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Most popular baby names of 1937

In 1937, the most popular names in the US were Mary for girls and Robert for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary55,641
  2. 2Barbara34,917
  3. 3Patricia26,838
  4. 4Shirley26,823
  5. 5Betty25,337
  6. 6Carol17,336
  7. 7Nancy17,074
  8. 8Dorothy16,572
  9. 9Joan15,301
  10. 10Margaret15,144
  11. 11Joyce11,808
  12. 12Helen11,453
  13. 13Marilyn9,739
  14. 14Beverly9,634
  15. 15Ruth9,602
  16. 16Virginia9,517
  17. 17Elizabeth9,385
  18. 18Janet9,363
  19. 19Frances9,057
  20. 20Carolyn8,941
  21. 21Donna8,887
  22. 22Doris8,883
  23. 23Jean8,392
  24. 24Martha7,953
  25. 25Janice7,768
  26. 26Sandra7,520
  27. 27Phyllis7,245
  28. 28Alice7,120
  29. 29Lois6,932
  30. 30Ann6,713
  31. 31Peggy6,378
  32. 32Gloria6,333
  33. 33Norma6,235
  34. 34Judith6,146
  35. 35Marie6,075
  36. 36Evelyn5,760
  37. 37Dolores5,568
  38. 38Rose5,450
  39. 39Anna5,449
  40. 40Marlene5,037
  41. 41Sharon4,704
  42. 42Jane4,702
  43. 43Mildred4,646
  44. 44Geraldine4,556
  45. 45Elaine4,526
  46. 46Annie4,479
  47. 47Catherine4,459
  48. 48Louise4,382
  49. 49Linda4,378
  50. 50Sylvia4,371
  51. 51Joanne4,333
  52. 52Ruby4,289
  53. 53Eleanor4,275
  54. 54Patsy4,243
  55. 55Wanda4,202
  56. 56Carole4,198
  57. 57Marjorie4,091
  58. 58Joann3,936
  59. 59Sally3,925
  60. 60Arlene3,805
  61. 61Kathleen3,743
  62. 62Irene3,674
  63. 63Loretta3,673
  64. 64Bonnie3,595
  65. 65Sarah3,588
  66. 66Roberta3,568
  67. 67Charlotte3,536
  68. 68Delores3,529
  69. 69Rita3,421
  70. 70Jacqueline3,400
  71. 71June3,378
  72. 72Darlene3,285
  73. 73Jo3,226
  74. 74Edna3,223
  75. 75Juanita3,179
  76. 76Diane3,175
  77. 77Yvonne3,171
  78. 78Thelma3,062
  79. 79Kay3,010
  80. 80Wilma2,977
  81. 81Florence2,955
  82. 82Josephine2,942
  83. 83Lorraine2,940
  84. 84Lillian2,899
  85. 85Audrey2,889
  86. 86Gladys2,872
  87. 87Pauline2,818
  88. 88Ethel2,763
  89. 89Emma2,750
  90. 90Jeanette2,741
  91. 91Judy2,741
  92. 92Anne2,725
  93. 93Anita2,714
  94. 94Grace2,710
  95. 95Theresa2,702
  96. 96Edith2,647
  97. 97Susan2,641
  98. 98Lucille2,636
  99. 99Gail2,635
  100. 100Clara2,573

Boys

  1. 1Robert61,842
  2. 2James56,561
  3. 3John48,755
  4. 4William40,725
  5. 5Richard32,975
  6. 6Charles30,520
  7. 7Donald27,868
  8. 8David20,981
  9. 9Thomas19,772
  10. 10George18,439
  11. 11Ronald18,141
  12. 12Joseph17,322
  13. 13Edward14,930
  14. 14Kenneth13,219
  15. 15Paul12,881
  16. 16Larry10,320
  17. 17Jerry10,301
  18. 18Frank10,127
  19. 19Raymond9,571
  20. 20Gerald9,425
  21. 21Harold8,550
  22. 22Billy8,301
  23. 23Jack8,194
  24. 24Bobby7,745
  25. 25Joe7,745
  26. 26Walter7,488
  27. 27Michael7,094
  28. 28Carl6,914
  29. 29Gary6,763
  30. 30Henry6,668
  31. 31Arthur6,321
  32. 32Willie6,231
  33. 33Eugene5,999
  34. 34Ralph5,923
  35. 35Fred5,738
  36. 36Roger5,713
  37. 37Albert5,665
  38. 38Lawrence5,507
  39. 39Daniel5,124
  40. 40Roy4,890
  41. 41Harry4,814
  42. 42Howard4,700
  43. 43Norman4,673
  44. 44Wayne4,613
  45. 45Jimmy4,517
  46. 46Louis4,356
  47. 47Anthony4,339
  48. 48Earl3,942
  49. 49Marvin3,913
  50. 50Melvin3,890
  51. 51Don3,814
  52. 52Peter3,809
  53. 53Ernest3,759
  54. 54Clarence3,755
  55. 55Francis3,730
  56. 56Leroy3,556
  57. 57Stanley3,483
  58. 58Leonard3,480
  59. 59Dale3,340
  60. 60Alfred3,181
  61. 61Gene3,165
  62. 62Philip3,162
  63. 63Dennis3,160
  64. 64Bill3,119
  65. 65Herbert3,040
  66. 66Samuel3,027
  67. 67Russell2,895
  68. 68Frederick2,878
  69. 69Johnny2,826
  70. 70Bruce2,810
  71. 71Ray2,725
  72. 72Jimmie2,679
  73. 73Bernard2,672
  74. 74Douglas2,610
  75. 75Gordon2,533
  76. 76Allen2,518
  77. 77Franklin2,514
  78. 78Lee2,499
  79. 79Andrew2,405
  80. 80Floyd2,388
  81. 81Bob2,364
  82. 82Jim2,347
  83. 83Eddie2,345
  84. 84Tommy2,326
  85. 85Leon2,325
  86. 86Theodore2,317
  87. 87Martin2,278
  88. 88Glenn2,263
  89. 89Edwin2,262
  90. 90Clifford2,229
  91. 91Lloyd2,157
  92. 92Stephen2,133
  93. 93Clyde2,105
  94. 94Patrick2,090
  95. 95Harvey2,081
  96. 96Vernon2,076
  97. 97Leo2,015
  98. 98Phillip2,005
  99. 99Alvin1,986
  100. 100Jerome1,979

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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