Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1934

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1934 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1933						Change from 1933
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	56,929	5.260	0	1,420	1	Robert	55,829	5.258	0	1,611
2	Betty	31,085	2.872	0	-441	2	James	54,249	5.109	0	3,147
3	Barbara	29,234	2.701	0	2,283	3	John	46,734	4.401	0	512
4	Shirley	22,840	2.110	5	8,525	4	William	40,170	3.783	0	1,121
5	Dorothy	21,283	1.967	-1	-764	5	Richard	33,157	3.123	0	1,820
6	Patricia	20,845	1.926	0	2,214	6	Donald	30,409	2.864	1	1,972
7	Joan	19,464	1.798	-2	174	7	Charles	29,792	2.806	-1	804
8	Margaret	15,144	1.399	-1	-95	8	George	18,497	1.742	0	139
9	Helen	14,100	1.303	-1	-543	9	Thomas	17,369	1.636	1	869
10	Nancy	13,518	1.249	1	1,649	10	Joseph	17,101	1.611	-1	-61
11	Doris	11,625	1.074	-1	-399	11	Ronald	14,084	1.326	1	2,023
12	Joyce	11,458	1.059	0	266	12	David	13,999	1.318	1	1,975
13	Ruth	10,568	0.976	0	-569	13	Edward	13,917	1.311	-2	121
14	Carol	10,273	0.949	6	2,053	14	Paul	12,196	1.149	0	346
15	Virginia	9,999	0.924	0	278	15	Kenneth	11,800	1.111	0	397
16	Jean	9,717	0.898	-2	-249	16	Frank	10,636	1.002	0	-323
17	Marilyn	9,383	0.867	-1	258	17	Jack	9,985	0.940	0	150
18	Elizabeth	9,346	0.864	-1	331	18	Harold	9,925	0.935	0	381
19	Frances	9,205	0.851	-1	323	19	Raymond	9,588	0.903	0	76
20	Lois	8,386	0.775	-1	-267	20	Billy	9,559	0.900	0	622
21	Janet	8,068	0.745	4	726	21	Walter	8,091	0.762	0	333
22	Beverly	7,888	0.729	4	704	22	Gerald	7,818	0.736	0	396
23	Donna	7,868	0.727	1	508	23	Bobby	7,529	0.709	3	1,037
24	Norma	7,787	0.720	-1	306	24	Eugene	7,142	0.673	-1	-209
25	Alice	7,784	0.719	-3	89	25	Jerry	7,130	0.672	6	1,064
26	Dolores	7,688	0.710	-5	-332	26	Joe	7,086	0.667	1	677
27	Martha	7,603	0.703	0	440	27	Henry	6,736	0.634	-3	10
28	Phyllis	7,178	0.663	0	67	28	Carl	6,680	0.629	0	489
29	Evelyn	6,981	0.645	1	34	29	Arthur	6,441	0.607	-4	-80
30	Gloria	6,810	0.629	1	56	30	Willie	6,347	0.598	2	365
31	Anna	6,679	0.617	-2	-395	31	Ralph	6,280	0.591	-2	97
32	Ann	6,639	0.613	2	430	32	Albert	6,000	0.565	-2	-87
33	Carolyn	6,469	0.598	8	1,427	33	Fred	5,464	0.515	1	178
34	Marie	6,326	0.585	-1	86	34	Lawrence	5,325	0.502	4	417
35	Mildred	6,178	0.571	-3	-395	35	Roy	5,104	0.481	4	200
36	Peggy	6,025	0.557	0	492	36	Harry	5,097	0.480	-1	-39
37	Rose	5,581	0.516	-2	-189	37	Howard	5,066	0.477	-1	72
38	Annie	5,017	0.464	-1	-108	38	Norman	4,989	0.470	-1	34
39	Ruby	4,979	0.460	4	36	39	Roger	4,766	0.449	9	850
40	Louise	4,973	0.460	-1	-107	40	Louis	4,680	0.441	0	-13
41	Marjorie	4,973	0.460	-1	-70	41	Earl	4,626	0.436	0	250
42	Catherine	4,934	0.456	2	26	42	Daniel	4,499	0.424	0	187
43	Geraldine	4,837	0.447	-1	-123	43	Larry	4,471	0.421	15	1,219
44	Eleanor	4,717	0.436	-6	-385	44	Marvin	4,218	0.397	0	87
45	Joanne	4,543	0.420	11	824	45	Clarence	4,212	0.397	-2	-68
46	June	4,385	0.405	-1	-293	46	Franklin	4,154	0.391	-13	-1,209
47	Wanda	4,369	0.404	1	101	47	Michael	4,106	0.387	6	561
48	Jane	4,357	0.403	-1	-20	48	Wayne	4,033	0.380	4	469
49	Irene	4,348	0.402	-3	-158	49	Francis	4,005	0.377	-4	-88
50	Joann	4,148	0.383	22	940	50	Don	3,927	0.370	4	475

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.