United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1931

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 Robert 60,519 babies =
  2. 2 James 51,212 babies =
  3. 3 John 48,423 babies =
  4. 4 William 43,280 babies =
  5. 5 Richard 31,822 babies =
  6. 6 Charles 29,934 babies =
  7. 7 Donald 29,100 babies =
  8. 8 George 20,685 babies =
  9. 9 Joseph 19,326 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 16,847 babies 1
  11. 11 Edward 15,646 babies 1
  12. 12 Paul 12,255 babies =
  13. 13 David 11,784 babies 2
  14. 14 Kenneth 11,568 babies 3
  15. 15 Jack 11,488 babies 1
  16. 16 Frank 11,472 babies 3
  17. 17 Raymond 10,854 babies 1
  18. 18 Harold 10,695 babies =
  19. 19 Billy 9,264 babies 1
  20. 20 Walter 8,940 babies 1
  21. 21 Eugene 8,151 babies =
  22. 22 Henry 7,805 babies =
  23. 23 Arthur 7,525 babies =
  24. 24 Albert 7,131 babies =
  25. 25 Ralph 6,960 babies =
  26. 26 Gerald 6,823 babies 4
  27. 27 Ronald 6,726 babies 10
  28. 28 Carl 6,583 babies 2
  29. 29 Joe 6,456 babies 2
  30. 30 Harry 6,045 babies 2
  31. 31 Willie 5,963 babies 2
  32. 32 Bobby 5,858 babies 9
  33. 33 Fred 5,698 babies 1
  34. 34 Howard 5,624 babies 3
  35. 35 Roy 5,489 babies 2
  36. 36 Norman 5,426 babies 4
  37. 37 Louis 5,423 babies 3
  38. 38 Lawrence 5,364 babies 2
  39. 39 Clarence 5,062 babies =
  40. 40 Earl 5,047 babies 2
  41. 41 Herbert 4,788 babies 6
  42. 42 Francis 4,735 babies =
  43. 43 Jerry 4,371 babies 8
  44. 44 Daniel 4,360 babies 3
  45. 45 Marvin 4,360 babies 3
  46. 46 Anthony 4,310 babies 2
  47. 47 Ernest 4,298 babies 4
  48. 48 Leonard 4,279 babies 3
  49. 49 Stanley 4,202 babies =
  50. 50 Alfred 3,949 babies 4
  51. 51 Melvin 3,700 babies 1
  52. 52 Leroy 3,649 babies 1
  53. 53 Roger 3,625 babies 5
  54. 54 Bernard 3,514 babies 2
  55. 55 Michael 3,489 babies 1
  56. 56 Samuel 3,379 babies 1
  57. 57 Bill 3,218 babies 2
  58. 58 Wayne 3,217 babies 7
  59. 59 Don 3,176 babies 9
  60. 60 Ray 3,161 babies 3
  61. 61 Peter 3,122 babies 5
  62. 62 Dale 3,008 babies 2
  63. 63 Russell 2,942 babies 3
  64. 64 Gene 2,766 babies 6
  65. 65 Andrew 2,714 babies 3
  66. 66 Floyd 2,707 babies 5
  67. 67 Edwin 2,704 babies 1
  68. 68 Lloyd 2,704 babies 1
  69. 69 Leo 2,700 babies 6
  70. 70 Theodore 2,666 babies 3
  71. 71 Philip 2,648 babies 4
  72. 72 Glenn 2,624 babies 1
  73. 73 Frederick 2,471 babies 1
  74. 74 Vernon 2,465 babies 2
  75. 75 Clifford 2,452 babies 2
  76. 76 Gordon 2,396 babies 1
  77. 77 Clyde 2,336 babies 1
  78. 78 Bob 2,318 babies 10
  79. 79 Allen 2,308 babies 6
  80. 80 Alvin 2,299 babies 1
  81. 81 Jimmie 2,288 babies 5
  82. 82 Elmer 2,265 babies 2
  83. 83 Herman 2,263 babies 5
  84. 84 Leon 2,245 babies 3
  85. 85 Douglas 2,203 babies 4
  86. 86 Vincent 2,162 babies 2
  87. 87 Lewis 2,160 babies =
  88. 88 Larry 2,147 babies 20
  89. 89 Jimmy 2,126 babies 13
  90. 90 Lee 2,123 babies 8
  91. 91 Martin 2,103 babies 8
  92. 92 Gilbert 1,993 babies 2
  93. 93 Harvey 1,978 babies 1
  94. 94 Charlie 1,975 babies 3
  95. 95 Eddie 1,959 babies 2
  96. 96 Lester 1,919 babies 1
  97. 97 Jesse 1,895 babies 3
  98. 98 Arnold 1,835 babies =
  99. 99 Milton 1,834 babies 6
  100. 100 Warren 1,834 babies 4

