Name.Baby Names by year 1930s 1934 Most Popular Baby Names of 1934 Social Security has card records for 2,144,240 people born in the U.S. in 1934. Mary was the top girl name (56,929 babies) and Robert the top boy name (55,843).
Top 100 names of 1934 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1934, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 56,929 #125 2 Betty 31,089 #1,113 3 Barbara 29,239 #968 4 Shirley 22,841 #1,581 5 Dorothy 21,281 #421 6 Patricia 20,844 #1,334 7 Joan 19,465 #1,085 8 Margaret 15,144 #112 9 Helen 14,100 #461 10 Nancy 13,520 #965 11 Doris 11,627 #2,895 12 Joyce 11,459 #1,071 13 Ruth 10,565 #173 14 Carol 10,273 #2,239 15 Virginia 10,002 #525 16 Jean 9,718 #2,117 17 Marilyn 9,382 #760 18 Elizabeth 9,346 #17 19 Frances 9,206 #318 20 Lois 8,387 #1,666 21 Janet 8,071 #2,778 22 Beverly 7,886 #1,016 23 Donna 7,870 #1,962 24 Norma 7,788 #2,002 25 Alice 7,784 #65 26 Dolores 7,689 #2,564 27 Martha 7,604 #712 28 Phyllis 7,180 #11,932 29 Evelyn 6,983 #8 30 Gloria 6,813 #654 31 Anna 6,680 #107 32 Ann 6,641 #1,076 33 Carolyn 6,472 #1,222 34 Marie 6,326 #617 35 Mildred 6,180 #1,962 36 Peggy 6,027 #8,362 37 Rose 5,583 #114 38 Annie 5,018 #182 39 Ruby 4,978 #64 40 Louise 4,973 #514 41 Marjorie 4,972 #1,016 42 Catherine 4,933 #313 43 Geraldine 4,837 #2,438 44 Eleanor 4,718 #12 45 Joanne 4,543 #2,607 46 June 4,387 #150 47 Wanda 4,368 #5,917 48 Jane 4,358 #221 49 Irene 4,346 #651 50 Joann 4,149 #3,028
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1934, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Delores 3,991 #5,722 52 Lillian 3,973 #57 53 Arlene 3,917 #1,631 54 Elaine 3,900 #304 55 Edna 3,809 #2,458 56 Lorraine 3,775 #1,043 57 Marlene 3,755 #1,261 58 Bonnie 3,753 #396 59 Patsy 3,750 #5,917 60 Josephine 3,742 #53 61 Florence 3,736 #391 62 Sally 3,725 #1,150 63 Rita 3,683 #1,285 64 Juanita 3,662 #2,778 65 Thelma 3,646 #4,661 66 Gladys 3,611 #3,211 67 Sarah 3,601 #90 68 Janice 3,588 #2,514 69 Audrey 3,582 #86 70 Sylvia 3,475 #300 71 Pauline 3,445 #2,957 72 Charlotte 3,434 #2 73 Wilma 3,311 #3,645 74 Kathleen 3,279 #1,150 75 Jo 3,257 #3,975 76 Clara 3,222 #63 77 Theresa 3,192 #1,548 78 Ethel 3,178 #4,172 79 Grace 3,087 #38 80 Jacqueline 3,038 #558 81 Edith 3,012 #499 82 Bernice 2,980 #4,067 83 Loretta 2,978 #606 84 Lucille 2,947 #237 85 Emma 2,940 #3 86 Marion 2,884 #2,036 87 Hazel 2,811 #21 88 Anne 2,786 #619 89 Carole 2,655 #10,107 90 Darlene 2,605 #1,844 91 Esther 2,579 #119 92 Billie 2,559 #691 93 Sandra 2,550 #1,207 94 Judith 2,459 #788 95 Ellen 2,455 #1,062 96 Laura 2,438 #379 97 Marian 2,426 #1,102 98 Vivian 2,413 #70 99 Beatrice 2,410 #508 100 Eva 2,389 #134
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1934, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 55,843 #92 2 James 54,270 #6 3 John 46,743 #23 4 William 40,175 #9 5 Richard 33,167 #234 6 Donald 30,408 #690 7 Charles 29,790 #48 8 George 18,500 #126 9 Thomas 17,373 #34 10 Joseph 17,111 #29 11 Ronald 14,088 #637 12 David 14,003 #35 13 Edward 13,917 #224 14 Paul 12,196 #262 15 Kenneth 11,800 #294 16 Frank 10,640 #513 17 Jack 9,985 #15 18 Harold 9,926 #991 19 Raymond 9,588 #394 20 Billy 9,562 #1,068 21 Walter 8,092 #251 22 Gerald 7,816 #1,204 23 Bobby 7,532 #1,097 24 Eugene 7,145 #943 25 Jerry 7,134 #906 26 Joe 7,090 #991 27 Henry 6,735 #5 28 Carl 6,683 #1,132 29 Arthur 6,443 #87 30 Willie 6,348 #1,315 31 Ralph 6,282 #1,046 32 Albert 6,003 #614 33 Fred 5,466 #1,932 34 Lawrence 5,324 #518 35 Roy 5,104 #525 36 Harry 5,099 #775 37 Howard 5,068 #1,002 38 Norman 4,989 #1,196 39 Roger 4,766 #832 40 Louis 4,682 #249 41 Earl 4,628 #2,230 42 Daniel 4,502 #22 43 Larry 4,474 #1,084 44 Marvin 4,217 #699 45 Clarence 4,213 #1,499 46 Franklin 4,156 #359 47 Michael 4,108 #21 48 Wayne 4,035 #652 49 Francis 4,006 #420 50 Don 3,926 #1,793
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1934, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Ernest 3,849 #1,038 52 Anthony 3,840 #46 53 Leonard 3,836 #637 54 Leroy 3,774 #883 55 Melvin 3,702 #958 56 Jimmy 3,696 #846 57 Herbert 3,600 #2,641 58 Stanley 3,569 #863 59 Bill 3,534 #5,208 60 Gary 3,354 #1,073 61 Peter 3,290 #187 62 Dale 3,241 #1,409 63 Ray 3,177 #791 64 Alfred 3,158 #840 65 Bernard 3,146 #1,362 66 Samuel 3,137 #18 67 Gene 2,854 #2,230 68 Jimmie 2,837 #3,658 69 Philip 2,784 #527 70 Russell 2,736 #345 71 Gordon 2,639 #1,051 72 Douglas 2,541 #807 73 Floyd 2,533 #2,230 74 Theodore 2,523 #4 75 Bob 2,478 #9,714 76 Andrew 2,443 #73 77 Frederick 2,431 #435 78 Bruce 2,401 #536 79 Lee 2,378 #725 80 Edwin 2,347 #398 81 Glenn 2,341 #1,443 82 Lloyd 2,339 #1,547 83 Johnny 2,336 #457 84 Clyde 2,323 #742 85 Clifford 2,315 #1,352 86 Leo 2,309 #19 87 Leon 2,306 #138 88 Allen 2,241 #578 89 Vernon 2,227 #1,382 90 Jim 2,207 #3,128 91 Martin 2,178 #335 92 Eddie 2,169 #860 93 Alvin 2,147 #838 94 Lewis 2,062 #433 95 Dennis 2,053 #707 96 Warren 2,024 #240 97 Herman 2,011 #2,363 98 Tommy 1,937 #657 99 Harvey 1,934 #251 100 Charlie 1,892 #145
Entered the top 100 in 1934
