Name.Baby Names by year 1910s 1914 Most Popular Baby Names of 1914 Social Security has card records for 1,479,948 people born in the U.S. in 1914. Mary was the top girl name (45,346 babies) and John the top boy name (37,947).
Top 100 names of 1914 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1914, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 45,346 #125 2 Helen 23,221 #461 3 Dorothy 18,782 #421 4 Margaret 17,763 #112 5 Ruth 15,839 #173 6 Anna 11,865 #107 7 Mildred 11,649 #1,962 8 Elizabeth 11,367 #17 9 Frances 9,677 #318 10 Marie 8,829 #617 11 Evelyn 8,506 #8 12 Alice 8,198 #65 13 Florence 7,886 #391 14 Virginia 7,601 #525 15 Rose 7,574 #114 16 Lillian 7,354 #57 17 Louise 6,648 #514 18 Catherine 6,613 #313 19 Edna 6,289 #2,458 20 Gladys 6,227 #3,211 21 Ethel 6,204 #4,172 22 Irene 6,197 #651 23 Josephine 5,896 #53 24 Ruby 5,625 #64 25 Grace 5,594 #38 26 Thelma 5,496 #4,661 27 Martha 5,432 #712 28 Eleanor 5,374 #12 29 Hazel 5,324 #21 30 Lucille 5,320 #237 31 Edith 5,209 #499 32 Gertrude 4,938 #6,546 33 Annie 4,800 #182 34 Pauline 4,698 #2,957 35 Esther 4,654 #119 36 Doris 4,429 #2,895 37 Clara 4,240 #63 38 Beatrice 4,232 #508 39 Emma 3,972 #3 40 Ann 3,888 #1,076 41 Bertha 3,859 #4,546 42 Julia 3,814 #131 43 Bernice 3,730 #4,067 44 Agnes 3,721 #1,016 45 Marjorie 3,713 #1,016 46 Elsie 3,683 #123 47 Sarah 3,679 #90 48 Katherine 3,652 #186 49 Ida 3,561 #1,120 50 Marion 3,550 #2,036
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1914, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lois 3,432 #1,666 52 Eva 3,401 #134 53 Anne 3,365 #619 54 Jean 3,281 #2,117 55 Bessie 3,260 #6,838 56 Pearl 3,223 #776 57 Viola 3,203 #1,013 58 Mabel 3,131 #201 59 Laura 3,059 #379 60 Myrtle 3,049 #10,917 61 Nellie 2,952 #533 62 Betty 2,933 #1,113 63 Kathryn 2,901 #729 64 Jessie 2,860 #823 65 Stella 2,771 #52 66 Willie 2,759 #10,107 67 Minnie 2,718 #3,028 68 Vera 2,683 #205 69 Alma 2,648 #449 70 Sylvia 2,565 #300 71 Jane 2,340 #221 72 Ella 2,308 #29 73 Lucy 2,298 #24 74 Lillie 2,287 #675 75 Lena 2,259 #279 76 Genevieve 2,254 #148 77 Jennie 2,225 #2,298 78 Mattie 2,193 #1,004 79 Leona 2,174 #429 80 Blanche 2,164 #6,838 81 Vivian 2,080 #70 82 Barbara 2,061 #968 82 Violet 2,061 #13 84 Marguerite 2,050 #2,485 85 Mae 2,049 #500 86 Ellen 2,039 #1,062 87 Rita 2,010 #1,285 88 Charlotte 2,007 #2 89 Opal 1,893 #423 90 Marian 1,862 #1,102 91 Carrie 1,798 #2,719 92 Velma 1,795 #5,722 93 Theresa 1,794 #1,548 94 Juanita 1,792 #2,778 95 Wilma 1,788 #3,645 96 Beulah 1,775 #5,917 97 Hattie 1,678 #334 98 Emily 1,650 #34 99 Fannie 1,617 #3,342 100 Sophie 1,584 #55
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1914, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 37,947 #23 2 William 29,753 #9 3 James 26,262 #6 4 Robert 21,188 #92 5 Joseph 18,829 #29 6 George 17,602 #126 7 Charles 16,937 #48 8 Edward 12,319 #224 9 Frank 12,002 #513 10 Walter 8,962 #251 11 Thomas 8,850 #34 12 Henry 8,110 #5 13 Paul 7,733 #262 14 Harold 7,563 #991 15 Albert 6,942 #614 16 Raymond 6,821 #394 17 Richard 6,669 #234 18 Arthur 6,641 #87 19 Harry 6,588 #775 20 Louis 5,495 #249 21 Ralph 5,009 #1,046 22 Clarence 4,909 #1,499 23 Donald 4,835 #690 24 Carl 4,807 #1,132 25 Willie 4,709 #1,315 26 Howard 4,490 #1,002 27 Jack 4,485 #15 28 Fred 4,441 #1,932 29 David 4,251 #35 30 Kenneth 4,178 #294 31 Francis 3,901 #420 32 Roy 3,852 #525 33 Earl 3,842 #2,230 34 Joe 3,712 #991 35 Lawrence 3,703 #518 35 Samuel 3,703 #18 37 Anthony 3,695 #46 38 Ernest 3,632 #1,038 39 Stanley 3,559 #863 40 Michael 3,362 #21 41 Alfred 3,347 #840 42 Herbert 3,253 #2,641 43 Eugene 3,211 #943 44 Andrew 2,965 #73 45 Leonard 2,923 #637 46 Elmer 2,878 #1,222 47 Leo 2,655 #19 48 Peter 2,624 #187 49 Russell 2,568 #345 50 Bernard 2,436 #1,362
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1914, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Herman 2,430 #2,363 52 Frederick 2,415 #435 53 Edwin 2,386 #398 54 Norman 2,335 #1,196 55 Daniel 2,325 #22 56 Chester 2,289 #1,585 57 Lester 2,164 #1,634 58 Floyd 2,090 #2,230 59 Melvin 2,064 #958 60 Leroy 2,004 #883 61 Vincent 1,962 #107 62 Clifford 1,960 #1,352 63 Clyde 1,954 #742 64 Theodore 1,929 #4 65 Charlie 1,906 #145 66 Lloyd 1,884 #1,547 67 Sam 1,880 #647 68 Philip 1,870 #527 69 Milton 1,834 #1,436 70 Benjamin 1,823 #11 71 Woodrow 1,785 #1,644 72 Lewis 1,767 #433 73 Martin 1,676 #335 74 Ray 1,657 #791 75 Marvin 1,627 #699 76 Victor 1,559 #209 77 Oscar 1,553 #223 78 Alvin 1,532 #838 79 Cecil 1,530 #1,486 80 Stephen 1,486 #383 81 Gerald 1,468 #1,204 82 Jesse 1,457 #184 83 Vernon 1,455 #1,382 84 Lee 1,451 #725 85 Leon 1,414 #138 86 Morris 1,365 #1,753 87 Edgar 1,361 #486 88 Gordon 1,355 #1,051 89 Sidney 1,337 #1,323 90 Everett 1,336 #77 91 Glenn 1,327 #1,443 92 Willard 1,302 #2,718 93 Claude 1,284 #3,036 94 Maurice 1,256 #1,018 95 Harvey 1,250 #251 96 Wilbur 1,248 #3,949 97 Arnold 1,174 #1,477 98 Alexander 1,169 #30 99 Max 1,159 #180 100 Irving 1,156 #1,778
Entered the top 100 in 1914
