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Top Baby Names 1931

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,064,723 · Total Boys: 1,039,665

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	60,299	5.663%
2	Betty	36,105	3.391%
3	Dorothy	26,524	2.491%
4	Barbara	21,803	2.048%
5	Joan	19,119	1.796%
6	Helen	17,664	1.659%
7	Margaret	17,332	1.628%
8	Patricia	16,470	1.547%
9	Shirley	14,405	1.353%
10	Doris	13,629	1.280%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Ruth	13,131	1.233%
12	Virginia	11,886	1.116%
13	Jean	11,013	1.034%
14	Dolores	10,806	1.015%
15	Joyce	10,580	0.994%
16	Elizabeth	10,292	0.967%
17	Nancy	10,036	0.943%
18	Frances	9,718	0.913%
19	Marilyn	9,664	0.908%
20	Lois	9,348	0.878%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Alice	8,816	0.828%
22	Norma	8,759	0.823%
23	Gloria	8,547	0.803%
24	Evelyn	8,491	0.797%
25	Anna	8,429	0.792%
26	Mildred	8,170	0.767%
27	Marie	7,549	0.709%
28	Martha	7,482	0.703%
29	Phyllis	7,213	0.677%
30	Rose	6,881	0.646%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Beverly	6,789	0.638%
32	Donna	6,600	0.620%
33	Louise	5,897	0.554%
34	Marjorie	5,880	0.552%
35	Ann	5,858	0.550%
36	Catherine	5,642	0.530%
37	Irene	5,616	0.527%
38	Geraldine	5,413	0.508%
39	Ruby	5,331	0.501%
40	Eleanor	5,255	0.494%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Annie	5,090	0.478%
42	Peggy	5,077	0.477%
43	Florence	5,011	0.471%
44	June	5,002	0.470%
45	Janet	4,948	0.465%
46	Carol	4,891	0.459%
47	Lillian	4,807	0.451%
48	Rita	4,613	0.433%
49	Lorraine	4,588	0.431%
50	Jane	4,532	0.426%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Josephine	4,497	0.422%
52	Edna	4,461	0.419%
53	Thelma	4,440	0.417%
54	Wanda	4,395	0.413%
55	Gladys	4,351	0.409%
56	Pauline	4,191	0.394%
57	Juanita	4,130	0.388%
58	Delores	4,050	0.380%
59	Theresa	4,034	0.379%
60	Carolyn	4,008	0.376%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Clara	3,899	0.366%
62	Lucille	3,854	0.362%
63	Bernice	3,822	0.359%
64	Audrey	3,790	0.356%
65	Edith	3,772	0.354%
66	Marion	3,763	0.353%
67	Ethel	3,760	0.353%
68	Joanne	3,757	0.353%
69	Wilma	3,741	0.351%
70	Grace	3,712	0.349%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Sarah	3,636	0.342%
72	Elaine	3,622	0.340%
73	Bonnie	3,552	0.334%
74	Hazel	3,507	0.329%
75	Charlotte	3,403	0.320%
76	Emma	3,308	0.311%
77	Arlene	3,217	0.302%
78	Jacqueline	3,135	0.294%
79	Esther	3,034	0.285%
80	Anne	2,979	0.280%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Billie	2,921	0.274%
82	Vivian	2,893	0.272%
83	Patsy	2,869	0.269%
84	Marian	2,862	0.269%
85	Beatrice	2,844	0.267%
86	Elsie	2,807	0.264%
87	Kathleen	2,799	0.263%
88	Rosemary	2,722	0.256%
89	Laura	2,668	0.251%
90	Joann	2,655	0.249%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Julia	2,624	0.246%
92	Katherine	2,624	0.246%
93	Willie	2,597	0.244%
94	Eva	2,592	0.243%
95	Marlene	2,585	0.243%
96	Loretta	2,581	0.242%
97	Sally	2,557	0.240%
