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The most popular baby names of 1914

SSA recorded 1,416,343 births in 1914 across all reported names — 761,581 girls and 654,762 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1914

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1913.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +3
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
82 Violet 2,061 —
84 Marguerite 2,050 -6
85 Mae 2,049 -6
86 Ellen 2,039 +2
87 Rita 2,010 +29
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 +13

Top 100 boys' names in 1914

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1913.
#NameBirthsvs 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 —
35 Samuel 3,703 +1
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 +4
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 —
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 +2
100 Irving 1,156 +4

Names that climbed fastest in 1914

Ranked by places gained against 1913, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1914Rank 1913Change
Kermit boys 206 266 +60
Joyce girls 248 287 +39
Concetta girls 299 338 +39
Natalie girls 261 295 +34
Harley boys 235 269 +34
June girls 132 163 +31
Rita girls 87 116 +29
Imogene girls 289 317 +28
Eileen girls 159 184 +25
Margie girls 213 237 +24
Adele girls 187 210 +23
Clayton boys 158 181 +23
Carmela girls 284 306 +22
Dean boys 231 253 +22
Joan girls 217 238 +21

Names that fell fastest in 1914

NameRank 1914Rank 1913Change
Linda girls 358 306 -52
Clarice girls 301 258 -43
Ollie boys 293 251 -42
Eliza girls 296 260 -36
Avis girls 304 268 -36
Birdie girls 363 328 -35
Cornelius boys 258 226 -32
Dave boys 267 235 -32
Wilson boys 152 122 -30
Abe boys 301 271 -30
Lizzie girls 228 200 -28
Myra girls 293 266 -27
Bertie girls 342 315 -27
Woodrow boys 71 44 -27
Janie girls 244 218 -26

Names that first appear in 1914

1914 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.