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The most popular baby names of 1937

SSA recorded 2,130,692 births in 1937 across all reported names — 1,064,033 girls and 1,066,659 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1937

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1936.
#NameBirthsvs 1936
1 Mary 55,641 —
2 Barbara 34,917 +1
3 Patricia 26,838 +2
4 Shirley 26,823 -2
5 Betty 25,337 -1
6 Carol 17,336 +4
7 Nancy 17,074 +1
8 Dorothy 16,572 -2
9 Joan 15,301 -2
10 Margaret 15,144 -1
11 Joyce 11,808 +1
12 Helen 11,453 -1
13 Marilyn 9,739 —
14 Beverly 9,634 +3
15 Ruth 9,602 +1
16 Virginia 9,517 -2
17 Elizabeth 9,385 +1
18 Janet 9,363 +3
19 Frances 9,057 —
20 Carolyn 8,941 +3
21 Donna 8,887 +1
22 Doris 8,883 -7
23 Jean 8,392 -3
24 Martha 7,953 —
25 Janice 7,768 +6
26 Sandra 7,520 +12
27 Phyllis 7,245 -2
28 Alice 7,120 -1
29 Lois 6,932 -3
30 Ann 6,713 -2
31 Peggy 6,378 +4
32 Gloria 6,333 —
33 Norma 6,235 -4
34 Judith 6,146 +9
35 Marie 6,075 -2
36 Evelyn 5,760 -2
37 Dolores 5,568 -7
38 Rose 5,450 -1
39 Anna 5,449 -3
40 Marlene 5,037 -1
41 Sharon 4,704 +19
42 Jane 4,702 —
43 Mildred 4,646 -3
44 Geraldine 4,556 -3
45 Elaine 4,526 +5
46 Annie 4,479 -1
47 Catherine 4,459 -3
48 Louise 4,382 -2
49 Linda 4,378 +48
50 Sylvia 4,371 +3
51 Joanne 4,333 -3
52 Ruby 4,289 -1
53 Eleanor 4,275 -6
54 Patsy 4,243 -2
55 Wanda 4,202 +1
56 Carole 4,198 +17
57 Marjorie 4,091 -8
58 Joann 3,936 -3
59 Sally 3,925 —
60 Arlene 3,805 -6
61 Kathleen 3,743 +6
62 Irene 3,674 -5
63 Loretta 3,673 +7
64 Bonnie 3,595 +1
65 Sarah 3,588 -3
66 Roberta 3,568 -2
67 Charlotte 3,536 -6
68 Delores 3,529 -10
69 Rita 3,421 —
70 Jacqueline 3,400 -4
71 June 3,378 -9
72 Darlene 3,285 +11
73 Jo 3,226 -1
74 Edna 3,223 -3
75 Juanita 3,179 —
76 Diane 3,175 +36
77 Yvonne 3,171 +4
78 Thelma 3,062 -4
79 Kay 3,010 +19
80 Wilma 2,977 -2
81 Florence 2,955 -1
82 Josephine 2,942 -5
83 Lorraine 2,940 -7
84 Lillian 2,899 -5
85 Audrey 2,889 -17
86 Gladys 2,872 -2
87 Pauline 2,818 -5
88 Ethel 2,763 +2
89 Emma 2,750 -4
90 Jeanette 2,741 +4
90 Judy 2,741 +28
92 Anne 2,725 -3
93 Anita 2,714 +11
94 Grace 2,710 -8
95 Theresa 2,702 -7
96 Edith 2,647 -9
97 Susan 2,641 +13
98 Lucille 2,636 -6
99 Gail 2,635 +2
100 Clara 2,573 -9

