Popular baby names of 1937

In 1937, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (55,641 babies) and Robert for boys (61,842). Social Security records show 2,130,692 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 4,930 girls' names and 4,020 boys' names.

1937 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 23.6% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 33.6% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Diane, Judy, Anita, Susan, Gail.
New in the boys' top 100: Phillip.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936
1	Mary	55,641	–
2	Barbara	34,917	↑1
3	Patricia	26,838	↑2
4	Shirley	26,823	↓2
5	Betty	25,337	↓1
6	Carol	17,336	↑4
7	Nancy	17,074	↑1
8	Dorothy	16,572	↓2
9	Joan	15,301	↓2
10	Margaret	15,144	↓1
11	Joyce	11,808	↑1
12	Helen	11,453	↓1
13	Marilyn	9,739	–
14	Beverly	9,634	↑3
15	Ruth	9,602	↑1
16	Virginia	9,517	↓2
17	Elizabeth	9,385	↑1
18	Janet	9,363	↑3
19	Frances	9,057	–
20	Carolyn	8,941	↑3
21	Donna	8,887	↑1
22	Doris	8,883	↓7
23	Jean	8,392	↓3
24	Martha	7,953	–
25	Janice	7,768	↑6
26	Sandra	7,520	↑12
27	Phyllis	7,245	↓2
28	Alice	7,120	↓1
29	Lois	6,932	↓3
30	Ann	6,713	↓2
31	Peggy	6,378	↑4
32	Gloria	6,333	–
33	Norma	6,235	↓4
34	Judith	6,146	↑9
35	Marie	6,075	↓2
36	Evelyn	5,760	↓2
37	Dolores	5,568	↓7
38	Rose	5,450	↓1
39	Anna	5,449	↓3
40	Marlene	5,037	↓1
41	Sharon	4,704	↑19
42	Jane	4,702	–
43	Mildred	4,646	↓3
44	Geraldine	4,556	↓3
45	Elaine	4,526	↑5
46	Annie	4,479	↓1
47	Catherine	4,459	↓3
48	Louise	4,382	↓2
49	Linda	4,378	↑48
50	Sylvia	4,371	↑3
51	Joanne	4,333	↓3
52	Ruby	4,289	↓1
53	Eleanor	4,275	↓6
54	Patsy	4,243	↓2
55	Wanda	4,202	↑1
56	Carole	4,198	↑17
57	Marjorie	4,091	↓8
58	Joann	3,936	↓3
59	Sally	3,925	–
60	Arlene	3,805	↓6
61	Kathleen	3,743	↑6
62	Irene	3,674	↓5
63	Loretta	3,673	↑7
64	Bonnie	3,595	↑1
65	Sarah	3,588	↓2
66	Roberta	3,568	↓2
67	Charlotte	3,536	↓6
68	Delores	3,529	↓10
69	Rita	3,421	–
70	Jacqueline	3,400	↓4
71	June	3,378	↓9
72	Darlene	3,285	↑11
73	Jo	3,226	↓1
74	Edna	3,223	↓3
75	Juanita	3,179	–
76	Diane	3,175	new
77	Yvonne	3,171	↑4
78	Thelma	3,062	↓4
79	Kay	3,010	↑19
80	Wilma	2,977	↓2
81	Florence	2,955	↓1
82	Josephine	2,942	↓5
83	Lorraine	2,940	↓7
84	Lillian	2,899	↓5
85	Audrey	2,889	↓17
86	Gladys	2,872	↓2
87	Pauline	2,818	↓5
88	Ethel	2,763	↑2
89	Emma	2,750	↓4
90	Jeanette	2,741	↑4
91	Judy	2,741	new
92	Anne	2,725	↓3
93	Anita	2,714	new
94	Grace	2,710	↓8
95	Theresa	2,702	↓7
96	Edith	2,647	↓9
97	Susan	2,641	new
98	Lucille	2,636	↓6
99	Gail	2,635	new
100	Clara	2,573	↓9

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936
1	Robert	61,842	–
2	James	56,561	–
3	John	48,755	–
4	William	40,725	–
5	Richard	32,975	–
6	Charles	30,520	–
7	Donald	27,868	–
8	David	20,981	↑2
9	Thomas	19,772	↓1
10	George	18,439	↓1
11	Ronald	18,141	↑1
12	Joseph	17,322	↓1
13	Edward	14,930	–
14	Kenneth	13,219	–
15	Paul	12,881	–
16	Larry	10,320	↑9
17	Jerry	10,301	↑1
18	Frank	10,127	↓2
19	Raymond	9,571	↓2
20	Gerald	9,425	↓1
21	Harold	8,550	–
22	Billy	8,301	–
23	Jack	8,194	↓3
24	Bobby	7,745	–
25	Joe	7,745	↓2
26	Walter	7,488	–
27	Michael	7,094	↑6
28	Carl	6,914	↓1
29	Gary	6,763	↑9
30	Henry	6,668	↓2
31	Arthur	6,321	↓1
32	Willie	6,231	–
33	Eugene	5,999	↓4
34	Ralph	5,923	↓3
35	Fred	5,738	↑1
36	Roger	5,713	↓1
37	Albert	5,665	↓3
38	Lawrence	5,507	↓1
39	Daniel	5,124	↑2
40	Roy	4,890	↑2
41	Harry	4,814	↓2
42	Howard	4,700	↓2
43	Norman	4,673	–
44	Wayne	4,613	↑1
45	Jimmy	4,517	↑1
46	Louis	4,356	↓2
47	Anthony	4,339	↑1
48	Earl	3,942	↓1
49	Marvin	3,913	–
50	Melvin	3,890	↑3
51	Don	3,814	–
52	Peter	3,809	↑4
53	Ernest	3,759	↑2
54	Clarence	3,755	↓2
55	Francis	3,730	↓5
56	Leroy	3,556	↑1
57	Stanley	3,483	↑1
58	Leonard	3,480	↓4
59	Dale	3,340	–
60	Alfred	3,181	–
61	Gene	3,165	↑5
62	Philip	3,162	↑1
63	Dennis	3,160	↑11
64	Bill	3,119	↓3
65	Herbert	3,040	↓3
66	Samuel	3,027	↑1
67	Russell	2,895	↑2
68	Frederick	2,878	↑2
69	Johnny	2,826	↑3
70	Bruce	2,810	↑3
71	Ray	2,725	↓6
72	Jimmie	2,679	↓1
73	Bernard	2,672	↓5
74	Douglas	2,610	↑4
75	Gordon	2,533	–
76	Allen	2,518	↑5
77	Franklin	2,514	↓13
78	Lee	2,499	↓2
79	Andrew	2,405	↑4
80	Floyd	2,388	↑6
81	Bob	2,364	↓4
82	Jim	2,347	↑3
83	Eddie	2,345	↓4
84	Tommy	2,326	↑7
85	Leon	2,325	↓3
86	Theodore	2,317	↑1
87	Martin	2,278	↑5
88	Glenn	2,263	↓8
89	Edwin	2,262	↓5
90	Clifford	2,229	–
91	Lloyd	2,157	↓3
92	Stephen	2,133	↑7
93	Clyde	2,105	↓4
94	Patrick	2,090	↑6
95	Harvey	2,081	↑2
96	Vernon	2,076	↓3
97	Leo	2,015	↓3
98	Phillip	2,005	new
99	Alvin	1,986	↓3
100	Jerome	1,979	↓2

Every name given in 1937

All 8,950 names Social Security recorded for 1937, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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