EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1937

United States · 2,130,692 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

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

Top 100 — Boys

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