Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1934

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	56,929
2	Betty	31,089
3	Barbara	29,239
4	Shirley	22,841
5	Dorothy	21,281
6	Patricia	20,844
7	Joan	19,465
8	Margaret	15,144
9	Helen	14,100
10	Nancy	13,520
11	Doris	11,627
12	Joyce	11,459
13	Ruth	10,565
14	Carol	10,273
15	Virginia	10,002
16	Jean	9,718
17	Marilyn	9,382
18	Elizabeth	9,346
19	Frances	9,206
20	Lois	8,387
21	Janet	8,071
22	Beverly	7,886
23	Donna	7,870
24	Norma	7,788
25	Alice	7,784
26	Dolores	7,689
27	Martha	7,604
28	Phyllis	7,180
29	Evelyn	6,983
30	Gloria	6,813
31	Anna	6,680
32	Ann	6,641
33	Carolyn	6,472
34	Marie	6,326
35	Mildred	6,180
36	Peggy	6,027
37	Rose	5,583
38	Annie	5,018
39	Ruby	4,978
40	Louise	4,973
41	Marjorie	4,972
42	Catherine	4,933
43	Geraldine	4,837
44	Eleanor	4,718
45	Joanne	4,543
46	June	4,387
47	Wanda	4,368
48	Jane	4,358
49	Irene	4,346
50	Joann	4,149
51	Delores	3,991
52	Lillian	3,973
53	Arlene	3,917
54	Elaine	3,900
55	Edna	3,809
56	Lorraine	3,775
57	Marlene	3,755
58	Bonnie	3,753
59	Patsy	3,750
60	Josephine	3,742
61	Florence	3,736
62	Sally	3,725
63	Rita	3,683
64	Juanita	3,662
65	Thelma	3,646
66	Gladys	3,611
67	Sarah	3,601
68	Janice	3,588
69	Audrey	3,582
70	Sylvia	3,475
71	Pauline	3,445
72	Charlotte	3,434
73	Wilma	3,311
74	Kathleen	3,279
75	Jo	3,257
76	Clara	3,222
77	Theresa	3,192
78	Ethel	3,178
79	Grace	3,087
80	Jacqueline	3,038
81	Edith	3,012
82	Bernice	2,980
83	Loretta	2,978
84	Lucille	2,947
85	Emma	2,940
86	Marion	2,884
87	Hazel	2,811
88	Anne	2,786
89	Carole	2,655
90	Darlene	2,605
91	Esther	2,579
92	Billie	2,559
93	Sandra	2,550
94	Judith	2,459
95	Ellen	2,455
96	Laura	2,438
97	Marian	2,426
98	Vivian	2,413
99	Beatrice	2,410
100	Eva	2,389

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	55,843
2	James	54,270
3	John	46,743
4	William	40,175
5	Richard	33,167
6	Donald	30,408
7	Charles	29,790
8	George	18,500
9	Thomas	17,373
10	Joseph	17,111
11	Ronald	14,088
12	David	14,003
13	Edward	13,917
14	Paul	12,196
15	Kenneth	11,800
16	Frank	10,640
17	Jack	9,985
18	Harold	9,926
19	Raymond	9,588
20	Billy	9,562
21	Walter	8,092
22	Gerald	7,816
23	Bobby	7,532
24	Eugene	7,145
25	Jerry	7,134
26	Joe	7,090
27	Henry	6,735
28	Carl	6,683
29	Arthur	6,443
30	Willie	6,348
31	Ralph	6,282
32	Albert	6,003
33	Fred	5,466
34	Lawrence	5,324
35	Roy	5,104
36	Harry	5,099
37	Howard	5,068
38	Norman	4,989
39	Roger	4,766
40	Louis	4,682
41	Earl	4,628
42	Daniel	4,502
43	Larry	4,474
44	Marvin	4,217
45	Clarence	4,213
46	Franklin	4,156
47	Michael	4,108
48	Wayne	4,035
49	Francis	4,006
50	Don	3,926
51	Ernest	3,849
52	Anthony	3,840
53	Leonard	3,836
54	Leroy	3,774
55	Melvin	3,702
56	Jimmy	3,696
57	Herbert	3,600
58	Stanley	3,569
59	Bill	3,534
60	Gary	3,354
61	Peter	3,290
62	Dale	3,241
63	Ray	3,177
64	Alfred	3,158
65	Bernard	3,146
66	Samuel	3,137
67	Gene	2,854
68	Jimmie	2,837
69	Philip	2,784
70	Russell	2,736
71	Gordon	2,639
72	Douglas	2,541
73	Floyd	2,533
74	Theodore	2,523
75	Bob	2,478
76	Andrew	2,443
77	Frederick	2,431
78	Bruce	2,401
79	Lee	2,378
80	Edwin	2,347
81	Glenn	2,341
82	Lloyd	2,339
83	Johnny	2,336
84	Clyde	2,323
85	Clifford	2,315
86	Leo	2,309
87	Leon	2,306
88	Allen	2,241
89	Vernon	2,227
90	Jim	2,207
91	Martin	2,178
92	Eddie	2,169
93	Alvin	2,147
94	Lewis	2,062
95	Dennis	2,053
96	Warren	2,024
97	Herman	2,011
98	Tommy	1,937
99	Harvey	1,934
100	Charlie	1,892