The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1912

2,905 different boys’ names were recorded in 1912, covering 429,942 births. These are the top 200.

#	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
86	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
101	Max	734
102	Ben	731
103	Allen	730
104	Eddie	718
104	Willard	718
106	Johnnie	709
107	Warren	697
108	Leslie	693
109	Jessie	692
110	Jacob	691
111	Virgil	684
112	Marion	680
113	Nicholas	676
114	Luther	664
115	Gilbert	649
116	Hugh	648
117	Oliver	646
118	Wayne	617
119	Horace	615
120	Nathan	581
121	Curtis	566
122	Hubert	544
123	Steve	543
124	Tom	538
125	Abraham	533
126	Otis	522
126	Roland	522
128	Wallace	507
129	Franklin	497
130	Archie	496
130	Wilson	496
132	Earnest	486
132	Jerome	486
134	Wesley	485
135	Alex	482
136	Orville	477
137	Manuel	469
138	Roger	464
139	Glen	460
140	Guy	455
141	Willis	453
141	Rudolph	453
143	Edmund	452
144	Patrick	430
144	Mike	430
146	Emil	407
147	Jerry	405
148	Clifton	404
149	Jim	401
150	Otto	398
151	Marshall	397
152	Ira	394
152	Tony	394
154	Bennie	392
155	Angelo	384
156	Matthew	380
157	Calvin	375
158	Salvatore	374
159	Dale	371
160	Jimmie	366
161	Clinton	362
162	Isaac	359
163	Jose	356
163	Nathaniel	356
165	Douglas	350
166	Nelson	349
167	Sylvester	348
168	Bill	347
169	Clayton	346
170	Irvin	344
171	August	343
172	Elbert	342
173	Ivan	339
174	Percy	337
175	Rufus	336
176	Bert	332
176	Don	332
178	Bruce	328
179	Lonnie	327
180	Delbert	325
180	Lyle	325
182	Karl	323
183	Jay	318
183	Adolph	318
185	Wilfred	317
186	Johnie	311
187	Forrest	308
188	Adam	307
189	Phillip	306
190	Aaron	303
191	Ronald	302
192	Felix	300
192	Alton	300
194	Dan	298
195	Mack	295
196	Julian	294
196	Ervin	294
198	Wilbert	291
199	Emmett	290
200	Charley	288

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1912 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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