The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1931

4,321 different boys’ names were recorded in 1931, covering 1,039,665 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	60,519
2	James	51,212
3	John	48,423
4	William	43,280
5	Richard	31,822
6	Charles	29,934
7	Donald	29,100
8	George	20,685
9	Joseph	19,326
10	Thomas	16,847
11	Edward	15,646
12	Paul	12,255
13	David	11,784
14	Kenneth	11,568
15	Jack	11,488
16	Frank	11,472
17	Raymond	10,854
18	Harold	10,695
19	Billy	9,264
20	Walter	8,940
21	Eugene	8,151
22	Henry	7,805
23	Arthur	7,525
24	Albert	7,131
25	Ralph	6,960
26	Gerald	6,823
27	Ronald	6,726
28	Carl	6,583
29	Joe	6,456
30	Harry	6,045
31	Willie	5,963
32	Bobby	5,858
33	Fred	5,698
34	Howard	5,624
35	Roy	5,489
36	Norman	5,426
37	Louis	5,423
38	Lawrence	5,364
39	Clarence	5,062
40	Earl	5,047
41	Herbert	4,788
42	Francis	4,735
43	Jerry	4,371
44	Daniel	4,360
44	Marvin	4,360
46	Anthony	4,310
47	Ernest	4,298
48	Leonard	4,279
49	Stanley	4,202
50	Alfred	3,949
51	Melvin	3,700
52	Leroy	3,649
53	Roger	3,625
54	Bernard	3,514
55	Michael	3,489
56	Samuel	3,379
57	Bill	3,218
58	Wayne	3,217
59	Don	3,176
60	Ray	3,161
61	Peter	3,122
62	Dale	3,008
63	Russell	2,942
64	Gene	2,766
65	Andrew	2,714
66	Floyd	2,707
67	Edwin	2,704
67	Lloyd	2,704
69	Leo	2,700
70	Theodore	2,666
71	Philip	2,648
72	Glenn	2,624
73	Frederick	2,471
74	Vernon	2,465
75	Clifford	2,452
76	Gordon	2,396
77	Clyde	2,336
78	Bob	2,318
79	Allen	2,308
80	Alvin	2,299
81	Jimmie	2,288
82	Elmer	2,265
83	Herman	2,263
84	Leon	2,245
85	Douglas	2,203
86	Vincent	2,162
87	Lewis	2,160
88	Larry	2,147
89	Jimmy	2,126
90	Lee	2,123
91	Martin	2,103
92	Gilbert	1,993
93	Harvey	1,978
94	Charlie	1,975
95	Eddie	1,959
96	Lester	1,919
97	Jesse	1,895
98	Arnold	1,835
99	Warren	1,834
99	Milton	1,834
101	Bruce	1,787
102	Cecil	1,769
103	Jerome	1,747
104	Duane	1,728
105	Johnny	1,718
106	Chester	1,717
107	Roland	1,697
108	Curtis	1,635
109	Victor	1,623
110	Johnnie	1,595
111	Patrick	1,569
112	Glen	1,563
113	Benjamin	1,560
114	Wallace	1,543
115	Tommy	1,536
116	Jim	1,520
117	Maurice	1,496
118	Sam	1,460
119	Calvin	1,443
120	Alan	1,423
121	Virgil	1,384
122	Edgar	1,377
122	Keith	1,377
124	Willard	1,376
125	Tom	1,363
126	Jose	1,360
127	Dean	1,346
128	Billie	1,343
129	Oscar	1,334
129	Stephen	1,334
131	Hugh	1,326
132	Manuel	1,312
133	Marion	1,311
134	Claude	1,296
135	Jessie	1,267
136	Everett	1,229
136	Hubert	1,229
138	Dennis	1,202
139	Leslie	1,192
140	Max	1,183
141	Phillip	1,176
142	Jackie	1,122
143	Wesley	1,115
144	Homer	1,104
145	Nicholas	1,103
146	Rudolph	1,102
147	Lowell	1,090
148	Franklin	1,089
149	Wilbur	1,087
150	Junior	1,068
151	Allan	1,002
152	Dick	992
153	Morris	990
153	Gary	990
155	Ted	983
156	Luther	958
157	Lyle	944
158	Sidney	937
159	Delbert	932
160	Horace	931
160	Willis	931
162	Earnest	916
163	Ben	912
164	Dan	882
165	Neil	881
166	Jay	867
167	Darrell	834
168	Clayton	831
169	Bennie	822
170	Tony	814
171	Freddie	805
172	Alexander	795
173	Steve	786
174	Guy	781
175	Oliver	778
176	Salvatore	765
177	Archie	758
178	Bobbie	751
179	Carroll	750
180	Juan	744
181	Otis	730
182	Alex	727
183	Lonnie	720
184	Julius	708
184	Edmund	708
186	Alton	706
186	Rodney	706
188	Clifton	697
189	Leland	694
190	Mike	693
191	Clinton	688
192	Myron	680
193	Wilbert	675
194	Angelo	671
195	Marshall	667
195	Doyle	667
197	Mark	664
198	Merle	662
199	Nathaniel	659
200	Ramon	657

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1931 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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