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 60,299 babies =
  2. 2 Betty 36,105 babies =
  3. 3 Dorothy 26,524 babies =
  4. 4 Barbara 21,804 babies 2
  5. 5 Joan 19,119 babies 3
  6. 6 Helen 17,664 babies 2
  7. 7 Margaret 17,332 babies 2
  8. 8 Patricia 16,469 babies 1
  9. 9 Shirley 14,405 babies 2
  10. 10 Doris 13,629 babies 1
  11. 11 Ruth 13,132 babies 1
  12. 12 Virginia 11,886 babies =
  13. 13 Jean 11,013 babies 1
  14. 14 Dolores 10,807 babies 1
  15. 15 Joyce 10,580 babies 3
  16. 16 Elizabeth 10,292 babies 1
  17. 17 Nancy 10,036 babies 7
  18. 18 Frances 9,718 babies 2
  19. 19 Marilyn 9,664 babies 3
  20. 20 Lois 9,348 babies 3
  21. 21 Alice 8,815 babies 1
  22. 22 Norma 8,759 babies 3
  23. 23 Gloria 8,546 babies 7
  24. 24 Evelyn 8,492 babies 5
  25. 25 Anna 8,429 babies 2
  26. 26 Mildred 8,169 babies 5
  27. 27 Marie 7,549 babies 1
  28. 28 Martha 7,481 babies 1
  29. 29 Phyllis 7,213 babies 1
  30. 30 Rose 6,881 babies 1
  31. 31 Beverly 6,789 babies 3
  32. 32 Donna 6,600 babies 5
  33. 33 Louise 5,897 babies 2
  34. 34 Marjorie 5,880 babies 2
  35. 35 Ann 5,858 babies 6
  36. 36 Catherine 5,642 babies 1
  37. 37 Irene 5,616 babies 4
  38. 38 Geraldine 5,413 babies 5
  39. 39 Ruby 5,331 babies 3
  40. 40 Eleanor 5,255 babies 1
  41. 41 Annie 5,090 babies 1
  42. 42 Peggy 5,076 babies 25
  43. 43 Florence 5,011 babies 5
  44. 44 June 5,002 babies 3
  45. 45 Janet 4,948 babies 8
  46. 46 Carol 4,892 babies 8
  47. 47 Lillian 4,807 babies 3
  48. 48 Rita 4,613 babies 6
  49. 49 Lorraine 4,588 babies 3
  50. 50 Jane 4,532 babies 5
  51. 51 Josephine 4,497 babies 2
  52. 52 Edna 4,461 babies 1
  53. 53 Thelma 4,440 babies 8
  54. 54 Wanda 4,395 babies 2
  55. 55 Gladys 4,350 babies 7
  56. 56 Pauline 4,192 babies 4
  57. 57 Juanita 4,131 babies =
  58. 58 Delores 4,050 babies 8
  59. 59 Theresa 4,034 babies 9
  60. 60 Carolyn 4,008 babies 12
  61. 61 Clara 3,899 babies 3
  62. 62 Lucille 3,854 babies 3
  63. 63 Bernice 3,821 babies 5
  64. 64 Audrey 3,790 babies 1
  65. 65 Edith 3,772 babies 4
  66. 66 Marion 3,763 babies 6
  67. 67 Ethel 3,760 babies 2
  68. 68 Joanne 3,757 babies 13
  69. 69 Wilma 3,741 babies 1
  70. 70 Grace 3,712 babies 8
  71. 71 Sarah 3,636 babies 1
  72. 72 Elaine 3,622 babies 3
  73. 73 Bonnie 3,552 babies 5
  74. 74 Hazel 3,508 babies 3
  75. 75 Charlotte 3,403 babies =
  76. 76 Emma 3,307 babies 3
  77. 77 Arlene 3,217 babies 26
  78. 78 Jacqueline 3,134 babies 4
  79. 79 Esther 3,034 babies 2
  80. 80 Anne 2,979 babies 3
  81. 81 Billie 2,921 babies 2
  82. 82 Vivian 2,893 babies 9
  83. 83 Patsy 2,869 babies 14
  84. 84 Marian 2,862 babies 4
  85. 85 Beatrice 2,844 babies 9
  86. 86 Elsie 2,807 babies 2
  87. 87 Kathleen 2,799 babies 3
  88. 88 Rosemary 2,722 babies 6
  89. 89 Laura 2,669 babies =
  90. 90 Joann 2,655 babies 28
  91. 91 Julia 2,624 babies 1
  92. 92 Katherine 2,624 babies 7
  93. 93 Willie 2,597 babies 6
  94. 94 Eva 2,591 babies 8
  95. 95 Marlene 2,585 babies 293
  96. 96 Loretta 2,581 babies 9
  97. 97 Sally 2,557 babies 1
  98. 98 Jeanne 2,525 babies 6
  99. 99 Ellen 2,450 babies 1
  100. 100 Ida 2,419 babies 6

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Source: Social Security Administration

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