United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1937

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 61,842 babies =
  2. 2 James 56,561 babies =
  3. 3 John 48,755 babies =
  4. 4 William 40,725 babies =
  5. 5 Richard 32,975 babies =
  6. 6 Charles 30,520 babies =
  7. 7 Donald 27,868 babies =
  8. 8 David 20,981 babies 2
  9. 9 Thomas 19,772 babies 1
  10. 10 George 18,439 babies 1
  11. 11 Ronald 18,141 babies 1
  12. 12 Joseph 17,322 babies 1
  13. 13 Edward 14,930 babies =
  14. 14 Kenneth 13,219 babies =
  15. 15 Paul 12,881 babies =
  16. 16 Larry 10,320 babies 9
  17. 17 Jerry 10,301 babies 1
  18. 18 Frank 10,127 babies 2
  19. 19 Raymond 9,571 babies 2
  20. 20 Gerald 9,425 babies 1
  21. 21 Harold 8,550 babies =
  22. 22 Billy 8,301 babies =
  23. 23 Jack 8,194 babies 3
  24. 24 Bobby 7,745 babies =
  25. 25 Joe 7,745 babies 2
  26. 26 Walter 7,488 babies =
  27. 27 Michael 7,094 babies 6
  28. 28 Carl 6,914 babies 1
  29. 29 Gary 6,763 babies 9
  30. 30 Henry 6,668 babies 2
  31. 31 Arthur 6,321 babies 1
  32. 32 Willie 6,231 babies =
  33. 33 Eugene 5,999 babies 4
  34. 34 Ralph 5,923 babies 3
  35. 35 Fred 5,738 babies 1
  36. 36 Roger 5,713 babies 1
  37. 37 Albert 5,665 babies 3
  38. 38 Lawrence 5,507 babies 1
  39. 39 Daniel 5,124 babies 2
  40. 40 Roy 4,890 babies 2
  41. 41 Harry 4,814 babies 2
  42. 42 Howard 4,700 babies 2
  43. 43 Norman 4,673 babies =
  44. 44 Wayne 4,613 babies 1
  45. 45 Jimmy 4,517 babies 1
  46. 46 Louis 4,356 babies 2
  47. 47 Anthony 4,339 babies 1
  48. 48 Earl 3,942 babies 1
  49. 49 Marvin 3,913 babies =
  50. 50 Melvin 3,890 babies 3
  51. 51 Don 3,814 babies =
  52. 52 Peter 3,809 babies 4
  53. 53 Ernest 3,759 babies 2
  54. 54 Clarence 3,755 babies 2
  55. 55 Francis 3,730 babies 5
  56. 56 Leroy 3,556 babies 1
  57. 57 Stanley 3,483 babies 1
  58. 58 Leonard 3,480 babies 4
  59. 59 Dale 3,340 babies =
  60. 60 Alfred 3,181 babies =
  61. 61 Gene 3,165 babies 5
  62. 62 Philip 3,162 babies 1
  63. 63 Dennis 3,160 babies 11
  64. 64 Bill 3,119 babies 3
  65. 65 Herbert 3,040 babies 3
  66. 66 Samuel 3,027 babies 1
  67. 67 Russell 2,895 babies 2
  68. 68 Frederick 2,878 babies 2
  69. 69 Johnny 2,826 babies 3
  70. 70 Bruce 2,810 babies 3
  71. 71 Ray 2,725 babies 6
  72. 72 Jimmie 2,679 babies 1
  73. 73 Bernard 2,672 babies 5
  74. 74 Douglas 2,610 babies 4
  75. 75 Gordon 2,533 babies =
  76. 76 Allen 2,518 babies 5
  77. 77 Franklin 2,514 babies 13
  78. 78 Lee 2,499 babies 2
  79. 79 Andrew 2,405 babies 4
  80. 80 Floyd 2,388 babies 6
  81. 81 Bob 2,364 babies 4
  82. 82 Jim 2,347 babies 3
  83. 83 Eddie 2,345 babies 4
  84. 84 Tommy 2,326 babies 7
  85. 85 Leon 2,325 babies 3
  86. 86 Theodore 2,317 babies 1
  87. 87 Martin 2,278 babies 5
  88. 88 Glenn 2,263 babies 8
  89. 89 Edwin 2,262 babies 5
  90. 90 Clifford 2,229 babies =
  91. 91 Lloyd 2,157 babies 3
  92. 92 Stephen 2,133 babies 7
  93. 93 Clyde 2,105 babies 4
  94. 94 Patrick 2,090 babies 6
  95. 95 Harvey 2,081 babies 2
  96. 96 Vernon 2,076 babies 3
  97. 97 Leo 2,015 babies 3
  98. 98 Phillip 2,005 babies 4
  99. 99 Alvin 1,986 babies 3
  100. 100 Jerome 1,979 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Mary 55,641 babies =
