Birth year roster

Top names in 1934

The 100 most common names on 1934 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1934 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, 140 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1930s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered56,929
#2Betty Endangered31,089
#3Barbara Endangered29,239
#4Shirley Endangered22,841
#5Dorothy Endangered21,281
#6Patricia Endangered20,844
#7Joan Endangered19,465
#8Margaret Endangered15,144
#9Helen Endangered14,100
#10Nancy Endangered13,520
#11Doris Endangered11,627
#12Joyce Endangered11,459
#13Ruth Endangered10,565
#14Carol Endangered10,273
#15Virginia Endangered10,002
#16Jean Endangered9,718
#17Marilyn Endangered9,382
#18Elizabeth Stable9,346
#19Frances Endangered9,206
#20Lois Endangered8,387
#21Janet Endangered8,071
#22Beverly Endangered7,886
#23Donna Endangered7,870
#24Norma Endangered7,788
#25Alice Stable7,784
#26Dolores Endangered7,689
#27Martha Endangered7,604
#28Phyllis Endangered7,180
#29Evelyn Stable6,983
#30Gloria Endangered6,813
#31Anna Declining6,680
#32Ann Endangered6,641
#33Carolyn Endangered6,472
#34Marie Endangered6,326
#35Mildred Endangered6,180
#36Peggy Endangered6,027
#37Rose Stable5,583
#38Annie Rising5,018
#39Ruby Stable4,978
#40Louise Endangered4,973
#41Marjorie Endangered4,972
#42Catherine Endangered4,933
#43Geraldine Endangered4,837
#44Eleanor Rising4,718
#45Joanne Endangered4,543
#46June Rising4,387
#47Wanda Endangered4,368
#48Jane Stable4,358
#49Irene Endangered4,346
#50Joann Endangered4,149
#51Delores Endangered3,991
#52Lillian Declining3,973
#53Arlene Endangered3,917
#54Elaine Rising3,900
#55Edna Endangered3,809
#56Lorraine Endangered3,775
#57Marlene Endangered3,755
#58Bonnie Endangered3,753
#59Patsy Endangered3,750
#60Josephine Rising3,742
#61Florence Endangered3,736
#62Sally Endangered3,725
#63Rita Endangered3,683
#64Juanita Endangered3,662
#65Thelma Endangered3,646
#66Gladys Endangered3,611
#67Sarah Endangered3,601
#68Janice Endangered3,588
#69Audrey Declining3,582
#70Sylvia Rising3,475
#71Pauline Endangered3,445
#72Charlotte Stable3,434
#73Wilma Endangered3,311
#74Kathleen Endangered3,279
#75Jo Endangered3,257
#76Clara Stable3,222
#77Theresa Endangered3,192
#78Ethel Endangered3,178
#79Grace Declining3,087
#80Jacqueline Endangered3,038
#81Edith Endangered3,012
#82Bernice Endangered2,980
#83Loretta Rising2,978
#84Lucille Stable2,947
#85Emma Declining2,940
#86Marion Endangered2,884
#87Hazel Rising2,811
#88Anne Endangered2,786
#89Carole Endangered2,655
#90Darlene Endangered2,605
#91Esther Stable2,579
#92Billie Rising2,559
#93Sandra Endangered2,550
#94Judith Endangered2,459
#95Ellen Endangered2,455
#96Laura Endangered2,438
#97Marian Endangered2,426
#98Vivian Stable2,413
#99Beatrice Endangered2,410
#100Eva Declining2,389

Boys

#1Robert Endangered55,843
#2James Stable54,270
#3John Past peak46,743
#4William Declining40,175
#5Richard Endangered33,167
#6Donald Endangered30,408
#7Charles Stable29,790
#8George Stable18,500
#9Thomas Stable17,373
#10Joseph Declining17,111
#11Ronald Endangered14,088
#12David Past peak14,003
#13Edward Endangered13,917
#14Paul Endangered12,196
#15Kenneth Endangered11,800
#16Frank Endangered10,640
#17Jack Stable9,985
#18Harold Endangered9,926
#19Raymond Endangered9,588
#20Billy Endangered9,562
#21Walter Stable8,092
#22Gerald Endangered7,816
#23Bobby Endangered7,532
#24Eugene Endangered7,145
#25Jerry Endangered7,134
#26Joe Endangered7,090
#27Henry Stable6,735
#28Carl Endangered6,683
#29Arthur Rising6,443
#30Willie Endangered6,348
#31Ralph Endangered6,282
#32Albert Endangered6,003
#33Fred Endangered5,466
#34Lawrence Endangered5,324
#35Roy Endangered5,104
#36Harry Endangered5,099
#37Howard Endangered5,068
#38Norman Endangered4,989
#39Roger Endangered4,766
#40Louis Stable4,682
#41Earl Endangered4,628
#42Daniel Declining4,502
#43Larry Endangered4,474
#44Marvin Endangered4,217
#45Clarence Endangered4,213
#46Franklin Stable4,156
#47Michael Past peak4,108
#48Wayne Endangered4,035
#49Francis Stable4,006
#50Don Endangered3,926
#51Ernest Endangered3,849
#52Anthony Declining3,840
#53Leonard Endangered3,836
#54Leroy Endangered3,774
#55Melvin Endangered3,702
#56Jimmy Endangered3,696
#57Herbert Endangered3,600
#58Stanley Endangered3,569
#59Bill Endangered3,534
#60Gary Endangered3,354
#61Peter Stable3,290
#62Dale Endangered3,241
#63Ray Endangered3,177
#64Alfred Endangered3,158
#65Bernard Endangered3,146
#66Samuel Stable3,137
#67Gene Endangered2,854
#68Jimmie Endangered2,837
#69Philip Endangered2,784
#70Russell Stable2,736
#71Gordon Endangered2,639
#72Douglas Endangered2,541
#73Floyd Endangered2,533
#74Theodore Rising2,523
#75Bob Endangered2,478
#76Andrew Declining2,443
#77Frederick Stable2,431
#78Bruce Endangered2,401
#79Lee Endangered2,378
#80Edwin Stable2,347
#81Glenn Endangered2,341
#82Lloyd Endangered2,339
#83Johnny Endangered2,336
#84Clyde Stable2,323
#85Clifford Endangered2,315
#86Leo Rising2,309
#87Leon Rising2,306
#88Allen Endangered2,241
#89Vernon Endangered2,227
#90Jim Endangered2,207
#91Martin Stable2,178
#92Eddie Endangered2,169
#93Alvin Declining2,147
#94Lewis Rising2,062
#95Dennis Endangered2,053
#96Warren Rising2,024
#97Herman Endangered2,011
#98Tommy Endangered1,937
#99Harvey Rising1,934
#100Charlie Rising1,892