The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1912

3,445 different girls’ names were recorded in 1912, covering 558,119 births. These are the top 200.

#	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
96	Theresa	1,268
98	Cora	1,253
99	Wilma	1,241
100	Inez	1,228
101	Georgia	1,196
102	Barbara	1,184
103	Juanita	1,182
104	Hilda	1,158
105	Emily	1,147
106	Alberta	1,133
107	Lula	1,094
108	Nancy	1,078
109	Eunice	1,066
110	Dora	1,061
111	Estelle	1,053
112	Daisy	1,044
113	Harriet	1,043
114	Sadie	1,032
115	Maggie	1,013
116	Geneva	991
117	Sophie	989
118	Kathleen	985
119	Loretta	978
120	Susie	976
121	Sara	962
122	Geraldine	949
123	Christine	944
124	Madeline	942
125	Mable	919
126	Verna	914
127	Lola	903
128	Flora	899
129	Nora	882
129	Lucile	882
131	Olive	874
132	Naomi	835
133	Maria	828
134	Maxine	823
135	Henrietta	822
136	Sally	821
137	Norma	800
138	Rosie	793
139	Caroline	785
140	Phyllis	779
141	Erma	774
142	Lottie	772
143	Nettie	762
144	Rebecca	754
145	Audrey	745
146	Irma	743
147	Eula	742
148	Della	733
149	Katie	732
150	Victoria	711
151	Rachel	703
152	Lydia	701
153	May	698
154	Olga	696
155	Essie	695
155	Muriel	695
157	Roberta	693
158	Goldie	688
159	Miriam	686
160	Amelia	672
161	Effie	666
162	Winifred	662
163	Ollie	644
164	Sallie	637
165	Rita	636
166	Jeanette	623
167	Fern	613
168	Ora	605
169	Maude	598
170	Nina	582
171	Addie	578
172	Adeline	570
173	Freda	566
174	Dorothea	562
175	Isabel	556
176	Lorraine	554
177	Janet	553
178	Veronica	552
179	Iva	550
180	Lizzie	548
181	Wanda	545
182	Anita	540
183	Bonnie	539
184	Lela	523
185	Susan	522
185	Dolores	522
187	Isabelle	520
188	Celia	519
189	Carolyn	517
190	Leola	514
191	Cecelia	513
192	Etta	510
193	Ola	509
194	Antoinette	507
195	Patricia	504
196	Lorene	500
197	Marcella	490
198	Shirley	489
199	Jeannette	487
200	Luella	483

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

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