Popular Names of 1914

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1914, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1914
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	45,346	125
2	Helen	23,221	462
3	Dorothy	18,782	421
4	Margaret	17,763	112
5	Ruth	15,839	173
6	Anna	11,865	107
7	Mildred	11,649	1,973
8	Elizabeth	11,367	17
9	Frances	9,677	318
10	Marie	8,829	618
11	Evelyn	8,506	8
12	Alice	8,198	65
13	Florence	7,886	391
14	Virginia	7,601	526
15	Rose	7,574	114
16	Lillian	7,354	57
17	Louise	6,648	516
18	Catherine	6,613	314
19	Edna	6,289	2,463
20	Gladys	6,227	3,224

Table 2. Male names, 1914
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
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	514
10	Walter	8,962	252
11	Thomas	8,850	34
12	Henry	8,110	5
13	Paul	7,733	262
14	Harold	7,563	993
15	Albert	6,942	614
16	Raymond	6,821	395
17	Richard	6,669	234
18	Arthur	6,641	87
19	Harry	6,588	775
20	Louis	5,495	249

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.