Top baby names of 1931
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4John90,560
- 5William80,900
- 6Betty65,404
- 7Richard59,518
- 8Charles55,970
- 9Donald54,422
- 10Dorothy48,056
- 11Barbara39,504
- 12George38,662
- 13Joseph36,142
- 14Joan34,636
- 15Helen32,016
- 16Thomas31,500
- 17Margaret31,406
- 18Patricia29,856
- 19Edward29,270
- 20Shirley26,116
- 21Doris24,668
- 22Ruth23,800
- 23Paul22,926
- 24David22,038
- 25Kenneth21,632
- 26Virginia21,524
- 27Jack21,490
- 28Frank21,466
- 29Raymond20,276
- 30Harold19,994
- 31Jean19,964
- 32Dolores19,572
- 33Joyce19,156
- 34Elizabeth18,652
- 35Nancy18,186
- 36Frances17,600
- 37Marilyn17,512
- 38Billy17,316
- 39Lois16,944
- 40Walter16,710
- 41Alice15,970
- 42Norma15,868
- 43Gloria15,486
- 44Evelyn15,396
- 45Anna15,276
- 46Eugene15,244
- 47Mildred14,800
- 48Henry14,590
- 49Arthur14,090
- 50Marie13,678
- 51Martha13,552
- 52Albert13,328
- 53Phyllis13,080
- 54Ralph12,996
- 55Gerald12,764
- 56Ronald12,582
- 57Rose12,456
- 58Carl12,312
- 59Beverly12,300
- 60Joe12,036
- 61Donna11,954
- 62Harry11,312
- 63Willie11,136
- 64Bobby10,970
- 65Louise10,674
- 66Fred10,666
- 67Marjorie10,662
- 68Ann10,610
- 69Howard10,518
- 70Roy10,262
- 71Catherine10,226
- 72Irene10,182
- 73Norman10,140
- 74Louis10,110
- 75Lawrence10,034
- 76Geraldine9,808
- 77Ruby9,656
- 78Eleanor9,536
- 79Clarence9,466
- 80Earl9,422
- 81Annie9,230
- 82Peggy9,200
- 83Florence9,080
- 84June9,060
- 85Janet8,964
- 86Herbert8,950
- 87Carol8,862
- 88Francis8,842
- 89Lillian8,704
- 90Rita8,358
- 91Lorraine8,316
- 92Jane8,220
- 93Jerry8,184
- 94Daniel8,148
- 95Marvin8,132
- 96Anthony8,036
- 97Ernest8,028
- 98Leonard8,004
- 99Stanley7,862
- 100Alfred7,384