Name.Baby Names by year 1930s 1932 Most Popular Baby Names of 1932 Social Security has card records for 2,180,705 people born in the U.S. in 1932. Mary was the top girl name (59,883 babies) and Robert the top boy name (59,268).
Top 100 names of 1932 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1932, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 59,883 #125 2 Betty 34,420 #1,113 3 Barbara 26,318 #968 4 Dorothy 24,974 #421 5 Joan 21,044 #1,085 6 Patricia 17,992 #1,334 7 Margaret 16,556 #112 8 Helen 16,376 #461 9 Shirley 14,476 #1,581 10 Doris 12,910 #2,895 11 Ruth 12,257 #173 12 Joyce 11,362 #1,071 13 Nancy 10,948 #965 14 Virginia 10,755 #525 15 Jean 10,670 #2,117 16 Marilyn 10,567 #760 17 Elizabeth 9,999 #17 18 Dolores 9,630 #2,564 19 Frances 9,552 #318 20 Lois 9,519 #1,666 21 Alice 8,537 #65 22 Norma 8,406 #2,002 23 Evelyn 7,958 #8 24 Anna 7,924 #107 25 Gloria 7,813 #654 26 Mildred 7,643 #1,962 27 Martha 7,579 #712 28 Beverly 7,527 #1,016 29 Donna 7,362 #1,962 30 Phyllis 7,308 #11,932 31 Marie 6,913 #617 32 Carol 6,570 #2,239 33 Rose 6,476 #114 34 Ann 6,195 #1,076 35 Janet 5,786 #2,778 36 Louise 5,643 #514 37 Marjorie 5,608 #1,016 38 Ruby 5,469 #64 39 Catherine 5,449 #313 40 Peggy 5,445 #8,362 41 Annie 5,385 #182 42 Geraldine 5,332 #2,438 43 Irene 5,200 #651 44 June 4,845 #150 45 Eleanor 4,836 #12 46 Carolyn 4,587 #1,222 47 Florence 4,542 #391 48 Lillian 4,351 #57 49 Jane 4,348 #221 50 Edna 4,279 #2,458
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1932, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Thelma 4,272 #4,661 52 Wanda 4,261 #5,917 53 Rita 4,256 #1,285 54 Gladys 4,185 #3,211 55 Lorraine 4,162 #1,043 56 Delores 4,152 #5,722 57 Josephine 4,095 #53 58 Juanita 4,012 #2,778 59 Pauline 3,901 #2,957 60 Theresa 3,813 #1,548 61 Audrey 3,735 #86 62 Joanne 3,730 #2,607 63 Lucille 3,650 #237 64 Bonnie 3,621 #396 65 Wilma 3,611 #3,645 66 Ethel 3,608 #4,172 67 Sarah 3,597 #90 68 Elaine 3,575 #304 69 Edith 3,570 #499 70 Clara 3,564 #63 71 Bernice 3,542 #4,067 72 Grace 3,536 #38 73 Marion 3,493 #2,036 74 Charlotte 3,363 #2 75 Hazel 3,340 #21 76 Emma 3,330 #3 77 Patsy 3,254 #5,917 78 Marlene 3,219 #1,261 79 Joann 3,115 #3,028 80 Arlene 3,109 #1,631 81 Anne 2,969 #619 82 Esther 2,959 #119 83 Kathleen 2,945 #1,150 84 Sally 2,917 #1,150 85 Jacqueline 2,875 #558 86 Marian 2,837 #1,102 87 Beatrice 2,787 #508 88 Laura 2,748 #379 89 Loretta 2,746 #606 90 Vivian 2,662 #70 90 Willie 2,662 #10,107 92 Julia 2,657 #131 93 Billie 2,635 #691 94 Janice 2,628 #2,514 95 Katherine 2,588 #186 96 Sylvia 2,568 #300 97 Elsie 2,554 #123 98 Eva 2,522 #134 99 Constance 2,492 #1,500 100 Rosemary 2,483 #251
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1932, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 59,268 #92 2 James 51,930 #6 3 John 48,624 #23 4 William 42,124 #9 5 Richard 31,809 #234 6 Charles 31,092 #48 7 Donald 29,794 #690 8 George 20,439 #126 9 Joseph 18,566 #29 10 Thomas 16,834 #34 11 Edward 15,191 #224 12 David 12,139 #35 13 Paul 12,066 #262 14 Kenneth 11,742 #294 15 Frank 11,497 #513 16 Ronald 11,143 #637 17 Jack 10,716 #15 18 Harold 10,433 #991 19 Raymond 10,346 #394 20 Billy 9,436 #1,068 21 Walter 8,667 #251 22 Eugene 8,046 #943 23 Henry 7,470 #5 24 Gerald 7,347 #1,204 25 Arthur 6,916 #87 26 Albert 6,863 #614 27 Ralph 6,727 #1,046 28 Carl 6,714 #1,132 29 Joe 6,690 #991 30 Bobby 6,597 #1,097 31 Willie 6,547 #1,315 32 Harry 5,706 #775 33 Fred 5,525 #1,932 34 Jerry 5,303 #906 35 Lawrence 5,295 #518 36 Howard 5,292 #1,002 37 Norman 5,268 #1,196 38 Roy 5,238 #525 39 Louis 5,134 #249 40 Clarence 4,895 #1,499 41 Earl 4,822 #2,230 42 Daniel 4,449 #22 43 Francis 4,388 #420 44 Herbert 4,368 #2,641 45 Anthony 4,223 #46 46 Marvin 4,187 #699 47 Ernest 4,166 #1,038 48 Leonard 4,101 #637 49 Alfred 3,899 #840 50 Roger 3,788 #832
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1932, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Melvin 3,776 #958 52 Stanley 3,759 #863 53 Leroy 3,677 #883 54 Michael 3,607 #21 55 Don 3,453 #1,793 56 Samuel 3,411 #18 57 Wayne 3,388 #652 58 Bill 3,362 #5,208 59 Ray 3,263 #791 60 Bernard 3,252 #1,362 61 Dale 3,140 #1,409 62 Peter 3,130 #187 63 Russell 3,021 #345 64 Gene 2,952 #2,230 65 Larry 2,826 #1,084 66 Franklin 2,754 #359 67 Theodore 2,674 #4 68 Floyd 2,667 #2,230 69 Andrew 2,645 #73 70 Philip 2,625 #527 71 Lloyd 2,590 #1,547 72 Edwin 2,568 #398 73 Frederick 2,501 #435 74 Leo 2,500 #19 75 Jimmie 2,475 #3,658 76 Jimmy 2,461 #846 77 Glenn 2,435 #1,443 78 Vernon 2,428 #1,382 79 Bob 2,424 #9,714 80 Allen 2,419 #578 81 Gordon 2,410 #1,051 82 Clyde 2,319 #742 83 Leon 2,295 #138 84 Clifford 2,286 #1,352 85 Douglas 2,284 #807 85 Lee 2,284 #725 87 Alvin 2,274 #838 88 Martin 2,255 #335 89 Herman 2,191 #2,363 90 Charlie 2,127 #145 91 Eddie 2,112 #860 91 Lewis 2,112 #433 93 Vincent 2,066 #107 94 Elmer 2,058 #1,222 95 Harvey 2,030 #251 96 Johnny 2,011 #457 97 Gilbert 1,974 #1,328 98 Bruce 1,935 #536 99 Jesse 1,863 #184 100 Arnold 1,820 #1,477
Entered the top 100 in 1932
