Birth year

Born in 1914? Here's your year in charts

In 1914, the top baby names were Mary and John and a newborn could expect to live 54.2 years.

Top baby names of 1914

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 45,346 babies, 6.0% of girls
  2. 2. Helen 23,221 babies, 3.0% of girls
  3. 3. Dorothy 18,782 babies, 2.5% of girls
  4. 4. Margaret 17,763 babies, 2.3% of girls
  5. 5. Ruth 15,839 babies, 2.1% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. John 37,947 babies, 5.8% of boys
  2. 2. William 29,753 babies, 4.5% of boys
  3. 3. James 26,262 babies, 4.0% of boys
  4. 4. Robert 21,188 babies, 3.2% of boys
  5. 5. Joseph 18,829 babies, 2.9% of boys

From Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S.; names given to fewer than 5 babies are left out. Pick a name to see how many babies got it every year since 1880.

1914 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    54.2 years in 1914, compared with 78.7 years in 2018

    How long a baby born that year could expect to live, at that year's death rates.

Prices are in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. A figure is left out when its chart doesn't cover 1914.

$100 in 1914 buys about as much as $3,363.79 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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