Top Baby Names of 1931
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1931, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1931)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Melvin | 3,700 |
| 52 | Leroy | 3,648 |
| 53 | Roger | 3,625 |
| 54 | Bernard | 3,514 |
| 55 | Michael | 3,489 |
| 56 | Samuel | 3,379 |
| 57 | Bill | 3,217 |
| 58 | Wayne | 3,217 |
| 59 | Don | 3,176 |
| 60 | Ray | 3,161 |
| 61 | Peter | 3,122 |
| 62 | Dale | 3,008 |
| 63 | Russell | 2,943 |
| 64 | Gene | 2,766 |
| 65 | Andrew | 2,713 |
| 66 | Floyd | 2,707 |
| 67 | Edwin | 2,704 |
| 68 | Lloyd | 2,704 |
| 69 | Leo | 2,700 |
| 70 | Theodore | 2,667 |
| 71 | Philip | 2,648 |
| 72 | Glenn | 2,624 |
| 73 | Frederick | 2,471 |
| 74 | Vernon | 2,465 |
| 75 | Clifford | 2,451 |
| 76 | Gordon | 2,397 |
| 77 | Clyde | 2,336 |
| 78 | Bob | 2,318 |
| 79 | Allen | 2,308 |
| 80 | Alvin | 2,299 |
| 81 | Jimmie | 2,288 |
| 82 | Elmer | 2,265 |
| 83 | Herman | 2,263 |
| 84 | Leon | 2,245 |
| 85 | Douglas | 2,203 |
| 86 | Vincent | 2,162 |
| 87 | Lewis | 2,160 |
| 88 | Larry | 2,147 |
| 89 | Jimmy | 2,125 |
| 90 | Lee | 2,123 |
| 91 | Martin | 2,103 |
| 92 | Gilbert | 1,993 |
| 93 | Harvey | 1,978 |
| 94 | Charlie | 1,975 |
| 95 | Eddie | 1,959 |
| 96 | Lester | 1,919 |
| 97 | Jesse | 1,895 |
| 98 | Arnold | 1,835 |
| 99 | Milton | 1,834 |
| 100 | Warren | 1,834 |