The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1937

4,020 different boys’ names were recorded in 1937, covering 1,066,659 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	61,842
2	James	56,561
3	John	48,755
4	William	40,725
5	Richard	32,975
6	Charles	30,520
7	Donald	27,868
8	David	20,981
9	Thomas	19,772
10	George	18,439
11	Ronald	18,141
12	Joseph	17,322
13	Edward	14,930
14	Kenneth	13,219
15	Paul	12,881
16	Larry	10,320
17	Jerry	10,301
18	Frank	10,127
19	Raymond	9,571
20	Gerald	9,425
21	Harold	8,550
22	Billy	8,301
23	Jack	8,194
24	Joe	7,745
24	Bobby	7,745
26	Walter	7,488
27	Michael	7,094
28	Carl	6,914
29	Gary	6,763
30	Henry	6,668
31	Arthur	6,321
32	Willie	6,231
33	Eugene	5,999
34	Ralph	5,923
35	Fred	5,738
36	Roger	5,713
37	Albert	5,665
38	Lawrence	5,507
39	Daniel	5,124
40	Roy	4,890
41	Harry	4,814
42	Howard	4,700
43	Norman	4,673
44	Wayne	4,613
45	Jimmy	4,517
46	Louis	4,356
47	Anthony	4,339
48	Earl	3,942
49	Marvin	3,913
50	Melvin	3,890
51	Don	3,814
52	Peter	3,809
53	Ernest	3,759
54	Clarence	3,755
55	Francis	3,730
56	Leroy	3,556
57	Stanley	3,483
58	Leonard	3,480
59	Dale	3,340
60	Alfred	3,181
61	Gene	3,165
62	Philip	3,162
63	Dennis	3,160
64	Bill	3,119
65	Herbert	3,040
66	Samuel	3,027
67	Russell	2,895
68	Frederick	2,878
69	Johnny	2,826
70	Bruce	2,810
71	Ray	2,725
72	Jimmie	2,679
73	Bernard	2,672
74	Douglas	2,610
75	Gordon	2,533
76	Allen	2,518
77	Franklin	2,514
78	Lee	2,499
79	Andrew	2,405
80	Floyd	2,388
81	Bob	2,364
82	Jim	2,347
83	Eddie	2,345
84	Tommy	2,326
85	Leon	2,325
86	Theodore	2,317
87	Martin	2,278
88	Glenn	2,263
89	Edwin	2,262
90	Clifford	2,229
91	Lloyd	2,157
92	Stephen	2,133
93	Clyde	2,105
94	Patrick	2,090
95	Harvey	2,081
96	Vernon	2,076
97	Leo	2,015
98	Phillip	2,005
99	Alvin	1,986
100	Jerome	1,979
101	Herman	1,875
102	Jesse	1,866
103	Alan	1,846
104	Lewis	1,836
104	Vincent	1,836
106	Warren	1,822
107	Jackie	1,815
108	Tom	1,807
109	Curtis	1,790
110	Charlie	1,757
111	Arnold	1,725
112	Gilbert	1,685
113	Terry	1,684
114	Cecil	1,635
115	Duane	1,630
116	Lester	1,576
117	Victor	1,542
118	Johnnie	1,477
119	Benjamin	1,422
120	Elmer	1,413
121	Milton	1,385
122	Glen	1,357
123	Keith	1,342
124	Allan	1,338
125	Calvin	1,333
126	Roland	1,317
127	Dean	1,314
128	Ronnie	1,287
129	Chester	1,272
130	Darrell	1,260
131	Leslie	1,237
132	Sam	1,213
133	Wallace	1,190
134	Freddie	1,165
135	Willard	1,163
136	Jay	1,147
137	Claude	1,138
138	Manuel	1,131
139	Marion	1,116
139	Joel	1,116
141	Max	1,106
142	Jose	1,087
143	Hugh	1,070
144	Maurice	1,069
145	Edgar	1,068
146	Wesley	1,065
147	Ted	1,062
148	Jessie	1,042
149	Dan	1,033
150	Jon	1,030
151	Rodney	1,025
152	Danny	1,022
153	Dick	1,008
154	Oscar	988
155	Lowell	982
156	Everett	975
157	Virgil	969
157	Neil	969
159	Nicholas	935
160	Tony	922
161	Delbert	909
162	Karl	907
163	Sidney	905
164	Hubert	893
165	Homer	889
166	Bennie	885
167	Lyle	875
168	Mike	871
169	Luther	864
170	Morris	856
171	Lonnie	855
172	Steve	846
173	Alton	836
174	Earnest	833
175	Ben	814
176	Mark	809
177	Marshall	805
178	Carroll	779
179	Benny	760
180	Horace	745
181	Guy	732
182	Barry	726
183	Wilbur	725
184	Willis	724
185	Billie	712
186	Lynn	703
186	Nathaniel	703
188	Clayton	701
189	Otis	681
190	Roosevelt	680
191	Alexander	675
192	Timothy	674
193	Clifton	669
194	Nelson	661
195	Clinton	659
196	Archie	648
197	Rudolph	630
198	Stuart	623
199	Donnie	620
200	Oliver	609

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1937 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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