Top names of 1931

Girls

1Mary60,299– 2Betty36,105– 3Dorothy26,524– 4Barbara21,804▲ 2 5Joan19,119▲ 3 6Helen17,664▼ 2 7Margaret17,332▼ 2 8Patricia16,469▼ 1 9Shirley14,405▲ 2 10Doris13,629▼ 1 11Ruth13,132▼ 1 12Virginia11,886– 13Jean11,013▲ 1 14Dolores10,807▼ 1 15Joyce10,580▲ 3 16Elizabeth10,292▼ 1 17Nancy10,036▲ 7 18Frances9,718▼ 2 19Marilyn9,664▲ 3 20Lois9,348▼ 3 21Alice8,815▼ 1 22Norma8,759▲ 3 23Gloria8,546▲ 7 24Evelyn8,492▼ 5 25Anna8,429▼ 2 26Mildred8,169▼ 5 27Marie7,549▼ 1 28Martha7,481▼ 1 29Phyllis7,213▼ 1 30Rose6,881▼ 1 31Beverly6,789▲ 3 32Donna6,600▲ 5 33Louise5,897▼ 2 34Marjorie5,880▼ 2 35Ann5,858▲ 6 36Catherine5,642▼ 1 37Irene5,616▼ 4 38Geraldine5,413▲ 5 39Ruby5,331▼ 3 40Eleanor5,255▼ 1 41Annie5,090▼ 1 42Peggy5,076▲ 25 43Florence5,011▼ 5 44June5,002▲ 3 45Janet4,948▲ 8 46Carol4,892▲ 8 47Lillian4,807▼ 3 48Rita4,613▼ 6 49Lorraine4,588▼ 3 50Jane4,532▲ 5 51Josephine4,497▼ 2 52Edna4,461▼ 1 53Thelma4,440▼ 8 54Wanda4,395▲ 2 55Gladys4,350▼ 7 56Pauline4,192▼ 4 57Juanita4,131– 58Delores4,050▲ 8 59Theresa4,034▼ 9 60Carolyn4,008▲ 12 61Clara3,899▲ 3 62Lucille3,854▼ 3 63Bernice3,821▼ 5 64Audrey3,790▼ 1 65Edith3,772▼ 4 66Marion3,763▼ 6 67Ethel3,760▼ 2 68Joanne3,757▲ 13 69Wilma3,741▼ 1 70Grace3,712▼ 8 71Sarah3,636▼ 1 72Elaine3,622▼ 3 73Bonnie3,552▲ 5 74Hazel3,508▼ 3 75Charlotte3,403– 76Emma3,307▼ 3 77Arlene3,217▲ 26 78Jacqueline3,134▼ 4 79Esther3,034▼ 2 80Anne2,979▲ 3 81Billie2,921▼ 2 82Vivian2,893▲ 9 83Patsy2,869▲ 14 84Marian2,862▼ 4 85Beatrice2,844▼ 9 86Elsie2,807▲ 2 87Kathleen2,799▼ 3 88Rosemary2,722▼ 6 89Laura2,669– 90Joann2,655▲ 28 91Julia2,624▼ 1 92Katherine2,624▼ 7 93Willie2,597▼ 6 94Eva2,591▼ 8 95Marlene2,585▲ 293 96Loretta2,581▲ 9 97Sally2,557▲ 1 98Jeanne2,525▼ 6 99Ellen2,450▲ 1 100Ida2,419▼ 6

Boys

1Robert60,519– 2James51,212– 3John48,423– 4William43,280– 5Richard31,822– 6Charles29,934– 7Donald29,100– 8George20,685– 9Joseph19,326– 10Thomas16,847▲ 1 11Edward15,646▼ 1 12Paul12,255– 13David11,784▲ 2 14Kenneth11,568▲ 3 15Jack11,488▼ 1 16Frank11,472▼ 3 17Raymond10,854▼ 1 18Harold10,695– 19Billy9,264▲ 1 20Walter8,940▼ 1 21Eugene8,151– 22Henry7,805– 23Arthur7,525– 24Albert7,131– 25Ralph6,960– 26Gerald6,823▲ 4 27Ronald6,726▲ 10 28Carl6,583▼ 2 29Joe6,456▼ 2 30Harry6,045▼ 2 31Willie5,963▼ 2 32Bobby5,858▲ 9 33Fred5,698▼ 1 34Howard5,624▼ 3 35Roy5,489▼ 2 36Norman5,426▲ 4 37Louis5,423▼ 3 38Lawrence5,364▼ 2 39Clarence5,062– 40Earl5,047▼ 2 41Herbert4,788▼ 6 42Francis4,735– 43Jerry4,371▲ 8 44Daniel4,360▲ 3 45Marvin4,360▲ 3 46Anthony4,310▼ 2 47Ernest4,298▼ 4 48Leonard4,279▼ 3 49Stanley4,202– 50Alfred3,949▼ 4 51Melvin3,700▼ 1 52Leroy3,649▲ 1 53Roger3,625▲ 5 54Bernard3,514▼ 2 55Michael3,489▼ 1 56Samuel3,379▼ 1 57Bill3,218▲ 2 58Wayne3,217▲ 7 59Don3,176▲ 9 60Ray3,161▼ 3 61Peter3,122▼ 5 62Dale3,008▲ 2 63Russell2,942▼ 3 64Gene2,766▲ 6 65Andrew2,714▼ 3 66Floyd2,707▼ 5 67Edwin2,704▼ 1 68Lloyd2,704▲ 1 69Leo2,700▼ 6 70Theodore2,666▼ 3 71Philip2,648▲ 4 72Glenn2,624▼ 1 73Frederick2,471▲ 1 74Vernon2,465▼ 2 75Clifford2,452▼ 2 76Gordon2,396▲ 1 77Clyde2,336▼ 1 78Bob2,318▲ 10 79Allen2,308▲ 6 80Alvin2,299▼ 1 81Jimmie2,288▲ 5 82Elmer2,265▼ 2 83Herman2,263▼ 5 84Leon2,245▼ 3 85Douglas2,203▲ 4 86Vincent2,162▼ 2 87Lewis2,160– 88Larry2,147▲ 20 89Jimmy2,126▲ 13 90Lee2,123▼ 8 91Martin2,103▼ 8 92Gilbert1,993▼ 2 93Harvey1,978▼ 1 94Charlie1,975▼ 3 95Eddie1,959▲ 2 96Lester1,919▼ 1 97Jesse1,895▼ 3 98Arnold1,835– 99Milton1,834▼ 6 100Warren1,834▼ 4