Most Popular Baby Names of 1931
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | Robert | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | James | 0 | 2 | Betty | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Dorothy | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Barbara | +2 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Joan | +3 |
| 6 | Charles | 0 | 6 | Helen | -2 |
| 7 | Donald | 0 | 7 | Margaret | -2 |
| 8 | George | 0 | 8 | Patricia | -1 |
| 9 | Joseph | 0 | 9 | Shirley | +2 |
| 10 | Thomas | +1 | 10 | Doris | -1 |
| 11 | Edward | -1 | 11 | Ruth | -1 |
| 12 | Paul | 0 | 12 | Virginia | 0 |
| 13 | David | +2 | 13 | Jean | +1 |
| 14 | Kenneth | +2 | 14 | Dolores | -1 |
| 15 | Jack | -1 | 15 | Joyce | +3 |
| 16 | Frank | -3 | 16 | Elizabeth | -1 |
| 17 | Raymond | 0 | 17 | Nancy | +7 |
| 18 | Harold | 0 | 18 | Frances | -2 |
| 19 | Billy | +1 | 19 | Marilyn | +3 |
| 20 | Walter | -1 | 20 | Lois | -3 |
| 21 | Eugene | 0 | 21 | Alice | -1 |
| 22 | Henry | 0 | 22 | Norma | +3 |
| 23 | Arthur | 0 | 23 | Gloria | +7 |
| 24 | Albert | 0 | 24 | Evelyn | -5 |
| 25 | Ralph | 0 | 25 | Anna | -2 |
| 26 | Gerald | +4 | 26 | Mildred | -5 |
| 27 | Ronald | +10 | 27 | Marie | -1 |
| 28 | Carl | -2 | 28 | Martha | -1 |
| 29 | Joe | -2 | 29 | Phyllis | -1 |
| 30 | Harry | -2 | 30 | Rose | -1 |
| 31 | Willie | -2 | 31 | Beverly | +3 |
| 32 | Bobby | +9 | 32 | Donna | +5 |
| 33 | Fred | -1 | 33 | Louise | -2 |
| 34 | Howard | -3 | 34 | Marjorie | -2 |
| 35 | Roy | -2 | 35 | Ann | +6 |
| 36 | Norman | +4 | 36 | Catherine | -1 |
| 37 | Louis | -3 | 37 | Irene | -4 |
| 38 | Lawrence | -2 | 38 | Geraldine | +6 |
| 39 | Clarence | 0 | 39 | Ruby | -3 |
| 40 | Earl | -2 | 40 | Eleanor | -1 |
| 41 | Herbert | -6 | 41 | Annie | -1 |
| 42 | Francis | 0 | 42 | Peggy | +25 |
| 43 | Jerry | +8 | 43 | Florence | -5 |
| 44 | Daniel | +3 | 44 | June | +3 |
| 45 | Marvin | +3 | 45 | Janet | +8 |
| 46 | Anthony | -2 | 46 | Carol | +8 |
| 47 | Ernest | -4 | 47 | Lillian | -4 |
| 48 | Leonard | -3 | 48 | Rita | -6 |
| 49 | Stanley | 0 | 49 | Lorraine | -3 |
| 50 | Alfred | -4 | 50 | Jane | +5 |
| 51 | Melvin | -1 | 51 | Josephine | -2 |
| 52 | Leroy | +1 | 52 | Edna | -1 |
| 53 | Roger | +4 | 53 | Thelma | -8 |
| 54 | Bernard | -2 | 54 | Wanda | +3 |
| 55 | Michael | -1 | 55 | Gladys | -7 |
| 56 | Samuel | -1 | 56 | Pauline | -4 |
| 57 | Bill | +2 | 57 | Juanita | -1 |
| 58 | Wayne | +8 | 58 | Delores | +8 |
| 59 | Don | +9 | 59 | Theresa | -9 |
| 60 | Ray | -2 | 60 | Carolyn | +12 |
| 61 | Peter | -5 | 61 | Clara | +3 |
| 62 | Dale | +2 | 62 | Lucille | -3 |
| 63 | Russell | -3 | 63 | Bernice | -5 |
| 64 | Gene | +6 | 64 | Audrey | -1 |
| 65 | Andrew | -3 | 65 | Edith | -4 |
| 66 | Leo | -3 | 66 | Ethel | -1 |
| 67 | Floyd | -6 | 67 | Marion | -7 |
| 68 | Edwin | -3 | 68 | Joanne | +13 |
| 69 | Lloyd | 0 | 69 | Wilma | -1 |
| 70 | Theodore | -3 | 70 | Grace | -8 |
| 71 | Philip | +4 | 71 | Sarah | -1 |
| 72 | Glenn | -1 | 72 | Elaine | -3 |
| 73 | Vernon | -1 | 73 | Bonnie | +5 |
| 74 | Frederick | 0 | 74 | Hazel | -3 |
| 75 | Clifford | -2 | 75 | Charlotte | 0 |
| 76 | Gordon | +1 | 76 | Emma | -3 |
| 77 | Clyde | -1 | 77 | Arlene | +26 |
| 78 | Bob | +8 | 78 | Jacqueline | -4 |
| 79 | Allen | +6 | 79 | Esther | -2 |
| 80 | Alvin | -1 | 80 | Anne | +3 |
| 81 | Jimmie | +6 | 81 | Billie | -2 |
| 82 | Herman | -4 | 82 | Vivian | +8 |
| 83 | Elmer | -3 | 83 | Patsy | +14 |
| 84 | Leon | -3 | 84 | Marian | -4 |
| 85 | Douglas | +4 | 85 | Beatrice | -9 |
| 86 | Lewis | +2 | 86 | Kathleen | -2 |
| 87 | Vincent | -3 | 87 | Elsie | +1 |
| 88 | Larry | +18 | 88 | Rosemary | -6 |
| 89 | Jimmy | +13 | 89 | Laura | 0 |
| 90 | Lee | -8 | 90 | Joann | +28 |
| 91 | Martin | -8 | 91 | Katherine | -6 |
| 92 | Gilbert | -1 | 92 | Julia | -1 |
| 93 | Harvey | -1 | 93 | Eva | -6 |
| 94 | Charlie | -4 | 94 | Marlene | +294 |
| 95 | Eddie | +2 | 95 | Willie | -9 |
| 96 | Lester | -1 | 96 | Loretta | +9 |
| 97 | Jesse | -3 | 97 | Sally | +2 |
| 98 | Arnold | 0 | 98 | Jeanne | -6 |
| 99 | Warren | -3 | 99 | Ellen | +1 |
| 100 | Milton | -7 | 100 | Ida | -6 |