Name.Baby Names by year 1930s 1933 Most Popular Baby Names of 1933 Social Security has card records for 2,066,204 people born in the U.S. in 1933. Mary was the top girl name (55,517 babies) and Robert the top boy name (54,221).
Top 100 names of 1933 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1933, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 55,517 #125 2 Betty 31,531 #1,113 3 Barbara 26,949 #968 4 Dorothy 22,054 #421 5 Joan 19,294 #1,085 6 Patricia 18,632 #1,334 7 Margaret 15,241 #112 8 Helen 14,644 #461 9 Shirley 14,320 #1,581 10 Doris 12,025 #2,895 11 Nancy 11,869 #965 12 Joyce 11,191 #1,071 13 Ruth 11,136 #173 14 Jean 9,966 #2,117 15 Virginia 9,719 #525 16 Marilyn 9,126 #760 17 Elizabeth 9,016 #17 18 Frances 8,883 #318 19 Lois 8,655 #1,666 20 Carol 8,220 #2,239 21 Dolores 8,022 #2,564 22 Alice 7,697 #65 23 Norma 7,482 #2,002 24 Donna 7,360 #1,962 25 Janet 7,342 #2,778 26 Beverly 7,186 #1,016 27 Martha 7,164 #712 28 Phyllis 7,111 #11,932 29 Anna 7,072 #107 30 Evelyn 6,947 #8 31 Gloria 6,752 #654 32 Mildred 6,569 #1,962 33 Marie 6,242 #617 34 Ann 6,209 #1,076 35 Rose 5,770 #114 36 Peggy 5,534 #8,362 37 Annie 5,123 #182 38 Eleanor 5,106 #12 39 Louise 5,079 #514 40 Carolyn 5,043 #1,222 40 Marjorie 5,043 #1,016 42 Geraldine 4,962 #2,438 43 Ruby 4,944 #64 44 Catherine 4,908 #313 45 June 4,677 #150 46 Irene 4,506 #651 47 Jane 4,377 #221 48 Wanda 4,268 #5,917 49 Florence 4,078 #391 50 Marlene 4,045 #1,261
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1933, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lillian 3,998 #57 52 Delores 3,890 #5,722 53 Rita 3,840 #1,285 54 Lorraine 3,797 #1,043 55 Edna 3,730 #2,458 56 Joanne 3,719 #2,607 57 Thelma 3,636 #4,661 58 Sarah 3,621 #90 59 Audrey 3,610 #86 60 Gladys 3,581 #3,211 61 Elaine 3,572 #304 62 Josephine 3,569 #53 63 Juanita 3,551 #2,778 64 Pauline 3,542 #2,957 65 Patsy 3,451 #5,917 66 Wilma 3,417 #3,645 67 Clara 3,412 #63 68 Bonnie 3,373 #396 69 Grace 3,329 #38 70 Theresa 3,266 #1,548 71 Ethel 3,217 #4,172 72 Joann 3,209 #3,028 73 Marion 3,199 #2,036 74 Arlene 3,185 #1,631 75 Emma 3,152 #3 76 Sally 3,146 #1,150 77 Kathleen 3,121 #1,150 78 Lucille 3,117 #237 79 Charlotte 3,114 #2 80 Edith 3,110 #499 81 Janice 3,061 #2,514 82 Hazel 3,030 #21 83 Bernice 3,009 #4,067 84 Sylvia 2,935 #300 85 Anne 2,767 #619 86 Jacqueline 2,756 #558 87 Loretta 2,705 #606 88 Esther 2,676 #119 89 Marian 2,638 #1,102 90 Jo 2,541 #3,975 91 Laura 2,536 #379 92 Billie 2,483 #691 93 Willie 2,449 #10,107 94 Beatrice 2,410 #508 95 Margie 2,409 #6,546 96 Darlene 2,408 #1,844 97 Julia 2,403 #131 98 Vivian 2,378 #70 99 Elsie 2,376 #123 100 Katherine 2,330 #186
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1933, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 54,221 #92 2 James 51,112 #6 3 John 46,224 #23 4 William 39,049 #9 5 Richard 31,331 #234 6 Charles 28,991 #48 7 Donald 28,450 #690 8 George 18,356 #126 9 Joseph 17,162 #29 10 Thomas 16,508 #34 11 Edward 13,797 #224 12 Ronald 12,061 #637 13 David 12,026 #35 14 Paul 11,854 #262 15 Kenneth 11,410 #294 16 Frank 10,962 #513 17 Jack 9,838 #15 18 Harold 9,543 #991 19 Raymond 9,512 #394 20 Billy 8,938 #1,068 21 Walter 7,756 #251 22 Gerald 7,422 #1,204 23 Eugene 7,352 #943 24 Henry 6,726 #5 25 Arthur 6,525 #87 26 Bobby 6,490 #1,097 27 Joe 6,411 #991 28 Carl 6,188 #1,132 29 Ralph 6,185 #1,046 30 Albert 6,091 #614 31 Jerry 6,066 #906 32 Willie 5,983 #1,315 33 Franklin 5,363 #359 34 Fred 5,287 #1,932 35 Harry 5,134 #775 36 Howard 4,995 #1,002 37 Norman 4,959 #1,196 38 Lawrence 4,911 #518 39 Roy 4,906 #525 40 Louis 4,695 #249 41 Earl 4,374 #2,230 42 Daniel 4,310 #22 43 Clarence 4,280 #1,499 44 Marvin 4,132 #699 45 Francis 4,093 #420 46 Anthony 3,974 #46 47 Leonard 3,955 #637 48 Roger 3,917 #832 49 Herbert 3,685 #2,641 50 Ernest 3,674 #1,038
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1933, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Melvin 3,588 #958 52 Wayne 3,562 #652 53 Michael 3,549 #21 54 Don 3,453 #1,793 55 Stanley 3,432 #863 56 Leroy 3,357 #883 57 Alfred 3,268 #840 58 Larry 3,251 #1,084 59 Bill 3,223 #5,208 60 Peter 3,137 #187 61 Samuel 3,111 #18 62 Ray 3,032 #791 63 Bernard 3,005 #1,362 64 Jimmy 2,932 #846 65 Dale 2,925 #1,409 66 Gene 2,780 #2,230 67 Russell 2,697 #345 68 Theodore 2,611 #4 69 Floyd 2,541 #2,230 70 Philip 2,530 #527 71 Gordon 2,524 #1,051 72 Jimmie 2,491 #3,658 73 Lloyd 2,413 #1,547 74 Glenn 2,366 #1,443 75 Leo 2,352 #19 76 Andrew 2,344 #73 77 Edwin 2,328 #398 78 Frederick 2,321 #435 79 Lee 2,301 #725 80 Gary 2,254 #1,073 81 Douglas 2,252 #807 82 Bob 2,222 #9,714 83 Vernon 2,206 #1,382 84 Allen 2,204 #578 85 Leon 2,187 #138 86 Clifford 2,158 #1,352 87 Clyde 2,141 #742 88 Alvin 2,128 #838 89 Martin 2,064 #335 90 Johnny 2,053 #457 91 Bruce 2,037 #536 91 Lewis 2,037 #433 93 Eddie 2,016 #860 94 Vincent 1,983 #107 95 Charlie 1,978 #145 96 Herman 1,945 #2,363 97 Harvey 1,896 #251 98 Jim 1,875 #3,128 99 Warren 1,809 #240 100 Jesse 1,804 #184
Entered the top 100 in 1933
