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Top baby names of 1932

Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Connie (up 30), Sylvia (up 27), Franklin (up 82), Larry (up 23).

Girls

#NameBirthsvs 1931
1 Mary 59,883 ·
2 Betty 34,420 ·
3 Barbara 26,318 ▲ 1
4 Dorothy 24,974 ▼ 1
5 Joan 21,044 ·
6 Patricia 17,992 ▲ 2
7 Margaret 16,556 ·
8 Helen 16,376 ▼ 2
9 Shirley 14,476 ·
10 Doris 12,910 ·
11 Ruth 12,257 ·
12 Joyce 11,362 ▲ 3
13 Nancy 10,948 ▲ 4
14 Virginia 10,755 ▼ 2
15 Jean 10,670 ▼ 2
16 Marilyn 10,567 ▲ 3
17 Elizabeth 9,999 ▼ 1
18 Dolores 9,630 ▼ 4
19 Frances 9,552 ▼ 1
20 Lois 9,519 ·
21 Alice 8,537 ·
22 Norma 8,406 ·
23 Evelyn 7,958 ▲ 1
24 Anna 7,924 ▲ 1
25 Gloria 7,813 ▼ 2
26 Mildred 7,643 ·
27 Martha 7,579 ▲ 1
28 Beverly 7,527 ▲ 3
29 Donna 7,362 ▲ 3
30 Phyllis 7,308 ▼ 1
31 Marie 6,913 ▼ 4
32 Carol 6,570 ▲ 14
33 Rose 6,476 ▼ 3
34 Ann 6,195 ▲ 1
35 Janet 5,786 ▲ 10
36 Louise 5,643 ▼ 3
37 Marjorie 5,608 ▼ 3
38 Ruby 5,469 ▲ 1
39 Catherine 5,449 ▼ 3
40 Peggy 5,445 ▲ 2
41 Annie 5,385 ·
42 Geraldine 5,332 ▼ 4
43 Irene 5,200 ▼ 6
44 June 4,845 ·
45 Eleanor 4,836 ▼ 5
46 Carolyn 4,587 ▲ 14
47 Florence 4,542 ▼ 4
48 Lillian 4,351 ▼ 1
49 Jane 4,348 ▲ 1
50 Edna 4,279 ▲ 2
51 Thelma 4,272 ▲ 2
52 Wanda 4,261 ▲ 2
53 Rita 4,256 ▼ 5
54 Gladys 4,185 ▲ 1
55 Lorraine 4,162 ▼ 6
56 Delores 4,152 ▲ 2
57 Josephine 4,095 ▼ 6
58 Juanita 4,012 ▼ 1
59 Pauline 3,901 ▼ 3
60 Theresa 3,813 ▼ 1
61 Audrey 3,735 ▲ 3
62 Joanne 3,730 ▲ 6
63 Lucille 3,650 ▼ 1
64 Bonnie 3,621 ▲ 9
65 Wilma 3,611 ▲ 4
66 Ethel 3,608 ▲ 1
67 Sarah 3,597 ▲ 4
68 Elaine 3,575 ▲ 4
69 Edith 3,570 ▼ 4
70 Clara 3,564 ▼ 9
71 Bernice 3,542 ▼ 8
72 Grace 3,536 ▼ 2
73 Marion 3,493 ▼ 7
74 Charlotte 3,363 ▲ 1
75 Hazel 3,340 ▼ 1
76 Emma 3,330 ·
77 Patsy 3,254 ▲ 6
78 Marlene 3,219 ▲ 17
79 Joann 3,115 ▲ 11
80 Arlene 3,109 ▼ 3
81 Anne 2,969 ▼ 1
82 Esther 2,959 ▼ 3
83 Kathleen 2,945 ▲ 4
84 Sally 2,917 ▲ 13
85 Jacqueline 2,875 ▼ 7
86 Marian 2,837 ▼ 2
87 Beatrice 2,787 ▼ 2
88 Laura 2,748 ▲ 1
89 Loretta 2,746 ▲ 7
90 Vivian 2,662 ▼ 8
91 Willie 2,662 ▲ 2
92 Julia 2,657 ▼ 1
93 Billie 2,635 ▼ 12
94 Janice 2,628 ▲ 10
95 Katherine 2,588 ▼ 3
96 Sylvia 2,568 ▲ 27
97 Elsie 2,554 ▼ 11
98 Eva 2,522 ▼ 4
99 Constance 2,492 ▲ 19
100 Rosemary 2,483 ▼ 12

