Popular Baby Names
Based on US Social Security Administration data
Top Names in 1931
Rising Stars
Names with the biggest jump in popularity from 1930
Top Boy Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 1 |
Robert
|
60,520 |
| 2 |
James
|
51,213 |
| 3 |
John
|
48,422 |
| 4 |
William
|
43,280 |
| 5 |
Richard
|
31,823 |
| 6 |
Charles
|
29,933 |
| 7 |
Donald
|
29,102 |
| 8 |
George
|
20,686 |
| 9 |
Joseph
|
19,327 |
| 10 |
Thomas
|
16,846 |
| 11 |
Edward
|
15,647 |
| 12 |
Paul
|
12,255 |
| 13 |
David
|
11,783 |
| 14 |
Kenneth
|
11,568 |
| 15 |
Jack
|
11,489 |
| 16 |
Frank
|
11,472 |
| 17 |
Raymond
|
10,854 |
| 18 |
Harold
|
10,694 |
| 19 |
Billy
|
9,263 |
| 20 |
Walter
|
8,940 |
Top Girl Names
| # |
Name |
Babies |
| 1 |
Mary
|
60,299 |
| 2 |
Betty
|
36,105 |
| 3 |
Dorothy
|
26,524 |
| 4 |
Barbara
|
21,803 |
| 5 |
Joan
|
19,119 |
| 6 |
Helen
|
17,664 |
| 7 |
Margaret
|
17,332 |
| 8 |
Patricia
|
16,470 |
| 9 |
Shirley
|
14,405 |
| 10 |
Doris
|
13,629 |
| 11 |
Ruth
|
13,131 |
| 12 |
Virginia
|
11,886 |
| 13 |
Jean
|
11,013 |
| 14 |
Dolores
|
10,806 |
| 15 |
Joyce
|
10,580 |
| 16 |
Elizabeth
|
10,292 |
| 17 |
Nancy
|
10,036 |
| 18 |
Frances
|
9,718 |
| 19 |
Marilyn
|
9,664 |
| 20 |
Lois
|
9,348 |