United States · 1,416,343 recorded births
Top baby names of 1914
Mary and John led the year. Climbing fast: June (up 31), Rita (up 29), Clayton (up 23), Clinton (up 21).
Girls
| # | Name | Births | vs 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 | ▲ 4 |
| 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 |
| 83 | Violet | 2,061 | ▼ 1 |
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Births | vs 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 | · |
| 36 | Samuel | 3,703 | · |
| 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 | ▲ 5 |
| 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 | ▲ 1 |
| 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 |