Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1934
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1933.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1933 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 57,231 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert | 56,109 | 0 |
| 3 | James | 54,532 | 0 |
| 4 | John | 47,000 | 0 |
| 5 | William | 40,350 | 0 |
| 6 | Richard | 33,296 | +1 |
| 7 | Betty | 31,259 | -1 |
| 8 | Donald | 30,518 | +1 |
| 9 | Charles | 29,958 | -1 |
| 10 | Barbara | 29,357 | 0 |
| 11 | Shirley | 23,129 | +8 |
| 12 | Dorothy | 21,397 | -1 |
| 13 | Patricia | 20,912 | 0 |
| 14 | Joan | 19,550 | -2 |
| 15 | George | 18,660 | -1 |
| 16 | Thomas | 17,435 | 0 |
| 17 | Joseph | 17,198 | -2 |
| 18 | Margaret | 15,208 | -1 |
| 19 | Helen | 14,149 | -1 |
| 20 | Ronald | 14,146 | +2 |
| 21 | David | 14,078 | +2 |
| 22 | Edward | 13,983 | -2 |
| 23 | Nancy | 13,567 | +1 |
| 24 | Paul | 12,254 | +1 |
| 25 | Kenneth | 11,848 | +1 |
| 26 | Doris | 11,720 | -5 |
| 27 | Joyce | 11,528 | 0 |
| 28 | Frank | 10,694 | +1 |
| 29 | Ruth | 10,630 | -1 |
| 30 | Carol | 10,525 | +10 |
| 31 | Virginia | 10,050 | +1 |
| 32 | Jack | 10,028 | -1 |
| 33 | Harold | 9,963 | 0 |
| 34 | Jean | 9,896 | -4 |
| 35 | Billy | 9,659 | +1 |
| 36 | Raymond | 9,627 | -2 |
| 37 | Marilyn | 9,420 | -2 |
| 38 | Elizabeth | 9,389 | -1 |
| 39 | Frances | 9,317 | -1 |
| 40 | Willie | 8,736 | +1 |
| 41 | Lois | 8,452 | -2 |
| 42 | Walter | 8,153 | +1 |
| 43 | Janet | 8,097 | +6 |
| 44 | Beverly | 7,988 | +6 |
| 45 | Donna | 7,906 | +3 |
| 46 | Gerald | 7,865 | 0 |
| 47 | Alice | 7,820 | -3 |
| 47 | Norma | 7,820 | -2 |
| 49 | Bobby | 7,779 | +8 |
| 50 | Dolores | 7,733 | -8 |
| 51 | Martha | 7,641 | 0 |
| 52 | Jerry | 7,516 | +9 |
| 53 | Joe | 7,355 | +5 |
| 54 | Phyllis | 7,202 | -2 |
| 55 | Eugene | 7,189 | -8 |
| 56 | Evelyn | 7,018 | -2 |
| 57 | Gloria | 6,844 | -2 |
| 58 | Henry | 6,795 | -2 |
| 59 | Carl | 6,721 | +5 |
| 60 | Anna | 6,705 | -7 |
| 61 | Ann | 6,666 | +2 |
| 62 | Arthur | 6,495 | -2 |
| 63 | Carolyn | 6,494 | +12 |
| 64 | Marie | 6,362 | -2 |
| 65 | Ralph | 6,316 | 0 |
| 66 | Mildred | 6,214 | -7 |
| 67 | Peggy | 6,043 | +1 |
| 68 | Albert | 6,036 | -2 |
| 69 | Rose | 5,629 | -2 |
| 70 | Fred | 5,497 | 0 |
| 71 | Lawrence | 5,349 | +11 |
| 72 | Roy | 5,145 | +9 |
| 73 | Harry | 5,119 | -2 |
| 74 | Howard | 5,090 | +3 |
| 75 | Annie | 5,066 | -3 |
| 76 | Ruby | 5,031 | +2 |
| 77 | Louise | 5,023 | -3 |
| 78 | Norman | 5,010 | 0 |
| 79 | Marjorie | 4,988 | -3 |
| 80 | Catherine | 4,953 | +3 |
| 81 | Geraldine | 4,857 | -1 |
| 82 | Roger | 4,785 | +18 |
| 83 | Eleanor | 4,731 | -10 |
| 84 | Louis | 4,726 | +1 |
| 85 | Earl | 4,673 | +3 |
| 86 | Joanne | 4,562 | +19 |
| 87 | Daniel | 4,524 | +4 |
| 88 | Larry | 4,494 | +42 |
| 89 | June | 4,450 | -5 |
| 90 | Wanda | 4,395 | +3 |
| 91 | Jane | 4,376 | -2 |
| 92 | Irene | 4,368 | -6 |
| 93 | Francis | 4,361 | -6 |
| 94 | Clarence | 4,239 | -2 |
| 95 | Marvin | 4,237 | -1 |
| 96 | Franklin | 4,173 | -27 |
| 97 | Joann | 4,170 | +36 |
| 98 | Michael | 4,128 | +19 |
| 99 | Wayne | 4,050 | +15 |
| 100 | Marion | 4,014 | -10 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.