Year rank 1937

Names picked for kids in 1937

For a girl

1. mary

55643

2. barbara

34916

3. patricia

26838

4. shirley

26823

5. betty

25331

6. carol

17336

7. nancy

17072

8. dorothy

16572

9. joan

15300

10. margaret

15143

11. joyce

11807

12. helen

11455

13. marilyn

9738

14. beverly

9632

15. ruth

9604

16. virginia

9515

17. elizabeth

9384

18. janet

9364

19. frances

9057

20. carolyn

8939

21. donna

8885

22. doris

8882

23. jean

8395

24. martha

7954

25. janice

7768

26. sandra

7521

27. phyllis

7245

28. alice

7120

29. lois

6932

30. ann

6713

31. peggy

6377

32. gloria

6333

33. norma

6235

34. judith

6147

35. marie

6075

36. evelyn

5759

37. dolores

5568

38. anna

5450

39. rose

5449

40. marlene

5037

41. sharon

4704

42. jane

4702

43. mildred

4645

44. geraldine

4556

45. elaine

4526

46. annie

4478

47. catherine

4461

48. louise

4381

49. linda

4378

50. sylvia

4371

51. joanne

4332

52. ruby

4290

53. eleanor

4275

54. patsy

4244

55. wanda

4201

56. carole

4197

57. marjorie

4091

58. joann

3936

59. sally

3925

60. arlene

3806

61. kathleen

3743

62. irene

3674

63. loretta

3673

64. bonnie

3595

65. sarah

3588

66. roberta

3568

67. charlotte

3537

68. delores

3530

69. rita

3421

70. jacqueline

3399

71. june

3378

72. darlene

3285

73. jo

3226

74. edna

3222

75. juanita

3180

76. diane

3175

77. yvonne

3172

78. thelma

3061

79. kay

3010

80. wilma

2977

81. florence

2954

82. josephine

2942

83. lorraine

2940

84. lillian

2899

85. audrey

2888

86. gladys

2871

87. pauline

2818

88. ethel

2765

89. emma

2750

90. jeanette

2741

91. judy

2741

92. anne

2725

93. anita

2714

94. grace

2710

95. theresa

2702

96. edith

2648

97. susan

2642

98. lucille

2637

99. gail

2635

100. clara

2573

For a boy

1. robert

61841

2. james

56558

3. john

48751

4. william

40722

5. richard

32974

6. charles

30523

7. donald

27867

8. david

20975

9. thomas

19770

10. george

18437

11. ronald

18141

12. joseph

17323

13. edward

14932

14. kenneth

13218

15. paul

12882

16. larry

10320

17. jerry

10301

18. frank

10127

19. raymond

9572

20. gerald

9423

21. harold

8550

22. billy

8300

23. jack

8196

24. bobby

7747

25. joe

7740

26. walter

7483

27. michael

7095

28. carl

6914

29. gary

6765

30. henry

6668

31. arthur

6320

32. willie

6229

33. eugene

5999

34. ralph

5923

35. fred

5739

36. roger

5711

37. albert

5665

38. lawrence

5505

39. daniel

5123

40. roy

4888

41. harry

4813

42. howard

4699

43. norman

4673

44. wayne

4614

45. jimmy

4517

46. louis

4356

47. anthony

4338

48. earl

3942

49. marvin

3912

50. melvin

3890

51. don

3815

52. peter

3809

53. ernest

3759

54. clarence

3757

55. francis

3730

56. leroy

3555

57. stanley

3484

58. leonard

3480

59. dale

3339

60. alfred

3181

61. gene

3165

62. philip

3162

63. dennis

3159

64. bill

3118

65. herbert

3039

66. samuel

3027

67. russell

2897

68. frederick

2878

69. johnny

2826

70. bruce

2809

71. ray

2725

72. jimmie

2679

73. bernard

2671

74. douglas

2609

75. gordon

2533

76. allen

2519

77. franklin

2514

78. lee

2499

79. andrew

2405

80. floyd

2386

81. bob

2364

82. eddie

2348

83. jim

2348

84. tommy

2328

85. leon

2325

86. theodore

2315

87. martin

2278

88. edwin

2263

89. glenn

2263

90. clifford

2229

91. lloyd

2156

92. stephen

2133

93. clyde

2106

94. patrick

2089

95. harvey

2081

96. vernon

2076

97. leo

2015

98. phillip

2005

99. alvin

1987

100. jerome

1979