Popular baby names of 1914

In 1914, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (45,346 babies) and John for boys (37,947). Social Security records show 1,416,343 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 4,206 girls' names and 3,759 boys' names.

1914 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 30.8% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Rita, Sophie.
New in the boys' top 100: Max, Irving.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913
1	Mary	45,346	–
2	Helen	23,221	–
3	Dorothy	18,782	–
4	Margaret	17,763	–
5	Ruth	15,839	–
6	Anna	11,865	↑1
7	Mildred	11,649	↓1
8	Elizabeth	11,367	–
9	Frances	9,677	–
10	Marie	8,829	–
11	Evelyn	8,506	↑1
12	Alice	8,198	↓1
13	Florence	7,886	–
14	Virginia	7,601	↑1
15	Rose	7,574	↓1
16	Lillian	7,354	–
17	Louise	6,648	–
18	Catherine	6,613	↑4
19	Edna	6,289	↓1
20	Gladys	6,227	↓1
21	Ethel	6,204	↓1
22	Irene	6,197	↓1
23	Josephine	5,896	↑1
24	Ruby	5,625	↓1
25	Grace	5,594	–
26	Thelma	5,496	–
27	Martha	5,432	↑1
28	Eleanor	5,374	↑6
29	Hazel	5,324	↓2
30	Lucille	5,320	↑1
31	Edith	5,209	↓2
32	Gertrude	4,938	↑1
33	Annie	4,800	↓3
34	Pauline	4,698	↑1
35	Esther	4,654	↓3
36	Doris	4,429	↑8
37	Clara	4,240	↓1
38	Beatrice	4,232	↓1
39	Emma	3,972	↓1
40	Ann	3,888	↑6
41	Bertha	3,859	↓2
42	Julia	3,814	–
43	Bernice	3,730	↑2
44	Agnes	3,721	↓3
45	Marjorie	3,713	↑3
46	Elsie	3,683	↓6
47	Sarah	3,679	↓4
48	Katherine	3,652	↑6
49	Ida	3,561	–
50	Marion	3,550	↑1
51	Lois	3,432	↑8
52	Eva	3,401	↓2
53	Anne	3,365	↑4
54	Jean	3,281	↑6
55	Bessie	3,260	↓8
56	Pearl	3,223	↓1
57	Viola	3,203	↓5
58	Mabel	3,131	↓2
59	Laura	3,059	↑3
60	Myrtle	3,049	↓7
61	Nellie	2,952	↓3
62	Betty	2,933	↑5
63	Kathryn	2,901	↑3
64	Jessie	2,860	↓3
65	Stella	2,771	↑4
66	Willie	2,759	↓1
67	Minnie	2,718	↓4
68	Vera	2,683	–
69	Alma	2,648	↓5
70	Sylvia	2,565	↑2
71	Jane	2,340	↑10
72	Ella	2,308	↓2
73	Lucy	2,298	↑4
74	Lillie	2,287	↓3
75	Lena	2,259	↓2
76	Genevieve	2,254	↑8
77	Jennie	2,225	↑3
78	Mattie	2,193	↓3
79	Leona	2,174	↓5
80	Blanche	2,164	↓4
81	Vivian	2,080	↑2
82	Barbara	2,061	↑12
83	Violet	2,061	↓1
84	Marguerite	2,050	↓6
85	Mae	2,049	↓6
86	Ellen	2,039	↑2
87	Rita	2,010	new
88	Charlotte	2,007	↓1
89	Opal	1,893	↓3
90	Marian	1,862	↑3
91	Carrie	1,798	↓1
92	Velma	1,795	↓3
93	Theresa	1,794	↑4
94	Juanita	1,792	↑1
95	Wilma	1,788	↓3
96	Beulah	1,775	↓11
97	Hattie	1,678	↓1
98	Emily	1,650	↑1
99	Fannie	1,617	↓8
100	Sophie	1,584	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913
1	John	37,947	–
2	William	29,753	–
3	James	26,262	–
4	Robert	21,188	–
5	Joseph	18,829	–
6	George	17,602	–
7	Charles	16,937	–
8	Edward	12,319	–
9	Frank	12,002	–
10	Walter	8,962	↑1
11	Thomas	8,850	↓1
12	Henry	8,110	–
13	Paul	7,733	↑1
14	Harold	7,563	↓1
15	Albert	6,942	↑1
16	Raymond	6,821	↑2
17	Richard	6,669	↑2
18	Arthur	6,641	↓1
19	Harry	6,588	↓4
20	Louis	5,495	–
21	Ralph	5,009	↑1
22	Clarence	4,909	↓1
23	Donald	4,835	↑2
24	Carl	4,807	↓1
25	Willie	4,709	↓1
26	Howard	4,490	–
27	Jack	4,485	↑1
28	Fred	4,441	↓1
29	David	4,251	–
30	Kenneth	4,178	↑3
31	Francis	3,901	↓1
32	Roy	3,852	–
33	Earl	3,842	↓2
34	Joe	3,712	↑3
35	Lawrence	3,703	–
36	Samuel	3,703	–
37	Anthony	3,695	↑1
38	Ernest	3,632	↓4
39	Stanley	3,559	↑2
40	Michael	3,362	–
41	Alfred	3,347	↑1
42	Herbert	3,253	↓3
43	Eugene	3,211	–
44	Andrew	2,965	↑3
45	Leonard	2,923	↑1
46	Elmer	2,878	↓1
47	Leo	2,655	↑1
48	Peter	2,624	↑3
49	Russell	2,568	↑1
50	Bernard	2,436	↑2
51	Herman	2,430	↑2
52	Frederick	2,415	↓3
53	Edwin	2,386	↑2
54	Norman	2,335	↑3
55	Daniel	2,325	↓1
56	Chester	2,289	–
57	Lester	2,164	↑2
58	Floyd	2,090	–
59	Melvin	2,064	↑2
60	Leroy	2,004	↑3
61	Vincent	1,962	↑5
62	Clifford	1,960	↑6
63	Clyde	1,954	↑1
64	Theodore	1,929	↓4
65	Charlie	1,906	↓3
66	Lloyd	1,884	↑1
67	Sam	1,880	↓2
68	Philip	1,870	↑1
69	Milton	1,834	↑2
70	Benjamin	1,823	–
71	Woodrow	1,785	↓27
72	Lewis	1,767	–
73	Martin	1,676	↑2
74	Ray	1,657	↓1
75	Marvin	1,627	↑2
76	Victor	1,559	↑4
77	Oscar	1,553	↓1
78	Alvin	1,532	↑4
79	Cecil	1,530	↓5
80	Stephen	1,486	↑6
81	Gerald	1,468	↑3
82	Jesse	1,457	↓3
83	Vernon	1,455	–
84	Lee	1,451	↓6
85	Leon	1,414	↓4
86	Morris	1,365	↑3
87	Edgar	1,361	–
88	Gordon	1,355	↑6
89	Sidney	1,337	↑1
90	Everett	1,336	↑7
91	Glenn	1,327	↓6
92	Willard	1,302	↑7
93	Claude	1,284	↓5
94	Maurice	1,256	↑1
95	Harvey	1,250	↓2
96	Wilbur	1,248	↓5
97	Arnold	1,174	↓5
98	Alexander	1,169	–
99	Max	1,159	new
100	Irving	1,156	new

Every name given in 1914

All 7,965 names Social Security recorded for 1914, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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