Popular names of 1914, and how old they are now

People born in 1914 turn 112 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 1.4 million births in 1914 under names it lists, and by our estimate fewer than 100 of them are still alive.

The year's top names were Mary for girls and John for boys. Babies born that year belong to the Greatest Generation.

Top girl names of 1914

Most popular girl names of 1914
#	Name	Born 1914	Avg. age, everyone
1	Mary	45,346	66
2	Helen	23,221	66
3	Dorothy	18,782	72
4	Margaret	17,763	61
5	Ruth	15,839	62
6	Anna	11,865	39
7	Mildred	11,649	74
8	Elizabeth	11,367	44
9	Frances	9,677	67
10	Marie	8,829	62
11	Evelyn	8,506	34
12	Alice	8,198	53
13	Florence	7,886	66
14	Virginia	7,601	66
15	Rose	7,574	56
16	Lillian	7,354	29
17	Louise	6,648	69
18	Catherine	6,613	54
19	Edna	6,289	70
20	Gladys	6,227	68
21	Ethel	6,204	76
22	Irene	6,197	61
23	Josephine	5,896	39
24	Ruby	5,625	39
25	Grace	5,594	27
26	Thelma	5,496	74
27	Martha	5,432	66
28	Eleanor	5,374	30
29	Hazel	5,324	27
30	Lucille	5,320	52
31	Edith	5,209	57
32	Gertrude	4,938	76
33	Annie	4,800	54
34	Pauline	4,698	69
35	Esther	4,654	42
36	Doris	4,429	75
37	Clara	4,240	36
38	Beatrice	4,232	56
39	Emma	3,972	20
40	Ann	3,888	65
41	Bertha	3,859	69
42	Julia	3,814	38
43	Bernice	3,730	70
44	Agnes	3,721	64
45	Marjorie	3,713	69
46	Elsie	3,683	41
47	Sarah	3,679	39
48	Katherine	3,652	43
49	Ida	3,561	65
50	Marion	3,550	65

Top boy names of 1914

Most popular boy names of 1914
#	Name	Born 1914	Avg. age, everyone
1	John	37,947	55
2	William	29,753	51
3	James	26,262	54
4	Robert	21,188	58
5	Joseph	18,829	45
6	George	17,602	57
7	Charles	16,937	54
8	Edward	12,319	56
9	Frank	12,002	59
10	Walter	8,962	58
11	Thomas	8,850	53
12	Henry	8,110	34
13	Paul	7,733	57
14	Harold	7,563	66
15	Albert	6,942	57
16	Raymond	6,821	56
17	Richard	6,669	60
18	Arthur	6,641	54
19	Harry	6,588	62
20	Louis	5,495	52
21	Ralph	5,009	65
22	Clarence	4,909	62
23	Donald	4,835	64
24	Carl	4,807	60
25	Willie	4,709	64
26	Howard	4,490	65
27	Jack	4,485	34
28	Fred	4,441	67
29	David	4,251	52
30	Kenneth	4,178	57
31	Francis	3,901	57
32	Roy	3,852	60
33	Earl	3,842	64
34	Joe	3,712	61
35	Lawrence	3,703	60
36	Samuel	3,703	32
37	Anthony	3,695	40
38	Ernest	3,632	61
39	Stanley	3,559	62
40	Michael	3,362	49
41	Alfred	3,347	60
42	Herbert	3,253	65
43	Eugene	3,211	63
44	Andrew	2,965	36
45	Leonard	2,923	60
46	Elmer	2,878	56
47	Leo	2,655	24
48	Peter	2,624	51
49	Russell	2,568	55
50	Bernard	2,436	61

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1914, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1914. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1914 babies. Records before the late 1930s undercount births, because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card. How we calculate this