Top 100 boys' names in 1937

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1936.
#NameBirthsvs 1936
1 Robert 61,842 —
2 James 56,561 —
3 John 48,755 —
4 William 40,725 —
5 Richard 32,975 —
6 Charles 30,520 —
7 Donald 27,868 —
8 David 20,981 +2
9 Thomas 19,772 -1
10 George 18,439 -1
11 Ronald 18,141 +1
12 Joseph 17,322 -1
13 Edward 14,930 —
14 Kenneth 13,219 —
15 Paul 12,881 —
16 Larry 10,320 +9
17 Jerry 10,301 +1
18 Frank 10,127 -2
19 Raymond 9,571 -2
20 Gerald 9,425 -1
21 Harold 8,550 —
22 Billy 8,301 —
23 Jack 8,194 -3
24 Bobby 7,745 —
24 Joe 7,745 -1
26 Walter 7,488 —
27 Michael 7,094 +6
28 Carl 6,914 -1
29 Gary 6,763 +9
30 Henry 6,668 -2
31 Arthur 6,321 -1
32 Willie 6,231 —
33 Eugene 5,999 -4
34 Ralph 5,923 -3
35 Fred 5,738 +1
36 Roger 5,713 -1
37 Albert 5,665 -3
38 Lawrence 5,507 -1
39 Daniel 5,124 +2
40 Roy 4,890 +2
41 Harry 4,814 -2
42 Howard 4,700 -2
43 Norman 4,673 —
44 Wayne 4,613 +1
45 Jimmy 4,517 +1
46 Louis 4,356 -2
47 Anthony 4,339 +1
48 Earl 3,942 -1
49 Marvin 3,913 —
50 Melvin 3,890 +3
51 Don 3,814 —
52 Peter 3,809 +4
53 Ernest 3,759 +2
54 Clarence 3,755 -2
55 Francis 3,730 -5
56 Leroy 3,556 +1
57 Stanley 3,483 +1
58 Leonard 3,480 -4
59 Dale 3,340 —
60 Alfred 3,181 —
61 Gene 3,165 +5
62 Philip 3,162 +1
63 Dennis 3,160 +11
64 Bill 3,119 -3
65 Herbert 3,040 -3
66 Samuel 3,027 +1
67 Russell 2,895 +2
68 Frederick 2,878 +2
69 Johnny 2,826 +3
70 Bruce 2,810 +3
71 Ray 2,725 -7
72 Jimmie 2,679 -1
73 Bernard 2,672 -5
74 Douglas 2,610 +4
75 Gordon 2,533 —
76 Allen 2,518 +5
77 Franklin 2,514 -13
78 Lee 2,499 -2
79 Andrew 2,405 +4
80 Floyd 2,388 +6
81 Bob 2,364 -4
82 Jim 2,347 +3
83 Eddie 2,345 -4
84 Tommy 2,326 +7
85 Leon 2,325 -3
86 Theodore 2,317 +1
87 Martin 2,278 +5
88 Glenn 2,263 -8
89 Edwin 2,262 -5
90 Clifford 2,229 —
91 Lloyd 2,157 -3
92 Stephen 2,133 +7
93 Clyde 2,105 -4
94 Patrick 2,090 +6
95 Harvey 2,081 +1
96 Vernon 2,076 -3
97 Leo 2,015 -3
98 Phillip 2,005 +4
99 Alvin 1,986 -3
100 Jerome 1,979 -2

Names that climbed fastest in 1937

Ranked by places gained against 1936, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1937Rank 1936Change
Marsha girls 261 348 +87
Craig boys 297 384 +87
Lynda girls 371 446 +75
Dianne girls 240 310 +70
Sonia girls 338 405 +67
Lynne girls 309 375 +66
Timothy boys 192 253 +61
Brian boys 228 289 +61
Shelby girls 119 178 +59
Linda girls 49 97 +48
Noreen girls 387 435 +48
Denise girls 404 451 +47
Diana girls 157 202 +45
Pearlie girls 315 358 +43
Angela girls 214 253 +39

Names that fell fastest in 1937

NameRank 1937Rank 1936Change
Huey boys 378 288 -90
Goldie girls 400 345 -55
Millie girls 458 406 -52
Eleanore girls 448 398 -50
Edwina girls 436 388 -48
Dorothea girls 368 322 -46
Corrine girls 426 381 -45
Morton boys 371 327 -44
Bernadette girls 351 309 -42
Sybil girls 358 317 -41
Elvira girls 420 379 -41
Elma girls 436 396 -40
Alyce girls 448 408 -40
Reva girls 456 418 -38
Frieda girls 452 415 -37

Names that first appear in 1937

1937 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1937

For these names, 1937 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.