Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1914

John and Mary topped the list in 1914. The 10 most popular names went to 31% of boys and 23% of girls, from 3,758 boy names and 4,204 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1914

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

Top girl names of 1914

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

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1914?
John was the #1 boy name in 1914 (37,947 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (45,346 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1914?
Social Security records list 1,416,343 babies born in 1914 with names given to at least 5 babies: 654,762 boys and 761,581 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.