Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1914
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1913.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1913 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 45,473 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 38,116 | 0 |
| 3 | William | 29,850 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 26,369 | 0 |
| 5 | Helen | 23,275 | 0 |
| 6 | Robert | 21,268 | 0 |
| 7 | Joseph | 18,898 | +2 |
| 8 | Dorothy | 18,822 | -1 |
| 9 | Margaret | 17,809 | -1 |
| 10 | George | 17,709 | 0 |
| 11 | Charles | 17,012 | 0 |
| 12 | Ruth | 15,885 | 0 |
| 13 | Edward | 12,367 | +3 |
| 14 | Frank | 12,048 | +3 |
| 15 | Anna | 11,905 | -1 |
| 16 | Mildred | 11,686 | -3 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 11,394 | -2 |
| 18 | Frances | 9,754 | 0 |
| 19 | Walter | 8,999 | +3 |
| 20 | Thomas | 8,898 | 0 |
| 21 | Marie | 8,858 | -2 |
| 22 | Evelyn | 8,525 | +1 |
| 23 | Alice | 8,228 | -2 |
| 24 | Henry | 8,169 | 0 |
| 25 | Florence | 7,926 | 0 |
| 26 | Paul | 7,776 | +5 |
| 27 | Virginia | 7,620 | +1 |
| 28 | Rose | 7,612 | -2 |
| 29 | Harold | 7,601 | -2 |
| 30 | Willie | 7,468 | 0 |
| 31 | Lillian | 7,387 | -2 |
| 32 | Albert | 6,970 | +3 |
| 33 | Raymond | 6,847 | +7 |
| 34 | Richard | 6,699 | +8 |
| 35 | Louise | 6,675 | -3 |
| 36 | Arthur | 6,666 | +1 |
| 37 | Catherine | 6,633 | +4 |
| 38 | Harry | 6,612 | -4 |
| 39 | Edna | 6,304 | -6 |
| 40 | Gladys | 6,260 | -4 |
| 41 | Ethel | 6,230 | -3 |
| 42 | Irene | 6,211 | -3 |
| 43 | Josephine | 5,913 | +1 |
| 44 | Ruby | 5,668 | -1 |
| 45 | Grace | 5,607 | 0 |
| 46 | Louis | 5,538 | +5 |
| 47 | Thelma | 5,519 | 0 |
| 48 | Martha | 5,446 | 0 |
| 49 | Eleanor | 5,386 | +9 |
| 50 | Hazel | 5,385 | -4 |
| 51 | Lucille | 5,341 | +1 |
| 52 | Edith | 5,222 | -3 |
| 53 | Ralph | 5,022 | +3 |
| 54 | Gertrude | 4,949 | +1 |
| 55 | Clarence | 4,939 | -1 |
| 56 | Donald | 4,854 | +3 |
| 57 | Carl | 4,840 | 0 |
| 58 | Annie | 4,823 | -8 |
| 59 | Pauline | 4,706 | +2 |
| 60 | Esther | 4,668 | -7 |
| 61 | Marion | 4,532 | +3 |
| 62 | Howard | 4,515 | -2 |
| 63 | Jack | 4,507 | +3 |
| 64 | Fred | 4,472 | -2 |
| 65 | Doris | 4,462 | +15 |
| 66 | Francis | 4,286 | +1 |
| 67 | David | 4,272 | +3 |
| 68 | Clara | 4,255 | -5 |
| 69 | Beatrice | 4,246 | -4 |
| 70 | Kenneth | 4,199 | +9 |
| 71 | Emma | 3,983 | -3 |
| 72 | Ann | 3,897 | +9 |
| 73 | Earl | 3,875 | +3 |
| 74 | Roy | 3,873 | +3 |
| 75 | Bertha | 3,868 | -6 |
| 76 | Julia | 3,827 | -2 |
| 77 | Jessie | 3,809 | -6 |
| 78 | Bernice | 3,797 | 0 |
| 79 | Joe | 3,789 | +9 |
| 80 | Agnes | 3,735 | -7 |
| 81 | Lawrence | 3,723 | +6 |
| 81 | Marjorie | 3,723 | +3 |
| 83 | Samuel | 3,712 | +7 |
| 84 | Elsie | 3,710 | -12 |
| 85 | Anthony | 3,709 | +9 |
| 86 | Sarah | 3,692 | -11 |
| 87 | Katherine | 3,660 | +6 |
| 88 | Ernest | 3,650 | -5 |
| 89 | Ida | 3,575 | -4 |
| 90 | Stanley | 3,567 | +11 |
| 91 | Lois | 3,490 | +11 |
| 92 | Eva | 3,418 | -6 |
| 93 | Jean | 3,394 | +6 |
| 94 | Michael | 3,378 | +6 |
| 95 | Anne | 3,375 | +2 |
| 96 | Alfred | 3,362 | +7 |
| 97 | Pearl | 3,280 | -5 |
| 98 | Bessie | 3,272 | -16 |
| 99 | Herbert | 3,267 | -3 |
| 100 | Eugene | 3,239 | +4 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.