Top baby names in New York, 1912
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,909 |
| 2 | Helen | 2,089 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,442 |
| 4 | Rose | 1,438 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,370 |
| 6 | Anna | 1,338 |
| 7 | Ruth | 1,223 |
| 8 | Frances | 940 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 868 |
| 10 | Florence | 864 |
| 11 | Lillian | 835 |
| 12 | Mildred | 831 |
| 13 | Catherine | 784 |
| 14 | Marie | 761 |
| 15 | Josephine | 676 |
| 16 | Alice | 585 |
| 17 | Gertrude | 577 |
| 18 | Evelyn | 557 |
| 19 | Sylvia | 547 |
| 20 | Marion | 544 |
| 21 | Anne | 529 |
| 22 | Grace | 472 |
| 23 | Eleanor | 450 |
| 24 | Beatrice | 443 |
| 25 | Ethel | 438 |
| 26 | Louise | 432 |
| 27 | Jean | 415 |
| 28 | Edith | 414 |
| 29 | Irene | 411 |
| 30 | Ann | 410 |
| 31 | Edna | 368 |
| 32 | Esther | 365 |
| 33 | Ida | 328 |
| 33 | Julia | 328 |
| 35 | Doris | 323 |
| 36 | Agnes | 320 |
| 37 | Pauline | 308 |
| 38 | Betty | 307 |
| 38 | Gladys | 307 |
| 40 | Katherine | 306 |
| 41 | Virginia | 292 |
| 42 | Bertha | 278 |
| 43 | Jennie | 277 |
| 44 | Clara | 266 |
| 45 | Sarah | 264 |
| 46 | Theresa | 262 |
| 47 | Marjorie | 254 |
| 48 | Elsie | 247 |
| 49 | Martha | 234 |
| 50 | Hazel | 201 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 2,709 |
| 2 | Joseph | 2,250 |
| 3 | William | 1,923 |
| 4 | Charles | 1,336 |
| 5 | George | 1,284 |
| 6 | James | 1,257 |
| 7 | Frank | 1,211 |
| 8 | Edward | 1,140 |
| 9 | Robert | 1,038 |
| 10 | Anthony | 738 |
| 11 | Thomas | 732 |
| 12 | Louis | 722 |
| 13 | Harry | 675 |
| 14 | Arthur | 647 |
| 15 | Harold | 603 |
| 16 | Henry | 587 |
| 17 | Michael | 538 |
| 18 | Walter | 519 |
| 19 | Albert | 495 |
| 20 | Samuel | 458 |
| 21 | Irving | 446 |
| 22 | David | 436 |
| 23 | Paul | 399 |
| 24 | Francis | 385 |
| 25 | Richard | 383 |
| 26 | Raymond | 377 |
| 27 | Jack | 376 |
| 28 | Vincent | 366 |
| 29 | Peter | 357 |
| 30 | Alfred | 351 |
| 31 | Sidney | 334 |
| 32 | Ralph | 332 |
| 33 | Bernard | 328 |
| 34 | Milton | 320 |
| 35 | Donald | 309 |
| 35 | Philip | 309 |
| 37 | Frederick | 303 |
| 38 | Herbert | 296 |
| 38 | Morris | 296 |
| 40 | Stanley | 293 |
| 41 | Fred | 287 |
| 42 | Howard | 281 |
| 43 | Max | 255 |
| 44 | Daniel | 250 |
| 45 | Carl | 246 |
| 46 | Benjamin | 235 |
| 47 | Lawrence | 233 |
| 48 | Abraham | 228 |
| 49 | Kenneth | 223 |
| 50 | Salvatore | 220 |