1937
Top Baby Names of 1937
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1937
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Mary 55,643 2
Barbara 34,917 3
Patricia 26,838 4
Shirley 26,823 5
Betty 25,337 6
Carol 17,336 7
Nancy 17,074 8
Dorothy 16,573 9
Joan 15,301 10
Margaret 15,143 11
Joyce 11,809 12
Helen 11,454 13
Marilyn 9,739 14
Beverly 9,632 15
Ruth 9,602 16
Virginia 9,516 17
Elizabeth 9,385 18
Janet 9,363 19
Frances 9,057 20
Carolyn 8,940 21
Donna 8,887 22
Doris 8,882 23
Jean 8,392 24
Martha 7,954 25
Janice 7,768 26
Sandra 7,520 27
Phyllis 7,245 28
Alice 7,120 29
Lois 6,932 30
Ann 6,713 31
Peggy 6,378 32
Gloria 6,334 33
Norma 6,235 34
Judith 6,146 35
Marie 6,075 36
Evelyn 5,760 37
Dolores 5,568 38
Anna 5,450 38
Rose 5,450 40
Marlene 5,037 41
Sharon 4,704 42
Jane 4,702 43
Mildred 4,645 44
Geraldine 4,556 45
Elaine 4,527 46
Annie 4,479 47
Catherine 4,459 48
Louise 4,381 49
Linda 4,378 50
Sylvia 4,371 51
Joanne 4,332 52
Ruby 4,289 53
Eleanor 4,275 54
Patsy 4,243 55
Wanda 4,202 56
Carole 4,198 57
Marjorie 4,091 58
Joann 3,936 59
Sally 3,925 60
Arlene 3,806 61
Kathleen 3,743 62
Irene 3,674 63
Loretta 3,673 64
Bonnie 3,595 65
Sarah 3,589 66
Roberta 3,568 67
Charlotte 3,537 68
Delores 3,529 69
Rita 3,421 70
Jacqueline 3,400 71
June 3,378 72
Darlene 3,285 73
Jo 3,226 74
Edna 3,223 75
Juanita 3,179 76
Diane 3,175 77
Yvonne 3,171 78
Thelma 3,062 79
Kay 3,010 80
Wilma 2,977 81
Florence 2,955 82
Josephine 2,942 83
Lorraine 2,940 84
Lillian 2,899 85
Audrey 2,889 86
Gladys 2,872 87
Pauline 2,818 88
Ethel 2,764 89
Emma 2,750 90
Jeanette 2,741 90
Judy 2,741 92
Anne 2,725 93
Anita 2,714 94
Grace 2,710 95
Theresa 2,702 96
Edith 2,647 97
Susan 2,641 98
Lucille 2,636 99
Gail 2,635 100
Clara 2,573 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1937
1
Robert 61,842 2
James 56,562 3
John 48,753 4
William 40,724 5
Richard 32,975 6
Charles 30,521 7
Donald 27,869 8
David 20,980 9
Thomas 19,771 10
George 18,439 11
Ronald 18,140 12
Joseph 17,323 13
Edward 14,930 14
Kenneth 13,218 15
Paul 12,880 16
Larry 10,320 17
Jerry 10,302 18
Frank 10,126 19
Raymond 9,571 20
Gerald 9,424 21
Harold 8,551 22
Billy 8,298 23
Jack 8,196 24
Bobby 7,745 25
Joe 7,744 26
Walter 7,486 27
Michael 7,094 28
Carl 6,914 29
Gary 6,763 30
Henry 6,668 31
Arthur 6,321 32
Willie 6,231 33
Eugene 6,000 34
Ralph 5,922 35
Fred 5,738 36
Roger 5,712 37
Albert 5,664 38
Lawrence 5,505 39
Daniel 5,123 40
Roy 4,888 41
Harry 4,814 42
Howard 4,700 43
Norman 4,673 44
Wayne 4,613 45
Jimmy 4,517 46
Louis 4,355 47
Anthony 4,339 48
Earl 3,942 49
Marvin 3,912 50
Melvin 3,890 51
Don 3,814 52
Peter 3,809 53
Ernest 3,759 54
Clarence 3,756 55
Francis 3,730 56
Leroy 3,555 57
Stanley 3,484 58
Leonard 3,480 59
Dale 3,340 60
Alfred 3,181 61
Gene 3,165 62
Philip 3,162 63
Dennis 3,160 64
Bill 3,119 65
Herbert 3,040 66
Samuel 3,027 67
Russell 2,895 68
Frederick 2,878 69
Johnny 2,826 70
Bruce 2,809 71
Ray 2,725 72
Jimmie 2,679 73
Bernard 2,671 74
Douglas 2,610 75
Gordon 2,533 76
Allen 2,518 77
Franklin 2,514 78
Lee 2,499 79
Andrew 2,405 80
Floyd 2,388 81
Bob 2,364 82
Jim 2,347 83
Eddie 2,345 84
Tommy 2,327 85
Leon 2,325 86
Theodore 2,315 87
Martin 2,278 88
Edwin 2,263 88
Glenn 2,263 90
Clifford 2,230 91
Lloyd 2,157 92
Stephen 2,133 93
Clyde 2,105 94
Patrick 2,090 95
Harvey 2,081 96
Vernon 2,076 97
Leo 2,015 98
Phillip 2,005 99
Alvin 1,986 100
Jerome 1,979 About 1937 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1937, 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.