100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1937

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 61,829
2 James 0 56,549
3 John 0 48,746
4 William 0 40,709
5 Richard 0 32,976
6 Charles 0 30,519
7 Donald 0 27,866
8 David +2 20,973
9 Thomas -1 19,773
10 George -1 18,428
11 Ronald +1 18,136
12 Joseph -1 17,316
13 Edward 0 14,930
14 Kenneth 0 13,215
15 Paul 0 12,874
16 Larry +9 10,320
17 Jerry +1 10,297
18 Frank -2 10,127
19 Raymond -2 9,572
20 Gerald -1 9,423
21 Harold 0 8,549
22 Billy 0 8,297
23 Jack -3 8,192
24 Bobby 0 7,748
25 Joe -2 7,742
26 Walter 0 7,483
27 Michael +6 7,095
28 Carl -1 6,908
29 Gary +9 6,769
30 Henry -2 6,670
31 Arthur -1 6,313
32 Willie 0 6,231
33 Eugene -4 5,998
34 Ralph -3 5,921
35 Fred +1 5,738
36 Roger -1 5,708
37 Albert -3 5,668
38 Lawrence -1 5,505
39 Daniel +3 5,124
40 Roy +1 4,889
41 Harry -2 4,814
42 Howard -2 4,701
43 Norman 0 4,674
44 Wayne +1 4,615
45 Jimmy +1 4,516
46 Louis -2 4,357
47 Anthony +1 4,335
48 Earl -1 3,943
49 Marvin 0 3,910
50 Melvin +3 3,891
51 Don 0 3,816
52 Peter +4 3,807
53 Clarence -1 3,758
54 Ernest +1 3,758
55 Francis -5 3,728
56 Leroy +1 3,554
57 Stanley +1 3,483
58 Leonard -4 3,478
59 Dale 0 3,339
60 Alfred 0 3,181
61 Gene +5 3,166
62 Philip +1 3,160
63 Dennis +11 3,159
64 Bill -3 3,120
65 Herbert -3 3,038
66 Samuel +1 3,027
67 Russell +2 2,896
68 Frederick +2 2,878
69 Johnny +3 2,825
70 Bruce +3 2,808
71 Ray -6 2,725
72 Jimmie -1 2,681
73 Bernard -5 2,671
74 Douglas +4 2,607
75 Gordon 0 2,532
76 Allen +5 2,518
77 Franklin -13 2,514
78 Lee -2 2,498
79 Andrew +4 2,403
80 Floyd +6 2,386
81 Bob -4 2,363
82 Eddie -3 2,349
83 Jim +2 2,348
84 Tommy +7 2,328
85 Leon -3 2,325
86 Theodore +1 2,313
87 Martin +5 2,277
88 Edwin -4 2,263
89 Glenn -9 2,263
90 Clifford 0 2,228
91 Lloyd -3 2,153
92 Stephen +7 2,134
93 Clyde -4 2,104
94 Patrick +6 2,088
95 Harvey +1 2,081
96 Vernon -3 2,076
97 Leo -3 2,015
98 Phillip +4 2,005
99 Alvin -2 1,987
100 Jerome -2 1,978
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 55,642
2 Barbara +1 34,907
3 Patricia +2 26,838
4 Shirley -2 26,816
5 Betty -1 25,331
6 Carol +4 17,335
7 Nancy +1 17,069
8 Dorothy -2 16,572
9 Joan -2 15,298
10 Margaret -1 15,145
11 Joyce +1 11,809
12 Helen -1 11,454
13 Marilyn 0 9,738
14 Beverly +3 9,631
15 Ruth +1 9,605
16 Virginia -2 9,512
17 Elizabeth +1 9,386
18 Janet +3 9,363
19 Frances 0 9,052
20 Carolyn +3 8,938
21 Donna +1 8,884
22 Doris -7 8,882
23 Jean -3 8,395
24 Martha 0 7,953
25 Janice +6 7,765
26 Sandra +12 7,520
27 Phyllis -2 7,244
28 Alice -1 7,123
29 Lois -3 6,933
30 Ann -2 6,712
31 Peggy +4 6,377
32 Gloria 0 6,331
33 Norma -4 6,232
34 Judith +9 6,146
35 Marie -2 6,074
36 Evelyn -2 5,759
37 Dolores -7 5,567
38 Anna -2 5,449
39 Rose -2 5,447
40 Marlene -1 5,037
41 Sharon +19 4,705
42 Jane 0 4,702
43 Mildred -3 4,645
44 Geraldine -3 4,554
45 Elaine +5 4,526
46 Annie -1 4,481
47 Catherine -3 4,459
48 Louise -2 4,381
49 Linda +48 4,380
50 Sylvia +3 4,366
51 Joanne -3 4,333
52 Ruby -1 4,288
53 Eleanor -6 4,276
54 Patsy -2 4,244
55 Wanda +1 4,201
56 Carole +17 4,197
57 Marjorie -8 4,091
58 Joann -3 3,938
59 Sally 0 3,926
60 Arlene -6 3,806
61 Kathleen +6 3,743
62 Irene -5 3,673
63 Loretta +7 3,670
64 Bonnie +1 3,596
65 Sarah -2 3,587
66 Roberta -2 3,568
67 Charlotte -6 3,537
68 Delores -10 3,529
69 Rita 0 3,419
70 Jacqueline -4 3,397
71 June -9 3,379
72 Darlene +11 3,285
73 Jo -1 3,226
74 Edna -3 3,221
75 Juanita 0 3,179
76 Diane +36 3,174
77 Yvonne +4 3,172
78 Thelma -4 3,060
79 Kay +19 3,010
80 Wilma -2 2,977
81 Florence -1 2,952
82 Josephine -5 2,941
83 Lorraine -7 2,938
84 Lillian -5 2,899
85 Audrey -17 2,888
86 Gladys -2 2,871
87 Pauline -5 2,818
88 Ethel +2 2,764
89 Emma -4 2,748
90 Jeanette +4 2,742
91 Judy +28 2,741
92 Anne -3 2,723
93 Anita +11 2,711
94 Grace -8 2,710
95 Theresa -7 2,701
96 Edith -9 2,649
97 Susan +13 2,643
98 Lucille -6 2,638
99 Gail +2 2,633
100 Clara -9 2,573