Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1931
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1930.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1930 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 60,862 | +1 |
| 2 | Mary | 60,624 | -1 |
| 3 | James | 51,557 | 0 |
| 4 | John | 48,748 | 0 |
| 5 | William | 43,518 | 0 |
| 6 | Betty | 36,256 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard | 31,973 | 0 |
| 8 | Charles | 30,146 | 0 |
| 9 | Donald | 29,260 | +1 |
| 10 | Dorothy | 26,665 | -1 |
| 11 | Barbara | 21,888 | +4 |
| 12 | George | 20,856 | -1 |
| 13 | Joseph | 19,438 | -1 |
| 14 | Joan | 19,200 | +6 |
| 15 | Helen | 17,731 | -2 |
| 16 | Margaret | 17,407 | -2 |
| 17 | Thomas | 16,936 | 0 |
| 18 | Patricia | 16,515 | 0 |
| 19 | Edward | 15,747 | -3 |
| 20 | Shirley | 14,644 | +1 |
| 21 | Doris | 13,724 | -2 |
| 22 | Ruth | 13,192 | 0 |
| 23 | Paul | 12,346 | +1 |
| 24 | Virginia | 11,942 | -1 |
| 25 | David | 11,840 | +3 |
| 26 | Kenneth | 11,642 | +4 |
| 27 | Jack | 11,573 | 0 |
| 28 | Frank | 11,556 | -2 |
| 29 | Jean | 11,299 | 0 |
| 30 | Raymond | 10,925 | +1 |
| 31 | Dolores | 10,854 | -6 |
| 32 | Harold | 10,759 | 0 |
| 33 | Joyce | 10,664 | +4 |
| 34 | Elizabeth | 10,340 | -1 |
| 35 | Nancy | 10,073 | +11 |
| 36 | Frances | 9,836 | -2 |
| 37 | Marilyn | 9,695 | +6 |
| 38 | Lois | 9,426 | -3 |
| 39 | Billy | 9,418 | +2 |
| 40 | Walter | 9,011 | -4 |
| 41 | Alice | 8,858 | -1 |
| 42 | Norma | 8,796 | +6 |
| 43 | Gloria | 8,580 | +13 |
| 44 | Willie | 8,560 | -6 |
| 45 | Evelyn | 8,531 | -6 |
| 46 | Anna | 8,462 | -2 |
| 47 | Mildred | 8,218 | -5 |
| 48 | Eugene | 8,210 | -3 |
| 49 | Henry | 7,887 | -2 |
| 50 | Arthur | 7,595 | 0 |
| 51 | Marie | 7,593 | -2 |
| 52 | Martha | 7,520 | 0 |
| 53 | Phyllis | 7,235 | 0 |
| 54 | Albert | 7,167 | -3 |
| 55 | Ralph | 7,005 | 0 |
| 56 | Rose | 6,913 | -2 |
| 57 | Beverly | 6,881 | +5 |
| 58 | Gerald | 6,878 | +5 |
| 59 | Ronald | 6,765 | +18 |
| 60 | Joe | 6,684 | -3 |
| 61 | Carl | 6,637 | -3 |
| 62 | Donna | 6,624 | +7 |
| 63 | Bobby | 6,100 | +23 |
| 64 | Harry | 6,080 | -4 |
| 65 | Louise | 5,942 | -6 |
| 66 | Marjorie | 5,908 | -5 |
| 67 | Ann | 5,877 | +13 |
| 68 | Fred | 5,740 | -1 |
| 69 | Catherine | 5,680 | -3 |
| 70 | Howard | 5,657 | -5 |
| 71 | Irene | 5,646 | -7 |
| 72 | Roy | 5,549 | -2 |
| 73 | Louis | 5,481 | -1 |
| 74 | Norman | 5,462 | +13 |
| 75 | Geraldine | 5,441 | +9 |
| 76 | Lawrence | 5,394 | +2 |
| 76 | Ruby | 5,394 | -8 |
| 78 | Eleanor | 5,285 | -5 |
| 79 | Annie | 5,139 | -5 |
| 80 | Carol | 5,138 | +14 |
| 81 | Francis | 5,108 | +4 |
| 82 | Clarence | 5,107 | -1 |
| 83 | Earl | 5,102 | -4 |
| 84 | Peggy | 5,097 | +35 |
| 85 | Marion | 5,074 | -9 |
| 86 | June | 5,062 | +4 |
| 87 | Florence | 5,024 | -16 |
| 88 | Janet | 4,970 | +13 |
| 89 | Lillian | 4,844 | -6 |
| 90 | Herbert | 4,824 | -15 |
| 91 | Jerry | 4,756 | +21 |
| 92 | Rita | 4,643 | -10 |
| 93 | Lorraine | 4,610 | -4 |
| 94 | Jane | 4,552 | +8 |
| 95 | Josephine | 4,533 | -3 |
| 96 | Edna | 4,483 | 0 |
| 97 | Thelma | 4,477 | -9 |
| 98 | Wanda | 4,419 | +7 |
| 99 | Marvin | 4,390 | +9 |
| 100 | Daniel | 4,386 | +7 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.