Boys

#NameBirthsvs 1931
1 Robert 59,268 ·
2 James 51,930 ·
3 John 48,624 ·
4 William 42,124 ·
5 Richard 31,809 ·
6 Charles 31,092 ·
7 Donald 29,794 ·
8 George 20,439 ·
9 Joseph 18,566 ·
10 Thomas 16,834 ·
11 Edward 15,191 ·
12 David 12,139 ▲ 1
13 Paul 12,066 ▼ 1
14 Kenneth 11,742 ·
15 Frank 11,497 ▲ 1
16 Ronald 11,143 ▲ 11
17 Jack 10,716 ▼ 2
18 Harold 10,433 ·
19 Raymond 10,346 ▼ 2
20 Billy 9,436 ▼ 1
21 Walter 8,667 ▼ 1
22 Eugene 8,046 ▼ 1
23 Henry 7,470 ▼ 1
24 Gerald 7,347 ▲ 2
25 Arthur 6,916 ▼ 2
26 Albert 6,863 ▼ 2
27 Ralph 6,727 ▼ 2
28 Carl 6,714 ·
29 Joe 6,690 ·
30 Bobby 6,597 ▲ 2
31 Willie 6,547 ·
32 Harry 5,706 ▼ 2
33 Fred 5,525 ·
34 Jerry 5,303 ▲ 9
35 Lawrence 5,295 ▲ 3
36 Howard 5,292 ▼ 2
37 Norman 5,268 ▼ 1
38 Roy 5,238 ▼ 3
39 Louis 5,134 ▼ 2
40 Clarence 4,895 ▼ 1
41 Earl 4,822 ▼ 1
42 Daniel 4,449 ▲ 2
43 Francis 4,388 ▼ 1
44 Herbert 4,368 ▼ 3
45 Anthony 4,223 ▲ 1
46 Marvin 4,187 ▼ 1
47 Ernest 4,166 ·
48 Leonard 4,101 ·
49 Alfred 3,899 ▲ 1
50 Roger 3,788 ▲ 3
51 Melvin 3,776 ·
52 Stanley 3,759 ▼ 3
53 Leroy 3,677 ▼ 1
54 Michael 3,607 ▲ 1
55 Don 3,453 ▲ 4
56 Samuel 3,411 ·
57 Wayne 3,388 ▲ 1
58 Bill 3,362 ▼ 1
59 Ray 3,263 ▲ 1
60 Bernard 3,252 ▼ 6
61 Dale 3,140 ▲ 1
62 Peter 3,130 ▼ 1
63 Russell 3,021 ·
64 Gene 2,952 ·
65 Larry 2,826 ▲ 23
66 Franklin 2,754 ▲ 82
67 Theodore 2,674 ▲ 3
68 Floyd 2,667 ▼ 2
69 Andrew 2,645 ▼ 4
70 Philip 2,625 ▲ 1
71 Lloyd 2,590 ▼ 3
72 Edwin 2,568 ▼ 5
73 Frederick 2,501 ·
74 Leo 2,500 ▼ 5
75 Jimmie 2,475 ▲ 6
76 Jimmy 2,461 ▲ 13
77 Glenn 2,435 ▼ 5
78 Vernon 2,428 ▼ 4
79 Bob 2,424 ▼ 1
80 Allen 2,419 ▼ 1
81 Gordon 2,410 ▼ 5
82 Clyde 2,319 ▼ 5
83 Leon 2,295 ▲ 1
84 Clifford 2,286 ▼ 9
85 Douglas 2,284 ·
86 Lee 2,284 ▲ 4
87 Alvin 2,274 ▼ 7
88 Martin 2,255 ▲ 3
89 Herman 2,191 ▼ 6
90 Charlie 2,127 ▲ 4
91 Eddie 2,112 ▲ 4
92 Lewis 2,112 ▼ 5
93 Vincent 2,066 ▼ 7
94 Elmer 2,058 ▼ 12
95 Harvey 2,030 ▼ 2
96 Johnny 2,011 ▲ 9
97 Gilbert 1,974 ▼ 5
98 Bruce 1,935 ▲ 3
99 Jesse 1,863 ▼ 2
100 Arnold 1,820 ▼ 2

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