Birth year roster

Top names in 1933

The 100 most common names on 1933 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1933 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 Endangered55,517
#2Betty Endangered31,531
#3Barbara Endangered26,949
#4Dorothy Endangered22,054
#5Joan Endangered19,294
#6Patricia Endangered18,632
#7Margaret Endangered15,241
#8Helen Endangered14,644
#9Shirley Endangered14,320
#10Doris Endangered12,025
#11Nancy Endangered11,869
#12Joyce Endangered11,191
#13Ruth Endangered11,136
#14Jean Endangered9,966
#15Virginia Endangered9,719
#16Marilyn Endangered9,126
#17Elizabeth Stable9,016
#18Frances Endangered8,883
#19Lois Endangered8,655
#20Carol Endangered8,220
#21Dolores Endangered8,022
#22Alice Stable7,697
#23Norma Endangered7,482
#24Donna Endangered7,360
#25Janet Endangered7,342
#26Beverly Endangered7,186
#27Martha Endangered7,164
#28Phyllis Endangered7,111
#29Anna Declining7,072
#30Evelyn Stable6,947
#31Gloria Endangered6,752
#32Mildred Endangered6,569
#33Marie Endangered6,242
#34Ann Endangered6,209
#35Rose Stable5,770
#36Peggy Endangered5,534
#37Annie Rising5,123
#38Eleanor Rising5,106
#39Louise Endangered5,079
#40Carolyn Endangered5,043
#41Marjorie Endangered5,043
#42Geraldine Endangered4,962
#43Ruby Stable4,944
#44Catherine Endangered4,908
#45June Rising4,677
#46Irene Endangered4,506
#47Jane Stable4,377
#48Wanda Endangered4,268
#49Florence Endangered4,078
#50Marlene Endangered4,045
#51Lillian Declining3,998
#52Delores Endangered3,890
#53Rita Endangered3,840
#54Lorraine Endangered3,797
#55Edna Endangered3,730
#56Joanne Endangered3,719
#57Thelma Endangered3,636
#58Sarah Endangered3,621
#59Audrey Declining3,610
#60Gladys Endangered3,581
#61Elaine Rising3,572
#62Josephine Rising3,569
#63Juanita Endangered3,551
#64Pauline Endangered3,542
#65Patsy Endangered3,451
#66Wilma Endangered3,417
#67Clara Stable3,412
#68Bonnie Endangered3,373
#69Grace Declining3,329
#70Theresa Endangered3,266
#71Ethel Endangered3,217
#72Joann Endangered3,209
#73Marion Endangered3,199
#74Arlene Endangered3,185
#75Emma Declining3,152
#76Sally Endangered3,146
#77Kathleen Endangered3,121
#78Lucille Stable3,117
#79Charlotte Stable3,114
#80Edith Endangered3,110
#81Janice Endangered3,061
#82Hazel Rising3,030
#83Bernice Endangered3,009
#84Sylvia Rising2,935
#85Anne Endangered2,767
#86Jacqueline Endangered2,756
#87Loretta Rising2,705
#88Esther Stable2,676
#89Marian Endangered2,638
#90Jo Endangered2,541
#91Laura Endangered2,536
#92Billie Rising2,483
#93Willie Endangered2,449
#94Beatrice Endangered2,410
#95Margie Endangered2,409
#96Darlene Endangered2,408
#97Julia Stable2,403
#98Vivian Stable2,378
#99Elsie Rising2,376
#100Katherine Declining2,330

Boys

#1Robert Endangered54,221
#2James Stable51,112
#3John Past peak46,224
#4William Declining39,049
#5Richard Endangered31,331
#6Charles Stable28,991
#7Donald Endangered28,450
#8George Stable18,356
#9Joseph Declining17,162
#10Thomas Stable16,508
#11Edward Endangered13,797
#12Ronald Endangered12,061
#13David Past peak12,026
#14Paul Endangered11,854
#15Kenneth Endangered11,410
#16Frank Endangered10,962
#17Jack Stable9,838
#18Harold Endangered9,543
#19Raymond Endangered9,512
#20Billy Endangered8,938
#21Walter Stable7,756
#22Gerald Endangered7,422
#23Eugene Endangered7,352
#24Henry Stable6,726
#25Arthur Rising6,525
#26Bobby Endangered6,490
#27Joe Endangered6,411
#28Carl Endangered6,188
#29Ralph Endangered6,185
#30Albert Endangered6,091
#31Jerry Endangered6,066
#32Willie Endangered5,983
#33Franklin Stable5,363
#34Fred Endangered5,287
#35Harry Endangered5,134
#36Howard Endangered4,995
#37Norman Endangered4,959
#38Lawrence Endangered4,911
#39Roy Endangered4,906
#40Louis Stable4,695
#41Earl Endangered4,374
#42Daniel Declining4,310
#43Clarence Endangered4,280
#44Marvin Endangered4,132
#45Francis Stable4,093
#46Anthony Declining3,974
#47Leonard Endangered3,955
#48Roger Endangered3,917
#49Herbert Endangered3,685
#50Ernest Endangered3,674
#51Melvin Endangered3,588
#52Wayne Endangered3,562
#53Michael Past peak3,549
#54Don Endangered3,453
#55Stanley Endangered3,432
#56Leroy Endangered3,357
#57Alfred Endangered3,268
#58Larry Endangered3,251
#59Bill Endangered3,223
#60Peter Stable3,137
#61Samuel Stable3,111
#62Ray Endangered3,032
#63Bernard Endangered3,005
#64Jimmy Endangered2,932
#65Dale Endangered2,925
#66Gene Endangered2,780
#67Russell Stable2,697
#68Theodore Rising2,611
#69Floyd Endangered2,541
#70Philip Endangered2,530
#71Gordon Endangered2,524
#72Jimmie Endangered2,491
#73Lloyd Endangered2,413
#74Glenn Endangered2,366
#75Leo Rising2,352
#76Andrew Declining2,344
#77Edwin Stable2,328
#78Frederick Stable2,321
#79Lee Endangered2,301
#80Gary Endangered2,254
#81Douglas Endangered2,252
#82Bob Endangered2,222
#83Vernon Endangered2,206
#84Allen Endangered2,204
#85Leon Rising2,187
#86Clifford Endangered2,158
#87Clyde Stable2,141
#88Alvin Declining2,128
#89Martin Stable2,064
#90Johnny Endangered2,053
#91Bruce Endangered2,037
#92Lewis Rising2,037
#93Eddie Endangered2,016
#94Vincent Stable1,983
#95Charlie Rising1,978
#96Herman Endangered1,945
#97Harvey Rising1,896
#98Jim Endangered1,875
#99Warren Rising1,809
#100Jesse Stable1,804