United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1932

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 59,268 babies =
  2. 2 James 51,930 babies =
  3. 3 John 48,624 babies =
  4. 4 William 42,124 babies =
  5. 5 Richard 31,809 babies =
  6. 6 Charles 31,092 babies =
  7. 7 Donald 29,794 babies =
  8. 8 George 20,439 babies =
  9. 9 Joseph 18,566 babies =
  10. 10 Thomas 16,834 babies =
  11. 11 Edward 15,191 babies =
  12. 12 David 12,139 babies 1
  13. 13 Paul 12,066 babies 1
  14. 14 Kenneth 11,742 babies =
  15. 15 Frank 11,497 babies 1
  16. 16 Ronald 11,143 babies 11
  17. 17 Jack 10,716 babies 2
  18. 18 Harold 10,433 babies =
  19. 19 Raymond 10,346 babies 2
  20. 20 Billy 9,436 babies 1
  21. 21 Walter 8,667 babies 1
  22. 22 Eugene 8,046 babies 1
  23. 23 Henry 7,470 babies 1
  24. 24 Gerald 7,347 babies 2
  25. 25 Arthur 6,916 babies 2
  26. 26 Albert 6,863 babies 2
  27. 27 Ralph 6,727 babies 2
  28. 28 Carl 6,714 babies =
  29. 29 Joe 6,690 babies =
  30. 30 Bobby 6,597 babies 2
  31. 31 Willie 6,547 babies =
  32. 32 Harry 5,706 babies 2
  33. 33 Fred 5,525 babies =
  34. 34 Jerry 5,303 babies 9
  35. 35 Lawrence 5,295 babies 3
  36. 36 Howard 5,292 babies 2
  37. 37 Norman 5,268 babies 1
  38. 38 Roy 5,238 babies 3
  39. 39 Louis 5,134 babies 2
  40. 40 Clarence 4,895 babies 1
  41. 41 Earl 4,822 babies 1
  42. 42 Daniel 4,449 babies 2
  43. 43 Francis 4,388 babies 1
  44. 44 Herbert 4,368 babies 3
  45. 45 Anthony 4,223 babies 1
  46. 46 Marvin 4,187 babies 1
  47. 47 Ernest 4,166 babies =
  48. 48 Leonard 4,101 babies =
  49. 49 Alfred 3,899 babies 1
  50. 50 Roger 3,788 babies 3
  51. 51 Melvin 3,776 babies =
  52. 52 Stanley 3,759 babies 3
  53. 53 Leroy 3,677 babies 1
  54. 54 Michael 3,607 babies 1
  55. 55 Don 3,453 babies 4
  56. 56 Samuel 3,411 babies =
  57. 57 Wayne 3,388 babies 1
  58. 58 Bill 3,362 babies 1
  59. 59 Ray 3,263 babies 1
  60. 60 Bernard 3,252 babies 6
  61. 61 Dale 3,140 babies 1
  62. 62 Peter 3,130 babies 1
  63. 63 Russell 3,021 babies =
  64. 64 Gene 2,952 babies =
  65. 65 Larry 2,826 babies 23
  66. 66 Franklin 2,754 babies 82
  67. 67 Theodore 2,674 babies 3
  68. 68 Floyd 2,667 babies 2
  69. 69 Andrew 2,645 babies 4
  70. 70 Philip 2,625 babies 1
  71. 71 Lloyd 2,590 babies 3
  72. 72 Edwin 2,568 babies 5
  73. 73 Frederick 2,501 babies =
  74. 74 Leo 2,500 babies 5
  75. 75 Jimmie 2,475 babies 6
  76. 76 Jimmy 2,461 babies 13
  77. 77 Glenn 2,435 babies 5
  78. 78 Vernon 2,428 babies 4
  79. 79 Bob 2,424 babies 1
  80. 80 Allen 2,419 babies 1
  81. 81 Gordon 2,410 babies 5
  82. 82 Clyde 2,319 babies 5
  83. 83 Leon 2,295 babies 1
  84. 84 Clifford 2,286 babies 9
  85. 85 Douglas 2,284 babies =
  86. 86 Lee 2,284 babies 4
  87. 87 Alvin 2,274 babies 7
  88. 88 Martin 2,255 babies 3
  89. 89 Herman 2,191 babies 6
  90. 90 Charlie 2,127 babies 4
  91. 91 Eddie 2,112 babies 4
  92. 92 Lewis 2,112 babies 5
  93. 93 Vincent 2,066 babies 7
  94. 94 Elmer 2,058 babies 12
  95. 95 Harvey 2,030 babies 2
  96. 96 Johnny 2,011 babies 9
  97. 97 Gilbert 1,974 babies 5
  98. 98 Bruce 1,935 babies 3
  99. 99 Jesse 1,863 babies 2
  100. 100 Arnold 1,820 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 59,883 babies =
