Most Popular Baby Names in 1937

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	61,842
2	James	56,562
3	John	48,753
4	William	40,724
5	Richard	32,975
6	Charles	30,521
7	Donald	27,869
8	David	20,980
9	Thomas	19,771
10	George	18,439
11	Ronald	18,140
12	Joseph	17,323
13	Edward	14,930
14	Kenneth	13,218
15	Paul	12,880
16	Larry	10,320
17	Jerry	10,302
18	Frank	10,126
19	Raymond	9,571
20	Gerald	9,424
21	Harold	8,551
22	Billy	8,298
23	Jack	8,196
24	Bobby	7,745
25	Joe	7,744
26	Walter	7,486
27	Michael	7,094
28	Carl	6,914
29	Gary	6,763
30	Henry	6,668
31	Arthur	6,321
32	Willie	6,231
33	Eugene	6,000
34	Ralph	5,922
35	Fred	5,738
36	Roger	5,712
37	Albert	5,664
38	Lawrence	5,505
39	Daniel	5,123
40	Roy	4,888
41	Harry	4,814
42	Howard	4,700
43	Norman	4,673
44	Wayne	4,613
45	Jimmy	4,517
46	Louis	4,355
47	Anthony	4,339
48	Earl	3,942
49	Marvin	3,912
50	Melvin	3,890

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	55,643
2	Barbara	34,917
3	Patricia	26,838
4	Shirley	26,823
5	Betty	25,337
6	Carol	17,336
7	Nancy	17,074
8	Dorothy	16,573
9	Joan	15,301
10	Margaret	15,143
11	Joyce	11,809
12	Helen	11,454
13	Marilyn	9,739
14	Beverly	9,632
15	Ruth	9,602
16	Virginia	9,516
17	Elizabeth	9,385
18	Janet	9,363
19	Frances	9,057
20	Carolyn	8,940
21	Donna	8,887
22	Doris	8,882
23	Jean	8,392
24	Martha	7,954
25	Janice	7,768
26	Sandra	7,520
27	Phyllis	7,245
28	Alice	7,120
29	Lois	6,932
30	Ann	6,713
31	Peggy	6,378
32	Gloria	6,334
33	Norma	6,235
34	Judith	6,146
35	Marie	6,075
36	Evelyn	5,760
37	Dolores	5,568
38	Anna	5,450
39	Rose	5,450
40	Marlene	5,037
41	Sharon	4,704
42	Jane	4,702
43	Mildred	4,645
44	Geraldine	4,556
45	Elaine	4,527
46	Annie	4,479
47	Catherine	4,459
48	Louise	4,381
49	Linda	4,378
50	Sylvia	4,371