Birth year roster

Top names in 1931

The 100 most common names on 1931 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1931 baby-name charts, the top names among Silent Generation births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); Robert was the #1 boys’ name for 17 years in all (between 1924 and 1953). Of the 200 names below, 136 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1930s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered60,299
#2Betty Endangered36,105
#3Dorothy Endangered26,524
#4Barbara Endangered21,804
#5Joan Endangered19,119
#6Helen Endangered17,664
#7Margaret Endangered17,332
#8Patricia Endangered16,469
#9Shirley Endangered14,405
#10Doris Endangered13,629
#11Ruth Endangered13,132
#12Virginia Endangered11,886
#13Jean Endangered11,013
#14Dolores Endangered10,807
#15Joyce Endangered10,580
#16Elizabeth Stable10,292
#17Nancy Endangered10,036
#18Frances Endangered9,718
#19Marilyn Endangered9,664
#20Lois Endangered9,348
#21Alice Stable8,815
#22Norma Endangered8,759
#23Gloria Endangered8,546
#24Evelyn Stable8,492
#25Anna Declining8,429
#26Mildred Endangered8,169
#27Marie Endangered7,549
#28Martha Endangered7,481
#29Phyllis Endangered7,213
#30Rose Stable6,881
#31Beverly Endangered6,789
#32Donna Endangered6,600
#33Louise Endangered5,897
#34Marjorie Endangered5,880
#35Ann Endangered5,858
#36Catherine Endangered5,642
#37Irene Endangered5,616
#38Geraldine Endangered5,413
#39Ruby Stable5,331
#40Eleanor Rising5,255
#41Annie Rising5,090
#42Peggy Endangered5,076
#43Florence Endangered5,011
#44June Rising5,002
#45Janet Endangered4,948
#46Carol Endangered4,892
#47Lillian Declining4,807
#48Rita Endangered4,613
#49Lorraine Endangered4,588
#50Jane Stable4,532
#51Josephine Rising4,497
#52Edna Endangered4,461
#53Thelma Endangered4,440
#54Wanda Endangered4,395
#55Gladys Endangered4,350
#56Pauline Endangered4,192
#57Juanita Endangered4,131
#58Delores Endangered4,050
#59Theresa Endangered4,034
#60Carolyn Endangered4,008
#61Clara Stable3,899
#62Lucille Stable3,854
#63Bernice Endangered3,821
#64Audrey Declining3,790
#65Edith Endangered3,772
#66Marion Endangered3,763
#67Ethel Endangered3,760
#68Joanne Endangered3,757
#69Wilma Endangered3,741
#70Grace Declining3,712
#71Sarah Endangered3,636
#72Elaine Rising3,622
#73Bonnie Endangered3,552
#74Hazel Rising3,508
#75Charlotte Stable3,403
#76Emma Declining3,307
#77Arlene Endangered3,217
#78Jacqueline Endangered3,134
#79Esther Stable3,034
#80Anne Endangered2,979
#81Billie Rising2,921
#82Vivian Stable2,893
#83Patsy Endangered2,869
#84Marian Endangered2,862
#85Beatrice Endangered2,844
#86Elsie Rising2,807
#87Kathleen Endangered2,799
#88Rosemary Rising2,722
#89Laura Endangered2,669
#90Joann Endangered2,655
#91Julia Stable2,624
#92Katherine Declining2,624
#93Willie Endangered2,597
#94Eva Declining2,591
#95Marlene Endangered2,585
#96Loretta Rising2,581
#97Sally Endangered2,557
#98Jeanne Endangered2,525
#99Ellen Endangered2,450
#100Ida Endangered2,419

Boys

#1Robert Endangered60,519
#2James Stable51,212
#3John Past peak48,423
#4William Declining43,280
#5Richard Endangered31,822
#6Charles Stable29,934
#7Donald Endangered29,100
#8George Stable20,685
#9Joseph Declining19,326
#10Thomas Stable16,847
#11Edward Endangered15,646
#12Paul Endangered12,255
#13David Past peak11,784
#14Kenneth Endangered11,568
#15Jack Stable11,488
#16Frank Endangered11,472
#17Raymond Endangered10,854
#18Harold Endangered10,695
#19Billy Endangered9,264
#20Walter Stable8,940
#21Eugene Endangered8,151
#22Henry Stable7,805
#23Arthur Rising7,525
#24Albert Endangered7,131
#25Ralph Endangered6,960
#26Gerald Endangered6,823
#27Ronald Endangered6,726
#28Carl Endangered6,583
#29Joe Endangered6,456
#30Harry Endangered6,045
#31Willie Endangered5,963
#32Bobby Endangered5,858
#33Fred Endangered5,698
#34Howard Endangered5,624
#35Roy Endangered5,489
#36Norman Endangered5,426
#37Louis Stable5,423
#38Lawrence Endangered5,364
#39Clarence Endangered5,062
#40Earl Endangered5,047
#41Herbert Endangered4,788
#42Francis Stable4,735
#43Jerry Endangered4,371
#44Daniel Declining4,360
#45Marvin Endangered4,360
#46Anthony Declining4,310
#47Ernest Endangered4,298
#48Leonard Endangered4,279
#49Stanley Endangered4,202
#50Alfred Endangered3,949
#51Melvin Endangered3,700
#52Leroy Endangered3,649
#53Roger Endangered3,625
#54Bernard Endangered3,514
#55Michael Past peak3,489
#56Samuel Stable3,379
#57Bill Endangered3,218
#58Wayne Endangered3,217
#59Don Endangered3,176
#60Ray Endangered3,161
#61Peter Stable3,122
#62Dale Endangered3,008
#63Russell Stable2,942
#64Gene Endangered2,766
#65Andrew Declining2,714
#66Floyd Endangered2,707
#67Edwin Stable2,704
#68Lloyd Endangered2,704
#69Leo Rising2,700
#70Theodore Rising2,666
#71Philip Endangered2,648
#72Glenn Endangered2,624
#73Frederick Stable2,471
#74Vernon Endangered2,465
#75Clifford Endangered2,452
#76Gordon Endangered2,396
#77Clyde Stable2,336
#78Bob Endangered2,318
#79Allen Endangered2,308
#80Alvin Declining2,299
#81Jimmie Endangered2,288
#82Elmer Endangered2,265
#83Herman Endangered2,263
#84Leon Rising2,245
#85Douglas Endangered2,203
#86Vincent Stable2,162
#87Lewis Rising2,160
#88Larry Endangered2,147
#89Jimmy Endangered2,126
#90Lee Endangered2,123
#91Martin Stable2,103
#92Gilbert Endangered1,993
#93Harvey Rising1,978
#94Charlie Rising1,975
#95Eddie Endangered1,959
#96Lester Endangered1,919
#97Jesse Stable1,895
#98Arnold Endangered1,835
#99Milton Endangered1,834
#100Warren Rising1,834