Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1937

See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1936.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1936
1	Robert	61,842	0
2	James	56,561	0
3	John	48,755	0
4	William	40,725	0
5	Richard	32,975	0
6	Charles	30,520	0
7	Donald	27,868	0
8	David	20,981	+2
9	Thomas	19,772	-1
10	George	18,439	-1
11	Ronald	18,141	+1
12	Joseph	17,322	-1
13	Edward	14,930	0
14	Kenneth	13,219	0
15	Paul	12,881	0
16	Larry	10,320	+9
17	Jerry	10,301	+1
18	Frank	10,127	-2
19	Raymond	9,571	-2
20	Gerald	9,425	-1
21	Harold	8,550	0
22	Billy	8,301	0
23	Jack	8,194	-3
24	Bobby	7,745	0
24	Joe	7,745	-1
26	Walter	7,488	0
27	Michael	7,094	+6
28	Carl	6,914	-1
29	Gary	6,763	+9
30	Henry	6,668	-2
31	Arthur	6,321	-1
32	Willie	6,231	0
33	Eugene	5,999	-4
34	Ralph	5,923	-3
35	Fred	5,738	+1
36	Roger	5,713	-1
37	Albert	5,665	-3
38	Lawrence	5,507	-1
39	Daniel	5,124	+2
40	Roy	4,890	+2
41	Harry	4,814	-2
42	Howard	4,700	-2
43	Norman	4,673	0
44	Wayne	4,613	+1
45	Jimmy	4,517	+1
46	Louis	4,356	-2
47	Anthony	4,339	+1
48	Earl	3,942	-1
49	Marvin	3,913	0
50	Melvin	3,890	+3
51	Don	3,814	0
52	Peter	3,809	+4
53	Ernest	3,759	+2
54	Clarence	3,755	-2
55	Francis	3,730	-5
56	Leroy	3,556	+1
57	Stanley	3,483	+1
58	Leonard	3,480	-4
59	Dale	3,340	0
60	Alfred	3,181	0
61	Gene	3,165	+5
62	Philip	3,162	+1
63	Dennis	3,160	+11
64	Bill	3,119	-3
65	Herbert	3,040	-3
66	Samuel	3,027	+1
67	Russell	2,895	+2
68	Frederick	2,878	+2
69	Johnny	2,826	+3
70	Bruce	2,810	+3
71	Ray	2,725	-7
72	Jimmie	2,679	-1
73	Bernard	2,672	-5
74	Douglas	2,610	+4
75	Gordon	2,533	0
76	Allen	2,518	+5
77	Franklin	2,514	-13
78	Lee	2,499	-2
79	Andrew	2,405	+4
80	Floyd	2,388	+6
81	Bob	2,364	-4
82	Jim	2,347	+3
83	Eddie	2,345	-4
84	Tommy	2,326	+7
85	Leon	2,325	-3
86	Theodore	2,317	+1
87	Martin	2,278	+5
88	Glenn	2,263	-8
89	Edwin	2,262	-5
90	Clifford	2,229	0
91	Lloyd	2,157	-3
92	Stephen	2,133	+7
93	Clyde	2,105	-4
94	Patrick	2,090	+6
95	Harvey	2,081	+1
96	Vernon	2,076	-3
97	Leo	2,015	-3
98	Phillip	2,005	+4
99	Alvin	1,986	-3
100	Jerome	1,979	-2