Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1912

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1912 were Mary for girls (122 babies) and William for boys (105). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,345 babies born in District of Columbia in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Catherine: 50 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Virginia: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jean: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Evelyn: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dorothy: 88 babies, 3× the national rate
Elizabeth: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Thelma: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lillian: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eleanor: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Margaret: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Charles: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Samuel: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
James: 95 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Richard: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
David: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
William: 105 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	122	–	1
2	Dorothy	88	–	3
3	Helen	59	–	2
4	Margaret	59	–	4
5	Elizabeth	56	↑1	8
6	Catherine	50	↑2	21
7	Evelyn	40	↓2	13
8	Virginia	37	↑8	20
9	Ruth	35	–	5
10	Lillian	31	↑11	14
11	Mildred	31	↑4	6
12	Frances	26	↓1	9
13	Thelma	26	–	26
14	Anna	25	↑19	7
15	Ethel	22	↑11	18
16	Louise	22	↓9	17
17	Marie	22	↑5	10
18	Alice	20	↓8	11
19	Gladys	20	↓5	19
20	Edna	18	↑7	16
21	Eleanor	16	↑7	39
22	Florence	16	↑7	12
23	Jean	15	new	64
24	Beatrice	14	↓1	37
25	Edith	14	↓8	31
26	Lucille	14	new	32
27	Marion	14	↑19	55
28	Marjorie	13	↑19	56
29	Bernice	12	↓10	51
30	Viola	12	↑1	52
31	Hazel	11	↑12	25
32	Katherine	11	↓2	53
33	Rose	11	↓15	15
34	Agnes	10	↑1	40
35	Annie	10	↑1	27
36	Bertha	10	new	36
37	Clara	10	–	34
38	Gertrude	10	↑1	30
39	Grace	10	↓27	24
40	Ann	9	↑8	47
41	Julia	9	↓1	44
42	Myrtle	9	new	50
43	Audrey	8	new	>100
44	Cora	8	new	98
45	Elsie	8	↓21	42
46	Emma	8	new	35
47	Josephine	8	↓27	28
48	Laura	8	new	57
49	Marguerite	8	new	79
50	Pauline	8	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	William	105	–	2
2	John	100	–	1
3	James	95	↑1	3
4	Charles	66	↓1	7
5	Robert	56	↑2	4
6	George	51	↓1	6
7	Joseph	42	↓1	5
8	Edward	37	–	8
9	Thomas	27	–	10
10	Richard	23	↑11	19
11	Raymond	21	↑4	18
12	Harry	19	↓1	16
13	David	16	new	29
14	Frank	16	–	9
15	Henry	16	↑13	12
16	Louis	16	↑1	20
17	Walter	16	↑2	11
18	Paul	15	–	14
19	Ralph	15	↑5	23
20	Samuel	15	↑13	30
21	Arthur	14	↑15	15
22	Howard	14	↑17	25
23	Lawrence	14	↑8	38
24	Francis	13	↓4	35
25	Albert	12	↓13	17
26	Eugene	11	new	41
27	Milton	11	↑13	64
28	Alfred	10	↑7	40
29	Carl	10	new	24
30	Ernest	10	–	32
31	Philip	10	new	69
32	Clarence	9	↓22	21
33	Frederick	9	↓17	51
34	Leonard	9	↓11	45
35	Bernard	8	↓22	60
36	Daniel	8	new	53
37	Fred	8	new	26
38	Herbert	8	–	39
39	Benjamin	7	↓13	67
40	Kenneth	7	new	33
41	Leroy	7	↓9	66
42	Nathaniel	7	new	>100
43	Stanley	7	new	43
44	Theodore	7	↓10	52
45	Donald	6	new	27
46	Harold	6	new	13
47	Herman	6	new	50
48	Lewis	6	new	68
49	Alvin	5	new	86
50	Andrew	5	new	44

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