Name.Baby Names by year 1930s 1931 Most Popular Baby Names of 1931 Social Security has card records for 2,173,476 people born in the U.S. in 1931. Mary was the top girl name (60,299 babies) and Robert the top boy name (60,519).
Top 100 names of 1931 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1931, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 60,299 #125 2 Betty 36,105 #1,113 3 Dorothy 26,524 #421 4 Barbara 21,804 #968 5 Joan 19,119 #1,085 6 Helen 17,664 #461 7 Margaret 17,332 #112 8 Patricia 16,469 #1,334 9 Shirley 14,405 #1,581 10 Doris 13,629 #2,895 11 Ruth 13,132 #173 12 Virginia 11,886 #525 13 Jean 11,013 #2,117 14 Dolores 10,807 #2,564 15 Joyce 10,580 #1,071 16 Elizabeth 10,292 #17 17 Nancy 10,036 #965 18 Frances 9,718 #318 19 Marilyn 9,664 #760 20 Lois 9,348 #1,666 21 Alice 8,815 #65 22 Norma 8,759 #2,002 23 Gloria 8,546 #654 24 Evelyn 8,492 #8 25 Anna 8,429 #107 26 Mildred 8,169 #1,962 27 Marie 7,549 #617 28 Martha 7,481 #712 29 Phyllis 7,213 #11,932 30 Rose 6,881 #114 31 Beverly 6,789 #1,016 32 Donna 6,600 #1,962 33 Louise 5,897 #514 34 Marjorie 5,880 #1,016 35 Ann 5,858 #1,076 36 Catherine 5,642 #313 37 Irene 5,616 #651 38 Geraldine 5,413 #2,438 39 Ruby 5,331 #64 40 Eleanor 5,255 #12 41 Annie 5,090 #182 42 Peggy 5,076 #8,362 43 Florence 5,011 #391 44 June 5,002 #150 45 Janet 4,948 #2,778 46 Carol 4,892 #2,239 47 Lillian 4,807 #57 48 Rita 4,613 #1,285 49 Lorraine 4,588 #1,043 50 Jane 4,532 #221
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1931, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Josephine 4,497 #53 52 Edna 4,461 #2,458 53 Thelma 4,440 #4,661 54 Wanda 4,395 #5,917 55 Gladys 4,350 #3,211 56 Pauline 4,192 #2,957 57 Juanita 4,131 #2,778 58 Delores 4,050 #5,722 59 Theresa 4,034 #1,548 60 Carolyn 4,008 #1,222 61 Clara 3,899 #63 62 Lucille 3,854 #237 63 Bernice 3,821 #4,067 64 Audrey 3,790 #86 65 Edith 3,772 #499 66 Marion 3,763 #2,036 67 Ethel 3,760 #4,172 68 Joanne 3,757 #2,607 69 Wilma 3,741 #3,645 70 Grace 3,712 #38 71 Sarah 3,636 #90 72 Elaine 3,622 #304 73 Bonnie 3,552 #396 74 Hazel 3,508 #21 75 Charlotte 3,403 #2 76 Emma 3,307 #3 77 Arlene 3,217 #1,631 78 Jacqueline 3,134 #558 79 Esther 3,034 #119 80 Anne 2,979 #619 81 Billie 2,921 #691 82 Vivian 2,893 #70 83 Patsy 2,869 #5,917 84 Marian 2,862 #1,102 85 Beatrice 2,844 #508 86 Elsie 2,807 #123 87 Kathleen 2,799 #1,150 88 Rosemary 2,722 #251 89 Laura 2,669 #379 90 Joann 2,655 #3,028 91 Julia 2,624 #131 91 Katherine 2,624 #186 93 Willie 2,597 #10,107 94 Eva 2,591 #134 95 Marlene 2,585 #1,261 96 Loretta 2,581 #606 97 Sally 2,557 #1,150 98 Jeanne 2,525 #4,546 99 Ellen 2,450 #1,062 100 Ida 2,419 #1,120
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1931, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 60,519 #92 2 James 51,212 #6 3 John 48,423 #23 4 William 43,280 #9 5 Richard 31,822 #234 6 Charles 29,934 #48 7 Donald 29,100 #690 8 George 20,685 #126 9 Joseph 19,326 #29 10 Thomas 16,847 #34 11 Edward 15,646 #224 12 Paul 12,255 #262 13 David 11,784 #35 14 Kenneth 11,568 #294 15 Jack 11,488 #15 16 Frank 11,472 #513 17 Raymond 10,854 #394 18 Harold 10,695 #991 19 Billy 9,264 #1,068 20 Walter 8,940 #251 21 Eugene 8,151 #943 22 Henry 7,805 #5 23 Arthur 7,525 #87 24 Albert 7,131 #614 25 Ralph 6,960 #1,046 26 Gerald 6,823 #1,204 27 Ronald 6,726 #637 28 Carl 6,583 #1,132 29 Joe 6,456 #991 30 Harry 6,045 #775 31 Willie 5,963 #1,315 32 Bobby 5,858 #1,097 33 Fred 5,698 #1,932 34 Howard 5,624 #1,002 35 Roy 5,489 #525 36 Norman 5,426 #1,196 37 Louis 5,423 #249 38 Lawrence 5,364 #518 39 Clarence 5,062 #1,499 40 Earl 5,047 #2,230 41 Herbert 4,788 #2,641 42 Francis 4,735 #420 43 Jerry 4,371 #906 44 Daniel 4,360 #22 44 Marvin 4,360 #699 46 Anthony 4,310 #46 47 Ernest 4,298 #1,038 48 Leonard 4,279 #637 49 Stanley 4,202 #863 50 Alfred 3,949 #840
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1931, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Melvin 3,700 #958 52 Leroy 3,649 #883 53 Roger 3,625 #832 54 Bernard 3,514 #1,362 55 Michael 3,489 #21 56 Samuel 3,379 #18 57 Bill 3,218 #5,208 58 Wayne 3,217 #652 59 Don 3,176 #1,793 60 Ray 3,161 #791 61 Peter 3,122 #187 62 Dale 3,008 #1,409 63 Russell 2,942 #345 64 Gene 2,766 #2,230 65 Andrew 2,714 #73 66 Floyd 2,707 #2,230 67 Edwin 2,704 #398 67 Lloyd 2,704 #1,547 69 Leo 2,700 #19 70 Theodore 2,666 #4 71 Philip 2,648 #527 72 Glenn 2,624 #1,443 73 Frederick 2,471 #435 74 Vernon 2,465 #1,382 75 Clifford 2,452 #1,352 76 Gordon 2,396 #1,051 77 Clyde 2,336 #742 78 Bob 2,318 #9,714 79 Allen 2,308 #578 80 Alvin 2,299 #838 81 Jimmie 2,288 #3,658 82 Elmer 2,265 #1,222 83 Herman 2,263 #2,363 84 Leon 2,245 #138 85 Douglas 2,203 #807 86 Vincent 2,162 #107 87 Lewis 2,160 #433 88 Larry 2,147 #1,084 89 Jimmy 2,126 #846 90 Lee 2,123 #725 91 Martin 2,103 #335 92 Gilbert 1,993 #1,328 93 Harvey 1,978 #251 94 Charlie 1,975 #145 95 Eddie 1,959 #860 96 Lester 1,919 #1,634 97 Jesse 1,895 #184 98 Arnold 1,835 #1,477 99 Milton 1,834 #1,436 99 Warren 1,834 #240
Entered the top 100 in 1931
