United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1914

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 John 37,947 babies =
  2. 2 William 29,753 babies =
  3. 3 James 26,262 babies =
  4. 4 Robert 21,188 babies =
  5. 5 Joseph 18,829 babies =
  6. 6 George 17,602 babies =
  7. 7 Charles 16,937 babies =
  8. 8 Edward 12,319 babies =
  9. 9 Frank 12,002 babies =
  10. 10 Walter 8,962 babies 1
  11. 11 Thomas 8,850 babies 1
  12. 12 Henry 8,110 babies =
  13. 13 Paul 7,733 babies 1
  14. 14 Harold 7,563 babies 1
  15. 15 Albert 6,942 babies 1
  16. 16 Raymond 6,821 babies 2
  17. 17 Richard 6,669 babies 2
  18. 18 Arthur 6,641 babies 1
  19. 19 Harry 6,588 babies 4
  20. 20 Louis 5,495 babies =
  21. 21 Ralph 5,009 babies 1
  22. 22 Clarence 4,909 babies 1
  23. 23 Donald 4,835 babies 2
  24. 24 Carl 4,807 babies 1
  25. 25 Willie 4,709 babies 1
  26. 26 Howard 4,490 babies =
  27. 27 Jack 4,485 babies 1
  28. 28 Fred 4,441 babies 1
  29. 29 David 4,251 babies =
  30. 30 Kenneth 4,178 babies 3
  31. 31 Francis 3,901 babies 1
  32. 32 Roy 3,852 babies =
  33. 33 Earl 3,842 babies 2
  34. 34 Joe 3,712 babies 3
  35. 35 Lawrence 3,703 babies =
  36. 36 Samuel 3,703 babies =
  37. 37 Anthony 3,695 babies 1
  38. 38 Ernest 3,632 babies 4
  39. 39 Stanley 3,559 babies 2
  40. 40 Michael 3,362 babies =
  41. 41 Alfred 3,347 babies 1
  42. 42 Herbert 3,253 babies 3
  43. 43 Eugene 3,211 babies =
  44. 44 Andrew 2,965 babies 3
  45. 45 Leonard 2,923 babies 1
  46. 46 Elmer 2,878 babies 1
  47. 47 Leo 2,655 babies 1
  48. 48 Peter 2,624 babies 3
  49. 49 Russell 2,568 babies 1
  50. 50 Bernard 2,436 babies 2
  51. 51 Herman 2,430 babies 2
  52. 52 Frederick 2,415 babies 3
  53. 53 Edwin 2,386 babies 2
  54. 54 Norman 2,335 babies 3
  55. 55 Daniel 2,325 babies 1
  56. 56 Chester 2,289 babies =
  57. 57 Lester 2,164 babies 2
  58. 58 Floyd 2,090 babies =
  59. 59 Melvin 2,064 babies 2
  60. 60 Leroy 2,004 babies 3
  61. 61 Vincent 1,962 babies 5
  62. 62 Clifford 1,960 babies 6
  63. 63 Clyde 1,954 babies 1
  64. 64 Theodore 1,929 babies 4
  65. 65 Charlie 1,906 babies 3
  66. 66 Lloyd 1,884 babies 1
  67. 67 Sam 1,880 babies 2
  68. 68 Philip 1,870 babies 1
  69. 69 Milton 1,834 babies 2
  70. 70 Benjamin 1,823 babies =
  71. 71 Woodrow 1,785 babies 27
  72. 72 Lewis 1,767 babies =
  73. 73 Martin 1,676 babies 2
  74. 74 Ray 1,657 babies 1
  75. 75 Marvin 1,627 babies 2
  76. 76 Victor 1,559 babies 4
  77. 77 Oscar 1,553 babies 1
  78. 78 Alvin 1,532 babies 4
  79. 79 Cecil 1,530 babies 5
  80. 80 Stephen 1,486 babies 6
  81. 81 Gerald 1,468 babies 3
  82. 82 Jesse 1,457 babies 3
  83. 83 Vernon 1,455 babies =
  84. 84 Lee 1,451 babies 6
  85. 85 Leon 1,414 babies 4
  86. 86 Morris 1,365 babies 3
  87. 87 Edgar 1,361 babies =
  88. 88 Gordon 1,355 babies 6
  89. 89 Sidney 1,337 babies 1
  90. 90 Everett 1,336 babies 7
  91. 91 Glenn 1,327 babies 6
  92. 92 Willard 1,302 babies 7
  93. 93 Claude 1,284 babies 5
  94. 94 Maurice 1,256 babies 1
  95. 95 Harvey 1,250 babies 2
  96. 96 Wilbur 1,248 babies 5
  97. 97 Arnold 1,174 babies 5
  98. 98 Alexander 1,169 babies =
  99. 99 Max 1,159 babies 2
  100. 100 Irving 1,156 babies 4

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Girl Names

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

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Source: Social Security Administration

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