Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1933
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1932.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1932 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 55,835 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 54,494 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 51,411 | 0 |
| 4 | John | 46,450 | 0 |
| 5 | William | 39,244 | 0 |
| 6 | Betty | 31,687 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard | 31,457 | 0 |
| 8 | Charles | 29,200 | 0 |
| 9 | Donald | 28,583 | 0 |
| 10 | Barbara | 27,068 | 0 |
| 11 | Dorothy | 22,171 | 0 |
| 12 | Joan | 19,358 | 0 |
| 13 | Patricia | 18,708 | +2 |
| 14 | George | 18,502 | -1 |
| 15 | Joseph | 17,262 | -1 |
| 16 | Thomas | 16,604 | 0 |
| 17 | Margaret | 15,300 | 0 |
| 18 | Helen | 14,726 | 0 |
| 19 | Shirley | 14,533 | +1 |
| 20 | Edward | 13,857 | -1 |
| 21 | Doris | 12,121 | 0 |
| 22 | Ronald | 12,094 | +6 |
| 23 | David | 12,090 | 0 |
| 24 | Nancy | 11,915 | +5 |
| 25 | Paul | 11,905 | -1 |
| 26 | Kenneth | 11,459 | -1 |
| 27 | Joyce | 11,250 | 0 |
| 28 | Ruth | 11,188 | -6 |
| 29 | Frank | 11,035 | -3 |
| 30 | Jean | 10,170 | 0 |
| 31 | Jack | 9,891 | +1 |
| 32 | Virginia | 9,761 | -1 |
| 33 | Harold | 9,583 | +1 |
| 34 | Raymond | 9,566 | +1 |
| 35 | Marilyn | 9,150 | -2 |
| 36 | Billy | 9,061 | +4 |
| 37 | Elizabeth | 9,054 | -1 |
| 38 | Frances | 8,967 | 0 |
| 39 | Lois | 8,731 | 0 |
| 40 | Carol | 8,489 | +21 |
| 41 | Willie | 8,432 | 0 |
| 42 | Dolores | 8,064 | -5 |
| 43 | Walter | 7,812 | -1 |
| 44 | Alice | 7,737 | -1 |
| 45 | Norma | 7,521 | -1 |
| 46 | Gerald | 7,465 | +8 |
| 47 | Eugene | 7,396 | -2 |
| 48 | Donna | 7,391 | +5 |
| 49 | Janet | 7,365 | +17 |
| 50 | Beverly | 7,277 | 0 |
| 51 | Martha | 7,202 | 0 |
| 52 | Phyllis | 7,140 | +3 |
| 53 | Anna | 7,097 | -6 |
| 54 | Evelyn | 6,970 | -8 |
| 55 | Gloria | 6,783 | -7 |
| 56 | Henry | 6,778 | -4 |
| 57 | Bobby | 6,749 | +3 |
| 58 | Joe | 6,661 | 0 |
| 59 | Mildred | 6,612 | -10 |
| 60 | Arthur | 6,572 | -4 |
| 61 | Jerry | 6,456 | +8 |
| 62 | Marie | 6,274 | -5 |
| 63 | Ann | 6,228 | +2 |
| 64 | Carl | 6,223 | -2 |
| 65 | Ralph | 6,221 | -2 |
| 66 | Albert | 6,126 | -7 |
| 67 | Rose | 5,813 | -3 |
| 68 | Peggy | 5,562 | +6 |
| 69 | Franklin | 5,387 | +89 |
| 70 | Fred | 5,322 | +1 |
| 71 | Harry | 5,162 | -4 |
| 72 | Annie | 5,161 | +3 |
| 73 | Eleanor | 5,118 | +13 |
| 74 | Louise | 5,117 | -6 |
| 75 | Carolyn | 5,062 | +14 |
| 76 | Marjorie | 5,053 | -6 |
| 77 | Howard | 5,027 | 0 |
| 78 | Norman | 4,998 | +1 |
| 78 | Ruby | 4,998 | -6 |
| 80 | Geraldine | 4,981 | -4 |
| 81 | Roy | 4,955 | -1 |
| 82 | Lawrence | 4,940 | -5 |
| 83 | Catherine | 4,927 | -10 |
| 84 | June | 4,740 | 0 |
| 85 | Louis | 4,727 | -3 |
| 86 | Irene | 4,545 | -5 |
| 87 | Francis | 4,459 | +1 |
| 88 | Earl | 4,407 | -3 |
| 89 | Jane | 4,395 | +5 |
| 90 | Marion | 4,394 | -3 |
| 91 | Daniel | 4,326 | 0 |
| 92 | Clarence | 4,307 | -9 |
| 93 | Wanda | 4,287 | +5 |
| 94 | Marvin | 4,161 | +6 |
| 95 | Florence | 4,100 | -5 |
| 96 | Marlene | 4,060 | +43 |
| 97 | Lillian | 4,021 | -4 |
| 98 | Anthony | 4,000 | +1 |
| 99 | Leonard | 3,977 | +7 |
| 100 | Roger | 3,933 | +12 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.