Most Popular Baby Names of 1937
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | Robert | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | James | 0 | 2 | Barbara | +1 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | +2 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Shirley | -2 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Betty | -1 |
| 6 | Charles | 0 | 6 | Carol | +4 |
| 7 | Donald | 0 | 7 | Nancy | +1 |
| 8 | David | +2 | 8 | Dorothy | -2 |
| 9 | Thomas | -1 | 9 | Joan | -2 |
| 10 | George | -1 | 10 | Margaret | -1 |
| 11 | Ronald | +1 | 11 | Joyce | +1 |
| 12 | Joseph | -1 | 12 | Helen | -1 |
| 13 | Edward | 0 | 13 | Marilyn | 0 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 0 | 14 | Beverly | +3 |
| 15 | Paul | 0 | 15 | Ruth | +1 |
| 16 | Larry | +9 | 16 | Virginia | -2 |
| 17 | Jerry | +1 | 17 | Elizabeth | +1 |
| 18 | Frank | -2 | 18 | Janet | +3 |
| 19 | Raymond | -2 | 19 | Frances | 0 |
| 20 | Gerald | -1 | 20 | Carolyn | +3 |
| 21 | Harold | 0 | 21 | Donna | +1 |
| 22 | Billy | 0 | 22 | Doris | -7 |
| 23 | Jack | -3 | 23 | Jean | -3 |
| 24 | Bobby | 0 | 24 | Martha | 0 |
| 25 | Joe | -2 | 25 | Janice | +6 |
| 26 | Walter | 0 | 26 | Sandra | +12 |
| 27 | Michael | +6 | 27 | Phyllis | -2 |
| 28 | Carl | -1 | 28 | Alice | -1 |
| 29 | Gary | +9 | 29 | Lois | -3 |
| 30 | Henry | -2 | 30 | Ann | -2 |
| 31 | Arthur | -1 | 31 | Peggy | +4 |
| 32 | Willie | 0 | 32 | Gloria | 0 |
| 33 | Eugene | -4 | 33 | Norma | -4 |
| 34 | Ralph | -3 | 34 | Judith | +9 |
| 35 | Fred | +1 | 35 | Marie | -2 |
| 36 | Roger | -1 | 36 | Evelyn | -2 |
| 37 | Albert | -3 | 37 | Dolores | -7 |
| 38 | Lawrence | -1 | 38 | Anna | -2 |
| 39 | Daniel | +3 | 39 | Rose | -2 |
| 40 | Roy | +1 | 40 | Marlene | -1 |
| 41 | Harry | -2 | 41 | Sharon | +19 |
| 42 | Howard | -2 | 42 | Jane | 0 |
| 43 | Norman | 0 | 43 | Mildred | -3 |
| 44 | Wayne | +1 | 44 | Geraldine | -3 |
| 45 | Jimmy | +1 | 45 | Elaine | +5 |
| 46 | Louis | -2 | 46 | Annie | -1 |
| 47 | Anthony | +1 | 47 | Catherine | -3 |
| 48 | Earl | -1 | 48 | Linda | +49 |
| 49 | Marvin | 0 | 49 | Louise | -3 |
| 50 | Melvin | +3 | 50 | Sylvia | +3 |
| 51 | Don | 0 | 51 | Joanne | -3 |
| 52 | Peter | +3 | 52 | Ruby | -1 |
| 53 | Ernest | +3 | 53 | Eleanor | -6 |
| 54 | Clarence | -2 | 54 | Patsy | -2 |
| 55 | Francis | -5 | 55 | Wanda | +1 |
| 56 | Leroy | +1 | 56 | Carole | +17 |
| 57 | Leonard | -3 | 57 | Marjorie | -8 |
| 58 | Stanley | 0 | 58 | Joann | -3 |
| 59 | Dale | 0 | 59 | Sally | 0 |
| 60 | Alfred | 0 | 60 | Arlene | -6 |
| 61 | Gene | +5 | 61 | Kathleen | +6 |
| 62 | Dennis | +12 | 62 | Loretta | +8 |
| 63 | Philip | 0 | 63 | Irene | -6 |
| 64 | Bill | -3 | 64 | Bonnie | +1 |
| 65 | Herbert | -3 | 65 | Sarah | -3 |
| 66 | Samuel | +1 | 66 | Roberta | -2 |
| 67 | Russell | +2 | 67 | Charlotte | -6 |
| 68 | Frederick | +2 | 68 | Delores | -10 |
| 69 | Johnny | +3 | 69 | Rita | 0 |
| 70 | Bruce | +3 | 70 | Jacqueline | -4 |
| 71 | Ray | -7 | 71 | June | -8 |
| 72 | Jimmie | -1 | 72 | Darlene | +11 |
| 73 | Bernard | -5 | 73 | Jo | -1 |
| 74 | Douglas | +4 | 74 | Edna | -3 |
| 75 | Gordon | 0 | 75 | Diane | +36 |
| 76 | Franklin | -11 | 76 | Yvonne | +5 |
| 77 | Allen | +4 | 77 | Juanita | -2 |
| 78 | Lee | -2 | 78 | Thelma | -4 |
| 79 | Andrew | +3 | 79 | Kay | +19 |
| 80 | Floyd | +6 | 80 | Wilma | -2 |
| 81 | Bob | -4 | 81 | Florence | -1 |
| 82 | Jim | +3 | 82 | Josephine | -5 |
| 83 | Eddie | -4 | 83 | Lorraine | -7 |
| 84 | Leon | -1 | 84 | Lillian | -5 |
| 85 | Tommy | +6 | 85 | Audrey | -17 |
| 86 | Theodore | +1 | 86 | Gladys | -2 |
| 87 | Martin | +5 | 87 | Pauline | -5 |
| 88 | Glenn | -8 | 88 | Ethel | +2 |
| 89 | Edwin | -5 | 89 | Emma | -4 |
| 90 | Clifford | 0 | 90 | Judy | +29 |
| 91 | Lloyd | -3 | 91 | Jeanette | +3 |
| 92 | Stephen | +8 | 92 | Anne | -4 |
| 93 | Clyde | -4 | 93 | Anita | +11 |
| 94 | Patrick | +7 | 94 | Grace | -8 |
| 95 | Harvey | +1 | 95 | Theresa | -6 |
| 96 | Vernon | -3 | 96 | Edith | -9 |
| 97 | Leo | -3 | 97 | Lucille | -5 |
| 98 | Phillip | +4 | 98 | Susan | +12 |
| 99 | Alvin | -1 | 99 | Gail | +3 |
| 100 | Jerome | -3 | 100 | Clara | -9 |