Top Names of 1937

Official birth counts from Social Security card applications.

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Mary55,641 babies
  2. 2Barbara34,917 babies
  3. 3Patricia26,838 babies
  4. 4Shirley26,823 babies
  5. 5Betty25,337 babies
  6. 6Carol17,336 babies
  7. 7Nancy17,074 babies
  8. 8Dorothy16,572 babies
  9. 9Joan15,301 babies
  10. 10Margaret15,144 babies
  11. 11Joyce11,808 babies
  12. 12Helen11,453 babies
  13. 13Marilyn9,739 babies
  14. 14Beverly9,634 babies
  15. 15Ruth9,602 babies
  16. 16Virginia9,517 babies
  17. 17Elizabeth9,385 babies
  18. 18Janet9,363 babies
  19. 19Frances9,057 babies
  20. 20Carolyn8,941 babies
  21. 21Donna8,887 babies
  22. 22Doris8,883 babies
  23. 23Jean8,392 babies
  24. 24Martha7,953 babies
  25. 25Janice7,768 babies
  26. 26Sandra7,520 babies
  27. 27Phyllis7,245 babies
  28. 28Alice7,120 babies
  29. 29Lois6,932 babies
  30. 30Ann6,713 babies
  31. 31Peggy6,378 babies
  32. 32Gloria6,333 babies
  33. 33Norma6,235 babies
  34. 34Judith6,146 babies
  35. 35Marie6,075 babies
  36. 36Evelyn5,760 babies
  37. 37Dolores5,568 babies
  38. 38Rose5,450 babies
  39. 39Anna5,449 babies
  40. 40Marlene5,037 babies
  41. 41Sharon4,704 babies
  42. 42Jane4,702 babies
  43. 43Mildred4,646 babies
  44. 44Geraldine4,556 babies
  45. 45Elaine4,526 babies
  46. 46Annie4,479 babies
  47. 47Catherine4,459 babies
  48. 48Louise4,382 babies
  49. 49Linda4,378 babies
  50. 50Sylvia4,371 babies
  51. 51Joanne4,333 babies
  52. 52Ruby4,289 babies
  53. 53Eleanor4,275 babies
  54. 54Patsy4,243 babies
  55. 55Wanda4,202 babies
  56. 56Carole4,198 babies
  57. 57Marjorie4,091 babies
  58. 58Joann3,936 babies
  59. 59Sally3,925 babies
  60. 60Arlene3,805 babies
  61. 61Kathleen3,743 babies
  62. 62Irene3,674 babies
  63. 63Loretta3,673 babies
  64. 64Bonnie3,595 babies
  65. 65Sarah3,588 babies
  66. 66Roberta3,568 babies
  67. 67Charlotte3,536 babies
  68. 68Delores3,529 babies
  69. 69Rita3,421 babies
  70. 70Jacqueline3,400 babies
  71. 71June3,378 babies
  72. 72Darlene3,285 babies
  73. 73Jo3,226 babies
  74. 74Edna3,223 babies
  75. 75Juanita3,179 babies
  76. 76Diane3,175 babies
  77. 77Yvonne3,171 babies
  78. 78Thelma3,062 babies
  79. 79Kay3,010 babies
  80. 80Wilma2,977 babies
  81. 81Florence2,955 babies
  82. 82Josephine2,942 babies
  83. 83Lorraine2,940 babies
  84. 84Lillian2,899 babies
  85. 85Audrey2,889 babies
  86. 86Gladys2,872 babies
  87. 87Pauline2,818 babies
  88. 88Ethel2,763 babies
  89. 89Emma2,750 babies
  90. 90Jeanette2,741 babies
  91. 90Judy2,741 babies
  92. 92Anne2,725 babies
  93. 93Anita2,714 babies
  94. 94Grace2,710 babies
  95. 95Theresa2,702 babies
  96. 96Edith2,647 babies
  97. 97Susan2,641 babies
  98. 98Lucille2,636 babies
  99. 99Gail2,635 babies
