Birth year roster

Top names in 1937

The 100 most common names on 1937 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Mary and Robert led the 1937 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, 147 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1930s decade

Girls

#1Mary Endangered55,641
#2Barbara Endangered34,917
#3Patricia Endangered26,838
#4Shirley Endangered26,823
#5Betty Endangered25,337
#6Carol Endangered17,336
#7Nancy Endangered17,074
#8Dorothy Endangered16,572
#9Joan Endangered15,301
#10Margaret Endangered15,144
#11Joyce Endangered11,808
#12Helen Endangered11,453
#13Marilyn Endangered9,739
#14Beverly Endangered9,634
#15Ruth Endangered9,602
#16Virginia Endangered9,517
#17Elizabeth Stable9,385
#18Janet Endangered9,363
#19Frances Endangered9,057
#20Carolyn Endangered8,941
#21Donna Endangered8,887
#22Doris Endangered8,883
#23Jean Endangered8,392
#24Martha Endangered7,953
#25Janice Endangered7,768
#26Sandra Endangered7,520
#27Phyllis Endangered7,245
#28Alice Stable7,120
#29Lois Endangered6,932
#30Ann Endangered6,713
#31Peggy Endangered6,378
#32Gloria Endangered6,333
#33Norma Endangered6,235
#34Judith Endangered6,146
#35Marie Endangered6,075
#36Evelyn Stable5,760
#37Dolores Endangered5,568
#38Rose Stable5,450
#39Anna Declining5,449
#40Marlene Endangered5,037
#41Sharon Endangered4,704
#42Jane Stable4,702
#43Mildred Endangered4,646
#44Geraldine Endangered4,556
#45Elaine Rising4,526
#46Annie Rising4,479
#47Catherine Endangered4,459
#48Louise Endangered4,382
#49Linda Endangered4,378
#50Sylvia Rising4,371
#51Joanne Endangered4,333
#52Ruby Stable4,289
#53Eleanor Rising4,275
#54Patsy Endangered4,243
#55Wanda Endangered4,202
#56Carole Endangered4,198
#57Marjorie Endangered4,091
#58Joann Endangered3,936
#59Sally Endangered3,925
#60Arlene Endangered3,805
#61Kathleen Endangered3,743
#62Irene Endangered3,674
#63Loretta Rising3,673
#64Bonnie Endangered3,595
#65Sarah Endangered3,588
#66Roberta Endangered3,568
#67Charlotte Stable3,536
#68Delores Endangered3,529
#69Rita Endangered3,421
#70Jacqueline Endangered3,400
#71June Rising3,378
#72Darlene Endangered3,285
#73Jo Endangered3,226
#74Edna Endangered3,223
#75Juanita Endangered3,179
#76Diane Endangered3,175
#77Yvonne Endangered3,171
#78Thelma Endangered3,062
#79Kay Endangered3,010
#80Wilma Endangered2,977
#81Florence Endangered2,955
#82Josephine Rising2,942
#83Lorraine Endangered2,940
#84Lillian Declining2,899
#85Audrey Declining2,889
#86Gladys Endangered2,872
#87Pauline Endangered2,818
#88Ethel Endangered2,763
#89Emma Declining2,750
#90Jeanette Endangered2,741
#91Judy Endangered2,741
#92Anne Endangered2,725
#93Anita Endangered2,714
#94Grace Declining2,710
#95Theresa Endangered2,702
#96Edith Endangered2,647
#97Susan Endangered2,641
#98Lucille Stable2,636
#99Gail Endangered2,635
#100Clara Stable2,573

Boys

#1Robert Endangered61,842
#2James Stable56,561
#3John Past peak48,755
#4William Declining40,725
#5Richard Endangered32,975
#6Charles Stable30,520
#7Donald Endangered27,868
#8David Past peak20,981
#9Thomas Stable19,772
#10George Stable18,439
#11Ronald Endangered18,141
#12Joseph Declining17,322
#13Edward Endangered14,930
#14Kenneth Endangered13,219
#15Paul Endangered12,881
#16Larry Endangered10,320
#17Jerry Endangered10,301
#18Frank Endangered10,127
#19Raymond Endangered9,571
#20Gerald Endangered9,425
#21Harold Endangered8,550
#22Billy Endangered8,301
#23Jack Stable8,194
#24Bobby Endangered7,745
#25Joe Endangered7,745
#26Walter Stable7,488
#27Michael Past peak7,094
#28Carl Endangered6,914
#29Gary Endangered6,763
#30Henry Stable6,668
#31Arthur Rising6,321
#32Willie Endangered6,231
#33Eugene Endangered5,999
#34Ralph Endangered5,923
#35Fred Endangered5,738
#36Roger Endangered5,713
#37Albert Endangered5,665
#38Lawrence Endangered5,507
#39Daniel Declining5,124
#40Roy Endangered4,890
#41Harry Endangered4,814
#42Howard Endangered4,700
#43Norman Endangered4,673
#44Wayne Endangered4,613
#45Jimmy Endangered4,517
#46Louis Stable4,356
#47Anthony Declining4,339
#48Earl Endangered3,942
#49Marvin Endangered3,913
#50Melvin Endangered3,890
#51Don Endangered3,814
#52Peter Stable3,809
#53Ernest Endangered3,759
#54Clarence Endangered3,755
#55Francis Stable3,730
#56Leroy Endangered3,556
#57Stanley Endangered3,483
#58Leonard Endangered3,480
#59Dale Endangered3,340
#60Alfred Endangered3,181
#61Gene Endangered3,165
#62Philip Endangered3,162
#63Dennis Endangered3,160
#64Bill Endangered3,119
#65Herbert Endangered3,040
#66Samuel Stable3,027
#67Russell Stable2,895
#68Frederick Stable2,878
#69Johnny Endangered2,826
#70Bruce Endangered2,810
#71Ray Endangered2,725
#72Jimmie Endangered2,679
#73Bernard Endangered2,672
#74Douglas Endangered2,610
#75Gordon Endangered2,533
#76Allen Endangered2,518
#77Franklin Stable2,514
#78Lee Endangered2,499
#79Andrew Declining2,405
#80Floyd Endangered2,388
#81Bob Endangered2,364
#82Jim Endangered2,347
#83Eddie Endangered2,345
#84Tommy Endangered2,326
#85Leon Rising2,325
#86Theodore Rising2,317
#87Martin Stable2,278
#88Glenn Endangered2,263
#89Edwin Stable2,262
#90Clifford Endangered2,229
#91Lloyd Endangered2,157
#92Stephen Endangered2,133
#93Clyde Stable2,105
#94Patrick Declining2,090
#95Harvey Rising2,081
#96Vernon Endangered2,076
#97Leo Rising2,015
#98Phillip Endangered2,005
#99Alvin Declining1,986
#100Jerome Endangered1,979