2,550
#53Katherine Declining2,546
#54Pearl Endangered2,528
#55Marion Endangered2,522
#56Marjorie Endangered2,468
#57Laura Endangered2,413
#58Anne Endangered2,369
#59Nellie Rising2,365
#60Minnie Endangered2,295
#61Willie Endangered2,267
#62Alma Rising2,183
#63Lois Endangered2,146
#64Jean Endangered2,056
#65Jessie Endangered2,052
#66Betty Endangered2,011
#67Lillie Stable2,003
#68Vera Stable1,974
#69Ella Declining1,921
#70Mattie Endangered1,915
#71Kathryn Endangered1,905
#72Lena Stable1,903
#73Stella Stable1,834
#74Mae Stable1,775
#75Blanche Endangered1,761
#76Leona Stable1,650
#77Sylvia Rising1,639
#78Lucy Stable1,636
#79Marguerite Endangered1,620
#80Beulah Endangered1,607
#81Jennie Endangered1,595
#82Carrie Endangered1,580
#83Violet Rising1,535
#84Vivian Stable1,487
#85Opal Rising1,465
#86Ellen Endangered1,449
#87Fannie Endangered1,425
#88Velma Endangered1,403
#89Jane Stable1,390
#90Hattie Rising1,389
#91Charlotte Stable1,375
#92Genevieve Stable1,353
#93Marian Endangered1,313
#94Rosa Stable1,305
#95Mamie Endangered1,273
#96Ada Rising1,268
#97Theresa Endangered1,268
#98Cora Stable1,253
#99Wilma Endangered1,241
#100Inez Endangered1,228

Boys

#1John Past peak24,588
#2William Declining19,626
#3James Stable17,644
#4Robert Endangered12,836
#5Joseph Declining12,062
#6George Stable11,734
#7Charles Stable11,070
#8Edward Endangered7,936
#9Frank Endangered7,912
#10Thomas Stable6,087
#11Walter Stable5,809
#12Henry Stable5,643
#13Harold Endangered5,102
#14Paul Endangered4,785
#15Arthur Rising4,685
#16Harry Endangered4,624
#17Albert Endangered4,587
#18Raymond Endangered4,374
#19Richard Endangered4,188
#20Louis Stable3,591
#21Clarence Endangered3,590
#22Willie Endangered3,508
#23Ralph Endangered3,435
#24Carl Endangered3,224
#25Howard Endangered3,212
#26Fred Endangered3,103
#27Donald Endangered2,872
#28Jack Stable2,870
#29David Past peak2,858
#30Samuel Stable2,602
#31Roy Endangered2,591
#32Ernest Endangered2,569
#33Kenneth Endangered2,538
#34Earl Endangered2,518
#35Francis Stable2,516
#36Joe Endangered2,515
#37Anthony Declining2,480
#38Lawrence Endangered2,467
#39Herbert Endangered2,236
#40Alfred Endangered2,210
#41Eugene Endangered2,114
#42Michael Past peak2,104
#43Stanley Endangered2,017
#44Andrew Declining1,946
#45Leonard Endangered1,928
#46Woodrow Endangered1,843
#47Elmer Endangered1,840
#48Peter Stable1,679
#49Leo Rising1,654
#50Herman Endangered1,646
#51Frederick Stable1,564
#52Theodore Rising1,561
#53Daniel Declining1,524
#54Edwin Stable1,518
#55Chester Endangered1,460
#56Russell Stable1,449
#57Charlie Rising1,446
#58Lester Endangered1,443
#59Floyd Endangered1,438
#60Bernard Endangered1,437
#61Norman Endangered1,367
#62Clifford Endangered1,345
#63Sam Stable1,325
#64Milton Endangered1,319
#65Clyde Stable1,314
#66Leroy Endangered1,306
#67Benjamin Declining1,272
#68Lewis Rising1,247
#69Philip Endangered1,237
#70Lloyd Endangered1,227
#71Melvin Endangered1,185
#72Vincent Stable1,178
#73Oscar Stable1,157
#74Jesse Stable1,106
#75Martin Stable1,064
#76Cecil Endangered1,058
#77Ray Endangered1,050
#78Lee Endangered1,030
#79Leon Rising1,006
#80Sidney Endangered1,003
#81Victor Declining989
#82Morris Endangered960
#83Marvin Endangered958
#84Glenn Endangered948
#85Edgar Declining945
#86Alvin Declining929
#87Gerald Endangered929
#88Stephen Endangered928
#89Claude Endangered890
#90Vernon Endangered889
#91Harvey Rising875
#92Wilbur Endangered832
#93Gordon Endangered822
#94Irving Endangered815
#95Maurice Declining811
#96Everett Stable806
#97Alexander Declining803
#98Homer Endangered794
#99Arnold Endangered767
#100Julius Stable758