Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1932

See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1931.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1931
1	Robert	59,268	0
2	James	51,930	0
3	John	48,624	0
4	William	42,124	0
5	Richard	31,809	0
6	Charles	31,092	0
7	Donald	29,794	0
8	George	20,439	0
9	Joseph	18,566	0
10	Thomas	16,834	0
11	Edward	15,191	0
12	David	12,139	+1
13	Paul	12,066	-1
14	Kenneth	11,742	0
15	Frank	11,497	+1
16	Ronald	11,143	+11
17	Jack	10,716	-2
18	Harold	10,433	0
19	Raymond	10,346	-2
20	Billy	9,436	-1
21	Walter	8,667	-1
22	Eugene	8,046	-1
23	Henry	7,470	-1
24	Gerald	7,347	+2
25	Arthur	6,916	-2
26	Albert	6,863	-2
27	Ralph	6,727	-2
28	Carl	6,714	0
29	Joe	6,690	0
30	Bobby	6,597	+2
31	Willie	6,547	0
32	Harry	5,706	-2
33	Fred	5,525	0
34	Jerry	5,303	+9
35	Lawrence	5,295	+3
36	Howard	5,292	-2
37	Norman	5,268	-1
38	Roy	5,238	-3
39	Louis	5,134	-2
40	Clarence	4,895	-1
41	Earl	4,822	-1
42	Daniel	4,449	+2
43	Francis	4,388	-1
44	Herbert	4,368	-3
45	Anthony	4,223	+1
46	Marvin	4,187	-2
47	Ernest	4,166	0
48	Leonard	4,101	0
49	Alfred	3,899	+1
50	Roger	3,788	+3
51	Melvin	3,776	0
52	Stanley	3,759	-3
53	Leroy	3,677	-1
54	Michael	3,607	+1
55	Don	3,453	+4
56	Samuel	3,411	0
57	Wayne	3,388	+1
58	Bill	3,362	-1
59	Ray	3,263	+1
60	Bernard	3,252	-6
61	Dale	3,140	+1
62	Peter	3,130	-1
63	Russell	3,021	0
64	Gene	2,952	0
65	Larry	2,826	+23
66	Franklin	2,754	+82
67	Theodore	2,674	+3
68	Floyd	2,667	-2
69	Andrew	2,645	-4
70	Philip	2,625	+1
71	Lloyd	2,590	-4
72	Edwin	2,568	-5
73	Frederick	2,501	0
74	Leo	2,500	-5
75	Jimmie	2,475	+6
76	Jimmy	2,461	+13
77	Glenn	2,435	-5
78	Vernon	2,428	-4
79	Bob	2,424	-1
80	Allen	2,419	-1
81	Gordon	2,410	-5
82	Clyde	2,319	-5
83	Leon	2,295	+1
84	Clifford	2,286	-9
85	Douglas	2,284	0
85	Lee	2,284	+5
87	Alvin	2,274	-7
88	Martin	2,255	+3
89	Herman	2,191	-6
90	Charlie	2,127	+4
91	Eddie	2,112	+4
91	Lewis	2,112	-4
93	Vincent	2,066	-7
94	Elmer	2,058	-12
95	Harvey	2,030	-2
96	Johnny	2,011	+9
97	Gilbert	1,974	-5
98	Bruce	1,935	+3
99	Jesse	1,863	-2
100	Arnold	1,820	-2