Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1934

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	288
2	Barbara	222
3	Shirley	196
4	Patricia	150
5	Joan	127
6	Betty	101
7	Dorothy	96
8	Margaret	94
9	Doris	91
10	Jean	87
11	Nancy	77
12	Elizabeth	73
13	Helen	71
14	Delores	68
15	Ann	52
16	Gloria	49
17	Dolores	48
18	Frances	47
19	Catherine	44
20	Ruth	42
21	Alice	40
22	Evelyn	37
22	Norma	37
24	Joyce	36
25	Mildred	34
26	Audrey	33
26	Martha	33
28	Peggy	32
29	Vivian	31
30	Janet	30
30	Louise	30
30	Marie	30
33	Carol	28
33	Marjorie	28
35	Joanne	27
36	Grace	26
36	Phyllis	26
38	Beverly	25
38	Virginia	25
40	Elaine	24
40	Ellen	24
40	Jane	24
40	Juanita	24
44	Carolyn	23
44	Thelma	23
46	Anne	22
46	Constance	22
46	Eleanor	22
46	Marion	22
50	Lois	21

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	283
2	William	279
3	James	263
4	John	250
5	Charles	187
6	Richard	142
7	Donald	129
8	Joseph	110
9	George	109
10	Thomas	106
11	Edward	91
12	Paul	68
13	David	59
14	Frank	48
15	Ronald	47
15	Walter	47
17	Lawrence	45
17	Raymond	45
19	Eugene	34
19	Harry	34
21	Bernard	33
21	Francis	33
23	Arthur	32
23	Harold	32
25	Kenneth	30
26	Henry	29
26	Samuel	29
26	Stanley	29
29	Ralph	28
30	Clarence	26
30	Earl	26
30	Norman	26
33	Melvin	25
33	Theodore	25
33	Warren	25
36	Herbert	24
36	Louis	24
38	Jack	23
39	Carl	22
39	Daniel	22
41	Gerald	21
41	Leroy	21
43	Albert	20
43	Howard	20
45	Alfred	18
45	Ernest	18
45	Jerome	18
48	Peter	17
48	Philip	17
50	Benjamin	16