Top Baby Names of 1931
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Mary 60,299 2
Betty 36,105 3
Dorothy 26,524 4
Barbara 21,803 5
Joan 19,119 6
Helen 17,664 7
Margaret 17,332 8
Patricia 16,470 9
Shirley 14,405 10
Doris 13,629 11
Ruth 13,131 12
Virginia 11,886 13
Jean 11,013 14
Dolores 10,806 15
Joyce 10,580 16
Elizabeth 10,292 17
Nancy 10,036 18
Frances 9,718 19
Marilyn 9,664 20
Lois 9,348 21
Alice 8,816 22
Norma 8,759 23
Gloria 8,547 24
Evelyn 8,491 25
Anna 8,429 26
Mildred 8,170 27
Marie 7,549 28
Martha 7,482 29
Phyllis 7,213 30
Rose 6,881 31
Beverly 6,789 32
Donna 6,600 33
Louise 5,897 34
Marjorie 5,880 35
Ann 5,858 36
Catherine 5,642 37
Irene 5,616 38
Geraldine 5,413 39
Ruby 5,331 40
Eleanor 5,255 41
Annie 5,090 42
Peggy 5,077 43
Florence 5,011 44
June 5,002 45
Janet 4,948 46
Carol 4,891 47
Lillian 4,807 48
Rita 4,613 49
Lorraine 4,588 50
Jane 4,532 👦
Boy Names
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Robert 60,520 2
James 51,213 3
John 48,422 4
William 43,280 5
Richard 31,823 6
Charles 29,933 7
Donald 29,102 8
George 20,686 9
Joseph 19,327 10
Thomas 16,846 11
Edward 15,647 12
Paul 12,255 13
David 11,783 14
Kenneth 11,568 15
Jack 11,489 16
Frank 11,472 17
Raymond 10,854 18
Harold 10,694 19
Billy 9,263 20
Walter 8,940 21
Eugene 8,152 22
Henry 7,805 23
Arthur 7,525 24
Albert 7,131 25
Ralph 6,960 26
Gerald 6,823 27
Ronald 6,726 28
Carl 6,582 29
Joe 6,456 30
Harry 6,045 31
Willie 5,963 32
Bobby 5,858 33
Fred 5,698 34
Howard 5,623 35
Roy 5,489 36
Norman 5,426 37
Louis 5,424 38
Lawrence 5,364 39
Clarence 5,062 40
Earl 5,047 41
Herbert 4,788 42
Francis 4,735 43
Jerry 4,371 44
Daniel 4,360 44
Marvin 4,360 46
Anthony 4,310 47
Ernest 4,298 48
Leonard 4,279 49
Stanley 4,202 50
Alfred 3,949 About 1931 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1931, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.