Popular baby names of 1932

In 1932, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (59,883 babies) and Robert for boys (59,268). Social Security records show 2,111,305 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 5,098 girls' names and 4,284 boys' names.

1932 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.6% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Janice, Sylvia, Constance.
New in the boys' top 100: Franklin, Johnny, Bruce.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931
1	Mary	59,883	–
2	Betty	34,420	–
3	Barbara	26,318	↑1
4	Dorothy	24,974	↓1
5	Joan	21,044	–
6	Patricia	17,992	↑2
7	Margaret	16,556	–
8	Helen	16,376	↓2
9	Shirley	14,476	–
10	Doris	12,910	–
11	Ruth	12,257	–
12	Joyce	11,362	↑3
13	Nancy	10,948	↑4
14	Virginia	10,755	↓2
15	Jean	10,670	↓2
16	Marilyn	10,567	↑3
17	Elizabeth	9,999	↓1
18	Dolores	9,630	↓4
19	Frances	9,552	↓1
20	Lois	9,519	–
21	Alice	8,537	–
22	Norma	8,406	–
23	Evelyn	7,958	↑1
24	Anna	7,924	↑1
25	Gloria	7,813	↓2
26	Mildred	7,643	–
27	Martha	7,579	↑1
28	Beverly	7,527	↑3
29	Donna	7,362	↑3
30	Phyllis	7,308	↓1
31	Marie	6,913	↓4
32	Carol	6,570	↑14
33	Rose	6,476	↓3
34	Ann	6,195	↑1
35	Janet	5,786	↑10
36	Louise	5,643	↓3
37	Marjorie	5,608	↓3
38	Ruby	5,469	↑1
39	Catherine	5,449	↓3
40	Peggy	5,445	↑2
41	Annie	5,385	–
42	Geraldine	5,332	↓4
43	Irene	5,200	↓6
44	June	4,845	–
45	Eleanor	4,836	↓5
46	Carolyn	4,587	↑14
47	Florence	4,542	↓4
48	Lillian	4,351	↓1
49	Jane	4,348	↑1
50	Edna	4,279	↑2
51	Thelma	4,272	↑2
52	Wanda	4,261	↑2
53	Rita	4,256	↓5
54	Gladys	4,185	↑1
55	Lorraine	4,162	↓6
56	Delores	4,152	↑2
57	Josephine	4,095	↓6
58	Juanita	4,012	↓1
59	Pauline	3,901	↓3
60	Theresa	3,813	↓1
61	Audrey	3,735	↑3
62	Joanne	3,730	↑6
63	Lucille	3,650	↓1
64	Bonnie	3,621	↑9
65	Wilma	3,611	↑4
66	Ethel	3,608	↑1
67	Sarah	3,597	↑4
68	Elaine	3,575	↑4
69	Edith	3,570	↓4
70	Clara	3,564	↓9
71	Bernice	3,542	↓8
72	Grace	3,536	↓2
73	Marion	3,493	↓7
74	Charlotte	3,363	↑1
75	Hazel	3,340	↓1
76	Emma	3,330	–
77	Patsy	3,254	↑6
78	Marlene	3,219	↑17
79	Joann	3,115	↑11
80	Arlene	3,109	↓3
81	Anne	2,969	↓1
82	Esther	2,959	↓3
83	Kathleen	2,945	↑4
84	Sally	2,917	↑13
85	Jacqueline	2,875	↓7
86	Marian	2,837	↓2
87	Beatrice	2,787	↓2
88	Laura	2,748	↑1
89	Loretta	2,746	↑7
90	Vivian	2,662	↓8
91	Willie	2,662	↑2
92	Julia	2,657	↓1
93	Billie	2,635	↓12
94	Janice	2,628	new
95	Katherine	2,588	↓3
96	Sylvia	2,568	new
97	Elsie	2,554	↓11
98	Eva	2,522	↓4
99	Constance	2,492	new
100	Rosemary	2,483	↓12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931
1	Robert	59,268	–
2	James	51,930	–
3	John	48,624	–
4	William	42,124	–
5	Richard	31,809	–
6	Charles	31,092	–
7	Donald	29,794	–
8	George	20,439	–
9	Joseph	18,566	–
10	Thomas	16,834	–
11	Edward	15,191	–
12	David	12,139	↑1
13	Paul	12,066	↓1
14	Kenneth	11,742	–
15	Frank	11,497	↑1
16	Ronald	11,143	↑11
17	Jack	10,716	↓2
18	Harold	10,433	–
19	Raymond	10,346	↓2
20	Billy	9,436	↓1
21	Walter	8,667	↓1
22	Eugene	8,046	↓1
23	Henry	7,470	↓1
24	Gerald	7,347	↑2
25	Arthur	6,916	↓2
26	Albert	6,863	↓2
27	Ralph	6,727	↓2
28	Carl	6,714	–
29	Joe	6,690	–
30	Bobby	6,597	↑2
31	Willie	6,547	–
32	Harry	5,706	↓2
33	Fred	5,525	–
34	Jerry	5,303	↑9
35	Lawrence	5,295	↑3
36	Howard	5,292	↓2
37	Norman	5,268	↓1
38	Roy	5,238	↓3
39	Louis	5,134	↓2
40	Clarence	4,895	↓1
41	Earl	4,822	↓1
42	Daniel	4,449	↑2
43	Francis	4,388	↓1
44	Herbert	4,368	↓3
45	Anthony	4,223	↑1
46	Marvin	4,187	↓1
47	Ernest	4,166	–
48	Leonard	4,101	–
49	Alfred	3,899	↑1
50	Roger	3,788	↑3
51	Melvin	3,776	–
52	Stanley	3,759	↓3
53	Leroy	3,677	↓1
54	Michael	3,607	↑1
55	Don	3,453	↑4
56	Samuel	3,411	–
57	Wayne	3,388	↑1
58	Bill	3,362	↓1
59	Ray	3,263	↑1
60	Bernard	3,252	↓6
61	Dale	3,140	↑1
62	Peter	3,130	↓1
63	Russell	3,021	–
64	Gene	2,952	–
65	Larry	2,826	↑23
66	Franklin	2,754	new
67	Theodore	2,674	↑3
68	Floyd	2,667	↓2
69	Andrew	2,645	↓4
70	Philip	2,625	↑1
71	Lloyd	2,590	↓3
72	Edwin	2,568	↓5
73	Frederick	2,501	–
74	Leo	2,500	↓5
75	Jimmie	2,475	↑6
76	Jimmy	2,461	↑13
77	Glenn	2,435	↓5
78	Vernon	2,428	↓4
79	Bob	2,424	↓1
80	Allen	2,419	↓1
81	Gordon	2,410	↓5
82	Clyde	2,319	↓5
83	Leon	2,295	↑1
84	Clifford	2,286	↓9
85	Douglas	2,284	–
86	Lee	2,284	↑4
87	Alvin	2,274	↓7
88	Martin	2,255	↑3
89	Herman	2,191	↓6
90	Charlie	2,127	↑4
91	Eddie	2,112	↑4
92	Lewis	2,112	↓5
93	Vincent	2,066	↓7
94	Elmer	2,058	↓12
95	Harvey	2,030	↓2
96	Johnny	2,011	new
97	Gilbert	1,974	↓5
98	Bruce	1,935	new
99	Jesse	1,863	↓2
100	Arnold	1,820	↓2

Every name given in 1932

All 9,382 names Social Security recorded for 1932, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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