Top Names of 1934
The most popular names recorded in 1934 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 56,931 |
| 2 | Betty | 31,088 |
| 3 | Barbara | 29,239 |
| 4 | Shirley | 22,841 |
| 5 | Dorothy | 21,281 |
| 6 | Patricia | 20,844 |
| 7 | Joan | 19,465 |
| 8 | Margaret | 15,145 |
| 9 | Helen | 14,101 |
| 10 | Nancy | 13,520 |
| 11 | Doris | 11,627 |
| 12 | Joyce | 11,459 |
| 13 | Ruth | 10,565 |
| 14 | Carol | 10,274 |
| 15 | Virginia | 10,002 |
| 16 | Jean | 9,718 |
| 17 | Marilyn | 9,382 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 9,346 |
| 19 | Frances | 9,207 |
| 20 | Lois | 8,387 |
| 21 | Janet | 8,070 |
| 22 | Beverly | 7,887 |
| 23 | Donna | 7,870 |
| 24 | Norma | 7,787 |
| 25 | Alice | 7,784 |
| 26 | Dolores | 7,689 |
| 27 | Martha | 7,604 |
| 28 | Phyllis | 7,180 |
| 29 | Evelyn | 6,983 |
| 30 | Gloria | 6,814 |
| 31 | Anna | 6,680 |
| 32 | Ann | 6,641 |
| 33 | Carolyn | 6,473 |
| 34 | Marie | 6,326 |
| 35 | Mildred | 6,180 |
| 36 | Peggy | 6,027 |
| 37 | Rose | 5,583 |
| 38 | Annie | 5,017 |
| 39 | Ruby | 4,977 |
| 40 | Louise | 4,973 |
| 41 | Marjorie | 4,972 |
| 42 | Catherine | 4,934 |
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Robert | 55,843 |
| 2 | James | 54,269 |
| 3 | John | 46,742 |
| 4 | William | 40,176 |
| 5 | Richard | 33,167 |
| 6 | Donald | 30,407 |
| 7 | Charles | 29,791 |
| 8 | George | 18,500 |
| 9 | Thomas | 17,372 |
| 10 | Joseph | 17,110 |
| 11 | Ronald | 14,088 |
| 12 | David | 14,003 |
| 13 | Edward | 13,917 |
| 14 | Paul | 12,196 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 11,801 |
| 16 | Frank | 10,636 |
| 17 | Jack | 9,985 |
| 18 | Harold | 9,926 |
| 19 | Raymond | 9,587 |
| 20 | Billy | 9,562 |
| 21 | Walter | 8,092 |
| 22 | Gerald | 7,816 |
| 23 | Bobby | 7,530 |
| 24 | Eugene | 7,145 |
| 25 | Jerry | 7,135 |
| 26 | Joe | 7,089 |
| 27 | Henry | 6,736 |
| 28 | Carl | 6,683 |
| 29 | Arthur | 6,442 |
| 30 | Willie | 6,348 |
| 31 | Ralph | 6,282 |
| 32 | Albert | 6,003 |
| 33 | Fred | 5,465 |
| 34 | Lawrence | 5,324 |
| 35 | Roy | 5,104 |
| 36 | Harry | 5,099 |
| 37 | Howard | 5,068 |
| 38 | Norman | 4,989 |
| 39 | Roger | 4,765 |
| 40 | Louis | 4,682 |
| 41 | Earl | 4,627 |
| 42 | Daniel | 4,502 |
| 43 | Larry | 4,473 |
| 44 | Marvin | 4,217 |
| 45 | Clarence | 4,213 |
| 46 | Franklin | 4,155 |
| 47 | Michael | 4,108 |
| 48 | Wayne | 4,035 |
| 49 | Francis | 4,006 |
| 50 | Don | 3,926 |