Top Names of 1933
The most popular names recorded in 1933 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 55,517 |
| 2 | Betty | 31,531 |
| 3 | Barbara | 26,949 |
| 4 | Dorothy | 22,052 |
| 5 | Joan | 19,294 |
| 6 | Patricia | 18,632 |
| 7 | Margaret | 15,240 |
| 8 | Helen | 14,644 |
| 9 | Shirley | 14,320 |
| 10 | Doris | 12,025 |
| 11 | Nancy | 11,869 |
| 12 | Joyce | 11,191 |
| 13 | Ruth | 11,137 |
| 14 | Jean | 9,966 |
| 15 | Virginia | 9,719 |
| 16 | Marilyn | 9,126 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 9,016 |
| 18 | Frances | 8,882 |
| 19 | Lois | 8,655 |
| 20 | Carol | 8,220 |
| 21 | Dolores | 8,022 |
| 22 | Alice | 7,697 |
| 23 | Norma | 7,483 |
| 24 | Donna | 7,360 |
| 25 | Janet | 7,342 |
| 26 | Beverly | 7,185 |
| 27 | Martha | 7,164 |
| 28 | Phyllis | 7,111 |
| 29 | Anna | 7,072 |
| 30 | Evelyn | 6,948 |
| 31 | Gloria | 6,752 |
| 32 | Mildred | 6,569 |
| 33 | Marie | 6,242 |
| 34 | Ann | 6,210 |
| 35 | Rose | 5,770 |
| 36 | Peggy | 5,534 |
| 37 | Annie | 5,123 |
| 38 | Eleanor | 5,106 |
| 39 | Louise | 5,080 |
| 40 | Marjorie | 5,043 |
| 41 | Carolyn | 5,042 |
| 42 | Geraldine | 4,962 |
| 43 | Ruby | 4,944 |
| 44 | Catherine | 4,908 |
| 45 | June | 4,677 |
| 46 | Irene | 4,506 |
| 47 | Jane | 4,377 |
| 48 | Wanda | 4,268 |
| 49 | Florence | 4,078 |
| 50 | Marlene | 4,045 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Robert | 54,219 |
| 2 | James | 51,110 |
| 3 | John | 46,225 |
| 4 | William | 39,047 |
| 5 | Richard | 31,331 |
| 6 | Charles | 28,990 |
| 7 | Donald | 28,450 |
| 8 | George | 18,355 |
| 9 | Joseph | 17,162 |
| 10 | Thomas | 16,506 |
| 11 | Edward | 13,797 |
| 12 | Ronald | 12,061 |
| 13 | David | 12,027 |
| 14 | Paul | 11,854 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 11,410 |
| 16 | Frank | 10,964 |
| 17 | Jack | 9,838 |
| 18 | Harold | 9,543 |
| 19 | Raymond | 9,512 |
| 20 | Billy | 8,939 |
| 21 | Walter | 7,755 |
| 22 | Gerald | 7,422 |
| 23 | Eugene | 7,352 |
| 24 | Henry | 6,726 |
| 25 | Arthur | 6,526 |
| 26 | Bobby | 6,490 |
| 27 | Joe | 6,412 |
| 28 | Carl | 6,187 |
| 29 | Ralph | 6,185 |
| 30 | Albert | 6,091 |
| 31 | Jerry | 6,065 |
| 32 | Willie | 5,982 |
| 33 | Franklin | 5,363 |
| 34 | Fred | 5,287 |
| 35 | Harry | 5,134 |
| 36 | Howard | 4,995 |
| 37 | Norman | 4,957 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 4,911 |
| 39 | Roy | 4,906 |
| 40 | Louis | 4,695 |
| 41 | Earl | 4,375 |
| 42 | Daniel | 4,310 |
| 43 | Clarence | 4,280 |
| 44 | Marvin | 4,131 |
| 45 | Francis | 4,093 |
| 46 | Anthony | 3,974 |
| 47 | Leonard | 3,955 |
| 48 | Roger | 3,917 |
| 49 | Herbert | 3,685 |
| 50 | Ernest | 3,674 |