98	Jeanne	2,525	0.237%
99	Ellen	2,450	0.230%
100	Ida	2,419	0.227%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Robert	60,520	5.821%
2	James	51,213	4.926%
3	John	48,422	4.657%
4	William	43,280	4.163%
5	Richard	31,823	3.061%
6	Charles	29,933	2.879%
7	Donald	29,102	2.799%
8	George	20,686	1.990%
9	Joseph	19,327	1.859%
10	Thomas	16,846	1.620%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Edward	15,647	1.505%
12	Paul	12,255	1.179%
13	David	11,783	1.133%
14	Kenneth	11,568	1.113%
15	Jack	11,489	1.105%
16	Frank	11,472	1.103%
17	Raymond	10,854	1.044%
18	Harold	10,694	1.029%
19	Billy	9,263	0.891%
20	Walter	8,940	0.860%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Eugene	8,152	0.784%
22	Henry	7,805	0.751%
23	Arthur	7,525	0.724%
24	Albert	7,131	0.686%
25	Ralph	6,960	0.669%
26	Gerald	6,823	0.656%
27	Ronald	6,726	0.647%
28	Carl	6,582	0.633%
29	Joe	6,456	0.621%
30	Harry	6,045	0.581%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Willie	5,963	0.574%
32	Bobby	5,858	0.563%
33	Fred	5,698	0.548%
34	Howard	5,623	0.541%
35	Roy	5,489	0.528%
36	Norman	5,426	0.522%
37	Louis	5,424	0.522%
38	Lawrence	5,364	0.516%
39	Clarence	5,062	0.487%
40	Earl	5,047	0.485%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Herbert	4,788	0.461%
42	Francis	4,735	0.455%
43	Jerry	4,371	0.420%
44	Daniel	4,360	0.419%
45	Marvin	4,360	0.419%
46	Anthony	4,310	0.415%
47	Ernest	4,298	0.413%
48	Leonard	4,279	0.412%
49	Stanley	4,202	0.404%
50	Alfred	3,949	0.380%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Melvin	3,700	0.356%
52	Leroy	3,648	0.351%
53	Roger	3,625	0.349%
54	Bernard	3,514	0.338%
55	Michael	3,489	0.336%
56	Samuel	3,379	0.325%
57	Bill	3,217	0.309%
58	Wayne	3,217	0.309%
59	Don	3,176	0.305%
60	Ray	3,161	0.304%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Peter	3,122	0.300%
62	Dale	3,008	0.289%
63	Russell	2,943	0.283%
64	Gene	2,766	0.266%
65	Andrew	2,713	0.261%
66	Floyd	2,707	0.260%
67	Edwin	2,704	0.260%
68	Lloyd	2,704	0.260%
69	Leo	2,700	0.260%
70	Theodore	2,667	0.257%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Philip	2,648	0.255%
72	Glenn	2,624	0.252%
73	Frederick	2,471	0.238%
74	Vernon	2,465	0.237%
75	Clifford	2,451	0.236%
76	Gordon	2,397	0.231%
77	Clyde	2,336	0.225%
78	Bob	2,318	0.223%
79	Allen	2,308	0.222%
80	Alvin	2,299	0.221%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Jimmie	2,288	0.220%
82	Elmer	2,265	0.218%
83	Herman	2,263	0.218%
84	Leon	2,245	0.216%
85	Douglas	2,203	0.212%
86	Vincent	2,162	0.208%
87	Lewis	2,160	0.208%
88	Larry	2,147	0.207%
89	Jimmy	2,125	0.204%
90	Lee	2,123	0.204%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Martin	2,103	0.202%
92	Gilbert	1,993	0.192%
93	Harvey	1,978	0.190%
94	Charlie	1,975	0.190%
95	Eddie	1,959	0.188%
96	Lester	1,919	0.185%
97	Jesse	1,895	0.182%
98	Arnold	1,835	0.177%
99	Milton	1,834	0.176%
100	Warren	1,834	0.176%

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