Most Popular Baby Names in 1931

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	60,520
2	James	51,213
3	John	48,422
4	William	43,280
5	Richard	31,823
6	Charles	29,933
7	Donald	29,102
8	George	20,686
9	Joseph	19,327
10	Thomas	16,846
11	Edward	15,647
12	Paul	12,255
13	David	11,783
14	Kenneth	11,568
15	Jack	11,489
16	Frank	11,472
17	Raymond	10,854
18	Harold	10,694
19	Billy	9,263
20	Walter	8,940
21	Eugene	8,152
22	Henry	7,805
23	Arthur	7,525
24	Albert	7,131
25	Ralph	6,960
26	Gerald	6,823
27	Ronald	6,726
28	Carl	6,582
29	Joe	6,456
30	Harry	6,045
31	Willie	5,963
32	Bobby	5,858
33	Fred	5,698
34	Howard	5,623
35	Roy	5,489
36	Norman	5,426
37	Louis	5,424
38	Lawrence	5,364
39	Clarence	5,062
40	Earl	5,047
41	Herbert	4,788
42	Francis	4,735
43	Jerry	4,371
44	Daniel	4,360
45	Marvin	4,360
46	Anthony	4,310
47	Ernest	4,298
48	Leonard	4,279
49	Stanley	4,202
50	Alfred	3,949

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	60,299
2	Betty	36,105
3	Dorothy	26,524
4	Barbara	21,803
5	Joan	19,119
6	Helen	17,664
7	Margaret	17,332
8	Patricia	16,470
9	Shirley	14,405
10	Doris	13,629
11	Ruth	13,131
12	Virginia	11,886
13	Jean	11,013
14	Dolores	10,806
15	Joyce	10,580
16	Elizabeth	10,292
17	Nancy	10,036
18	Frances	9,718
19	Marilyn	9,664
20	Lois	9,348
21	Alice	8,816
22	Norma	8,759
23	Gloria	8,547
24	Evelyn	8,491
25	Anna	8,429
26	Mildred	8,170
27	Marie	7,549
28	Martha	7,482
29	Phyllis	7,213
30	Rose	6,881
31	Beverly	6,789
32	Donna	6,600
33	Louise	5,897
34	Marjorie	5,880
35	Ann	5,858
36	Catherine	5,642
37	Irene	5,616
38	Geraldine	5,413
39	Ruby	5,331
40	Eleanor	5,255
41	Annie	5,090
42	Peggy	5,077
43	Florence	5,011
44	June	5,002
45	Janet	4,948
46	Carol	4,891
47	Lillian	4,807
48	Rita	4,613
49	Lorraine	4,588
50	Jane	4,532