Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1937

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1937 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1936						Change from 1936
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	55,645	5.050	0	1,273	1	Robert	61,835	5.655	0	3,343
2	Barbara	34,912	3.169	1	3,230	2	James	56,551	5.171	0	1,865
3	Patricia	26,839	2.436	2	2,925	3	John	48,746	4.458	0	1,077
4	Shirley	26,816	2.434	-2	-8,345	4	William	40,713	3.723	0	1,327
5	Betty	25,332	2.299	-1	-534	5	Richard	32,973	3.015	0	-514
6	Carol	17,336	1.573	4	2,815	6	Charles	30,524	2.791	0	1,440
7	Nancy	17,069	1.549	1	313	7	Donald	27,868	2.548	0	-767
8	Dorothy	16,572	1.504	-2	-1,097	8	David	20,974	1.918	2	3,495
9	Joan	15,299	1.389	-2	-1,770	9	Thomas	19,775	1.808	-1	1,436
10	Margaret	15,143	1.374	-1	549	10	George	18,430	1.685	-1	235
11	Joyce	11,809	1.072	1	-180	11	Ronald	18,136	1.658	1	1,216
12	Helen	11,454	1.040	-1	-782	12	Joseph	17,319	1.584	-1	-134
13	Marilyn	9,738	0.884	0	-1,327	13	Edward	14,930	1.365	0	736
14	Beverly	9,631	0.874	3	730	14	Kenneth	13,215	1.208	0	728
15	Ruth	9,605	0.872	1	392	15	Paul	12,880	1.178	0	576
16	Virginia	9,514	0.864	-2	-136	16	Larry	10,320	0.944	9	2,707
17	Elizabeth	9,385	0.852	1	525	17	Jerry	10,298	0.942	1	1,027
18	Janet	9,363	0.850	3	1,281	18	Frank	10,128	0.926	-2	-58
19	Frances	9,053	0.822	0	267	19	Raymond	9,571	0.875	-2	116
20	Carolyn	8,938	0.811	3	1,030	20	Gerald	9,423	0.862	-1	405
21	Donna	8,884	0.806	1	951	21	Harold	8,549	0.782	0	-80
22	Doris	8,881	0.806	-7	-343	22	Billy	8,296	0.759	0	-293
23	Jean	8,395	0.762	-3	-140	23	Jack	8,193	0.749	-3	-663
24	Martha	7,954	0.722	0	565	24	Bobby	7,749	0.709	0	15
25	Janice	7,766	0.705	6	1,617	25	Joe	7,744	0.708	-2	-276
26	Sandra	7,520	0.683	12	1,995	26	Walter	7,483	0.684	0	-54
27	Phyllis	7,244	0.657	-2	-129	27	Michael	7,095	0.649	6	1,294
28	Alice	7,122	0.646	-1	-79	28	Carl	6,909	0.632	-1	320
29	Lois	6,932	0.629	-3	-298	29	Gary	6,767	0.619	9	1,577
30	Ann	6,712	0.609	-2	47	30	Henry	6,670	0.610	-2	224
31	Peggy	6,377	0.579	4	309	31	Arthur	6,314	0.577	-1	50
32	Gloria	6,331	0.575	0	192	32	Willie	6,229	0.570	0	217
33	Norma	6,233	0.566	-4	-401	33	Eugene	5,998	0.548	-4	-376
34	Judith	6,146	0.558	9	1,566	34	Ralph	5,921	0.541	-3	-108
35	Marie	6,075	0.551	-2	-56	35	Fred	5,740	0.525	1	138
36	Evelyn	5,759	0.523	-2	-349	36	Roger	5,710	0.522	-1	8
37	Dolores	5,567	0.505	-7	-850	37	Albert	5,667	0.518	-3	-88
38	Anna	5,449	0.495	-2	-276	38	Lawrence	5,504	0.503	-1	163
39	Rose	5,446	0.494	-2	-253	39	Daniel	5,123	0.468	3	308
40	Marlene	5,037	0.457	-1	-295	40	Roy	4,890	0.447	1	72
41	Sharon	4,705	0.427	19	1,132	41	Harry	4,813	0.440	-2	-116
42	Jane	4,702	0.427	0	-18	42	Howard	4,701	0.430	-2	-174
43	Mildred	4,644	0.422	-3	-409	43	Norman	4,674	0.427	0	29
44	Geraldine	4,554	0.413	-3	-309	44	Wayne	4,616	0.422	1	210
45	Elaine	4,525	0.411	5	265	45	Jimmy	4,516	0.413	1	308
46	Annie	4,481	0.407	-1	-48	46	Louis	4,357	0.398	-2	-61
47	Catherine	4,459	0.405	-3	-77	47	Anthony	4,336	0.397	1	358
48	Louise	4,382	0.398	-2	29	48	Earl	3,943	0.361	-1	-161
49	Linda	4,380	0.398	48	1,941	49	Marvin	3,910	0.358	0	-32
50	Sylvia	4,367	0.396	3	211	50	Melvin	3,891	0.356	3	164

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.