Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1932

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1932 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1931						Change from 1931
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	59,874	5.412	0	-422	1	Robert	59,266	5.516	0	-1,242
2	Betty	34,417	3.111	0	-1,688	2	James	51,922	4.833	0	703
3	Barbara	26,314	2.379	1	4,517	3	John	48,617	4.525	0	194
4	Dorothy	24,974	2.258	-1	-1,550	4	William	42,117	3.920	0	-1,159
5	Joan	21,045	1.902	0	1,928	5	Richard	31,798	2.960	0	-18
6	Patricia	17,989	1.626	2	1,521	6	Charles	31,095	2.894	0	1,171
7	Margaret	16,549	1.496	0	-784	7	Donald	29,786	2.772	0	684
8	Helen	16,376	1.480	-2	-1,285	8	George	20,436	1.902	0	-251
9	Shirley	14,476	1.309	0	71	9	Joseph	18,563	1.728	0	-767
10	Doris	12,909	1.167	0	-720	10	Thomas	16,834	1.567	0	-12
11	Ruth	12,254	1.108	0	-876	11	Edward	15,189	1.414	0	-456
12	Joyce	11,362	1.027	3	782	12	David	12,138	1.130	1	358
13	Nancy	10,947	0.990	4	914	13	Paul	12,070	1.123	-1	-182
14	Virginia	10,755	0.972	-2	-1,129	14	Kenneth	11,740	1.093	0	173
15	Jean	10,670	0.965	-2	-342	15	Frank	11,495	1.070	1	25
16	Marilyn	10,569	0.955	3	903	16	Ronald	11,141	1.037	11	4,417
17	Elizabeth	9,996	0.904	-1	-295	17	Jack	10,719	0.998	-2	-759
18	Dolores	9,630	0.871	-4	-1,177	18	Harold	10,427	0.971	0	-265
19	Frances	9,558	0.864	-1	-157	19	Raymond	10,343	0.963	-2	-513
20	Lois	9,518	0.860	0	168	20	Billy	9,434	0.878	-1	171
21	Alice	8,534	0.771	0	-282	21	Walter	8,663	0.806	-1	-280
22	Norma	8,407	0.760	0	-353	22	Eugene	8,050	0.749	-1	-96
23	Evelyn	7,958	0.719	1	-533	23	Henry	7,469	0.695	-1	-333
24	Anna	7,919	0.716	1	-511	24	Gerald	7,345	0.684	2	522
25	Gloria	7,810	0.706	-2	-739	25	Arthur	6,916	0.644	-2	-610
26	Mildred	7,643	0.691	0	-524	26	Albert	6,865	0.639	-2	-265
27	Martha	7,581	0.685	1	102	27	Ralph	6,728	0.626	-2	-228
28	Beverly	7,526	0.680	3	738	28	Carl	6,711	0.625	0	130
29	Donna	7,361	0.665	3	760	29	Joe	6,698	0.623	0	254
30	Phyllis	7,310	0.661	-1	98	30	Bobby	6,596	0.614	2	741
31	Marie	6,908	0.624	-4	-640	31	Willie	6,548	0.609	0	586
32	Carol	6,569	0.594	14	1,677	32	Harry	5,705	0.531	-2	-334
33	Rose	6,472	0.585	-3	-409	33	Fred	5,522	0.514	0	-177
34	Ann	6,196	0.560	1	339	34	Jerry	5,304	0.494	9	935
35	Janet	5,786	0.523	10	839	35	Lawrence	5,294	0.493	3	-73
36	Louise	5,642	0.510	-3	-253	36	Howard	5,293	0.493	-2	-328
37	Marjorie	5,608	0.507	-3	-272	37	Norman	5,270	0.491	0	-151
38	Ruby	5,469	0.494	1	136	38	Roy	5,237	0.487	-3	-250
39	Catherine	5,447	0.492	-3	-195	39	Louis	5,134	0.478	-3	-290
40	Peggy	5,446	0.492	2	369	40	Clarence	4,893	0.455	-1	-170
41	Annie	5,383	0.487	0	292	41	Earl	4,820	0.449	-1	-224
42	Geraldine	5,337	0.482	-4	-73	42	Daniel	4,449	0.414	2	90
43	Irene	5,202	0.470	-6	-411	43	Francis	4,388	0.408	-1	-347
44	June	4,844	0.438	0	-158	44	Herbert	4,368	0.407	-3	-419
45	Eleanor	4,837	0.437	-5	-420	45	Anthony	4,221	0.393	1	-83
46	Carolyn	4,586	0.415	14	577	46	Marvin	4,188	0.390	-1	-169
47	Florence	4,540	0.410	-4	-470	47	Ernest	4,165	0.388	0	-132
48	Lillian	4,353	0.393	-1	-453	48	Leonard	4,102	0.382	0	-173
49	Jane	4,347	0.393	1	-186	49	Alfred	3,898	0.363	1	-51
50	Edna	4,279	0.387	2	-183	50	Roger	3,786	0.352	3	162

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.