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The most popular baby names of 1931

SSA recorded 2,104,393 births in 1931 across all reported names — 1,064,728 girls and 1,039,665 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1931

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1930.
#NameBirthsvs 1930
1 Mary 60,299 —
2 Betty 36,105 —
3 Dorothy 26,524 —
4 Barbara 21,804 +2
5 Joan 19,119 +3
6 Helen 17,664 -2
7 Margaret 17,332 -2
8 Patricia 16,469 -1
9 Shirley 14,405 +2
10 Doris 13,629 -1
11 Ruth 13,132 -1
12 Virginia 11,886 —
13 Jean 11,013 +1
14 Dolores 10,807 -1
15 Joyce 10,580 +3
16 Elizabeth 10,292 -1
17 Nancy 10,036 +7
18 Frances 9,718 -2
19 Marilyn 9,664 +3
20 Lois 9,348 -3
21 Alice 8,815 -1
22 Norma 8,759 +3
23 Gloria 8,546 +7
24 Evelyn 8,492 -5
25 Anna 8,429 -2
26 Mildred 8,169 -5
27 Marie 7,549 -1
28 Martha 7,481 -1
29 Phyllis 7,213 -1
30 Rose 6,881 -1
31 Beverly 6,789 +3
32 Donna 6,600 +5
33 Louise 5,897 -2
34 Marjorie 5,880 -2
35 Ann 5,858 +6
36 Catherine 5,642 -1
37 Irene 5,616 -4
38 Geraldine 5,413 +5
39 Ruby 5,331 -3
40 Eleanor 5,255 -1
41 Annie 5,090 -1
42 Peggy 5,076 +25
43 Florence 5,011 -5
44 June 5,002 +3
45 Janet 4,948 +8
46 Carol 4,892 +8
47 Lillian 4,807 -3
48 Rita 4,613 -6
49 Lorraine 4,588 -3
50 Jane 4,532 +5
51 Josephine 4,497 -2
52 Edna 4,461 -1
53 Thelma 4,440 -8
54 Wanda 4,395 +2
55 Gladys 4,350 -7
56 Pauline 4,192 -4
57 Juanita 4,131 —
58 Delores 4,050 +8
59 Theresa 4,034 -9
60 Carolyn 4,008 +12
61 Clara 3,899 +3
62 Lucille 3,854 -3
63 Bernice 3,821 -5
64 Audrey 3,790 -1
65 Edith 3,772 -4
66 Marion 3,763 -6
67 Ethel 3,760 -2
68 Joanne 3,757 +13
69 Wilma 3,741 -1
70 Grace 3,712 -8
71 Sarah 3,636 -1
72 Elaine 3,622 -3
73 Bonnie 3,552 +5
74 Hazel 3,508 -3
75 Charlotte 3,403 —
76 Emma 3,307 -3
77 Arlene 3,217 +26
78 Jacqueline 3,134 -4
79 Esther 3,034 -2
80 Anne 2,979 +3
81 Billie 2,921 -2
82 Vivian 2,893 +9
83 Patsy 2,869 +14
84 Marian 2,862 -4
85 Beatrice 2,844 -9
86 Elsie 2,807 +2
87 Kathleen 2,799 -3
88 Rosemary 2,722 -6
89 Laura 2,669 —
90 Joann 2,655 +28
91 Julia 2,624 -1
91 Katherine 2,624 -6
93 Willie 2,597 -6
94 Eva 2,591 -8
95 Marlene 2,585 +293
96 Loretta 2,581 +9
97 Sally 2,557 +1
98 Jeanne 2,525 -6
99 Ellen 2,450 +1
100 Ida 2,419 -6

