US baby names · 1914

Most popular baby names of 1914

In 1914, Social Security card applications recorded 761,581 girls and 654,762 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 4,206 distinct girls’ names and 3,759 boys’ names.

The most common names were Mary (45,346 girls) and John (37,947 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 23% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 31% of boys. Compared with 1913, 279,231 more babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1913, 2 girls’ names and 2 boys’ names in 1914 are newcomers (girls: Rita, Sophie; boys: Max, Irving). Of these names, 20 of the 100 girls’ names and 21 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1914 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1914

Rank	Name	Girls
#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

Top 100 boys’ names, 1914

Rank	Name	Boys
#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