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The most popular baby names of 1934

SSA recorded 2,076,821 births in 1934 across all reported names — 1,044,225 girls and 1,032,596 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1934

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1933.
#NameBirthsvs 1933
1 Mary 56,929 —
2 Betty 31,089 —
3 Barbara 29,239 —
4 Shirley 22,841 +5
5 Dorothy 21,281 -1
6 Patricia 20,844 —
7 Joan 19,465 -2
8 Margaret 15,144 -1
9 Helen 14,100 -1
10 Nancy 13,520 +1
11 Doris 11,627 -1
12 Joyce 11,459 —
13 Ruth 10,565 —
14 Carol 10,273 +6
15 Virginia 10,002 —
16 Jean 9,718 -2
17 Marilyn 9,382 -1
18 Elizabeth 9,346 -1
19 Frances 9,206 -1
20 Lois 8,387 -1
21 Janet 8,071 +4
22 Beverly 7,886 +4
23 Donna 7,870 +1
24 Norma 7,788 -1
25 Alice 7,784 -3
26 Dolores 7,689 -5
27 Martha 7,604 —
28 Phyllis 7,180 —
29 Evelyn 6,983 +1
30 Gloria 6,813 +1
31 Anna 6,680 -2
32 Ann 6,641 +2
33 Carolyn 6,472 +7
34 Marie 6,326 -1
35 Mildred 6,180 -3
36 Peggy 6,027 —
37 Rose 5,583 -2
38 Annie 5,018 -1
39 Ruby 4,978 +4
40 Louise 4,973 -1
41 Marjorie 4,972 -1
42 Catherine 4,933 +2
43 Geraldine 4,837 -1
44 Eleanor 4,718 -6
45 Joanne 4,543 +11
46 June 4,387 -1
47 Wanda 4,368 +1
48 Jane 4,358 -1
49 Irene 4,346 -3
50 Joann 4,149 +22
51 Delores 3,991 +1
52 Lillian 3,973 -1
53 Arlene 3,917 +21
54 Elaine 3,900 +7
55 Edna 3,809 —
56 Lorraine 3,775 -2
57 Marlene 3,755 -7
58 Bonnie 3,753 +10
59 Patsy 3,750 +6
60 Josephine 3,742 +2
61 Florence 3,736 -12
62 Sally 3,725 +14
63 Rita 3,683 -10
64 Juanita 3,662 -1
65 Thelma 3,646 -8
66 Gladys 3,611 -6
67 Sarah 3,601 -9
68 Janice 3,588 +13
69 Audrey 3,582 -10
70 Sylvia 3,475 +14
71 Pauline 3,445 -7
72 Charlotte 3,434 +7
73 Wilma 3,311 -7
74 Kathleen 3,279 +3
75 Jo 3,257 +15
76 Clara 3,222 -9
77 Theresa 3,192 -7
78 Ethel 3,178 -7
79 Grace 3,087 -10
80 Jacqueline 3,038 +6
81 Edith 3,012 -1
82 Bernice 2,980 +1
83 Loretta 2,978 +4
84 Lucille 2,947 -6
85 Emma 2,940 -10
86 Marion 2,884 -13
87 Hazel 2,811 -5
88 Anne 2,786 -3
89 Carole 2,655 +18
90 Darlene 2,605 +6
91 Esther 2,579 -3
92 Billie 2,559 —
93 Sandra 2,550 +52
94 Judith 2,459 +25
95 Ellen 2,455 +9
96 Laura 2,438 -5
97 Marian 2,426 -8
98 Vivian 2,413 —
99 Beatrice 2,410 -5
100 Eva 2,389 +1