Top 100 boys' names in 1931

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1930.
#NameBirthsvs 1930
1 Robert 60,519 —
2 James 51,212 —
3 John 48,423 —
4 William 43,280 —
5 Richard 31,822 —
6 Charles 29,934 —
7 Donald 29,100 —
8 George 20,685 —
9 Joseph 19,326 —
10 Thomas 16,847 +1
11 Edward 15,646 -1
12 Paul 12,255 —
13 David 11,784 +2
14 Kenneth 11,568 +3
15 Jack 11,488 -1
16 Frank 11,472 -3
17 Raymond 10,854 -1
18 Harold 10,695 —
19 Billy 9,264 +1
20 Walter 8,940 -1
21 Eugene 8,151 —
22 Henry 7,805 —
23 Arthur 7,525 —
24 Albert 7,131 —
25 Ralph 6,960 —
26 Gerald 6,823 +4
27 Ronald 6,726 +10
28 Carl 6,583 -2
29 Joe 6,456 -2
30 Harry 6,045 -2
31 Willie 5,963 -2
32 Bobby 5,858 +9
33 Fred 5,698 -1
34 Howard 5,624 -3
35 Roy 5,489 -2
36 Norman 5,426 +4
37 Louis 5,423 -3
38 Lawrence 5,364 -2
39 Clarence 5,062 —
40 Earl 5,047 -2
41 Herbert 4,788 -6
42 Francis 4,735 —
43 Jerry 4,371 +8
44 Daniel 4,360 +3
44 Marvin 4,360 +4
46 Anthony 4,310 -2
47 Ernest 4,298 -4
48 Leonard 4,279 -3
49 Stanley 4,202 —
50 Alfred 3,949 -4
51 Melvin 3,700 -1
52 Leroy 3,649 +1
53 Roger 3,625 +5
54 Bernard 3,514 -2
55 Michael 3,489 -1
56 Samuel 3,379 -1
57 Bill 3,218 +2
58 Wayne 3,217 +7
59 Don 3,176 +9
60 Ray 3,161 -3
61 Peter 3,122 -5
62 Dale 3,008 +2
63 Russell 2,942 -3
64 Gene 2,766 +6
65 Andrew 2,714 -3
66 Floyd 2,707 -5
67 Edwin 2,704 -1
67 Lloyd 2,704 +2
69 Leo 2,700 -6
70 Theodore 2,666 -3
71 Philip 2,648 +4
72 Glenn 2,624 -1
73 Frederick 2,471 +1
74 Vernon 2,465 -2
75 Clifford 2,452 -2
76 Gordon 2,396 +1
77 Clyde 2,336 -1
78 Bob 2,318 +10
79 Allen 2,308 +6
80 Alvin 2,299 -1
81 Jimmie 2,288 +5
82 Elmer 2,265 -2
83 Herman 2,263 -5
84 Leon 2,245 -3
85 Douglas 2,203 +4
86 Vincent 2,162 -2
87 Lewis 2,160 —
88 Larry 2,147 +20
89 Jimmy 2,126 +13
90 Lee 2,123 -8
91 Martin 2,103 -8
92 Gilbert 1,993 -2
93 Harvey 1,978 -1
94 Charlie 1,975 -3
95 Eddie 1,959 +2
96 Lester 1,919 -1
97 Jesse 1,895 -3
98 Arnold 1,835 —
99 Milton 1,834 -6
99 Warren 1,834 -3

Names that climbed fastest in 1931

Ranked by places gained against 1930, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1931Rank 1930Change
Marlene girls 95 388 +293
Carole girls 212 321 +109
Kay girls 259 358 +99
Sheila girls 265 363 +98
Sandra girls 295 392 +97
Dudley boys 328 405 +77
Dawn girls 379 453 +74
Doreen girls 343 413 +70
Marlys girls 392 462 +70
Noel boys 330 392 +62
Maureen girls 223 281 +58
Guadalupe boys 307 365 +58
Barry boys 315 370 +55
Lorna girls 322 374 +52
Winnie girls 341 393 +52

Names that fell fastest in 1931

NameRank 1931Rank 1930Change
Alfredo boys 394 340 -54
Allie girls 456 404 -52
Zelma girls 386 338 -48
Jeannine girls 303 258 -45
Selma girls 313 272 -41
Dollie girls 380 339 -41
Frieda girls 423 383 -40
Ophelia girls 454 414 -40
Marcus boys 374 334 -40
Therese girls 299 260 -39
Arline girls 376 337 -39
Simon boys 369 330 -39
Armando boys 378 340 -38
Pedro boys 287 250 -37
Dorthy girls 270 234 -36

Names that first appear in 1931

1931 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1931

For these names, 1931 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.