  100. 100Clara2,573 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1Robert61,842 babies
  2. 2James56,561 babies
  3. 3John48,755 babies
  4. 4William40,725 babies
  5. 5Richard32,975 babies
  6. 6Charles30,520 babies
  7. 7Donald27,868 babies
  8. 8David20,981 babies
  9. 9Thomas19,772 babies
  10. 10George18,439 babies
  11. 11Ronald18,141 babies
  12. 12Joseph17,322 babies
  13. 13Edward14,930 babies
  14. 14Kenneth13,219 babies
  15. 15Paul12,881 babies
  16. 16Larry10,320 babies
  17. 17Jerry10,301 babies
  18. 18Frank10,127 babies
  19. 19Raymond9,571 babies
  20. 20Gerald9,425 babies
  21. 21Harold8,550 babies
  22. 22Billy8,301 babies
  23. 23Jack8,194 babies
  24. 24Bobby7,745 babies
  25. 24Joe7,745 babies
  26. 26Walter7,488 babies
  27. 27Michael7,094 babies
  28. 28Carl6,914 babies
  29. 29Gary6,763 babies
  30. 30Henry6,668 babies
  31. 31Arthur6,321 babies
  32. 32Willie6,231 babies
  33. 33Eugene5,999 babies
  34. 34Ralph5,923 babies
  35. 35Fred5,738 babies
  36. 36Roger5,713 babies
  37. 37Albert5,665 babies
  38. 38Lawrence5,507 babies
  39. 39Daniel5,124 babies
  40. 40Roy4,890 babies
  41. 41Harry4,814 babies
  42. 42Howard4,700 babies
  43. 43Norman4,673 babies
  44. 44Wayne4,613 babies
  45. 45Jimmy4,517 babies
  46. 46Louis4,356 babies
  47. 47Anthony4,339 babies
  48. 48Earl3,942 babies
  49. 49Marvin3,913 babies
  50. 50Melvin3,890 babies
  51. 51Don3,814 babies
  52. 52Peter3,809 babies
  53. 53Ernest3,759 babies
  54. 54Clarence3,755 babies
  55. 55Francis3,730 babies
  56. 56Leroy3,556 babies
  57. 57Stanley3,483 babies
  58. 58Leonard3,480 babies
  59. 59Dale3,340 babies
  60. 60Alfred3,181 babies
  61. 61Gene3,165 babies
  62. 62Philip3,162 babies
  63. 63Dennis3,160 babies
  64. 64Bill3,119 babies
  65. 65Herbert3,040 babies
  66. 66Samuel3,027 babies
  67. 67Russell2,895 babies
  68. 68Frederick2,878 babies
  69. 69Johnny2,826 babies
  70. 70Bruce2,810 babies
  71. 71Ray2,725 babies
  72. 72Jimmie2,679 babies
  73. 73Bernard2,672 babies
  74. 74Douglas2,610 babies
  75. 75Gordon2,533 babies
  76. 76Allen2,518 babies
  77. 77Franklin2,514 babies
  78. 78Lee2,499 babies
  79. 79Andrew2,405 babies
  80. 80Floyd2,388 babies
  81. 81Bob2,364 babies
  82. 82Jim2,347 babies
  83. 83Eddie2,345 babies
  84. 84Tommy2,326 babies
  85. 85Leon2,325 babies
  86. 86Theodore2,317 babies
  87. 87Martin2,278 babies
  88. 88Glenn2,263 babies
  89. 89Edwin2,262 babies
  90. 90Clifford2,229 babies
  91. 91Lloyd2,157 babies
  92. 92Stephen2,133 babies
  93. 93Clyde2,105 babies
  94. 94Patrick2,090 babies
  95. 95Harvey2,081 babies
  96. 96Vernon2,076 babies
  97. 97Leo2,015 babies
  98. 98Phillip2,005 babies
  99. 99Alvin1,986 babies
  100. 100Jerome1,979 babies
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