Most Popular Baby Names of 1932

Top 100 girl and boy names, Social Security records

Mary and Robert were the most popular baby names of 1932 in the US: 59,883 girls were named Mary and 59,268 boys were named Robert, about 1 in 18 girls and 1 in 18 boys born that year. It was Mary's 53rd year in a row at #1 for girls (since 1880), and it was Robert's 9th year in a row at #1 for boys (since 1924).

Social Security records list 1,067,148 girls and 1,044,157 boys born in 1932, with 5,096 different girl names and 4,281 boy names. A name is listed for a year only when at least 5 babies of one sex got it.

What Changed From 1931

The girls' top 10 had the same names as in 1931; the boys' top 10 had the same names as in 1931.
Biggest climbers in the girls' top 100: Sylvia (#123 to #96), Constance (#118 to #99) and Marlene (#95 to #78).
Biggest climbers in the boys' top 100: Franklin (#148 to #66), Larry (#88 to #65) and Jimmy (#89 to #76).
3 girl names and 3 boy names left the top 100, among them Ellen (#99 to #104) and Lester (#96 to #101).
152 names appeared in the records for the first time.

Top 100 Baby Names of 1932

Ranked by the babies given each name; the last column is the name's rank in 1931, among names of the same sex. Tied names share a rank.

Top 100 Girl Names of 1932

#	Name	Babies	In 1931
1	Mary	59,883	#1
2	Betty	34,420	#2
3	Barbara	26,318	#4
4	Dorothy	24,974	#3
5	Joan	21,044	#5
6	Patricia	17,992	#8
7	Margaret	16,556	#7
8	Helen	16,376	#6
9	Shirley	14,476	#9
10	Doris	12,910	#10
11	Ruth	12,257	#11
12	Joyce	11,362	#15
13	Nancy	10,948	#17
14	Virginia	10,755	#12
15	Jean	10,670	#13
16	Marilyn	10,567	#19
17	Elizabeth	9,999	#16
18	Dolores	9,630	#14
19	Frances	9,552	#18
20	Lois	9,519	#20
21	Alice	8,537	#21
22	Norma	8,406	#22
23	Evelyn	7,958	#24
24	Anna	7,924	#25
25	Gloria	7,813	#23
26	Mildred	7,643	#26
27	Martha	7,579	#28
28	Beverly	7,527	#31
29	Donna	7,362	#32
30	Phyllis	7,308	#29
31	Marie	6,913	#27
32	Carol	6,570	#46
33	Rose	6,476	#30
34	Ann	6,195	#35
35	Janet	5,786	#45
36	Louise	5,643	#33
37	Marjorie	5,608	#34
38	Ruby	5,469	#39
39	Catherine	5,449	#36
40	Peggy	5,445	#42
41	Annie	5,385	#41
42	Geraldine	5,332	#38
43	Irene	5,200	#37
44	June	4,845	#44
45	Eleanor	4,836	#40
46	Carolyn	4,587	#60
47	Florence	4,542	#43
48	Lillian	4,351	#47
49	Jane	4,348	#50
50	Edna	4,279	#52
51	Thelma	4,272	#53
52	Wanda	4,261	#54
53	Rita	4,256	#48
54	Gladys	4,185	#55
55	Lorraine	4,162	#49
56	Delores	4,152	#58
57	Josephine	4,095	#51
58	Juanita	4,012	#57
59	Pauline	3,901	#56
60	Theresa	3,813	#59
61	Audrey	3,735	#64
62	Joanne	3,730	#68
63	Lucille	3,650	#62
64	Bonnie	3,621	#73
65	Wilma	3,611	#69
66	Ethel	3,608	#67
67	Sarah	3,597	#71
68	Elaine	3,575	#72
69	Edith	3,570	#65
70	Clara	3,564	#61
71	Bernice	3,542	#63
72	Grace	3,536	#70
73	Marion	3,493	#66
74	Charlotte	3,363	#75
75	Hazel	3,340	#74
76	Emma	3,330	#76
77	Patsy	3,254	#83
78	Marlene	3,219	#95
79	Joann	3,115	#90
80	Arlene	3,109	#77
81	Anne	2,969	#80
82	Esther	2,959	#79
83	Kathleen	2,945	#87
84	Sally	2,917	#97
85	Jacqueline	2,875	#78
86	Marian	2,837	#84
87	Beatrice	2,787	#85
88	Laura	2,748	#89
89	Loretta	2,746	#96
90	Vivian	2,662	#82
90	Willie	2,662	#93
92	Julia	2,657	#91
93	Billie	2,635	#81
94	Janice	2,628	#104
95	Katherine	2,588	#91
96	Sylvia	2,568	#123
97	Elsie	2,554	#86
98	Eva	2,522	#94
99	Constance	2,492	#118
100	Rosemary	2,483	#88

