Name.Baby Names by year 1930s 1937 Most Popular Baby Names of 1937 Social Security has card records for 2,195,488 people born in the U.S. in 1937. Mary was the top girl name (55,641 babies) and Robert the top boy name (61,842).
Top 100 names of 1937 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1937, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 55,641 #125 2 Barbara 34,917 #968 3 Patricia 26,838 #1,334 4 Shirley 26,823 #1,581 5 Betty 25,337 #1,113 6 Carol 17,336 #2,239 7 Nancy 17,074 #965 8 Dorothy 16,572 #421 9 Joan 15,301 #1,085 10 Margaret 15,144 #112 11 Joyce 11,808 #1,071 12 Helen 11,453 #461 13 Marilyn 9,739 #760 14 Beverly 9,634 #1,016 15 Ruth 9,602 #173 16 Virginia 9,517 #525 17 Elizabeth 9,385 #17 18 Janet 9,363 #2,778 19 Frances 9,057 #318 20 Carolyn 8,941 #1,222 21 Donna 8,887 #1,962 22 Doris 8,883 #2,895 23 Jean 8,392 #2,117 24 Martha 7,953 #712 25 Janice 7,768 #2,514 26 Sandra 7,520 #1,207 27 Phyllis 7,245 #11,932 28 Alice 7,120 #65 29 Lois 6,932 #1,666 30 Ann 6,713 #1,076 31 Peggy 6,378 #8,362 32 Gloria 6,333 #654 33 Norma 6,235 #2,002 34 Judith 6,146 #788 35 Marie 6,075 #617 36 Evelyn 5,760 #8 37 Dolores 5,568 #2,564 38 Rose 5,450 #114 39 Anna 5,449 #107 40 Marlene 5,037 #1,261 41 Sharon 4,704 #1,250 42 Jane 4,702 #221 43 Mildred 4,646 #1,962 44 Geraldine 4,556 #2,438 45 Elaine 4,526 #304 46 Annie 4,479 #182 47 Catherine 4,459 #313 48 Louise 4,382 #514 49 Linda 4,378 #902 50 Sylvia 4,371 #300
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1937, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Joanne 4,333 #2,607 52 Ruby 4,289 #64 53 Eleanor 4,275 #12 54 Patsy 4,243 #5,917 55 Wanda 4,202 #5,917 56 Carole 4,198 #10,107 57 Marjorie 4,091 #1,016 58 Joann 3,936 #3,028 59 Sally 3,925 #1,150 60 Arlene 3,805 #1,631 61 Kathleen 3,743 #1,150 62 Irene 3,674 #651 63 Loretta 3,673 #606 64 Bonnie 3,595 #396 65 Sarah 3,588 #90 66 Roberta 3,568 #2,778 67 Charlotte 3,536 #2 68 Delores 3,529 #5,722 69 Rita 3,421 #1,285 70 Jacqueline 3,400 #558 71 June 3,378 #150 72 Darlene 3,285 #1,844 73 Jo 3,226 #3,975 74 Edna 3,223 #2,458 75 Juanita 3,179 #2,778 76 Diane 3,175 #2,607 77 Yvonne 3,171 #2,051 78 Thelma 3,062 #4,661 79 Kay 3,010 #3,903 80 Wilma 2,977 #3,645 81 Florence 2,955 #391 82 Josephine 2,942 #53 83 Lorraine 2,940 #1,043 84 Lillian 2,899 #57 85 Audrey 2,889 #86 86 Gladys 2,872 #3,211 87 Pauline 2,818 #2,957 88 Ethel 2,763 #4,172 89 Emma 2,750 #3 90 Jeanette 2,741 #2,387 90 Judy 2,741 #1,872 92 Anne 2,725 #619 93 Anita 2,714 #1,341 94 Grace 2,710 #38 95 Theresa 2,702 #1,548 96 Edith 2,647 #499 97 Susan 2,641 #1,085 98 Lucille 2,636 #237 99 Gail 2,635 #8,362 100 Clara 2,573 #63
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1937, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Robert 61,842 #92 2 James 56,561 #6 3 John 48,755 #23 4 William 40,725 #9 5 Richard 32,975 #234 6 Charles 30,520 #48 7 Donald 27,868 #690 8 David 20,981 #35 9 Thomas 19,772 #34 10 George 18,439 #126 11 Ronald 18,141 #637 12 Joseph 17,322 #29 13 Edward 14,930 #224 14 Kenneth 13,219 #294 15 Paul 12,881 #262 16 Larry 10,320 #1,084 17 Jerry 10,301 #906 18 Frank 10,127 #513 19 Raymond 9,571 #394 20 Gerald 9,425 #1,204 21 Harold 8,550 #991 22 Billy 8,301 #1,068 23 Jack 8,194 #15 24 Bobby 7,745 #1,097 24 Joe 7,745 #991 26 Walter 7,488 #251 27 Michael 7,094 #21 28 Carl 6,914 #1,132 29 Gary 6,763 #1,073 30 Henry 6,668 #5 31 Arthur 6,321 #87 32 Willie 6,231 #1,315 33 Eugene 5,999 #943 34 Ralph 5,923 #1,046 35 Fred 5,738 #1,932 36 Roger 5,713 #832 37 Albert 5,665 #614 38 Lawrence 5,507 #518 39 Daniel 5,124 #22 40 Roy 4,890 #525 41 Harry 4,814 #775 42 Howard 4,700 #1,002 43 Norman 4,673 #1,196 44 Wayne 4,613 #652 45 Jimmy 4,517 #846 46 Louis 4,356 #249 47 Anthony 4,339 #46 48 Earl 3,942 #2,230 49 Marvin 3,913 #699 50 Melvin 3,890 #958
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1937, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Don 3,814 #1,793 52 Peter 3,809 #187 53 Ernest 3,759 #1,038 54 Clarence 3,755 #1,499 55 Francis 3,730 #420 56 Leroy 3,556 #883 57 Stanley 3,483 #863 58 Leonard 3,480 #637 59 Dale 3,340 #1,409 60 Alfred 3,181 #840 61 Gene 3,165 #2,230 62 Philip 3,162 #527 63 Dennis 3,160 #707 64 Bill 3,119 #5,208 65 Herbert 3,040 #2,641 66 Samuel 3,027 #18 67 Russell 2,895 #345 68 Frederick 2,878 #435 69 Johnny 2,826 #457 70 Bruce 2,810 #536 71 Ray 2,725 #791 72 Jimmie 2,679 #3,658 73 Bernard 2,672 #1,362 74 Douglas 2,610 #807 75 Gordon 2,533 #1,051 76 Allen 2,518 #578 77 Franklin 2,514 #359 78 Lee 2,499 #725 79 Andrew 2,405 #73 80 Floyd 2,388 #2,230 81 Bob 2,364 #9,714 82 Jim 2,347 #3,128 83 Eddie 2,345 #860 84 Tommy 2,326 #657 85 Leon 2,325 #138 86 Theodore 2,317 #4 87 Martin 2,278 #335 88 Glenn 2,263 #1,443 89 Edwin 2,262 #398 90 Clifford 2,229 #1,352 91 Lloyd 2,157 #1,547 92 Stephen 2,133 #383 93 Clyde 2,105 #742 94 Patrick 2,090 #235 95 Harvey 2,081 #251 96 Vernon 2,076 #1,382 97 Leo 2,015 #19 98 Phillip 2,005 #651 99 Alvin 1,986 #838 100 Jerome 1,979 #1,256
Entered the top 100 in 1937
