Popular baby names of 1933

In 1933, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (55,517 babies) and Robert for boys (54,221). Social Security records show 1,999,456 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 4,858 girls' names and 4,156 boys' names.

1933 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 22.8% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.4% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Jo, Margie, Darlene.
New in the boys' top 100: Gary, Jim, Warren.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932
1	Mary	55,517	–
2	Betty	31,531	–
3	Barbara	26,949	–
4	Dorothy	22,054	–
5	Joan	19,294	–
6	Patricia	18,632	–
7	Margaret	15,241	–
8	Helen	14,644	–
9	Shirley	14,320	–
10	Doris	12,025	–
11	Nancy	11,869	↑2
12	Joyce	11,191	–
13	Ruth	11,136	↓2
14	Jean	9,966	↑1
15	Virginia	9,719	↓1
16	Marilyn	9,126	–
17	Elizabeth	9,016	–
18	Frances	8,883	↑1
19	Lois	8,655	↑1
20	Carol	8,220	↑12
21	Dolores	8,022	↓3
22	Alice	7,697	↓1
23	Norma	7,482	↓1
24	Donna	7,360	↑5
25	Janet	7,342	↑10
26	Beverly	7,186	↑2
27	Martha	7,164	–
28	Phyllis	7,111	↑2
29	Anna	7,072	↓5
30	Evelyn	6,947	↓7
31	Gloria	6,752	↓6
32	Mildred	6,569	↓6
33	Marie	6,242	↓2
34	Ann	6,209	–
35	Rose	5,770	↓2
36	Peggy	5,534	↑4
37	Annie	5,123	↑4
38	Eleanor	5,106	↑7
39	Louise	5,079	↓3
40	Carolyn	5,043	↑6
41	Marjorie	5,043	↓4
42	Geraldine	4,962	–
43	Ruby	4,944	↓5
44	Catherine	4,908	↓5
45	June	4,677	↓1
46	Irene	4,506	↓3
47	Jane	4,377	↑2
48	Wanda	4,268	↑4
49	Florence	4,078	↓2
50	Marlene	4,045	↑28
51	Lillian	3,998	↓3
52	Delores	3,890	↑4
53	Rita	3,840	–
54	Lorraine	3,797	↑1
55	Edna	3,730	↓5
56	Joanne	3,719	↑6
57	Thelma	3,636	↓6
58	Sarah	3,621	↑9
59	Audrey	3,610	↑2
60	Gladys	3,581	↓6
61	Elaine	3,572	↑7
62	Josephine	3,569	↓5
63	Juanita	3,551	↓5
64	Pauline	3,542	↓5
65	Patsy	3,451	↑12
66	Wilma	3,417	↓1
67	Clara	3,412	↑3
68	Bonnie	3,373	↓4
69	Grace	3,329	↑3
70	Theresa	3,266	↓10
71	Ethel	3,217	↓5
72	Joann	3,209	↑7
73	Marion	3,199	–
74	Arlene	3,185	↑6
75	Emma	3,152	↑1
76	Sally	3,146	↑8
77	Kathleen	3,121	↑6
78	Lucille	3,117	↓15
79	Charlotte	3,114	↓5
80	Edith	3,110	↓11
81	Janice	3,061	↑13
82	Hazel	3,030	↓7
83	Bernice	3,009	↓12
84	Sylvia	2,935	↑12
85	Anne	2,767	↓4
86	Jacqueline	2,756	↓1
87	Loretta	2,705	↑2
88	Esther	2,676	↓6
89	Marian	2,638	↓3
90	Jo	2,541	new
91	Laura	2,536	↓3
92	Billie	2,483	↑1
93	Willie	2,449	↓2
94	Beatrice	2,410	↓7
95	Margie	2,409	new
96	Darlene	2,408	new
97	Julia	2,403	↓5
98	Vivian	2,378	↓8
99	Elsie	2,376	↓2
100	Katherine	2,330	↓5

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932
1	Robert	54,221	–
2	James	51,112	–
3	John	46,224	–
4	William	39,049	–
5	Richard	31,331	–
6	Charles	28,991	–
7	Donald	28,450	–
8	George	18,356	–
9	Joseph	17,162	–
10	Thomas	16,508	–
11	Edward	13,797	–
12	Ronald	12,061	↑4
13	David	12,026	↓1
14	Paul	11,854	↓1
15	Kenneth	11,410	↓1
16	Frank	10,962	↓1
17	Jack	9,838	–
18	Harold	9,543	–
19	Raymond	9,512	–
20	Billy	8,938	–
21	Walter	7,756	–
22	Gerald	7,422	↑2
23	Eugene	7,352	↓1
24	Henry	6,726	↓1
25	Arthur	6,525	–
26	Bobby	6,490	↑4
27	Joe	6,411	↑2
28	Carl	6,188	–
29	Ralph	6,185	↓2
30	Albert	6,091	↓4
31	Jerry	6,066	↑3
32	Willie	5,983	↓1
33	Franklin	5,363	↑33
34	Fred	5,287	↓1
35	Harry	5,134	↓3
36	Howard	4,995	–
37	Norman	4,959	–
38	Lawrence	4,911	↓3
39	Roy	4,906	↓1
40	Louis	4,695	↓1
41	Earl	4,374	–
42	Daniel	4,310	–
43	Clarence	4,280	↓3
44	Marvin	4,132	↑2
45	Francis	4,093	↓2
46	Anthony	3,974	↓1
47	Leonard	3,955	↑1
48	Roger	3,917	↑2
49	Herbert	3,685	↓5
50	Ernest	3,674	↓3
51	Melvin	3,588	–
52	Wayne	3,562	↑5
53	Michael	3,549	↑1
54	Don	3,453	↑1
55	Stanley	3,432	↓3
56	Leroy	3,357	↓3
57	Alfred	3,268	↓8
58	Larry	3,251	↑7
59	Bill	3,223	↓1
60	Peter	3,137	↑2
61	Samuel	3,111	↓5
62	Ray	3,032	↓3
63	Bernard	3,005	↓3
64	Jimmy	2,932	↑12
65	Dale	2,925	↓4
66	Gene	2,780	↓2
67	Russell	2,697	↓4
68	Theodore	2,611	↓1
69	Floyd	2,541	↓1
70	Philip	2,530	–
71	Gordon	2,524	↑10
72	Jimmie	2,491	↑3
73	Lloyd	2,413	↓2
74	Glenn	2,366	↑3
75	Leo	2,352	↓1
76	Andrew	2,344	↓7
77	Edwin	2,328	↓5
78	Frederick	2,321	↓5
79	Lee	2,301	↑7
80	Gary	2,254	new
81	Douglas	2,252	↑4
82	Bob	2,222	↓3
83	Vernon	2,206	↓5
84	Allen	2,204	↓4
85	Leon	2,187	↓2
86	Clifford	2,158	↓2
87	Clyde	2,141	↓5
88	Alvin	2,128	↓1
89	Martin	2,064	↓1
90	Johnny	2,053	↑6
91	Bruce	2,037	↑7
92	Lewis	2,037	–
93	Eddie	2,016	↓2
94	Vincent	1,983	↓1
95	Charlie	1,978	↓5
96	Herman	1,945	↓7
97	Harvey	1,896	↓2
98	Jim	1,875	new
99	Warren	1,809	new
100	Jesse	1,804	↓1

Every name given in 1933

All 9,014 names Social Security recorded for 1933, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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