Top 100 boys' names in 1934

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1933.
#NameBirthsvs 1933
1 Robert 55,843 —
2 James 54,270 —
3 John 46,743 —
4 William 40,175 —
5 Richard 33,167 —
6 Donald 30,408 +1
7 Charles 29,790 -1
8 George 18,500 —
9 Thomas 17,373 +1
10 Joseph 17,111 -1
11 Ronald 14,088 +1
12 David 14,003 +1
13 Edward 13,917 -2
14 Paul 12,196 —
15 Kenneth 11,800 —
16 Frank 10,640 —
17 Jack 9,985 —
18 Harold 9,926 —
19 Raymond 9,588 —
20 Billy 9,562 —
21 Walter 8,092 —
22 Gerald 7,816 —
23 Bobby 7,532 +3
24 Eugene 7,145 -1
25 Jerry 7,134 +6
26 Joe 7,090 +1
27 Henry 6,735 -3
28 Carl 6,683 —
29 Arthur 6,443 -4
30 Willie 6,348 +2
31 Ralph 6,282 -2
32 Albert 6,003 -2
33 Fred 5,466 +1
34 Lawrence 5,324 +4
35 Roy 5,104 +4
36 Harry 5,099 -1
37 Howard 5,068 -1
38 Norman 4,989 -1
39 Roger 4,766 +9
40 Louis 4,682 —
41 Earl 4,628 —
42 Daniel 4,502 —
43 Larry 4,474 +15
44 Marvin 4,217 —
45 Clarence 4,213 -2
46 Franklin 4,156 -13
47 Michael 4,108 +6
48 Wayne 4,035 +4
49 Francis 4,006 -4
50 Don 3,926 +4
51 Ernest 3,849 -1
52 Anthony 3,840 -6
53 Leonard 3,836 -6
54 Leroy 3,774 +2
55 Melvin 3,702 -4
56 Jimmy 3,696 +8
57 Herbert 3,600 -8
58 Stanley 3,569 -3
59 Bill 3,534 —
60 Gary 3,354 +20
61 Peter 3,290 -1
62 Dale 3,241 +3
63 Ray 3,177 -1
64 Alfred 3,158 -7
65 Bernard 3,146 -2
66 Samuel 3,137 -5
67 Gene 2,854 -1
68 Jimmie 2,837 +4
69 Philip 2,784 +1
70 Russell 2,736 -3
71 Gordon 2,639 —
72 Douglas 2,541 +9
73 Floyd 2,533 -4
74 Theodore 2,523 -6
75 Bob 2,478 +7
76 Andrew 2,443 —
77 Frederick 2,431 +1
78 Bruce 2,401 +13
79 Lee 2,378 —
80 Edwin 2,347 -3
81 Glenn 2,341 -7
82 Lloyd 2,339 -9
83 Johnny 2,336 +7
84 Clyde 2,323 +3
85 Clifford 2,315 +1
86 Leo 2,309 -11
87 Leon 2,306 -2
88 Allen 2,241 -4
89 Vernon 2,227 -6
90 Jim 2,207 +8
91 Martin 2,178 -2
92 Eddie 2,169 +1
93 Alvin 2,147 -5
94 Lewis 2,062 -3
95 Dennis 2,053 +11
96 Warren 2,024 +3
97 Herman 2,011 -1
98 Tommy 1,937 +11
99 Harvey 1,934 -2
100 Charlie 1,892 -5

Names that climbed fastest in 1934

Ranked by places gained against 1933, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1934Rank 1933Change
Gayle girls 282 415 +133
Claudette girls 293 397 +104
Gail girls 164 264 +100
Johanna girls 381 457 +76
Bernadette girls 252 312 +60
Beth girls 343 403 +60
Kay girls 143 200 +57
Jon boys 243 300 +57
Shirley boys 318 372 +54
Sandra girls 93 145 +52
Christopher boys 329 381 +52
Sondra girls 288 338 +50
Phil boys 327 375 +48
Ronnie boys 179 226 +47
Joanna girls 281 327 +46

Names that fell fastest in 1934

NameRank 1934Rank 1933Change
Delano boys 378 302 -76
Leila girls 423 373 -50
Isabelle girls 391 342 -49
Lora girls 419 372 -47
Consuelo girls 453 409 -44
Therese girls 403 361 -42
Rae girls 437 395 -42
Alta girls 335 294 -41
Dona girls 338 301 -37
Sophie girls 403 366 -37
Dominick boys 343 306 -37
Doreen girls 394 358 -36
James girls 403 368 -35
Allie girls 458 424 -34
Carmen boys 364 330 -34

Names that first appear in 1934

1934 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1934

For these names, 1934 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.