Explore

The most popular names in 1931

Ranks are per sex, and names with the same count share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

‹ 19301932 ›

Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #11Ruth13,132
  12. #12Virginia11,886
  13. #13Jean11,013
  14. #14Dolores10,807
  15. #15Joyce10,580
  16. #16Elizabeth10,292
  17. #17Nancy10,036
  18. #18Frances9,718
  19. #19Marilyn9,664
  20. #20Lois9,348
  21. #21Alice8,815
  22. #22Norma8,759
  23. #23Gloria8,546
  24. #24Evelyn8,492
  25. #25Anna8,429
  26. #26Mildred8,169
  27. #27Marie7,549
  28. #28Martha7,481
  29. #29Phyllis7,213
  30. #30Rose6,881
  31. #31Beverly6,789
  32. #32Donna6,600
  33. #33Louise5,897
  34. #34Marjorie5,880
  35. #35Ann5,858
  36. #36Catherine5,642
  37. #37Irene5,616
  38. #38Geraldine5,413
  39. #39Ruby5,331
  40. #40Eleanor5,255
  41. #41Annie5,090
  42. #42Peggy5,076
  43. #43Florence5,011
  44. #44June5,002
  45. #45Janet4,948
  46. #46Carol4,892
  47. #47Lillian4,807
  48. #48Rita4,613
  49. #49Lorraine4,588
  50. #50Jane4,532
  51. #51Josephine4,497
  52. #52Edna4,461
  53. #53Thelma4,440
  54. #54Wanda4,395
  55. #55Gladys4,350
  56. #56Pauline4,192
  57. #57Juanita4,131
  58. #58Delores4,050
  59. #59Theresa4,034
  60. #60Carolyn4,008
  61. #61Clara3,899
  62. #62Lucille3,854
  63. #63Bernice3,821
  64. #64Audrey3,790
  65. #65Edith3,772
  66. #66Marion3,763
  67. #67Ethel3,760
  68. #68Joanne3,757
  69. #69Wilma3,741
  70. #70Grace3,712
  71. #71Sarah3,636
  72. #72Elaine3,622
  73. #73Bonnie3,552
  74. #74Hazel3,508
  75. #75Charlotte3,403
  76. #76Emma3,307
  77. #77Arlene3,217
  78. #78Jacqueline3,134
  79. #79Esther3,034
  80. #80Anne2,979
  81. #81Billie2,921
  82. #82Vivian2,893
  83. #83Patsy2,869
  84. #84Marian2,862
  85. #85Beatrice2,844
  86. #86Elsie2,807
  87. #87Kathleen2,799
  88. #88Rosemary2,722
  89. #89Laura2,669
  90. #90Joann2,655
  91. #91Julia2,624
  92. #91Katherine2,624
  93. #93Willie2,597
  94. #94Eva2,591
  95. #95Marlene2,585
  96. #96Loretta2,581
  97. #97Sally2,557
  98. #98Jeanne2,525
  99. #99Ellen2,450
  100. #100Ida2,419

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #11Edward15,646
  12. #12Paul12,255
  13. #13David11,784
  14. #14Kenneth11,568
  15. #15Jack11,488
  16. #16Frank11,472
  17. #17Raymond10,854
  18. #18Harold10,695
  19. #19Billy9,264
  20. #20Walter8,940
  21. #21Eugene8,151
  22. #22Henry7,805
  23. #23Arthur7,525
  24. #24Albert7,131
  25. #25Ralph6,960
  26. #26Gerald6,823
  27. #27Ronald6,726
  28. #28Carl6,583
  29. #29Joe6,456
  30. #30Harry6,045
  31. #31Willie5,963
  32. #32Bobby5,858
  33. #33Fred5,698
  34. #34Howard5,624
  35. #35Roy5,489
  36. #36Norman5,426
  37. #37Louis5,423
  38. #38Lawrence5,364
  39. #39Clarence5,062
  40. #40Earl5,047
  41. #41Herbert4,788
  42. #42Francis4,735
  43. #43Jerry4,371
  44. #44Daniel4,360
  45. #44Marvin4,360
  46. #46Anthony4,310
  47. #47Ernest4,298
  48. #48Leonard4,279
  49. #49Stanley4,202
  50. #50Alfred3,949
  51. #51Melvin3,700
  52. #52Leroy3,649
  53. #53Roger3,625
  54. #54Bernard3,514
  55. #55Michael3,489
  56. #56Samuel3,379
  57. #57Bill3,218
  58. #58Wayne3,217
  59. #59Don3,176
  60. #60Ray3,161
  61. #61Peter3,122
  62. #62Dale3,008
  63. #63Russell2,942
  64. #64Gene2,766
  65. #65Andrew2,714
  66. #66Floyd2,707
  67. #67Edwin2,704
  68. #67Lloyd2,704
  69. #69Leo2,700
  70. #70Theodore2,666
  71. #71Philip2,648
  72. #72Glenn2,624
  73. #73Frederick2,471
  74. #74Vernon2,465
  75. #75Clifford2,452
  76. #76Gordon2,396
  77. #77Clyde2,336
  78. #78Bob2,318
  79. #79Allen2,308
  80. #80Alvin2,299
  81. #81Jimmie2,288
  82. #82Elmer2,265
  83. #83Herman2,263
  84. #84Leon2,245
  85. #85Douglas2,203
  86. #86Vincent2,162
  87. #87Lewis2,160
  88. #88Larry2,147
  89. #89Jimmy2,126
  90. #90Lee2,123
  91. #91Martin2,103
  92. #92Gilbert1,993
  93. #93Harvey1,978
  94. #94Charlie1,975
  95. #95Eddie1,959
  96. #96Lester1,919
  97. #97Jesse1,895
  98. #98Arnold1,835
  99. #99Milton1,834
  100. #99Warren1,834