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The most popular baby names of 1933

SSA recorded 1,999,456 births in 1933 across all reported names — 1,007,932 girls and 991,524 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1933

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1932.
#NameBirthsvs 1932
1 Mary 55,517 —
2 Betty 31,531 —
3 Barbara 26,949 —
4 Dorothy 22,054 —
5 Joan 19,294 —
6 Patricia 18,632 —
7 Margaret 15,241 —
8 Helen 14,644 —
9 Shirley 14,320 —
10 Doris 12,025 —
11 Nancy 11,869 +2
12 Joyce 11,191 —
13 Ruth 11,136 -2
14 Jean 9,966 +1
15 Virginia 9,719 -1
16 Marilyn 9,126 —
17 Elizabeth 9,016 —
18 Frances 8,883 +1
19 Lois 8,655 +1
20 Carol 8,220 +12
21 Dolores 8,022 -3
22 Alice 7,697 -1
23 Norma 7,482 -1
24 Donna 7,360 +5
25 Janet 7,342 +10
26 Beverly 7,186 +2
27 Martha 7,164 —
28 Phyllis 7,111 +2
29 Anna 7,072 -5
30 Evelyn 6,947 -7
31 Gloria 6,752 -6
32 Mildred 6,569 -6
33 Marie 6,242 -2
34 Ann 6,209 —
35 Rose 5,770 -2
36 Peggy 5,534 +4
37 Annie 5,123 +4
38 Eleanor 5,106 +7
39 Louise 5,079 -3
40 Carolyn 5,043 +6
40 Marjorie 5,043 -3
42 Geraldine 4,962 —
43 Ruby 4,944 -5
44 Catherine 4,908 -5
45 June 4,677 -1
46 Irene 4,506 -3
47 Jane 4,377 +2
48 Wanda 4,268 +4
49 Florence 4,078 -2
50 Marlene 4,045 +28
51 Lillian 3,998 -3
52 Delores 3,890 +4
53 Rita 3,840 —
54 Lorraine 3,797 +1
55 Edna 3,730 -5
56 Joanne 3,719 +6
57 Thelma 3,636 -6
58 Sarah 3,621 +9
59 Audrey 3,610 +2
60 Gladys 3,581 -6
61 Elaine 3,572 +7
62 Josephine 3,569 -5
63 Juanita 3,551 -5
64 Pauline 3,542 -5
65 Patsy 3,451 +12
66 Wilma 3,417 -1
67 Clara 3,412 +3
68 Bonnie 3,373 -4
69 Grace 3,329 +3
70 Theresa 3,266 -10
71 Ethel 3,217 -5
72 Joann 3,209 +7
73 Marion 3,199 —
74 Arlene 3,185 +6
75 Emma 3,152 +1
76 Sally 3,146 +8
77 Kathleen 3,121 +6
78 Lucille 3,117 -15
79 Charlotte 3,114 -5
80 Edith 3,110 -11
81 Janice 3,061 +13
82 Hazel 3,030 -7
83 Bernice 3,009 -12
84 Sylvia 2,935 +12
85 Anne 2,767 -4
86 Jacqueline 2,756 -1
87 Loretta 2,705 +2
88 Esther 2,676 -6
89 Marian 2,638 -3
90 Jo 2,541 +13
91 Laura 2,536 -3
92 Billie 2,483 +1
93 Willie 2,449 -3
94 Beatrice 2,410 -7
95 Margie 2,409 +7
96 Darlene 2,408 +26
97 Julia 2,403 -5
98 Vivian 2,378 -8
99 Elsie 2,376 -2
100 Katherine 2,330 -5

