Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1914

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1914 were Mary for girls (176 babies) and William for boys (119). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,262 babies born in District of Columbia in 1914 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 1914

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

Marian: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Catherine: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Louise: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dorothy: 115 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Katherine: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Margaret: 100 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Thelma: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bernice: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sarah: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marion: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Bernard: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Samuel: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Francis: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Richard: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Raymond: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Charles: 81 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Thomas: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ernest: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	176	–	1
2	Dorothy	115	–	3
3	Margaret	100	↑1	4
4	Helen	93	↓1	2
5	Ruth	57	↑1	5
6	Elizabeth	46	↓1	8
7	Catherine	45	–	18
8	Frances	42	–	9
9	Louise	42	–	17
10	Evelyn	36	↑3	11
11	Thelma	32	–	26
12	Virginia	32	↑8	14
13	Alice	30	↓1	12
14	Mildred	30	–	7
15	Lillian	26	↓5	16
16	Marie	25	↑9	10
17	Anna	22	↑1	6
18	Ethel	22	↓1	21
19	Florence	22	↓4	13
20	Katherine	22	new	48
21	Gladys	21	↓5	20
22	Edith	20	↑6	31
23	Bernice	18	↑17	43
24	Edna	18	↑11	19
25	Eleanor	18	↑11	28
26	Sarah	18	↑19	47
27	Marion	17	↑10	50
28	Clara	16	new	37
29	Grace	16	–	25
30	Josephine	16	–	23
31	Jean	15	new	54
32	Marian	15	new	90
33	Elsie	14	↑9	46
34	Lucille	14	new	30
35	Marjorie	14	↑3	45
36	Anne	13	↓4	53
37	Martha	13	new	27
38	Nellie	13	new	61
39	Barbara	12	new	82
40	Doris	12	↓6	36
41	Jane	12	↑8	71
42	Julia	12	↓11	42
43	Alma	11	new	69
44	Esther	11	↓21	35
45	Pearl	11	new	56
46	Gertrude	10	↓20	32
47	Mabel	10	new	58
48	Pauline	10	new	34
49	Rose	10	↓22	15
50	Agnes	9	↓3	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	William	119	↑1	2
2	John	116	↑1	1
3	James	115	↓2	3
4	Charles	81	↑2	7
5	George	71	–	6
6	Joseph	70	↓2	5
7	Robert	69	–	4
8	Thomas	44	↑1	11
9	Edward	40	↓1	8
10	Richard	37	–	17
11	Raymond	35	↑12	16
12	Walter	34	↑1	10
13	Samuel	28	↑8	36
14	Henry	25	↑8	12
15	Paul	25	↑20	13
16	Harry	24	↓4	19
17	Francis	23	↓1	31
18	Bernard	20	–	50
19	Frank	20	↓8	9
20	Arthur	17	↓5	18
21	Ernest	17	new	38
22	Ralph	17	↑16	21
23	Louis	16	↓6	20
24	Earl	14	↑3	33
25	Jack	14	↑12	27
26	Alfred	13	↑17	41
27	Clarence	13	↓8	22
28	Lawrence	13	↑5	35
29	Albert	12	↓15	15
30	David	12	↓5	29
31	Eugene	12	↓3	43
32	Norman	12	↓6	54
33	Philip	12	↓1	68
34	Elmer	11	↑14	46
35	Frederick	11	↓15	52
36	Harold	11	↑10	14
37	Leroy	11	↓3	60
38	Andrew	10	new	44
39	Leon	10	new	85
40	Donald	9	new	23
41	Everett	9	new	90
42	Howard	9	↓6	26
43	Kenneth	9	new	30
44	Leonard	9	↓3	45
45	Milton	9	↓16	69
46	Theodore	9	↓4	64
47	Benjamin	8	↓23	70
48	Daniel	8	↓18	55
49	Lewis	8	↓9	72
50	Martin	8	new	73

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