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Top Baby Names 1937

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,064,037 · Total Boys: 1,066,633

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	55,643	5.229%
2	Barbara	34,917	3.282%
3	Patricia	26,838	2.522%
4	Shirley	26,823	2.521%
5	Betty	25,337	2.381%
6	Carol	17,336	1.629%
7	Nancy	17,074	1.605%
8	Dorothy	16,573	1.558%
9	Joan	15,301	1.438%
10	Margaret	15,143	1.423%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Joyce	11,809	1.110%
12	Helen	11,454	1.076%
13	Marilyn	9,739	0.915%
14	Beverly	9,632	0.905%
15	Ruth	9,602	0.902%
16	Virginia	9,516	0.894%
17	Elizabeth	9,385	0.882%
18	Janet	9,363	0.880%
19	Frances	9,057	0.851%
20	Carolyn	8,940	0.840%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Donna	8,887	0.835%
22	Doris	8,882	0.835%
23	Jean	8,392	0.789%
24	Martha	7,954	0.748%
25	Janice	7,768	0.730%
26	Sandra	7,520	0.707%
27	Phyllis	7,245	0.681%
28	Alice	7,120	0.669%
29	Lois	6,932	0.651%
30	Ann	6,713	0.631%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Peggy	6,378	0.599%
32	Gloria	6,334	0.595%
33	Norma	6,235	0.586%
34	Judith	6,146	0.578%
35	Marie	6,075	0.571%
36	Evelyn	5,760	0.541%
37	Dolores	5,568	0.523%
38	Anna	5,450	0.512%
39	Rose	5,450	0.512%
40	Marlene	5,037	0.473%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Sharon	4,704	0.442%
42	Jane	4,702	0.442%
43	Mildred	4,645	0.437%
44	Geraldine	4,556	0.428%
45	Elaine	4,527	0.425%
46	Annie	4,479	0.421%
47	Catherine	4,459	0.419%
48	Louise	4,381	0.412%
49	Linda	4,378	0.411%
50	Sylvia	4,371	0.411%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Joanne	4,332	0.407%
52	Ruby	4,289	0.403%
53	Eleanor	4,275	0.402%
54	Patsy	4,243	0.399%
55	Wanda	4,202	0.395%
56	Carole	4,198	0.395%
57	Marjorie	4,091	0.384%
58	Joann	3,936	0.370%
59	Sally	3,925	0.369%
60	Arlene	3,806	0.358%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Kathleen	3,743	0.352%
62	Irene	3,674	0.345%
63	Loretta	3,673	0.345%
64	Bonnie	3,595	0.338%
65	Sarah	3,589	0.337%
66	Roberta	3,568	0.335%
67	Charlotte	3,537	0.332%
68	Delores	3,529	0.332%
69	Rita	3,421	0.322%
70	Jacqueline	3,400	0.320%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	June	3,378	0.317%
72	Darlene	3,285	0.309%
73	Jo	3,226	0.303%
74	Edna	3,223	0.303%
75	Juanita	3,179	0.299%
76	Diane	3,175	0.298%
77	Yvonne	3,171	0.298%
78	Thelma	3,062	0.288%
79	Kay	3,010	0.283%
80	Wilma	2,977	0.280%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Florence	2,955	0.278%
82	Josephine	2,942	0.276%
83	Lorraine	2,940	0.276%
84	Lillian	2,899	0.272%
85	Audrey	2,889	0.272%
86	Gladys	2,872	0.270%
87	Pauline	2,818	0.265%
88	Ethel	2,764	0.260%
89	Emma	2,750	0.258%
90	Jeanette	2,741	0.258%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Judy	2,741	0.258%
92	Anne	2,725	0.256%
93	Anita	2,714	0.255%
94	Grace	2,710	0.255%
95	Theresa	2,702	0.254%
96	Edith	2,647	0.249%
97	Susan	2,641	0.248%
