Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1931

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1931 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	60,296	5.463	-125	-57,969	1	Robert	60,508	5.657	-70	-55,368
2	Betty	36,105	3.271	-1,126	-35,890	2	James	51,219	4.789	-2	-37,694
3	Dorothy	26,524	2.403	-583	-26,007	3	John	48,423	4.527	-24	-39,304
4	Barbara	21,797	1.975	-926	-21,512	4	William	43,276	4.046	1	-28,760
5	Joan	19,117	1.732	-1,722	-18,999	5	Richard	31,816	2.975	-183	-29,697
6	Helen	17,661	1.600	-407	-16,916	6	Charles	29,924	2.798	-46	-23,320
7	Margaret	17,333	1.571	-120	-15,021	7	Donald	29,102	2.721	-519	-28,569
8	Patricia	16,468	1.492	-905	-16,175	8	George	20,687	1.934	-119	-17,628
9	Shirley	14,405	1.305	-1,455	-14,255	9	Joseph	19,330	1.807	-14	-9,775
10	Doris	13,629	1.235	-1,804	-13,518	10	Thomas	16,846	1.575	-39	-10,067
11	Ruth	13,130	1.190	-254	-11,896	11	Edward	15,645	1.463	-158	-13,377
12	Virginia	11,884	1.077	-528	-11,306	12	Paul	12,252	1.145	-222	-10,627
13	Jean	11,012	0.998	-2,380	-10,937	13	David	11,780	1.101	-9	-2,083
14	Dolores	10,807	0.979	-3,910	-10,770	14	Kenneth	11,567	1.081	-212	-9,912
15	Joyce	10,580	0.959	-932	-10,302	15	Jack	11,478	1.073	-13	-2,644
16	Elizabeth	10,291	0.932	3	-1,778	16	Frank	11,470	1.072	-376	-10,667
17	Nancy	10,033	0.909	-822	-9,711	17	Raymond	10,856	1.015	-282	-9,707
18	Frances	9,715	0.880	-427	-9,000	18	Harold	10,692	1.000	-779	-10,411
19	Marilyn	9,666	0.876	-591	-9,172	19	Billy	9,263	0.866	-826	-9,003
20	Lois	9,350	0.847	-1,673	-9,228	20	Walter	8,943	0.836	-251	-7,640
21	Alice	8,816	0.799	-50	-5,173	21	Eugene	8,146	0.762	-841	-7,894
22	Norma	8,760	0.794	-2,249	-8,680	22	Henry	7,802	0.729	6	2,847
23	Gloria	8,549	0.775	-561	-8,028	23	Arthur	7,526	0.704	-207	-5,884
24	Evelyn	8,491	0.769	14	1,885	24	Albert	7,130	0.667	-428	-6,473
25	Anna	8,430	0.764	-29	-4,285	25	Ralph	6,956	0.650	-926	-6,739
26	Mildred	8,167	0.740	-2,043	-8,074	26	Gerald	6,823	0.638	-868	-6,582
27	Marie	7,548	0.684	-549	-7,018	27	Ronald	6,724	0.629	-466	-6,146
28	Martha	7,479	0.678	-769	-7,138	28	Carl	6,581	0.615	-672	-6,239
29	Phyllis	7,212	0.653	-6,946	-7,195	29	Joe	6,444	0.602	-666	-6,099
30	Rose	6,881	0.623	-93	-4,449	30	Harry	6,039	0.565	-590	-5,612
31	Beverly	6,788	0.615	-1,262	-6,613	31	Willie	5,962	0.557	-903	-5,738
32	Donna	6,601	0.598	-1,535	-6,464	32	Bobby	5,855	0.547	-792	-5,587
33	Louise	5,895	0.534	-767	-5,556	33	Fred	5,699	0.533	-1,617	-5,602
34	Marjorie	5,880	0.533	-1,133	-5,675	34	Howard	5,621	0.526	-934	-5,408
35	Ann	5,857	0.531	-948	-5,590	35	Roy	5,487	0.513	-507	-4,973
36	Catherine	5,642	0.511	-168	-4,144	36	Louis	5,424	0.507	-227	-4,056
37	Irene	5,613	0.509	-600	-5,149	37	Norman	5,421	0.507	-1,187	-5,270
38	Geraldine	5,410	0.490	-1,681	-5,291	38	Lawrence	5,367	0.502	-460	-4,794
39	Ruby	5,333	0.483	-35	-1,781	39	Clarence	5,063	0.473	-1,077	-4,891
40	Eleanor	5,257	0.476	8	437	40	Earl	5,044	0.472	-1,624	-4,949
41	Annie	5,091	0.461	-267	-4,011	41	Herbert	4,787	0.448	-1,986	-4,716
42	Peggy	5,077	0.460	-5,512	-5,054	42	Francis	4,735	0.443	-438	-4,129
43	Florence	5,010	0.454	-928	-4,741	43	Jerry	4,369	0.408	-558	-3,918
44	June	5,002	0.453	-197	-3,660	44	Daniel	4,359	0.408	29	6,814
45	Janet	4,947	0.448	-1,367	-4,790	45	Marvin	4,357	0.407	-535	-3,884
46	Carol	4,892	0.443	-1,742	-4,779	46	Anthony	4,304	0.402	8	3,699
47	Lillian	4,806	0.435	13	728	47	Ernest	4,297	0.402	-931	-4,087
48	Rita	4,614	0.418	-1,203	-4,430	48	Leonard	4,275	0.400	-585	-3,860
49	Lorraine	4,587	0.416	-1,521	-4,450	49	Stanley	4,200	0.393	-658	-3,861
50	Jane	4,533	0.411	-241	-3,410	50	Alfred	3,949	0.369	-822	-3,700

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.