Popular baby names of 1934

In 1934, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (56,929 babies) and Robert for boys (55,843). Social Security records show 2,076,821 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 4,973 girls' names and 4,205 boys' names.

1934 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Carole, Sandra, Judith, Ellen, Eva.
New in the boys' top 100: Dennis, Tommy.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933
1	Mary	56,929	–
2	Betty	31,089	–
3	Barbara	29,239	–
4	Shirley	22,841	↑5
5	Dorothy	21,281	↓1
6	Patricia	20,844	–
7	Joan	19,465	↓2
8	Margaret	15,144	↓1
9	Helen	14,100	↓1
10	Nancy	13,520	↑1
11	Doris	11,627	↓1
12	Joyce	11,459	–
13	Ruth	10,565	–
14	Carol	10,273	↑6
15	Virginia	10,002	–
16	Jean	9,718	↓2
17	Marilyn	9,382	↓1
18	Elizabeth	9,346	↓1
19	Frances	9,206	↓1
20	Lois	8,387	↓1
21	Janet	8,071	↑4
22	Beverly	7,886	↑4
23	Donna	7,870	↑1
24	Norma	7,788	↓1
25	Alice	7,784	↓3
26	Dolores	7,689	↓5
27	Martha	7,604	–
28	Phyllis	7,180	–
29	Evelyn	6,983	↑1
30	Gloria	6,813	↑1
31	Anna	6,680	↓2
32	Ann	6,641	↑2
33	Carolyn	6,472	↑7
34	Marie	6,326	↓1
35	Mildred	6,180	↓3
36	Peggy	6,027	–
37	Rose	5,583	↓2
38	Annie	5,018	↓1
39	Ruby	4,978	↑4
40	Louise	4,973	↓1
41	Marjorie	4,972	–
42	Catherine	4,933	↑2
43	Geraldine	4,837	↓1
44	Eleanor	4,718	↓6
45	Joanne	4,543	↑11
46	June	4,387	↓1
47	Wanda	4,368	↑1
48	Jane	4,358	↓1
49	Irene	4,346	↓3
50	Joann	4,149	↑22
51	Delores	3,991	↑1
52	Lillian	3,973	↓1
53	Arlene	3,917	↑21
54	Elaine	3,900	↑7
55	Edna	3,809	–
56	Lorraine	3,775	↓2
57	Marlene	3,755	↓7
58	Bonnie	3,753	↑10
59	Patsy	3,750	↑6
60	Josephine	3,742	↑2
61	Florence	3,736	↓12
62	Sally	3,725	↑14
63	Rita	3,683	↓10
64	Juanita	3,662	↓1
65	Thelma	3,646	↓8
66	Gladys	3,611	↓6
67	Sarah	3,601	↓9
68	Janice	3,588	↑13
69	Audrey	3,582	↓10
70	Sylvia	3,475	↑14
71	Pauline	3,445	↓7
72	Charlotte	3,434	↑7
73	Wilma	3,311	↓7
74	Kathleen	3,279	↑3
75	Jo	3,257	↑15
76	Clara	3,222	↓9
77	Theresa	3,192	↓7
78	Ethel	3,178	↓7
79	Grace	3,087	↓10
80	Jacqueline	3,038	↑6
81	Edith	3,012	↓1
82	Bernice	2,980	↑1
83	Loretta	2,978	↑4
84	Lucille	2,947	↓6
85	Emma	2,940	↓10
86	Marion	2,884	↓13
87	Hazel	2,811	↓5
88	Anne	2,786	↓3
89	Carole	2,655	new
90	Darlene	2,605	↑6
91	Esther	2,579	↓3
92	Billie	2,559	–
93	Sandra	2,550	new
94	Judith	2,459	new
95	Ellen	2,455	new
96	Laura	2,438	↓5
97	Marian	2,426	↓8
98	Vivian	2,413	–
99	Beatrice	2,410	↓5
100	Eva	2,389	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933
1	Robert	55,843	–
2	James	54,270	–
3	John	46,743	–
4	William	40,175	–
5	Richard	33,167	–
6	Donald	30,408	↑1
7	Charles	29,790	↓1
8	George	18,500	–
9	Thomas	17,373	↑1
10	Joseph	17,111	↓1
11	Ronald	14,088	↑1
12	David	14,003	↑1
13	Edward	13,917	↓2
14	Paul	12,196	–
15	Kenneth	11,800	–
16	Frank	10,640	–
17	Jack	9,985	–
18	Harold	9,926	–
19	Raymond	9,588	–
20	Billy	9,562	–
21	Walter	8,092	–
22	Gerald	7,816	–
23	Bobby	7,532	↑3
24	Eugene	7,145	↓1
25	Jerry	7,134	↑6
26	Joe	7,090	↑1
27	Henry	6,735	↓3
28	Carl	6,683	–
29	Arthur	6,443	↓4
30	Willie	6,348	↑2
31	Ralph	6,282	↓2
32	Albert	6,003	↓2
33	Fred	5,466	↑1
34	Lawrence	5,324	↑4
35	Roy	5,104	↑4
36	Harry	5,099	↓1
37	Howard	5,068	↓1
38	Norman	4,989	↓1
39	Roger	4,766	↑9
40	Louis	4,682	–
41	Earl	4,628	–
42	Daniel	4,502	–
43	Larry	4,474	↑15
44	Marvin	4,217	–
45	Clarence	4,213	↓2
46	Franklin	4,156	↓13
47	Michael	4,108	↑6
48	Wayne	4,035	↑4
49	Francis	4,006	↓4
50	Don	3,926	↑4
51	Ernest	3,849	↓1
52	Anthony	3,840	↓6
53	Leonard	3,836	↓6
54	Leroy	3,774	↑2
55	Melvin	3,702	↓4
56	Jimmy	3,696	↑8
57	Herbert	3,600	↓8
58	Stanley	3,569	↓3
59	Bill	3,534	–
60	Gary	3,354	↑20
61	Peter	3,290	↓1
62	Dale	3,241	↑3
63	Ray	3,177	↓1
64	Alfred	3,158	↓7
65	Bernard	3,146	↓2
66	Samuel	3,137	↓5
67	Gene	2,854	↓1
68	Jimmie	2,837	↑4
69	Philip	2,784	↑1
70	Russell	2,736	↓3
71	Gordon	2,639	–
72	Douglas	2,541	↑9
73	Floyd	2,533	↓4
74	Theodore	2,523	↓6
75	Bob	2,478	↑7
76	Andrew	2,443	–
77	Frederick	2,431	↑1
78	Bruce	2,401	↑13
79	Lee	2,378	–
80	Edwin	2,347	↓3
81	Glenn	2,341	↓7
82	Lloyd	2,339	↓9
83	Johnny	2,336	↑7
84	Clyde	2,323	↑3
85	Clifford	2,315	↑1
86	Leo	2,309	↓11
87	Leon	2,306	↓2
88	Allen	2,241	↓4
89	Vernon	2,227	↓6
90	Jim	2,207	↑8
91	Martin	2,178	↓2
92	Eddie	2,169	↑1
93	Alvin	2,147	↓5
94	Lewis	2,062	↓2
95	Dennis	2,053	new
96	Warren	2,024	↑3
97	Herman	2,011	↓1
98	Tommy	1,937	new
99	Harvey	1,934	↓2
100	Charlie	1,892	↓5

Every name given in 1934

All 9,178 names Social Security recorded for 1934, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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