Birth year roster

Top names in 1914

The 100 most common names on 1914 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and John led the 1914 baby-name charts, the top names among Greatest Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 116 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1910s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered45,346
#2Helen Endangered23,221
#3Dorothy Endangered18,782
#4Margaret Endangered17,763
#5Ruth Endangered15,839
#6Anna Declining11,865
#7Mildred Endangered11,649
#8Elizabeth Stable11,367
#9Frances Endangered9,677
#10Marie Endangered8,829
#11Evelyn Stable8,506
#12Alice Stable8,198
#13Florence Endangered7,886
#14Virginia Endangered7,601
#15Rose Stable7,574
#16Lillian Declining7,354
#17Louise Endangered6,648
#18Catherine Endangered6,613
#19Edna Endangered6,289
#20Gladys Endangered6,227
#21Ethel Endangered6,204
#22Irene Endangered6,197
#23Josephine Rising5,896
#24Ruby Stable5,625
#25Grace Declining5,594
#26Thelma Endangered5,496
#27Martha Endangered5,432
#28Eleanor Rising5,374
#29Hazel Rising5,324
#30Lucille Stable5,320
#31Edith Endangered5,209
#32Gertrude Endangered4,938
#33Annie Rising4,800
#34Pauline Endangered4,698
#35Esther Stable4,654
#36Doris Endangered4,429
#37Clara Stable4,240
#38Beatrice Endangered4,232
#39Emma Declining3,972
#40Ann Endangered3,888
#41Bertha Endangered3,859
#42Julia Stable3,814
#43Bernice Endangered3,730
#44Agnes Endangered3,721
#45Marjorie Endangered3,713
#46Elsie Rising3,683
#47Sarah Endangered3,679
#48Katherine Declining3,652
#49Ida Endangered3,561
#50Marion Endangered3,550
#51Lois Endangered3,432
#52Eva Declining3,401
#53Anne Endangered3,365
#54Jean Endangered3,281
#55Bessie Endangered3,260
#56Pearl Endangered3,223
#57Viola Endangered3,203
#58Mabel Rising3,131
#59Laura Endangered3,059
#60Myrtle Endangered3,049
#61Nellie Rising2,952
#62Betty Endangered2,933
#63Kathryn Endangered2,901
#64Jessie Endangered2,860
#65Stella Stable2,771
#66Willie Endangered2,759
#67Minnie Endangered2,718
#68Vera Stable2,683
#69Alma Rising2,648
#70Sylvia Rising2,565
#71Jane Stable2,340
#72Ella Declining2,308
#73Lucy Stable2,298
#74Lillie Stable2,287
#75Lena Stable2,259
#76Genevieve Stable2,254
#77Jennie Endangered2,225
#78Mattie Endangered2,193
#79Leona Stable2,174
#80Blanche Endangered2,164
#81Vivian Stable2,080
#82Barbara Endangered2,061
#83Violet Rising2,061
#84Marguerite Endangered2,050
#85Mae Stable2,049
#86Ellen Endangered2,039
#87Rita Endangered2,010
#88Charlotte Stable2,007
#89Opal Rising1,893
#90Marian Endangered1,862
#91Carrie Endangered1,798
#92Velma Endangered1,795
#93Theresa Endangered1,794
#94Juanita Endangered1,792
#95Wilma Endangered1,788
#96Beulah Endangered1,775
#97Hattie Rising1,678
#98Emily Declining1,650
#99Fannie Endangered1,617
#100Sophie Stable1,584

Boys

#1John Past peak37,947
#2William Declining29,753
#3James Stable26,262
#4Robert Endangered21,188
#5Joseph Declining18,829
#6George Stable17,602
#7Charles Stable16,937
#8Edward Endangered12,319
#9Frank Endangered12,002
#10Walter Stable8,962
#11Thomas Stable8,850
#12Henry Stable8,110
#13Paul Endangered7,733
#14Harold Endangered7,563
#15Albert Endangered6,942
#16Raymond Endangered6,821
#17Richard Endangered6,669
#18Arthur Rising6,641
#19Harry Endangered6,588
#20Louis Stable5,495
#21Ralph Endangered5,009
#22Clarence Endangered4,909
#23Donald Endangered4,835
#24Carl Endangered4,807
#25Willie Endangered4,709
#26Howard Endangered4,490
#27Jack Stable4,485
#28Fred Endangered4,441
#29David Past peak4,251
#30Kenneth Endangered4,178
#31Francis Stable3,901
#32Roy Endangered3,852
#33Earl Endangered3,842
#34Joe Endangered3,712
#35Lawrence Endangered3,703
#36Samuel Stable3,703
#37Anthony Declining3,695
#38Ernest Endangered3,632
#39Stanley Endangered3,559
#40Michael Past peak3,362
#41Alfred Endangered3,347
#42Herbert Endangered3,253
#43Eugene Endangered3,211
#44Andrew Declining2,965
#45Leonard Endangered2,923
#46Elmer Endangered2,878
#47Leo Rising2,655
#48Peter Stable2,624
#49Russell Stable2,568
#50Bernard Endangered2,436
#51Herman Endangered2,430
#52Frederick Stable2,415
#53Edwin Stable2,386
#54Norman Endangered2,335
#55Daniel Declining2,325
#56Chester Endangered2,289
#57Lester Endangered2,164
#58Floyd Endangered2,090
#59Melvin Endangered2,064
#60Leroy Endangered2,004
#61Vincent Stable1,962
#62Clifford Endangered1,960
#63Clyde Stable1,954
#64Theodore Rising1,929
#65Charlie Rising1,906
#66Lloyd Endangered1,884
#67Sam Stable1,880
#68Philip Endangered1,870
#69Milton Endangered1,834
#70Benjamin Declining1,823
#71Woodrow Endangered1,785
#72Lewis Rising1,767
#73Martin Stable1,676
#74Ray Endangered1,657
#75Marvin Endangered1,627
#76Victor Declining1,559
#77Oscar Stable1,553
#78Alvin Declining1,532
#79Cecil Endangered1,530
#80Stephen Endangered1,486
#81Gerald Endangered1,468
#82Jesse Stable1,457
#83Vernon Endangered1,455
#84Lee Endangered1,451
#85Leon Rising1,414
#86Morris Endangered1,365
#87Edgar Declining1,361
#88Gordon Endangered1,355
#89Sidney Endangered1,337
#90Everett Stable1,336
#91Glenn Endangered1,327
#92Willard Endangered1,302
#93Claude Endangered1,284
#94Maurice Declining1,256
#95Harvey Rising1,250
#96Wilbur Endangered1,248
#97Arnold Endangered1,174
#98Alexander Declining1,169
#99Max Declining1,159
#100Irving Endangered1,156