Top Names of 1937
The most popular names recorded in 1937 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Mary | 55,643 |
| 2 | Barbara | 34,917 |
| 3 | Patricia | 26,838 |
| 4 | Shirley | 26,823 |
| 5 | Betty | 25,337 |
| 6 | Carol | 17,336 |
| 7 | Nancy | 17,074 |
| 8 | Dorothy | 16,573 |
| 9 | Joan | 15,301 |
| 10 | Margaret | 15,143 |
| 11 | Joyce | 11,809 |
| 12 | Helen | 11,454 |
| 13 | Marilyn | 9,739 |
| 14 | Beverly | 9,632 |
| 15 | Ruth | 9,602 |
| 16 | Virginia | 9,516 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 9,385 |
| 18 | Janet | 9,363 |
| 19 | Frances | 9,057 |
| 20 | Carolyn | 8,940 |
| 21 | Donna | 8,887 |
| 22 | Doris | 8,882 |
| 23 | Jean | 8,392 |
| 24 | Martha | 7,954 |
| 25 | Janice | 7,768 |
| 26 | Sandra | 7,520 |
| 27 | Phyllis | 7,245 |
| 28 | Alice | 7,120 |
| 29 | Lois | 6,932 |
| 30 | Ann | 6,713 |
| 31 | Peggy | 6,378 |
| 32 | Gloria | 6,334 |
| 33 | Norma | 6,235 |
| 34 | Judith | 6,146 |
| 35 | Marie | 6,075 |
| 36 | Evelyn | 5,760 |
| 37 | Dolores | 5,568 |
| 38 | Anna | 5,450 |
| 39 | Rose | 5,450 |
| 40 | Marlene | 5,037 |
| 41 | Sharon | 4,704 |
| 42 | Jane | 4,702 |
| 43 | Mildred | 4,645 |
| 44 | Geraldine | 4,556 |
| 45 | Elaine | 4,527 |
| 46 | Annie | 4,479 |
| 47 | Catherine | 4,459 |
| 48 | Louise | 4,381 |
| 49 | Linda | 4,378 |
| 50 | Sylvia | 4,371 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Robert | 61,842 |
| 2 | James | 56,562 |
| 3 | John | 48,753 |
| 4 | William | 40,724 |
| 5 | Richard | 32,975 |
| 6 | Charles | 30,521 |
| 7 | Donald | 27,869 |
| 8 | David | 20,980 |
| 9 | Thomas | 19,771 |
| 10 | George | 18,439 |
| 11 | Ronald | 18,140 |
| 12 | Joseph | 17,323 |
| 13 | Edward | 14,930 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 13,218 |
| 15 | Paul | 12,880 |
| 16 | Larry | 10,320 |
| 17 | Jerry | 10,302 |
| 18 | Frank | 10,126 |
| 19 | Raymond | 9,571 |
| 20 | Gerald | 9,424 |
| 21 | Harold | 8,551 |
| 22 | Billy | 8,298 |
| 23 | Jack | 8,196 |
| 24 | Bobby | 7,745 |
| 25 | Joe | 7,744 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,486 |
| 27 | Michael | 7,094 |
| 28 | Carl | 6,914 |
| 29 | Gary | 6,763 |
| 30 | Henry | 6,668 |
| 31 | Arthur | 6,321 |
| 32 | Willie | 6,231 |
| 33 | Eugene | 6,000 |
| 34 | Ralph | 5,922 |
| 35 | Fred | 5,738 |
| 36 | Roger | 5,712 |
| 37 | Albert | 5,664 |
| 38 | Lawrence | 5,505 |
| 39 | Daniel | 5,123 |
| 40 | Roy | 4,888 |
| 41 | Harry | 4,814 |
| 42 | Howard | 4,700 |
| 43 | Norman | 4,673 |
| 44 | Wayne | 4,613 |
| 45 | Jimmy | 4,517 |
| 46 | Louis | 4,355 |
| 47 | Anthony | 4,339 |
| 48 | Earl | 3,942 |
| 49 | Marvin | 3,912 |
| 50 | Melvin | 3,890 |