The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1914

4,206 different girls’ names were recorded in 1914, covering 761,581 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	45,346
2	Helen	23,221
3	Dorothy	18,782
4	Margaret	17,763
5	Ruth	15,839
6	Anna	11,865
7	Mildred	11,649
8	Elizabeth	11,367
9	Frances	9,677
10	Marie	8,829
11	Evelyn	8,506
12	Alice	8,198
13	Florence	7,886
14	Virginia	7,601
15	Rose	7,574
16	Lillian	7,354
17	Louise	6,648
18	Catherine	6,613
19	Edna	6,289
20	Gladys	6,227
21	Ethel	6,204
22	Irene	6,197
23	Josephine	5,896
24	Ruby	5,625
25	Grace	5,594
26	Thelma	5,496
27	Martha	5,432
28	Eleanor	5,374
29	Hazel	5,324
30	Lucille	5,320
31	Edith	5,209
32	Gertrude	4,938
33	Annie	4,800
34	Pauline	4,698
35	Esther	4,654
36	Doris	4,429
37	Clara	4,240
38	Beatrice	4,232
39	Emma	3,972
40	Ann	3,888
41	Bertha	3,859
42	Julia	3,814
43	Bernice	3,730
44	Agnes	3,721
45	Marjorie	3,713
46	Elsie	3,683
47	Sarah	3,679
48	Katherine	3,652
49	Ida	3,561
50	Marion	3,550
51	Lois	3,432
52	Eva	3,401
53	Anne	3,365
54	Jean	3,281
55	Bessie	3,260
56	Pearl	3,223
57	Viola	3,203
58	Mabel	3,131
59	Laura	3,059
60	Myrtle	3,049
61	Nellie	2,952
62	Betty	2,933
63	Kathryn	2,901
64	Jessie	2,860
65	Stella	2,771
66	Willie	2,759
67	Minnie	2,718
68	Vera	2,683
69	Alma	2,648
70	Sylvia	2,565
71	Jane	2,340
72	Ella	2,308
73	Lucy	2,298
74	Lillie	2,287
75	Lena	2,259
76	Genevieve	2,254
77	Jennie	2,225
78	Mattie	2,193
79	Leona	2,174
80	Blanche	2,164
81	Vivian	2,080
82	Barbara	2,061
82	Violet	2,061
84	Marguerite	2,050
85	Mae	2,049
86	Ellen	2,039
87	Rita	2,010
88	Charlotte	2,007
89	Opal	1,893
90	Marian	1,862
91	Carrie	1,798
92	Velma	1,795
93	Theresa	1,794
94	Juanita	1,792
95	Wilma	1,788
96	Beulah	1,775
97	Hattie	1,678
98	Emily	1,650
99	Fannie	1,617
100	Sophie	1,584
101	Inez	1,579
102	Nancy	1,575
103	Hilda	1,525
104	Rosa	1,514
105	Cora	1,500
106	Ada	1,494
107	Georgia	1,492
108	Sara	1,488
109	Eunice	1,478
110	Kathleen	1,475
111	Harriet	1,455
112	Estelle	1,432
113	Phyllis	1,407
114	Maxine	1,396
115	Mamie	1,386
116	Madeline	1,381
117	Christine	1,374
118	Geneva	1,371
119	Alberta	1,350
120	Lula	1,345
121	Dora	1,343
122	Loretta	1,323
123	Geraldine	1,320
124	Sadie	1,296
125	Verna	1,226
126	Daisy	1,202
127	Olive	1,200
128	Norma	1,172
129	Lucile	1,166
130	Susie	1,165
131	Flora	1,152
132	June	1,148
133	Muriel	1,133
134	Naomi	1,129
135	Maria	1,117
136	Olga	1,107
137	Mable	1,081
138	Audrey	1,070
139	Sally	1,065
140	Henrietta	1,058
141	Maggie	1,055
142	Lottie	1,053
143	Nora	1,038
144	Lola	1,031
145	Victoria	1,026
146	Irma	1,015
147	Erma	993
148	Caroline	989
149	Miriam	981
150	Jeanette	977
151	Rachel	975
152	Lorraine	969
153	Rosie	957
154	Nettie	936
155	Dolores	934
156	Amelia	926
157	Eula	923
158	Roberta	921
159	Eileen	920
160	Shirley	906
161	Winifred	904
162	Rebecca	890
163	Janet	883
164	Wanda	881
165	Della	879
166	Adeline	878
167	Katie	861
168	Lydia	839
169	Carolyn	835
170	Antoinette	830
171	Nina	828
172	Fern	821
173	Goldie	787
174	Bonnie	783
175	May	769
176	Veronica	767
177	Ollie	765
178	Sallie	760
179	Isabel	747
180	Isabelle	739
181	Essie	737
182	Dorothea	731
183	Marcella	729
184	Effie	726
185	Lorene	722
186	Anita	720
187	Adele	709
188	Addie	708
189	Jeannette	699
190	Ora	698
191	Regina	694
192	Maude	693
193	Celia	692
194	Freda	689
195	Angelina	686
196	Cecelia	679
197	Cleo	672
198	Eloise	663
198	Faye	663
200	Susan	661

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

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