1931
Top Baby Names of 1931
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1931
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Mary 60,299 2
Betty 36,105 3
Dorothy 26,524 4
Barbara 21,803 5
Joan 19,119 6
Helen 17,664 7
Margaret 17,332 8
Patricia 16,470 9
Shirley 14,405 10
Doris 13,629 11
Ruth 13,131 12
Virginia 11,886 13
Jean 11,013 14
Dolores 10,806 15
Joyce 10,580 16
Elizabeth 10,292 17
Nancy 10,036 18
Frances 9,718 19
Marilyn 9,664 20
Lois 9,348 21
Alice 8,816 22
Norma 8,759 23
Gloria 8,547 24
Evelyn 8,491 25
Anna 8,429 26
Mildred 8,170 27
Marie 7,549 28
Martha 7,482 29
Phyllis 7,213 30
Rose 6,881 31
Beverly 6,789 32
Donna 6,600 33
Louise 5,897 34
Marjorie 5,880 35
Ann 5,858 36
Catherine 5,642 37
Irene 5,616 38
Geraldine 5,413 39
Ruby 5,331 40
Eleanor 5,255 41
Annie 5,090 42
Peggy 5,077 43
Florence 5,011 44
June 5,002 45
Janet 4,948 46
Carol 4,891 47
Lillian 4,807 48
Rita 4,613 49
Lorraine 4,588 50
Jane 4,532 51
Josephine 4,497 52
Edna 4,461 53
Thelma 4,440 54
Wanda 4,395 55
Gladys 4,351 56
Pauline 4,191 57
Juanita 4,130 58
Delores 4,050 59
Theresa 4,034 60
Carolyn 4,008 61
Clara 3,899 62
Lucille 3,854 63
Bernice 3,822 64
Audrey 3,790 65
Edith 3,772 66
Marion 3,763 67
Ethel 3,760 68
Joanne 3,757 69
Wilma 3,741 70
Grace 3,712 71
Sarah 3,636 72
Elaine 3,622 73
Bonnie 3,552 74
Hazel 3,507 75
Charlotte 3,403 76
Emma 3,308 77
Arlene 3,217 78
Jacqueline 3,135 79
Esther 3,034 80
Anne 2,979 81
Billie 2,921 82
Vivian 2,893 83
Patsy 2,869 84
Marian 2,862 85
Beatrice 2,844 86
Elsie 2,807 87
Kathleen 2,799 88
Rosemary 2,722 89
Laura 2,668 90
Joann 2,655 91
Julia 2,624 91
Katherine 2,624 93
Willie 2,597 94
Eva 2,592 95
Marlene 2,585 96
Loretta 2,581 97
Sally 2,557 98
Jeanne 2,525 99
Ellen 2,450 100
Ida 2,419 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1931
1
Robert 60,520 2
James 51,213 3
John 48,422 4
William 43,280 5
Richard 31,823 6
Charles 29,933 7
Donald 29,102 8
George 20,686 9
Joseph 19,327 10
Thomas 16,846 11
Edward 15,647 12
Paul 12,255 13
David 11,783 14
Kenneth 11,568 15
Jack 11,489 16
Frank 11,472 17
Raymond 10,854 18
Harold 10,694 19
Billy 9,263 20
Walter 8,940 21
Eugene 8,152 22
Henry 7,805 23
Arthur 7,525 24
Albert 7,131 25
Ralph 6,960 26
Gerald 6,823 27
Ronald 6,726 28
Carl 6,582 29
Joe 6,456 30
Harry 6,045 31
Willie 5,963 32
Bobby 5,858 33
Fred 5,698 34
Howard 5,623 35
Roy 5,489 36
Norman 5,426 37
Louis 5,424 38
Lawrence 5,364 39
Clarence 5,062 40
Earl 5,047 41
Herbert 4,788 42
Francis 4,735 43
Jerry 4,371 44
Daniel 4,360 44
Marvin 4,360 46
Anthony 4,310 47
Ernest 4,298 48
Leonard 4,279 49
Stanley 4,202 50
Alfred 3,949 51
Melvin 3,700 52
Leroy 3,648 53
Roger 3,625 54
Bernard 3,514 55
Michael 3,489 56
Samuel 3,379 57
Bill 3,217 57
Wayne 3,217 59
Don 3,176 60
Ray 3,161 61
Peter 3,122 62
Dale 3,008 63
Russell 2,943 64
Gene 2,766 65
Andrew 2,713 66
Floyd 2,707 67
Edwin 2,704 67
Lloyd 2,704 69
Leo 2,700 70
Theodore 2,667 71
Philip 2,648 72
Glenn 2,624 73
Frederick 2,471 74
Vernon 2,465 75
Clifford 2,451 76
Gordon 2,397 77
Clyde 2,336 78
Bob 2,318 79
Allen 2,308 80
Alvin 2,299 81
Jimmie 2,288 82
Elmer 2,265 83
Herman 2,263 84
Leon 2,245 85
Douglas 2,203 86
Vincent 2,162 87
Lewis 2,160 88
Larry 2,147 89
Jimmy 2,125 90
Lee 2,123 91
Martin 2,103 92
Gilbert 1,993 93
Harvey 1,978 94
Charlie 1,975 95
Eddie 1,959 96
Lester 1,919 97
Jesse 1,895 98
Arnold 1,835 99
Warren 1,834 99
Milton 1,834 About 1931 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1931, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.