  2. 2 Barbara 34,917 babies 1
  3. 3 Patricia 26,838 babies 2
  4. 4 Shirley 26,823 babies 2
  5. 5 Betty 25,337 babies 1
  6. 6 Carol 17,336 babies 4
  7. 7 Nancy 17,074 babies 1
  8. 8 Dorothy 16,572 babies 2
  9. 9 Joan 15,301 babies 2
  10. 10 Margaret 15,144 babies 1
  11. 11 Joyce 11,808 babies 1
  12. 12 Helen 11,453 babies 1
  13. 13 Marilyn 9,739 babies =
  14. 14 Beverly 9,634 babies 3
  15. 15 Ruth 9,602 babies 1
  16. 16 Virginia 9,517 babies 2
  17. 17 Elizabeth 9,385 babies 1
  18. 18 Janet 9,363 babies 3
  19. 19 Frances 9,057 babies =
  20. 20 Carolyn 8,941 babies 3
  21. 21 Donna 8,887 babies 1
  22. 22 Doris 8,883 babies 7
  23. 23 Jean 8,392 babies 3
  24. 24 Martha 7,953 babies =
  25. 25 Janice 7,768 babies 6
  26. 26 Sandra 7,520 babies 12
  27. 27 Phyllis 7,245 babies 2
  28. 28 Alice 7,120 babies 1
  29. 29 Lois 6,932 babies 3
  30. 30 Ann 6,713 babies 2
  31. 31 Peggy 6,378 babies 4
  32. 32 Gloria 6,333 babies =
  33. 33 Norma 6,235 babies 4
  34. 34 Judith 6,146 babies 9
  35. 35 Marie 6,075 babies 2
  36. 36 Evelyn 5,760 babies 2
  37. 37 Dolores 5,568 babies 7
  38. 38 Rose 5,450 babies 1
  39. 39 Anna 5,449 babies 3
  40. 40 Marlene 5,037 babies 1
  41. 41 Sharon 4,704 babies 19
  42. 42 Jane 4,702 babies =
  43. 43 Mildred 4,646 babies 3
  44. 44 Geraldine 4,556 babies 3
  45. 45 Elaine 4,526 babies 5
  46. 46 Annie 4,479 babies 1
  47. 47 Catherine 4,459 babies 3
  48. 48 Louise 4,382 babies 2
  49. 49 Linda 4,378 babies 48
  50. 50 Sylvia 4,371 babies 3
  51. 51 Joanne 4,333 babies 3
  52. 52 Ruby 4,289 babies 1
  53. 53 Eleanor 4,275 babies 6
  54. 54 Patsy 4,243 babies 2
  55. 55 Wanda 4,202 babies 1
  56. 56 Carole 4,198 babies 17
  57. 57 Marjorie 4,091 babies 8
  58. 58 Joann 3,936 babies 3
  59. 59 Sally 3,925 babies =
  60. 60 Arlene 3,805 babies 6
  61. 61 Kathleen 3,743 babies 6
  62. 62 Irene 3,674 babies 5
  63. 63 Loretta 3,673 babies 7
  64. 64 Bonnie 3,595 babies 1
  65. 65 Sarah 3,588 babies 2
  66. 66 Roberta 3,568 babies 2
  67. 67 Charlotte 3,536 babies 6
  68. 68 Delores 3,529 babies 10
  69. 69 Rita 3,421 babies =
  70. 70 Jacqueline 3,400 babies 4
  71. 71 June 3,378 babies 9
  72. 72 Darlene 3,285 babies 11
  73. 73 Jo 3,226 babies 1
  74. 74 Edna 3,223 babies 3
  75. 75 Juanita 3,179 babies =
  76. 76 Diane 3,175 babies 36
  77. 77 Yvonne 3,171 babies 4
  78. 78 Thelma 3,062 babies 4
  79. 79 Kay 3,010 babies 19
  80. 80 Wilma 2,977 babies 2
  81. 81 Florence 2,955 babies 1
  82. 82 Josephine 2,942 babies 5
  83. 83 Lorraine 2,940 babies 7
  84. 84 Lillian 2,899 babies 5
  85. 85 Audrey 2,889 babies 17
  86. 86 Gladys 2,872 babies 2
  87. 87 Pauline 2,818 babies 5
  88. 88 Ethel 2,763 babies 2
  89. 89 Emma 2,750 babies 4
  90. 90 Jeanette 2,741 babies 4
  91. 91 Judy 2,741 babies 27
  92. 92 Anne 2,725 babies 3
  93. 93 Anita 2,714 babies 11
  94. 94 Grace 2,710 babies 8
  95. 95 Theresa 2,702 babies 7
  96. 96 Edith 2,647 babies 9
  97. 97 Susan 2,641 babies 13
  98. 98 Lucille 2,636 babies 6
  99. 99 Gail 2,635 babies 2
  100. 100 Clara 2,573 babies 9

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Source: Social Security Administration

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