100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1931

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 60,513
2 James 0 51,213
3 John 0 48,420
4 William 0 43,269
5 Richard 0 31,816
6 Charles 0 29,924
7 Donald 0 29,104
8 George 0 20,685
9 Joseph 0 19,331
10 Thomas +1 16,846
11 Edward -1 15,646
12 Paul 0 12,250
13 David +2 11,778
14 Kenneth +3 11,566
15 Jack -1 11,477
16 Frank -3 11,469
17 Raymond -1 10,856
18 Harold 0 10,693
19 Billy +1 9,262
20 Walter -1 8,943
21 Eugene 0 8,147
22 Henry 0 7,800
23 Arthur 0 7,526
24 Albert 0 7,130
25 Ralph 0 6,956
26 Gerald +4 6,823
27 Ronald +10 6,726
28 Carl -2 6,580
29 Joe -2 6,445
30 Harry -2 6,040
31 Willie -2 5,960
32 Bobby +9 5,857
33 Fred -1 5,704
34 Howard -3 5,621
35 Roy -2 5,487
36 Louis -2 5,423
37 Norman +3 5,422
38 Lawrence -2 5,367
39 Clarence 0 5,063
40 Earl -2 5,043
41 Herbert -6 4,787
42 Francis 0 4,734
43 Jerry +8 4,369
44 Daniel +3 4,359
45 Marvin +3 4,359
46 Anthony -2 4,302
47 Ernest -4 4,298
48 Leonard -3 4,278
49 Stanley 0 4,199
50 Alfred -4 3,948
51 Melvin -1 3,699
52 Leroy +1 3,646
53 Roger +5 3,624
54 Bernard -2 3,513
55 Michael -1 3,488
56 Samuel -1 3,377
57 Bill +2 3,218
58 Wayne +7 3,217
59 Don +9 3,176
60 Ray -3 3,162
61 Peter -5 3,121
62 Dale +2 3,009
63 Russell -3 2,944
64 Gene +6 2,770
65 Andrew -3 2,713
66 Floyd -5 2,705
67 Leo -4 2,703
68 Lloyd +1 2,703
69 Edwin -3 2,701
70 Theodore -3 2,668
71 Philip +4 2,649
72 Glenn -1 2,622
73 Frederick 0 2,467
74 Vernon -2 2,465
75 Clifford -1 2,450
76 Gordon +1 2,398
77 Clyde -1 2,332
78 Bob +10 2,318
79 Allen +6 2,306
80 Alvin -1 2,300
81 Jimmie +5 2,287
82 Elmer -2 2,265
83 Herman -5 2,262
84 Leon -3 2,246
85 Douglas +4 2,202
86 Vincent -2 2,159
87 Lewis 0 2,157
88 Larry +19 2,146
89 Jimmy +13 2,128
90 Lee -8 2,124
91 Martin -8 2,102
92 Gilbert -2 1,992
93 Harvey -1 1,978
94 Charlie -3 1,974
95 Eddie +2 1,956
96 Lester -1 1,919
97 Jesse -3 1,898
98 Arnold 0 1,835
99 Warren -3 1,834
100 Milton -7 1,833
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 60,296
2 Betty 0 36,104
3 Dorothy 0 26,522
4 Barbara +2 21,797
5 Joan +3 19,116
6 Helen -2 17,660
7 Margaret -2 17,333
8 Patricia -1 16,468
9 Shirley +2 14,405
10 Doris -1 13,624
11 Ruth -1 13,129
12 Virginia 0 11,882
13 Jean +1 11,012
14 Dolores -1 10,807
15 Joyce +3 10,580
16 Elizabeth -1 10,293
17 Nancy +7 10,033
18 Frances -2 9,715
19 Marilyn +3 9,666
20 Lois -3 9,351
21 Alice -1 8,815
22 Norma +3 8,761
23 Gloria +7 8,549
24 Evelyn -5 8,491
25 Anna -2 8,430
26 Mildred -5 8,166
27 Marie -1 7,546
28 Martha -1 7,479
29 Phyllis -1 7,212
30 Rose -1 6,879
31 Beverly +3 6,788
32 Donna +5 6,601
33 Louise -2 5,895
34 Marjorie -2 5,881
35 Ann +6 5,856
36 Catherine -1 5,642
37 Irene -4 5,614
38 Geraldine +6 5,411
39 Ruby -3 5,333
40 Eleanor -1 5,257
41 Annie -1 5,092
42 Peggy +25 5,077
43 Florence -5 5,010
44 June +3 5,002
45 Janet +8 4,947
46 Carol +8 4,891
47 Lillian -4 4,806
48 Rita -6 4,614
49 Lorraine -3 4,586
50 Jane +5 4,534
51 Josephine -2 4,497
52 Edna -1 4,461
53 Thelma -8 4,440
54 Wanda +2 4,394
55 Gladys -7 4,350
56 Pauline -4 4,190
57 Juanita 0 4,129
58 Delores +8 4,050
59 Theresa -9 4,033
60 Carolyn +12 4,009
61 Clara +3 3,900
62 Lucille -3 3,855
63 Bernice -5 3,823
64 Audrey -1 3,789
65 Edith -4 3,771
66 Marion -6 3,765
67 Ethel -2 3,760
68 Joanne +13 3,757
69 Wilma -1 3,742
70 Grace -8 3,712
71 Sarah -1 3,636
72 Elaine -3 3,623
73 Bonnie +5 3,550
74 Hazel -3 3,505
75 Charlotte 0 3,402
76 Emma -3 3,307
77 Arlene +26 3,216
78 Jacqueline -4 3,137
79 Esther -2 3,033
80 Anne +3 2,978
81 Billie -2 2,920
82 Vivian +9 2,893
83 Patsy +14 2,868
84 Marian -4 2,862
85 Beatrice -9 2,842
86 Elsie +2 2,807
87 Kathleen -3 2,800
88 Rosemary -6 2,721
89 Laura 0 2,670
90 Joann +28 2,655
91 Julia -1 2,624
92 Katherine -7 2,623
93 Willie -6 2,595
94 Eva -8 2,592
95 Marlene +293 2,587
96 Loretta +9 2,579
97 Sally +1 2,556
98 Jeanne -6 2,524
99 Ellen +1 2,449
100 Ida -6 2,417