The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1914

3,759 different boys’ names were recorded in 1914, covering 654,762 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
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
11	Thomas	8,850
12	Henry	8,110
13	Paul	7,733
14	Harold	7,563
15	Albert	6,942
16	Raymond	6,821
17	Richard	6,669
18	Arthur	6,641
19	Harry	6,588
20	Louis	5,495
21	Ralph	5,009
22	Clarence	4,909
23	Donald	4,835
24	Carl	4,807
25	Willie	4,709
26	Howard	4,490
27	Jack	4,485
28	Fred	4,441
29	David	4,251
30	Kenneth	4,178
31	Francis	3,901
32	Roy	3,852
33	Earl	3,842
34	Joe	3,712
35	Samuel	3,703
35	Lawrence	3,703
37	Anthony	3,695
38	Ernest	3,632
39	Stanley	3,559
40	Michael	3,362
41	Alfred	3,347
42	Herbert	3,253
43	Eugene	3,211
44	Andrew	2,965
45	Leonard	2,923
46	Elmer	2,878
47	Leo	2,655
48	Peter	2,624
49	Russell	2,568
50	Bernard	2,436
51	Herman	2,430
52	Frederick	2,415
53	Edwin	2,386
54	Norman	2,335
55	Daniel	2,325
56	Chester	2,289
57	Lester	2,164
58	Floyd	2,090
59	Melvin	2,064
60	Leroy	2,004
61	Vincent	1,962
62	Clifford	1,960
63	Clyde	1,954
64	Theodore	1,929
65	Charlie	1,906
66	Lloyd	1,884
67	Sam	1,880
68	Philip	1,870
69	Milton	1,834
70	Benjamin	1,823
71	Woodrow	1,785
72	Lewis	1,767
73	Martin	1,676
74	Ray	1,657
75	Marvin	1,627
76	Victor	1,559
77	Oscar	1,553
78	Alvin	1,532
79	Cecil	1,530
80	Stephen	1,486
81	Gerald	1,468
82	Jesse	1,457
83	Vernon	1,455
84	Lee	1,451
85	Leon	1,414
86	Morris	1,365
87	Edgar	1,361
88	Gordon	1,355
89	Sidney	1,337
90	Everett	1,336
91	Glenn	1,327
92	Willard	1,302
93	Claude	1,284
94	Maurice	1,256
95	Harvey	1,250
96	Wilbur	1,248
97	Arnold	1,174
98	Alexander	1,169
99	Max	1,159
100	Irving	1,156
101	Homer	1,152
102	Nicholas	1,151
103	Leslie	1,076
104	Gilbert	1,060
105	Allen	1,049
105	Julius	1,049
107	Virgil	1,048
108	Warren	1,033
109	Eddie	1,010
110	Ben	1,005
111	Wayne	1,001
112	Steve	998
113	Jacob	997
114	Luther	991
115	Marion	982
116	Hugh	967
117	Jessie	949
118	Hubert	932
119	Johnnie	929
120	Curtis	915
121	Roland	882
122	Oliver	861
123	Glen	853
124	Nathan	848
125	Horace	840
126	Roger	816
127	Wallace	810
128	Mike	794
128	Manuel	794
130	Edmund	792
131	Alex	789
131	Wesley	789
133	Orville	787
134	Franklin	770
135	Willis	743
136	Jerome	737
137	Tom	735
138	Tony	733
139	Rudolph	732
140	Otis	709
141	Abraham	700
142	Dale	691
143	Emil	684
144	Jerry	649
145	Archie	648
146	Angelo	643
147	Earnest	638
148	Salvatore	635
149	Patrick	633
150	Clifton	616
151	Matthew	613
152	Ira	605
152	Wilson	605
154	Bennie	598
154	Otto	598
156	Guy	580
157	Clinton	566
158	Clayton	563
159	Bill	559
160	Jose	552
161	Karl	548
162	Wilbert	545
163	Ronald	541
164	Sylvester	538
165	Phillip	537
166	August	533
166	Marshall	533
168	Calvin	531
169	Jimmie	530
169	Bruce	530
171	Nelson	527
172	Felix	526
173	Don	521
174	Jim	513
175	Douglas	502
176	Forrest	501
177	Isaac	496
178	Rufus	495
178	Lyle	495
180	Ervin	494
181	Irvin	491
182	Adam	489
183	Aaron	485
184	Delbert	472
185	Nathaniel	470
186	Lonnie	468
187	Wilfred	463
188	Elbert	450
189	Percy	449
189	Julian	449
191	Bert	448
192	Dan	447
193	Ivan	439
194	Pete	432
195	Ellis	426
196	Nick	425
197	Dominick	424
198	Alton	419
199	Adolph	418
200	Grover	416

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1914 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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