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

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1937 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	55,645	5.050	-125	-53,318	1	Robert	61,835	5.655	-70	-56,695
2	Barbara	34,912	3.169	-928	-34,627	2	James	56,551	5.171	-2	-43,026
3	Patricia	26,839	2.436	-910	-26,546	3	John	48,746	4.458	-24	-39,627
4	Shirley	26,816	2.434	-1,460	-26,666	4	William	40,713	3.723	1	-26,197
5	Betty	25,332	2.299	-1,123	-25,117	5	Richard	32,973	3.015	-183	-30,854
6	Carol	17,336	1.573	-1,782	-17,223	6	Charles	30,524	2.791	-46	-23,920
7	Nancy	17,069	1.549	-832	-16,747	7	Donald	27,868	2.548	-519	-27,335
8	Dorothy	16,572	1.504	-578	-16,055	8	David	20,974	1.918	-14	-11,277
9	Joan	15,299	1.389	-1,718	-15,181	9	Thomas	19,775	1.808	-40	-12,996
10	Margaret	15,143	1.374	-117	-12,831	10	George	18,430	1.685	-117	-15,371
11	Joyce	11,809	1.072	-936	-11,531	11	Ronald	18,136	1.658	-482	-17,558
12	Helen	11,454	1.040	-401	-10,709	12	Joseph	17,319	1.584	-11	-7,764
13	Marilyn	9,738	0.884	-597	-9,244	13	Edward	14,930	1.365	-156	-12,662
14	Beverly	9,631	0.874	-1,279	-9,456	14	Kenneth	13,215	1.208	-212	-11,560
15	Ruth	9,605	0.872	-250	-8,371	15	Paul	12,880	1.178	-219	-11,255
16	Virginia	9,514	0.864	-524	-8,936	16	Larry	10,320	0.944	-690	-9,981
17	Elizabeth	9,385	0.852	4	-872	17	Jerry	10,298	0.942	-584	-9,847
18	Janet	9,363	0.850	-1,394	-9,206	18	Frank	10,128	0.926	-374	-9,325
19	Frances	9,053	0.822	-426	-8,338	19	Raymond	9,571	0.875	-280	-8,422
20	Carolyn	8,938	0.811	-840	-8,626	20	Gerald	9,423	0.862	-874	-9,182
21	Donna	8,884	0.806	-1,546	-8,747	21	Harold	8,549	0.782	-776	-8,268
22	Doris	8,881	0.806	-1,792	-8,770	22	Billy	8,296	0.759	-823	-8,036
23	Jean	8,395	0.762	-2,370	-8,320	23	Jack	8,193	0.749	-5	641
24	Martha	7,954	0.722	-773	-7,613	24	Bobby	7,749	0.709	-800	-7,481
25	Janice	7,766	0.705	-1,408	-7,613	25	Joe	7,744	0.708	-670	-7,399
26	Sandra	7,520	0.683	-949	-7,251	26	Walter	7,483	0.684	-245	-6,180
27	Phyllis	7,244	0.657	-6,948	-7,227	27	Michael	7,095	0.649	13	4,525
28	Alice	7,122	0.646	-43	-3,479	28	Carl	6,909	0.632	-672	-6,567
29	Lois	6,932	0.629	-1,664	-6,810	29	Gary	6,767	0.619	-645	-6,400
30	Ann	6,712	0.609	-953	-6,445	30	Henry	6,670	0.610	14	3,979
31	Peggy	6,377	0.579	-5,523	-6,354	31	Arthur	6,314	0.577	-199	-4,672
32	Gloria	6,331	0.575	-552	-5,810	32	Willie	6,229	0.570	-902	-6,005
33	Norma	6,233	0.566	-2,238	-6,153	33	Eugene	5,998	0.548	-829	-5,746
34	Judith	6,146	0.558	-816	-5,828	34	Ralph	5,921	0.541	-917	-5,704
35	Marie	6,075	0.551	-541	-5,545	35	Fred	5,740	0.525	-1,615	-5,643
36	Evelyn	5,759	0.523	26	4,617	36	Roger	5,710	0.522	-600	-5,299
37	Dolores	5,567	0.505	-3,887	-5,530	37	Albert	5,667	0.518	-415	-5,010
38	Anna	5,449	0.495	-16	-1,304	38	Lawrence	5,504	0.503	-460	-4,931
39	Rose	5,446	0.494	-84	-3,014	39	Daniel	5,123	0.468	24	6,050
40	Marlene	5,037	0.457	-1,343	-4,875	40	Roy	4,890	0.447	-502	-4,376
41	Sharon	4,705	0.427	-1,086	-4,489	41	Harry	4,813	0.440	-579	-4,386
42	Jane	4,702	0.427	-249	-3,579	42	Howard	4,701	0.430	-926	-4,488
43	Mildred	4,644	0.422	-2,026	-4,551	43	Norman	4,674	0.427	-1,181	-4,523
44	Geraldine	4,554	0.413	-1,675	-4,435	44	Wayne	4,616	0.422	-729	-4,317
45	Elaine	4,525	0.411	-589	-4,057	45	Jimmy	4,516	0.413	-608	-4,126
46	Annie	4,481	0.407	-262	-3,401	46	Louis	4,357	0.398	-217	-2,989
47	Catherine	4,459	0.405	-157	-2,961	47	Anthony	4,336	0.397	9	3,667
48	Louise	4,382	0.398	-752	-4,043	48	Earl	3,943	0.361	-1,616	-3,848
49	Linda	4,380	0.398	-677	-3,991	49	Marvin	3,910	0.358	-531	-3,437
50	Sylvia	4,367	0.396	-440	-3,736	50	Melvin	3,891	0.356	-670	-3,561

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.