EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1931

United States · 2,104,393 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

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

Top 100 — Boys

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