  2. 2 Betty 34,420 babies =
  3. 3 Barbara 26,318 babies 1
  4. 4 Dorothy 24,974 babies 1
  5. 5 Joan 21,044 babies =
  6. 6 Patricia 17,992 babies 2
  7. 7 Margaret 16,556 babies =
  8. 8 Helen 16,376 babies 2
  9. 9 Shirley 14,476 babies =
  10. 10 Doris 12,910 babies =
  11. 11 Ruth 12,257 babies =
  12. 12 Joyce 11,362 babies 3
  13. 13 Nancy 10,948 babies 4
  14. 14 Virginia 10,755 babies 2
  15. 15 Jean 10,670 babies 2
  16. 16 Marilyn 10,567 babies 3
  17. 17 Elizabeth 9,999 babies 1
  18. 18 Dolores 9,630 babies 4
  19. 19 Frances 9,552 babies 1
  20. 20 Lois 9,519 babies =
  21. 21 Alice 8,537 babies =
  22. 22 Norma 8,406 babies =
  23. 23 Evelyn 7,958 babies 1
  24. 24 Anna 7,924 babies 1
  25. 25 Gloria 7,813 babies 2
  26. 26 Mildred 7,643 babies =
  27. 27 Martha 7,579 babies 1
  28. 28 Beverly 7,527 babies 3
  29. 29 Donna 7,362 babies 3
  30. 30 Phyllis 7,308 babies 1
  31. 31 Marie 6,913 babies 4
  32. 32 Carol 6,570 babies 14
  33. 33 Rose 6,476 babies 3
  34. 34 Ann 6,195 babies 1
  35. 35 Janet 5,786 babies 10
  36. 36 Louise 5,643 babies 3
  37. 37 Marjorie 5,608 babies 3
  38. 38 Ruby 5,469 babies 1
  39. 39 Catherine 5,449 babies 3
  40. 40 Peggy 5,445 babies 2
  41. 41 Annie 5,385 babies =
  42. 42 Geraldine 5,332 babies 4
  43. 43 Irene 5,200 babies 6
  44. 44 June 4,845 babies =
  45. 45 Eleanor 4,836 babies 5
  46. 46 Carolyn 4,587 babies 14
  47. 47 Florence 4,542 babies 4
  48. 48 Lillian 4,351 babies 1
  49. 49 Jane 4,348 babies 1
  50. 50 Edna 4,279 babies 2
  51. 51 Thelma 4,272 babies 2
  52. 52 Wanda 4,261 babies 2
  53. 53 Rita 4,256 babies 5
  54. 54 Gladys 4,185 babies 1
  55. 55 Lorraine 4,162 babies 6
  56. 56 Delores 4,152 babies 2
  57. 57 Josephine 4,095 babies 6
  58. 58 Juanita 4,012 babies 1
  59. 59 Pauline 3,901 babies 3
  60. 60 Theresa 3,813 babies 1
  61. 61 Audrey 3,735 babies 3
  62. 62 Joanne 3,730 babies 6
  63. 63 Lucille 3,650 babies 1
  64. 64 Bonnie 3,621 babies 9
  65. 65 Wilma 3,611 babies 4
  66. 66 Ethel 3,608 babies 1
  67. 67 Sarah 3,597 babies 4
  68. 68 Elaine 3,575 babies 4
  69. 69 Edith 3,570 babies 4
  70. 70 Clara 3,564 babies 9
  71. 71 Bernice 3,542 babies 8
  72. 72 Grace 3,536 babies 2
  73. 73 Marion 3,493 babies 7
  74. 74 Charlotte 3,363 babies 1
  75. 75 Hazel 3,340 babies 1
  76. 76 Emma 3,330 babies =
  77. 77 Patsy 3,254 babies 6
  78. 78 Marlene 3,219 babies 17
  79. 79 Joann 3,115 babies 11
  80. 80 Arlene 3,109 babies 3
  81. 81 Anne 2,969 babies 1
  82. 82 Esther 2,959 babies 3
  83. 83 Kathleen 2,945 babies 4
  84. 84 Sally 2,917 babies 13
  85. 85 Jacqueline 2,875 babies 7
  86. 86 Marian 2,837 babies 2
  87. 87 Beatrice 2,787 babies 2
  88. 88 Laura 2,748 babies 1
  89. 89 Loretta 2,746 babies 7
  90. 90 Vivian 2,662 babies 8
  91. 91 Willie 2,662 babies 2
  92. 92 Julia 2,657 babies 1
  93. 93 Billie 2,635 babies 12
  94. 94 Janice 2,628 babies 10
  95. 95 Katherine 2,588 babies 3
  96. 96 Sylvia 2,568 babies 27
  97. 97 Elsie 2,554 babies 11
  98. 98 Eva 2,522 babies 4
  99. 99 Constance 2,492 babies 19
  100. 100 Rosemary 2,483 babies 12

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Source: Social Security Administration

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