Top Baby Names of 1937
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Mary 55,643 2
Barbara 34,917 3
Patricia 26,838 4
Shirley 26,823 5
Betty 25,337 6
Carol 17,336 7
Nancy 17,074 8
Dorothy 16,573 9
Joan 15,301 10
Margaret 15,143 11
Joyce 11,809 12
Helen 11,454 13
Marilyn 9,739 14
Beverly 9,632 15
Ruth 9,602 16
Virginia 9,516 17
Elizabeth 9,385 18
Janet 9,363 19
Frances 9,057 20
Carolyn 8,940 21
Donna 8,887 22
Doris 8,882 23
Jean 8,392 24
Martha 7,954 25
Janice 7,768 26
Sandra 7,520 27
Phyllis 7,245 28
Alice 7,120 29
Lois 6,932 30
Ann 6,713 31
Peggy 6,378 32
Gloria 6,334 33
Norma 6,235 34
Judith 6,146 35
Marie 6,075 36
Evelyn 5,760 37
Dolores 5,568 38
Anna 5,450 38
Rose 5,450 40
Marlene 5,037 41
Sharon 4,704 42
Jane 4,702 43
Mildred 4,645 44
Geraldine 4,556 45
Elaine 4,527 46
Annie 4,479 47
Catherine 4,459 48
Louise 4,381 49
Linda 4,378 50
Sylvia 4,371 👦
Boy Names
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Robert 61,842 2
James 56,562 3
John 48,753 4
William 40,724 5
Richard 32,975 6
Charles 30,521 7
Donald 27,869 8
David 20,980 9
Thomas 19,771 10
George 18,439 11
Ronald 18,140 12
Joseph 17,323 13
Edward 14,930 14
Kenneth 13,218 15
Paul 12,880 16
Larry 10,320 17
Jerry 10,302 18
Frank 10,126 19
Raymond 9,571 20
Gerald 9,424 21
Harold 8,551 22
Billy 8,298 23
Jack 8,196 24
Bobby 7,745 25
Joe 7,744 26
Walter 7,486 27
Michael 7,094 28
Carl 6,914 29
Gary 6,763 30
Henry 6,668 31
Arthur 6,321 32
Willie 6,231 33
Eugene 6,000 34
Ralph 5,922 35
Fred 5,738 36
Roger 5,712 37
Albert 5,664 38
Lawrence 5,505 39
Daniel 5,123 40
Roy 4,888 41
Harry 4,814 42
Howard 4,700 43
Norman 4,673 44
Wayne 4,613 45
Jimmy 4,517 46
Louis 4,355 47
Anthony 4,339 48
Earl 3,942 49
Marvin 3,912 50
Melvin 3,890 About 1937 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1937, 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.