Top 100 Boy Names of 1932

#	Name	Babies	In 1931
1	Robert	59,268	#1
2	James	51,930	#2
3	John	48,624	#3
4	William	42,124	#4
5	Richard	31,809	#5
6	Charles	31,092	#6
7	Donald	29,794	#7
8	George	20,439	#8
9	Joseph	18,566	#9
10	Thomas	16,834	#10
11	Edward	15,191	#11
12	David	12,139	#13
13	Paul	12,066	#12
14	Kenneth	11,742	#14
15	Frank	11,497	#16
16	Ronald	11,143	#27
17	Jack	10,716	#15
18	Harold	10,433	#18
19	Raymond	10,346	#17
20	Billy	9,436	#19
21	Walter	8,667	#20
22	Eugene	8,046	#21
23	Henry	7,470	#22
24	Gerald	7,347	#26
25	Arthur	6,916	#23
26	Albert	6,863	#24
27	Ralph	6,727	#25
28	Carl	6,714	#28
29	Joe	6,690	#29
30	Bobby	6,597	#32
31	Willie	6,547	#31
32	Harry	5,706	#30
33	Fred	5,525	#33
34	Jerry	5,303	#43
35	Lawrence	5,295	#38
36	Howard	5,292	#34
37	Norman	5,268	#36
38	Roy	5,238	#35
39	Louis	5,134	#37
40	Clarence	4,895	#39
41	Earl	4,822	#40
42	Daniel	4,449	#44
43	Francis	4,388	#42
44	Herbert	4,368	#41
45	Anthony	4,223	#46
46	Marvin	4,187	#44
47	Ernest	4,166	#47
48	Leonard	4,101	#48
49	Alfred	3,899	#50
50	Roger	3,788	#53
51	Melvin	3,776	#51
52	Stanley	3,759	#49
53	Leroy	3,677	#52
54	Michael	3,607	#55
55	Don	3,453	#59
56	Samuel	3,411	#56
57	Wayne	3,388	#58
58	Bill	3,362	#57
59	Ray	3,263	#60
60	Bernard	3,252	#54
61	Dale	3,140	#62
62	Peter	3,130	#61
63	Russell	3,021	#63
64	Gene	2,952	#64
65	Larry	2,826	#88
66	Franklin	2,754	#148
67	Theodore	2,674	#70
68	Floyd	2,667	#66
69	Andrew	2,645	#65
70	Philip	2,625	#71
71	Lloyd	2,590	#67
72	Edwin	2,568	#67
73	Frederick	2,501	#73
74	Leo	2,500	#69
75	Jimmie	2,475	#81
76	Jimmy	2,461	#89
77	Glenn	2,435	#72
78	Vernon	2,428	#74
79	Bob	2,424	#78
80	Allen	2,419	#79
81	Gordon	2,410	#76
82	Clyde	2,319	#77
83	Leon	2,295	#84
84	Clifford	2,286	#75
85	Douglas	2,284	#85
85	Lee	2,284	#90
87	Alvin	2,274	#80
88	Martin	2,255	#91
89	Herman	2,191	#83
90	Charlie	2,127	#94
91	Eddie	2,112	#95
91	Lewis	2,112	#87
93	Vincent	2,066	#86
94	Elmer	2,058	#82
95	Harvey	2,030	#93
96	Johnny	2,011	#105
97	Gilbert	1,974	#92
98	Bruce	1,935	#101
99	Jesse	1,863	#97
100	Arnold	1,820	#98

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