Popular Baby Names in 1931
The most popular baby names in 1931.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | Boy | 60,520 |
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 60,299 |
| 2 | James | Boy | 51,213 |
| 3 | John | Boy | 48,422 |
| 4 | William | Boy | 43,280 |
| 2 | Betty | Girl | 36,105 |
| 5 | Richard | Boy | 31,823 |
| 6 | Charles | Boy | 29,933 |
| 7 | Donald | Boy | 29,102 |
| 3 | Dorothy | Girl | 26,524 |
| 4 | Barbara | Girl | 21,803 |
| 8 | George | Boy | 20,686 |
| 9 | Joseph | Boy | 19,327 |
| 5 | Joan | Girl | 19,119 |
| 6 | Helen | Girl | 17,664 |
| 7 | Margaret | Girl | 17,332 |
| 10 | Thomas | Boy | 16,846 |
| 8 | Patricia | Girl | 16,470 |
| 11 | Edward | Boy | 15,647 |
| 9 | Shirley | Girl | 14,405 |
| 10 | Doris | Girl | 13,629 |
| 11 | Ruth | Girl | 13,131 |
| 12 | Paul | Boy | 12,255 |
| 12 | Virginia | Girl | 11,886 |
| 13 | David | Boy | 11,783 |
| 14 | Kenneth | Boy | 11,568 |
| 15 | Jack | Boy | 11,489 |
| 16 | Frank | Boy | 11,472 |
| 13 | Jean | Girl | 11,013 |
| 17 | Raymond | Boy | 10,854 |
| 14 | Dolores | Girl | 10,806 |
| 18 | Harold | Boy | 10,694 |
| 15 | Joyce | Girl | 10,580 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | Girl | 10,292 |
| 17 | Nancy | Girl | 10,036 |
| 18 | Frances | Girl | 9,718 |
| 19 | Marilyn | Girl | 9,664 |
| 20 | Lois | Girl | 9,348 |
| 19 | Billy | Boy | 9,263 |
| 20 | Walter | Boy | 8,940 |
| 21 | Alice | Girl | 8,816 |
| 22 | Norma | Girl | 8,759 |
| 23 | Gloria | Girl | 8,547 |
| 24 | Evelyn | Girl | 8,491 |
| 25 | Anna | Girl | 8,429 |
| 26 | Mildred | Girl | 8,170 |
| 21 | Eugene | Boy | 8,152 |
| 22 | Henry | Boy | 7,805 |
| 27 | Marie | Girl | 7,549 |
| 23 | Arthur | Boy | 7,525 |
| 28 | Martha | Girl | 7,482 |
| 29 | Phyllis | Girl | 7,213 |
| 24 | Albert | Boy | 7,131 |
| 25 | Ralph | Boy | 6,960 |
| 30 | Rose | Girl | 6,881 |
| 26 | Gerald | Boy | 6,823 |
| 31 | Beverly | Girl | 6,789 |
| 27 | Ronald | Boy | 6,726 |
| 32 | Donna | Girl | 6,600 |
| 28 | Carl | Boy | 6,582 |
| 29 | Joe | Boy | 6,456 |
| 30 | Harry | Boy | 6,045 |
| 31 | Willie | Boy | 5,963 |
| 33 | Louise | Girl | 5,897 |
| 34 | Marjorie | Girl | 5,880 |
| 32 | Bobby | Boy | 5,858 |
| 35 | Ann | Girl | 5,858 |
| 33 | Fred | Boy | 5,698 |
| 36 | Catherine | Girl | 5,642 |
| 34 | Howard | Boy | 5,623 |
| 37 | Irene | Girl | 5,616 |
| 35 | Roy | Boy | 5,489 |
| 36 | Norman | Boy | 5,426 |
| 37 | Louis | Boy | 5,424 |
| 38 | Geraldine | Girl | 5,413 |
| 38 | Lawrence | Boy | 5,364 |
| 39 | Ruby | Girl | 5,331 |
| 40 | Eleanor | Girl | 5,255 |
| 41 | Annie | Girl | 5,090 |
| 42 | Peggy | Girl | 5,077 |
| 39 | Clarence | Boy | 5,062 |
| 40 | Earl | Boy | 5,047 |
| 43 | Florence | Girl | 5,011 |
| 44 | June | Girl | 5,002 |
| 45 | Janet | Girl | 4,948 |
| 46 | Carol | Girl | 4,891 |
| 47 | Lillian | Girl | 4,807 |
| 41 | Herbert | Boy | 4,788 |
| 42 | Francis | Boy | 4,735 |
| 48 | Rita | Girl | 4,613 |
| 49 | Lorraine | Girl | 4,588 |
| 50 | Jane | Girl | 4,532 |
| 51 | Josephine | Girl | 4,497 |
| 52 | Edna | Girl | 4,461 |
| 53 | Thelma | Girl | 4,440 |
| 54 | Wanda | Girl | 4,395 |
| 43 | Jerry | Boy | 4,371 |
| 45 | Marvin | Boy | 4,360 |
| 44 | Daniel | Boy | 4,360 |
| 55 | Gladys | Girl | 4,351 |