100 Most popular boy names of 1912, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1912 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1912.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
John
24587
4.19
-
2
William
19626
3.35
-
3
James
17644
3.01
-
4
Robert
12836
2.19
+1
5
Joseph
12062
2.06
+1
6
George
11734
2
-2
7
Charles
11070
1.89
-
8
Edward
7936
1.35
+1
9
Frank
7912
1.35
-1
10
Thomas
6087
1.04
-
11
Walter
5809
0.99
+1
12
Henry
5643
0.96
-1
13
Harold
5102
0.87
+3
14
Paul
4785
0.82
+3
15
Arthur
4685
0.8
+3
16
Harry
4624
0.79
-3
17
Albert
4587
0.78
-2
18
Raymond
4374
0.75
+1
19
Richard
4188
0.71
+1
20
Louis
3591
0.61
+1
21
Clarence
3590
0.61
+2
22
Willie
3508
0.6
-8
23
Ralph
3435
0.59
+1
24
Carl
3224
0.55
+2
25
Howard
3212
0.55
+3
26
Fred
3103
0.53
-4
27
Donald
2872
0.49
+9
28
Jack
2870
0.49
-3
29
David
2858
0.49
-2
30
Samuel
2602
0.44
-
31
Roy
2591
0.44
-
32
Ernest
2569
0.44
-
33
Kenneth
2538
0.43
+7
34
Earl
2518
0.43
-
35
Francis
2516
0.43
-2
36
Joe
2515
0.43
-7
37
Anthony
2480
0.42
-2
38
Lawrence
2467
0.42
-1
39
Herbert
2236
0.38
+2
40
Alfred
2210
0.38
-1
41
Eugene
2114
0.36
+2
42
Michael
2104
0.36
-4
43
Stanley
2017
0.34
+1
44
Andrew
1946
0.33
-2
45
Leonard
1928
0.33
+1
46
Woodrow
1843
0.31
+186
47
Elmer
1840
0.31
+1
48
Peter
1679
0.29
+2
49
Leo
1654
0.28
+2
50
Herman
1646
0.28
-1
51
Frederick
1564
0.27
+1
52
Theodore
1561
0.27
+4
53
Daniel
1524
0.26
-
54
Edwin
1518
0.26
+6
55
Chester
1460
0.25
+3
56
Russell
1449
0.25
-1
57
Charlie
1446
0.25
-12
58
Lester
1443
0.25
+7
59
Floyd
1438
0.25
-2
60
Bernard
1437
0.24
-6
61
Norman
1367
0.23
+2
62
Clifford
1345
0.23
-
63
Sam
1325
0.23
-16
64
Milton
1319
0.22
+6
65
Clyde
1314
0.22
-4
66
Leroy
1306
0.22
-7
67
Benjamin
1272
0.22
-3
68
Lewis
1247
0.21
-2
69
Philip
1237
0.21
-
70
Lloyd
1227
0.21
+4
71
Melvin
1185
0.2
+2
72
Vincent
1178
0.2
+8
73
Oscar
1157
0.2
-5
74
Jesse
1106
0.19
-2
75
Martin
1064
0.18
-
76
Cecil
1057
0.18
-
77
Ray
1050
0.18
-6
78
Lee
1030
0.18
-11
79
Leon
1006
0.17
-2
80
Sidney
1003
0.17
+12
81
Victor
989
0.17
-
82
Morris
960
0.16
+3
83
Marvin
958
0.16
-1
84
Glenn
948
0.16
+27
85
Edgar
945
0.16
-2
86
Alvin
929
0.16
+3
86
Gerald
929
0.16
+2
88
Stephen
928
0.16
-5
89
Claude
890
0.15
-2
90
Vernon
889
0.15
+6
91
Harvey
875
0.15
-
92
Wilbur
832
0.14
+9
93
Gordon
822
0.14
+4
94
Irving
815
0.14
-1
95
Maurice
811
0.14
+4
96
Everett
806
0.14
+6
97
Alexander
803
0.14
-3
98
Homer
794
0.14
-3
99
Arnold
767
0.13
+9
100
Julius
758
0.13
+4
101
Max
734
0.13
+5
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100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1912)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html