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Most popular baby names in the US, 1931

The hundred most-given girls' and boys' names in America in 1931, straight from Social Security card applications. Mary and Robert led the year.

Girls

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

Boys

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

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Source: US Social Security Administration national data, 2025 release.