Top Names of 1932
The most popular names recorded in 1932 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 59,881 |
| 2 | Betty | 34,420 |
| 3 | Barbara | 26,318 |
| 4 | Dorothy | 24,977 |
| 5 | Joan | 21,044 |
| 6 | Patricia | 17,990 |
| 7 | Margaret | 16,556 |
| 8 | Helen | 16,376 |
| 9 | Shirley | 14,476 |
| 10 | Doris | 12,910 |
| 11 | Ruth | 12,256 |
| 12 | Joyce | 11,362 |
| 13 | Nancy | 10,948 |
| 14 | Virginia | 10,755 |
| 15 | Jean | 10,670 |
| 16 | Marilyn | 10,567 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 9,999 |
| 18 | Dolores | 9,630 |
| 19 | Frances | 9,552 |
| 20 | Lois | 9,519 |
| 21 | Alice | 8,536 |
| 22 | Norma | 8,406 |
| 23 | Evelyn | 7,958 |
| 24 | Anna | 7,924 |
| 25 | Gloria | 7,813 |
| 26 | Mildred | 7,643 |
| 27 | Martha | 7,579 |
| 28 | Beverly | 7,527 |
| 29 | Donna | 7,362 |
| 30 | Phyllis | 7,308 |
| 31 | Marie | 6,913 |
| 32 | Carol | 6,570 |
| 33 | Rose | 6,476 |
| 34 | Ann | 6,195 |
| 35 | Janet | 5,786 |
| 36 | Louise | 5,642 |
| 37 | Marjorie | 5,608 |
| 38 | Ruby | 5,469 |
| 39 | Catherine | 5,448 |
| 40 | Peggy | 5,445 |
| 41 | Annie | 5,385 |
| 42 | Geraldine | 5,332 |
| 43 | Irene | 5,200 |
| 44 | June | 4,844 |
| 45 | Eleanor | 4,836 |
| 46 | Carolyn | 4,587 |
| 47 | Florence | 4,541 |
| 48 | Lillian | 4,352 |
| 49 | Jane | 4,348 |
| 50 | Edna | 4,279 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Robert | 59,268 |
| 2 | James | 51,931 |
| 3 | John | 48,625 |
| 4 | William | 42,127 |
| 5 | Richard | 31,809 |
| 6 | Charles | 31,093 |
| 7 | Donald | 29,792 |
| 8 | George | 20,438 |
| 9 | Joseph | 18,565 |
| 10 | Thomas | 16,835 |
| 11 | Edward | 15,190 |
| 12 | David | 12,139 |
| 13 | Paul | 12,067 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 11,742 |
| 15 | Frank | 11,497 |
| 16 | Ronald | 11,143 |
| 17 | Jack | 10,717 |
| 18 | Harold | 10,433 |
| 19 | Raymond | 10,346 |
| 20 | Billy | 9,435 |
| 21 | Walter | 8,668 |
| 22 | Eugene | 8,046 |
| 23 | Henry | 7,470 |
| 24 | Gerald | 7,347 |
| 25 | Arthur | 6,916 |
| 26 | Albert | 6,863 |
| 27 | Ralph | 6,727 |
| 28 | Carl | 6,714 |
| 29 | Joe | 6,690 |
| 30 | Bobby | 6,597 |
| 31 | Willie | 6,549 |
| 32 | Harry | 5,705 |
| 33 | Fred | 5,525 |
| 34 | Jerry | 5,303 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 5,295 |
| 36 | Howard | 5,292 |
| 37 | Norman | 5,269 |
| 38 | Roy | 5,238 |
| 39 | Louis | 5,133 |
| 40 | Clarence | 4,895 |
| 41 | Earl | 4,822 |
| 42 | Daniel | 4,449 |
| 43 | Francis | 4,388 |
| 44 | Herbert | 4,368 |
| 45 | Anthony | 4,223 |
| 46 | Marvin | 4,188 |
| 47 | Ernest | 4,166 |
| 48 | Leonard | 4,101 |
| 49 | Alfred | 3,899 |
| 50 | Roger | 3,788 |