United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1934

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 55,843 babies =
  2. 2 James 54,270 babies =
  3. 3 John 46,743 babies =
  4. 4 William 40,175 babies =
  5. 5 Richard 33,167 babies =
  6. 6 Donald 30,408 babies 1
  7. 7 Charles 29,790 babies 1
  8. 8 George 18,500 babies =
  9. 9 Thomas 17,373 babies 1
  10. 10 Joseph 17,111 babies 1
  11. 11 Ronald 14,088 babies 1
  12. 12 David 14,003 babies 1
  13. 13 Edward 13,917 babies 2
  14. 14 Paul 12,196 babies =
  15. 15 Kenneth 11,800 babies =
  16. 16 Frank 10,640 babies =
  17. 17 Jack 9,985 babies =
  18. 18 Harold 9,926 babies =
  19. 19 Raymond 9,588 babies =
  20. 20 Billy 9,562 babies =
  21. 21 Walter 8,092 babies =
  22. 22 Gerald 7,816 babies =
  23. 23 Bobby 7,532 babies 3
  24. 24 Eugene 7,145 babies 1
  25. 25 Jerry 7,134 babies 6
  26. 26 Joe 7,090 babies 1
  27. 27 Henry 6,735 babies 3
  28. 28 Carl 6,683 babies =
  29. 29 Arthur 6,443 babies 4
  30. 30 Willie 6,348 babies 2
  31. 31 Ralph 6,282 babies 2
  32. 32 Albert 6,003 babies 2
  33. 33 Fred 5,466 babies 1
  34. 34 Lawrence 5,324 babies 4
  35. 35 Roy 5,104 babies 4
  36. 36 Harry 5,099 babies 1
  37. 37 Howard 5,068 babies 1
  38. 38 Norman 4,989 babies 1
  39. 39 Roger 4,766 babies 9
  40. 40 Louis 4,682 babies =
  41. 41 Earl 4,628 babies =
  42. 42 Daniel 4,502 babies =
  43. 43 Larry 4,474 babies 15
  44. 44 Marvin 4,217 babies =
  45. 45 Clarence 4,213 babies 2
  46. 46 Franklin 4,156 babies 13
  47. 47 Michael 4,108 babies 6
  48. 48 Wayne 4,035 babies 4
  49. 49 Francis 4,006 babies 4
  50. 50 Don 3,926 babies 4
  51. 51 Ernest 3,849 babies 1
  52. 52 Anthony 3,840 babies 6
  53. 53 Leonard 3,836 babies 6
  54. 54 Leroy 3,774 babies 2
  55. 55 Melvin 3,702 babies 4
  56. 56 Jimmy 3,696 babies 8
  57. 57 Herbert 3,600 babies 8
  58. 58 Stanley 3,569 babies 3
  59. 59 Bill 3,534 babies =
  60. 60 Gary 3,354 babies 20
  61. 61 Peter 3,290 babies 1
  62. 62 Dale 3,241 babies 3
  63. 63 Ray 3,177 babies 1
  64. 64 Alfred 3,158 babies 7
  65. 65 Bernard 3,146 babies 2
  66. 66 Samuel 3,137 babies 5
  67. 67 Gene 2,854 babies 1
  68. 68 Jimmie 2,837 babies 4
  69. 69 Philip 2,784 babies 1
  70. 70 Russell 2,736 babies 3
  71. 71 Gordon 2,639 babies =
  72. 72 Douglas 2,541 babies 9
  73. 73 Floyd 2,533 babies 4
  74. 74 Theodore 2,523 babies 6
  75. 75 Bob 2,478 babies 7
  76. 76 Andrew 2,443 babies =
  77. 77 Frederick 2,431 babies 1
  78. 78 Bruce 2,401 babies 13
  79. 79 Lee 2,378 babies =
  80. 80 Edwin 2,347 babies 3
  81. 81 Glenn 2,341 babies 7
  82. 82 Lloyd 2,339 babies 9
  83. 83 Johnny 2,336 babies 7
  84. 84 Clyde 2,323 babies 3
  85. 85 Clifford 2,315 babies 1
  86. 86 Leo 2,309 babies 11
  87. 87 Leon 2,306 babies 2
  88. 88 Allen 2,241 babies 4
  89. 89 Vernon 2,227 babies 6
  90. 90 Jim 2,207 babies 8
  91. 91 Martin 2,178 babies 2
  92. 92 Eddie 2,169 babies 1
  93. 93 Alvin 2,147 babies 5
  94. 94 Lewis 2,062 babies 2
  95. 95 Dennis 2,053 babies 11
  96. 96 Warren 2,024 babies 3
  97. 97 Herman 2,011 babies 1
  98. 98 Tommy 1,937 babies 11
  99. 99 Harvey 1,934 babies 2
  100. 100 Charlie 1,892 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 56,929 babies =
