The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1933

4,156 different boys’ names were recorded in 1933, covering 991,524 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	54,221
2	James	51,112
3	John	46,224
4	William	39,049
5	Richard	31,331
6	Charles	28,991
7	Donald	28,450
8	George	18,356
9	Joseph	17,162
10	Thomas	16,508
11	Edward	13,797
12	Ronald	12,061
13	David	12,026
14	Paul	11,854
15	Kenneth	11,410
16	Frank	10,962
17	Jack	9,838
18	Harold	9,543
19	Raymond	9,512
20	Billy	8,938
21	Walter	7,756
22	Gerald	7,422
23	Eugene	7,352
24	Henry	6,726
25	Arthur	6,525
26	Bobby	6,490
27	Joe	6,411
28	Carl	6,188
29	Ralph	6,185
30	Albert	6,091
31	Jerry	6,066
32	Willie	5,983
33	Franklin	5,363
34	Fred	5,287
35	Harry	5,134
36	Howard	4,995
37	Norman	4,959
38	Lawrence	4,911
39	Roy	4,906
40	Louis	4,695
41	Earl	4,374
42	Daniel	4,310
43	Clarence	4,280
44	Marvin	4,132
45	Francis	4,093
46	Anthony	3,974
47	Leonard	3,955
48	Roger	3,917
49	Herbert	3,685
50	Ernest	3,674
51	Melvin	3,588
52	Wayne	3,562
53	Michael	3,549
54	Don	3,453
55	Stanley	3,432
56	Leroy	3,357
57	Alfred	3,268
58	Larry	3,251
59	Bill	3,223
60	Peter	3,137
61	Samuel	3,111
62	Ray	3,032
63	Bernard	3,005
64	Jimmy	2,932
65	Dale	2,925
66	Gene	2,780
67	Russell	2,697
68	Theodore	2,611
69	Floyd	2,541
70	Philip	2,530
71	Gordon	2,524
72	Jimmie	2,491
73	Lloyd	2,413
74	Glenn	2,366
75	Leo	2,352
76	Andrew	2,344
77	Edwin	2,328
78	Frederick	2,321
79	Lee	2,301
80	Gary	2,254
81	Douglas	2,252
82	Bob	2,222
83	Vernon	2,206
84	Allen	2,204
85	Leon	2,187
86	Clifford	2,158
87	Clyde	2,141
88	Alvin	2,128
89	Martin	2,064
90	Johnny	2,053
91	Lewis	2,037
91	Bruce	2,037
93	Eddie	2,016
94	Vincent	1,983
95	Charlie	1,978
96	Herman	1,945
97	Harvey	1,896
98	Jim	1,875
99	Warren	1,809
100	Jesse	1,804
101	Elmer	1,787
102	Duane	1,765
103	Arnold	1,749
104	Gilbert	1,704
105	Jerome	1,693
106	Dennis	1,685
107	Curtis	1,679
108	Lester	1,644
109	Tommy	1,630
110	Patrick	1,573
111	Cecil	1,506
112	Calvin	1,489
113	Milton	1,486
114	Roland	1,474
115	Johnnie	1,461
116	Victor	1,431
117	Tom	1,425
118	Benjamin	1,413
119	Chester	1,399
120	Wallace	1,366
121	Sam	1,351
122	Alan	1,345
123	Jackie	1,339
124	Glen	1,335
125	Phillip	1,328
126	Stephen	1,321
127	Keith	1,315
128	Maurice	1,310
128	Dean	1,310
130	Willard	1,283
131	Claude	1,253
132	Roosevelt	1,208
133	Marion	1,195
134	Manuel	1,189
135	Edgar	1,183
136	Jose	1,171
137	Leslie	1,168
138	Virgil	1,139
139	Everett	1,128
140	Max	1,124
141	Hugh	1,118
142	Oscar	1,111
143	Jessie	1,079
144	Dick	1,045
145	Ted	1,040
146	Billie	1,039
147	Wesley	1,030
148	Darrell	1,026
149	Neil	997
150	Homer	965
151	Jay	949
152	Sidney	948
153	Dan	938
154	Allan	936
155	Hubert	930
156	Freddie	925
157	Delbert	921
158	Lyle	916
159	Wilbur	896
160	Nicholas	888
161	Lowell	880
162	Luther	878
163	Ben	868
163	Morris	868
165	Horace	865
166	Earnest	858
167	Rudolph	847
168	Junior	822
169	Bennie	815
170	Willis	812
171	Tony	810
172	Guy	790
173	Rodney	783
174	Carroll	773
175	Otis	756
176	Lonnie	736
177	Clifton	733
178	Nathaniel	728
178	Steve	728
180	Mark	693
181	Karl	681
182	Marshall	674
182	Salvatore	674
184	Alton	669
185	Joel	666
186	Archie	660
187	Alexander	659
188	Clayton	655
189	Leland	645
190	Clinton	639
191	Juan	629
192	Orville	627
192	Wilbert	627
194	Rex	626
195	Bobbie	618
196	Doyle	611
197	Alex	606
198	Oliver	595
198	Benny	595
200	Wendell	593

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1933 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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