Top Baby Names of 1937
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1937, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1937)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Don | 3,814 |
| 52 | Peter | 3,809 |
| 53 | Ernest | 3,759 |
| 54 | Clarence | 3,756 |
| 55 | Francis | 3,730 |
| 56 | Leroy | 3,555 |
| 57 | Stanley | 3,484 |
| 58 | Leonard | 3,480 |
| 59 | Dale | 3,340 |
| 60 | Alfred | 3,181 |
| 61 | Gene | 3,165 |
| 62 | Philip | 3,162 |
| 63 | Dennis | 3,160 |
| 64 | Bill | 3,119 |
| 65 | Herbert | 3,040 |
| 66 | Samuel | 3,027 |
| 67 | Russell | 2,895 |
| 68 | Frederick | 2,878 |
| 69 | Johnny | 2,826 |
| 70 | Bruce | 2,809 |
| 71 | Ray | 2,725 |
| 72 | Jimmie | 2,679 |
| 73 | Bernard | 2,671 |
| 74 | Douglas | 2,610 |
| 75 | Gordon | 2,533 |
| 76 | Allen | 2,518 |
| 77 | Franklin | 2,514 |
| 78 | Lee | 2,499 |
| 79 | Andrew | 2,405 |
| 80 | Floyd | 2,388 |
| 81 | Bob | 2,364 |
| 82 | Jim | 2,347 |
| 83 | Eddie | 2,345 |
| 84 | Tommy | 2,327 |
| 85 | Leon | 2,325 |
| 86 | Theodore | 2,315 |
| 87 | Martin | 2,278 |
| 88 | Edwin | 2,263 |
| 89 | Glenn | 2,263 |
| 90 | Clifford | 2,230 |
| 91 | Lloyd | 2,157 |
| 92 | Stephen | 2,133 |
| 93 | Clyde | 2,105 |
| 94 | Patrick | 2,090 |
| 95 | Harvey | 2,081 |
| 96 | Vernon | 2,076 |
| 97 | Leo | 2,015 |
| 98 | Phillip | 2,005 |
| 99 | Alvin | 1,986 |
| 100 | Jerome | 1,979 |