  2. 2 Betty 31,089 babies =
  3. 3 Barbara 29,239 babies =
  4. 4 Shirley 22,841 babies 5
  5. 5 Dorothy 21,281 babies 1
  6. 6 Patricia 20,844 babies =
  7. 7 Joan 19,465 babies 2
  8. 8 Margaret 15,144 babies 1
  9. 9 Helen 14,100 babies 1
  10. 10 Nancy 13,520 babies 1
  11. 11 Doris 11,627 babies 1
  12. 12 Joyce 11,459 babies =
  13. 13 Ruth 10,565 babies =
  14. 14 Carol 10,273 babies 6
  15. 15 Virginia 10,002 babies =
  16. 16 Jean 9,718 babies 2
  17. 17 Marilyn 9,382 babies 1
  18. 18 Elizabeth 9,346 babies 1
  19. 19 Frances 9,206 babies 1
  20. 20 Lois 8,387 babies 1
  21. 21 Janet 8,071 babies 4
  22. 22 Beverly 7,886 babies 4
  23. 23 Donna 7,870 babies 1
  24. 24 Norma 7,788 babies 1
  25. 25 Alice 7,784 babies 3
  26. 26 Dolores 7,689 babies 5
  27. 27 Martha 7,604 babies =
  28. 28 Phyllis 7,180 babies =
  29. 29 Evelyn 6,983 babies 1
  30. 30 Gloria 6,813 babies 1
  31. 31 Anna 6,680 babies 2
  32. 32 Ann 6,641 babies 2
  33. 33 Carolyn 6,472 babies 7
  34. 34 Marie 6,326 babies 1
  35. 35 Mildred 6,180 babies 3
  36. 36 Peggy 6,027 babies =
  37. 37 Rose 5,583 babies 2
  38. 38 Annie 5,018 babies 1
  39. 39 Ruby 4,978 babies 4
  40. 40 Louise 4,973 babies 1
  41. 41 Marjorie 4,972 babies =
  42. 42 Catherine 4,933 babies 2
  43. 43 Geraldine 4,837 babies 1
  44. 44 Eleanor 4,718 babies 6
  45. 45 Joanne 4,543 babies 11
  46. 46 June 4,387 babies 1
  47. 47 Wanda 4,368 babies 1
  48. 48 Jane 4,358 babies 1
  49. 49 Irene 4,346 babies 3
  50. 50 Joann 4,149 babies 22
  51. 51 Delores 3,991 babies 1
  52. 52 Lillian 3,973 babies 1
  53. 53 Arlene 3,917 babies 21
  54. 54 Elaine 3,900 babies 7
  55. 55 Edna 3,809 babies =
  56. 56 Lorraine 3,775 babies 2
  57. 57 Marlene 3,755 babies 7
  58. 58 Bonnie 3,753 babies 10
  59. 59 Patsy 3,750 babies 6
  60. 60 Josephine 3,742 babies 2
  61. 61 Florence 3,736 babies 12
  62. 62 Sally 3,725 babies 14
  63. 63 Rita 3,683 babies 10
  64. 64 Juanita 3,662 babies 1
  65. 65 Thelma 3,646 babies 8
  66. 66 Gladys 3,611 babies 6
  67. 67 Sarah 3,601 babies 9
  68. 68 Janice 3,588 babies 13
  69. 69 Audrey 3,582 babies 10
  70. 70 Sylvia 3,475 babies 14
  71. 71 Pauline 3,445 babies 7
  72. 72 Charlotte 3,434 babies 7
  73. 73 Wilma 3,311 babies 7
  74. 74 Kathleen 3,279 babies 3
  75. 75 Jo 3,257 babies 15
  76. 76 Clara 3,222 babies 9
  77. 77 Theresa 3,192 babies 7
  78. 78 Ethel 3,178 babies 7
  79. 79 Grace 3,087 babies 10
  80. 80 Jacqueline 3,038 babies 6
  81. 81 Edith 3,012 babies 1
  82. 82 Bernice 2,980 babies 1
  83. 83 Loretta 2,978 babies 4
  84. 84 Lucille 2,947 babies 6
  85. 85 Emma 2,940 babies 10
  86. 86 Marion 2,884 babies 13
  87. 87 Hazel 2,811 babies 5
  88. 88 Anne 2,786 babies 3
  89. 89 Carole 2,655 babies 18
  90. 90 Darlene 2,605 babies 6
  91. 91 Esther 2,579 babies 3
  92. 92 Billie 2,559 babies =
  93. 93 Sandra 2,550 babies 52
  94. 94 Judith 2,459 babies 25
  95. 95 Ellen 2,455 babies 9
  96. 96 Laura 2,438 babies 5
  97. 97 Marian 2,426 babies 8
  98. 98 Vivian 2,413 babies =
  99. 99 Beatrice 2,410 babies 5
  100. 100 Eva 2,389 babies 1

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Source: Social Security Administration

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