Top 100 boys' names in 1933

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1932.
#NameBirthsvs 1932
1 Robert 54,221 —
2 James 51,112 —
3 John 46,224 —
4 William 39,049 —
5 Richard 31,331 —
6 Charles 28,991 —
7 Donald 28,450 —
8 George 18,356 —
9 Joseph 17,162 —
10 Thomas 16,508 —
11 Edward 13,797 —
12 Ronald 12,061 +4
13 David 12,026 -1
14 Paul 11,854 -1
15 Kenneth 11,410 -1
16 Frank 10,962 -1
17 Jack 9,838 —
18 Harold 9,543 —
19 Raymond 9,512 —
20 Billy 8,938 —
21 Walter 7,756 —
22 Gerald 7,422 +2
23 Eugene 7,352 -1
24 Henry 6,726 -1
25 Arthur 6,525 —
26 Bobby 6,490 +4
27 Joe 6,411 +2
28 Carl 6,188 —
29 Ralph 6,185 -2
30 Albert 6,091 -4
31 Jerry 6,066 +3
32 Willie 5,983 -1
33 Franklin 5,363 +33
34 Fred 5,287 -1
35 Harry 5,134 -3
36 Howard 4,995 —
37 Norman 4,959 —
38 Lawrence 4,911 -3
39 Roy 4,906 -1
40 Louis 4,695 -1
41 Earl 4,374 —
42 Daniel 4,310 —
43 Clarence 4,280 -3
44 Marvin 4,132 +2
45 Francis 4,093 -2
46 Anthony 3,974 -1
47 Leonard 3,955 +1
48 Roger 3,917 +2
49 Herbert 3,685 -5
50 Ernest 3,674 -3
51 Melvin 3,588 —
52 Wayne 3,562 +5
53 Michael 3,549 +1
54 Don 3,453 +1
55 Stanley 3,432 -3
56 Leroy 3,357 -3
57 Alfred 3,268 -8
58 Larry 3,251 +7
59 Bill 3,223 -1
60 Peter 3,137 +2
61 Samuel 3,111 -5
62 Ray 3,032 -3
63 Bernard 3,005 -3
64 Jimmy 2,932 +12
65 Dale 2,925 -4
66 Gene 2,780 -2
67 Russell 2,697 -4
68 Theodore 2,611 -1
69 Floyd 2,541 -1
70 Philip 2,530 —
71 Gordon 2,524 +10
72 Jimmie 2,491 +3
73 Lloyd 2,413 -2
74 Glenn 2,366 +3
75 Leo 2,352 -1
76 Andrew 2,344 -7
77 Edwin 2,328 -5
78 Frederick 2,321 -5
79 Lee 2,301 +6
80 Gary 2,254 +56
81 Douglas 2,252 +4
82 Bob 2,222 -3
83 Vernon 2,206 -5
84 Allen 2,204 -4
85 Leon 2,187 -2
86 Clifford 2,158 -2
87 Clyde 2,141 -5
88 Alvin 2,128 -1
89 Martin 2,064 -1
90 Johnny 2,053 +6
91 Bruce 2,037 +7
91 Lewis 2,037 —
93 Eddie 2,016 -2
94 Vincent 1,983 -1
95 Charlie 1,978 -5
96 Herman 1,945 -7
97 Harvey 1,896 -2
98 Jim 1,875 +6
99 Warren 1,809 +3
100 Jesse 1,804 -1

Names that climbed fastest in 1933

Ranked by places gained against 1932, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1933Rank 1932Change
Glenda girls 232 387 +155
Karen girls 283 367 +84
Gail girls 264 337 +73
Sandra girls 145 216 +71
Marlys girls 354 423 +69
Adrienne girls 347 415 +68
Rae girls 395 457 +62
Terry boys 205 262 +57
Gary boys 80 136 +56
Myrna girls 254 307 +53
Carol boys 327 380 +53
Marylou girls 408 459 +51
Sharon girls 178 228 +50
Bernadette girls 312 360 +48
Claudia girls 301 347 +46

Names that fell fastest in 1933

NameRank 1933Rank 1932Change
Annabelle girls 396 336 -60
John girls 430 374 -56
Zelma girls 422 367 -55
Matilda girls 464 410 -54
Adele girls 330 282 -48
Estelle girls 267 223 -44
Elvira girls 359 316 -43
Aileen girls 426 383 -43
Therese girls 361 321 -40
Sophie girls 366 326 -40
Woodrow boys 363 323 -40
Robert girls 391 352 -39
Carmela girls 363 325 -38
Johanna girls 457 419 -38
Aurora girls 443 407 -36

Names that first appear in 1933

1933 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1933

For these names, 1933 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.