98	Lucille	2,636	0.248%
99	Gail	2,635	0.248%
100	Clara	2,573	0.242%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Robert	61,842	5.798%
2	James	56,562	5.303%
3	John	48,753	4.571%
4	William	40,724	3.818%
5	Richard	32,975	3.092%
6	Charles	30,521	2.861%
7	Donald	27,869	2.613%
8	David	20,980	1.967%
9	Thomas	19,771	1.854%
10	George	18,439	1.729%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Ronald	18,140	1.701%
12	Joseph	17,323	1.624%
13	Edward	14,930	1.400%
14	Kenneth	13,218	1.239%
15	Paul	12,880	1.208%
16	Larry	10,320	0.968%
17	Jerry	10,302	0.966%
18	Frank	10,126	0.949%
19	Raymond	9,571	0.897%
20	Gerald	9,424	0.884%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Harold	8,551	0.802%
22	Billy	8,298	0.778%
23	Jack	8,196	0.768%
24	Bobby	7,745	0.726%
25	Joe	7,744	0.726%
26	Walter	7,486	0.702%
27	Michael	7,094	0.665%
28	Carl	6,914	0.648%
29	Gary	6,763	0.634%
30	Henry	6,668	0.625%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Arthur	6,321	0.593%
32	Willie	6,231	0.584%
33	Eugene	6,000	0.563%
34	Ralph	5,922	0.555%
35	Fred	5,738	0.538%
36	Roger	5,712	0.536%
37	Albert	5,664	0.531%
38	Lawrence	5,505	0.516%
39	Daniel	5,123	0.480%
40	Roy	4,888	0.458%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Harry	4,814	0.451%
42	Howard	4,700	0.441%
43	Norman	4,673	0.438%
44	Wayne	4,613	0.432%
45	Jimmy	4,517	0.423%
46	Louis	4,355	0.408%
47	Anthony	4,339	0.407%
48	Earl	3,942	0.370%
49	Marvin	3,912	0.367%
50	Melvin	3,890	0.365%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Don	3,814	0.358%
52	Peter	3,809	0.357%
53	Ernest	3,759	0.352%
54	Clarence	3,756	0.352%
55	Francis	3,730	0.350%
56	Leroy	3,555	0.333%
57	Stanley	3,484	0.327%
58	Leonard	3,480	0.326%
59	Dale	3,340	0.313%
60	Alfred	3,181	0.298%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Gene	3,165	0.297%
62	Philip	3,162	0.296%
63	Dennis	3,160	0.296%
64	Bill	3,119	0.292%
65	Herbert	3,040	0.285%
66	Samuel	3,027	0.284%
67	Russell	2,895	0.271%
68	Frederick	2,878	0.270%
69	Johnny	2,826	0.265%
70	Bruce	2,809	0.263%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Ray	2,725	0.255%
72	Jimmie	2,679	0.251%
73	Bernard	2,671	0.250%
74	Douglas	2,610	0.245%
75	Gordon	2,533	0.237%
76	Allen	2,518	0.236%
77	Franklin	2,514	0.236%
78	Lee	2,499	0.234%
79	Andrew	2,405	0.225%
80	Floyd	2,388	0.224%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Bob	2,364	0.222%
82	Jim	2,347	0.220%
83	Eddie	2,345	0.220%
84	Tommy	2,327	0.218%
85	Leon	2,325	0.218%
86	Theodore	2,315	0.217%
87	Martin	2,278	0.214%
88	Edwin	2,263	0.212%
89	Glenn	2,263	0.212%
90	Clifford	2,230	0.209%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Lloyd	2,157	0.202%
92	Stephen	2,133	0.200%
93	Clyde	2,105	0.197%
94	Patrick	2,090	0.196%
95	Harvey	2,081	0.195%
96	Vernon	2,076	0.195%
97	Leo	2,015	0.189%
98	Phillip	2,005	0.188%
99	Alvin	1,986	0.186%
100	Jerome	1,979	0.186%

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